Ever Wonder
- Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
- Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
- Why don't you ever see the headline `Psychic Wins Lottery`?
- Why is `abbreviated` such a long word?
- Why is it that doctors call what they do `practice`?
- Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavour, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
- Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
- Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
- Why isn't there mouse-flavoured cat food?
- When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?
- Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
- Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
- You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?
- Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
- Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
- If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
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I live in a land of wonder Yella.
And the pills ain't helping.
Why is the third hand on your watch actually the second hand?
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
I live in a land of wonder Yella.
And the pills ain't helping.
It's a Wonder-ful World Velvet 
Originally Posted by Saint (fka Renton):
Why is the third hand on your watch actually the second hand?
Yep that's another one to wonder about lol
"You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?"
The materials they use for the black box are not suitable to build planes. The black box is designed to withstand high pressures, heat, fire, explosions. Planes are made out of light materials such as aluminium.
Just noticed this thread YR