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  • Why are comb, tomb, and bomb spelled alike if they are all pronounced differently?
    —B. Rich

  • Suppose you were to climb into a septic tank to do some repairs, and you found yourself neck-deep in diarrheareous excrement. What would you do if someone threw a brick at your head?
    —Mr. G.

  • If tin whistles are made of tin, what do they make fog horns out of?
    —Kent Ziegler

  • If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown also?
    —B. Rich

  • Why is it that your feet smell and your nose runs?
    —Suzi

  • Why do we drive on a parkway but park in a driveway?
    —Big Al

  • What would a nudist call a pocket calculator?
    —Matt Radigan

  • Can it be said that a person who eats chicken fingers "bites the hand that feeds him?"
    —Tom Gilronan

  • Why do people use the phrase, "sitting on my ass?" Where else are you going to sit?
    —Mad K. Doyle

  • If it's the black box that's always left unharmed in a plane crash, then why isnt the whole damn plane made out of that stuff?
    —Ash D.

  • If a cow laughs, does milk come out it's nose?
    —Sammy Samsonite

  • Why do people use their turn signals when they're in a turn-only lane?
    —Maria Van

  • Should an atheist be allowed to say "Oh my god"?
    —Maria Van

  • Should vegetarians be allowed to eat animal crackers?
    —Maria Van

  • Why do 24-hr businesses have locks on the doors?
    —Tigger

  • If pigs lost the ability to make sounds, would they become dis-GRUNTled?
    —Adrian Bozzay

  • Do sailors say, "Ah well, worse things happen on land?"
    —Jestaminnit

  • What's wrong with cloud eight?
    —Jestaminnit

  • Why is it that when you open a can of evaporated milk, it's still full?
    —Jestaminnit

  • Why is the word dictionary in the dictionary?
    —Jestaminnit

  • How deep would the ocean be if it weren't for all those sponges soaking up the water?
    —Jestaminnit

  • Is the leaning tower of Pisa a listed building?
    —Jestaminnit

  • Where did the phrases, "A drug deal gone bad" and "A bad headache" ever come from? Are there indeed good drug deals, or good headaches?
    —Uncle Fester

  • It is said, if you drop a slice of buttered bread, it will land butter side down. Also, if you drop cat, it will land on its feet. What happens if you tie a slice of buttered bread to the back of a cat, and drop the whole setup out a second-story window?
    —Uncle Fester

  • Why is the deceased always called, "The Late, so and so?" They're not late; they aren't coming.
    —Uncle Fester

  • Why is it, when you go into a Convenience Store, with a refillable cup, with an obvious competitors logo on it, the clerk will ask, "Is that new or a refill?"
    —Uncle Fester

  • Why is it, when a couple has a new baby, someone will most assuredly ask, "Is that YOUR baby?" I mean, is there a place I'm not aware of that rents babies?
    —Uncle Fester

  • Why is it, when a friend calls you at work, they always ask, "What are you doing?" Shouldn't it be obvious when you're at work?
    —Uncle Fester

  • If a shepherd takes care of sheep, does a coward take care of cows?
    —Donald Frazier

  • If "con" is the opposite of "pro," is "congress" the opposite of "progress?"
    —Donald Frazier

  • If a person with a multiple personality disorder threatens to kill himself, can it be considered a hostage situation?
    —Brian Rajaniemi

  • If nothing will stick to Teflon, how do they get Teflon to stay in the pan?
    —Donald Frazier

  • What is best, a fat chance or a slim chance?
    —Donald Frazier

  • Is Canadian Bacon what Floridians call sunburnt Canadians?
    —Timism

  • Is it permissible to shoot tourists during tourist season?
    —Therese Ammons

  • If vegetarians eat vegetables, why don't humanitarians eat humans?
    —YoMama

  • Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
    —Erbach

  • Why is it called a hot water heater when it doesn't heat hot water?
    —Erbach

  • When a ship pulls into harbor, those little round windows that you see are called "portholes." Are the windows on the other side called "seaholes?"
    —Donald Frazier

  • Why didn't you tell me that you were a mute?
    —Andrew Walter

  • Why are there Braille markings at drive-through ATM machines?
    —Mr. Barry

  • If life's a bitch, and then you die, what's death?
    —Rick Adams

  • Are all horses created equul?
    —Andrew Gradman

  • Can an atheist claim Acts of God in his insurance?
    —Zelda J.T.

  • What is another word for thesaurus?
    —Shaun Hilton

  • Why is it that night falls, but day breaks?
    —Shaun Hilton

  • Why is it that rhetorical questions have no answer?
    —Roger Fragoza

  • If you choke on an ice cube, will it melt before you die?
    —Jan Unwin

  • Why don't cows have white meat?
    —Jan Unwin

  • How many pieces in a box of frozen chicken belong to the same chicken?
    —Jan Unwin

  • Why do they serve French bread with Italian meals?
    —Jan Unwin

  • What do you call a fly that has no wings?
    —The Wall

  • What's the deal with jaywalking? Don't jays fly?
    —Princess Marianne

  • If one was into stealing bee hives, would it be regarded as a "sting" operation?
    —Ron Murdock

  • Who coined the phrase, "who coined the phrase?"
    —Porterboy

  • How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work on snowy mornings?
    —navel_lintage

  • How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?
    —navel_lintage

  • Why is there an expiration date on my sour cream container?
    —navel_lintage

  • If you choke a Smurf, what color does he turn?
    —navel_lintage

  • Why do they call them "earth worms?" Do some people think they are from outer space?
    —Donald Frazier

  • Why do some pictures say "hand drawn?" Has anyone ever seen a "foot-drawn" portrait?
    —Donald Frazier

  • What sport do golfers play in the off-season?
    —The Wall

  • What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?
    —The Wall

  • What do little birdies see when they are hurt?
    —Ameyameya

  • Do Roman doctors call IVs "fours?"
    —Ameyameya

  • If "once you pop, you can't stop"; then why is there a reusable lid?
    —Daisy Wood

  • Can a fat person go skinny dipping?
    —Daisy Wood

  • If a man can get as weak as a kitten, how weak can a kitten get?
    —Donald Frazier

  • If Diet Dr. Pepper tastes just like regular Dr. Pepper—except with fewer calories—why is the regular Dr. Pepper still being sold?
    —Huzlinefan

  • If we can ask rhetorical questions, are there times when we can give rhetorical answers?
    —The Tim Guy

  • If an orange is called an orange, than why isn't a lemon called a yellow?
    —The Tim Guy

  • If you start out to fail and fail, then what have you done?
    —Steven Caress

  • Are submarine deployments called "submissions?"
    —The Tim Guy

  • Why are the names of sciences—like mathematics, physics and obstetrics—plural? Can you choose to study only one of each?
    —The Wall

  • Is the plastic bucket a pale imitation
    —PeeWee

  • Why is it that when we're dog tired we take cat naps?
    —The Tim Guy

  • If a man is talking in the woods, but his wife isn't there to hear him, is he still wrong?
    —Bob Keyes

  • Do sail boats float on sailing solution?
    —The Tim Guy

  • Did Aaron make the golden calf out of beef bullion?
    —The Tim Guy

  • If a flood washes the bridge away, and someone wishes to know how you plan to traverse the river; can you answer, "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it?"
    —The Tim Guy

  • If a tree falls on a mime, will it make a sound?
    —Satan's_lil_Angel

  • Is fraud on the internet committed by .com artists?
    —Peter Schmidt

  • How was milk discovered? What did the dude/dudette who discovered it think he/she was doing?
    —Jiggy Jiggy

  • What do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?
    —Sprint19

  • If a butthead is stupid, why is an egghead smart?
    —Gene Schubert

  • If lucky people are born with silver spoons in their mouths, are unlucky people born with silver knives in their mouths?
    —Gene Schubert

  • Does a backpack turn into a knapsack when you're asleep?
    —Gene Schubert

  • If Madonna were to testify in court, would she be a material witness?
    —Gary Blake

  • Doesn't "going the extra mile" take you past the place where you want to go?
    —The Wall

  • If peoples' knees bent in the other direction, what would chairs look like?
    —Rich D

  • Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
    —Punjab

  • Why do they put fences around cow pastures? I mean, if the cow can jump over the moon, she can sure as heck can jump over a fence.
    —Donald Frazier

  • How do you write zero in roman numerals?
    —Donald Frazier

  • Is there a cure for chronic deja vu?
    —Johnno

  • If you coin a word, do you word a coin?
    —Johnno

  • If you are an astronaut, and you visit the planet Uranus . . . does that mean you are physically in your anus?
    —Jr Felon

  • Why are "semi" trucks larger than normal-sized trucks?
    —Michael LeMaster

  • If a man is named Nick, does he have a nickname?
    —Michael LeMaster

  • Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of a bottle?
    —hotfever66

  • Do sheep shrink in the rain?
    —hotfever66

  • How could a San Frisco Giant play shortstop? Also, can a San Diego Charger pay cash?
    —punjab

  • Would you call a TV ad for aluminum caskets a "light bier" commercial?
    —punjab

  • Would an impartial rabbit be considered a fair hare? If so, would his son be called a "fair-hared boy?"
    —punjab

  • When coyotes eat rabbits, do they cough up hare balls?
    —punjab

  • Does an amoeba use a one-cell phone?
    —punjab

  • If you threw a bash for your former spouse, would it be called an ex parte proceeding?
    —punjab

  • When Mahatma Gandhi got cold, did he wear an Indian blanket?
    —punjab

  • Would you call a muscular idiot an oxymoron?
    —punjab

  • How can there be self-help "groups?"
    —Donald Frazier

  • I've heard the saying "Deader than a doornail," but just what is a doornail? And was it ever alive?
    —Donald Frazier

  • Is the alphabet in that order because of the song?
    —Mac Daddy

  • Why do we choose from two people for president and 50 for Miss America?
    —Mac Daddy

  • Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?
    —Mac Daddy

  • If there is no God, then who pops the next tissue out of the box?
    —Mac Daddy

  • If medical graduates become doctors, why don't math graduates become Counts?
    —Chalky

  • What would you do if you saw 99 bottles of beer on the wall?
    —alex a

  • Where in the Humpty Dumpty song does it say that he's an egg?
    —alex a

  • How does the music video look for the song, "Scrub a Dub Dub, Three Men in a Tub?"
    —alex a

  • If it's a pair of goulashes, then what do you call one? A golash?
    —Paul Anderson

  • What is the plural of dufus? dufai?
    —Paul Anderson

  • If an airport is so safe, then why do they call it a terminal?
    —Sackotheskunk

  • Is the Hokey Pokey really what it's all about?
    —karisma22

  • If you are not supposed to cut people down, do we cut them up?
    —Ryan

  • Why is it when you blow in a dogs face, he spazes out; but when you go for a ride in a car he, sticks his head out the window?
    —numb buts

  • If love is blind, how come lingerie is so popular?
    —Alf of Melmak

  • If an irresistable force meets an immovable object, is it still covered by my homeowners insurance?
    —punjab

  • Why did the cat have a fiddle, and not a viola?
    —chicken pants

  • Why are liars's pants always on fire?
    —chicken pants

  • How do we know that Old Mcdonald is a guy?
    —chicken pants

  • Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that he himself could not eat it?
    —Smartest Man In The World

  • Are dime-store operators required to attend sundry school?
    —punjab

  • Do sprinters ever get the runs?
    —Chalky

  • Do people in the gay olympics compete in the bi-athelon?
    —Chalky

  • Do blind sprinters use seeing-eye greyhounds?
    —punjab

  • Just what is Victoria's secret?
    —punjab

  • Do abstract artists ever do anything with a straight face?
    —punjab

  • Is there such a thing as being right-side down?
    —Donald Frazier

  • Do geometry professors send each other parallelograms?
    —punjab

  • Does Superman sleep in the supernatural?
    —punjab

  • Whoever heard of warm, soft cash?
    —punjab

  • If a mime were called as a witness, would it be mute testimony?
    —punjab

  • Does a G-Man take a G-Whiz?
    —punjab

  • If the computer starts counting at 0, why is 0 the last digit on the keyboard?
    —Donald Frazier

  • Why do they call it "rush hour" when there is nothing moving?
    —Donald Frazier

  • In sports, why does a free agent cost so much to sign?
    —SGT Snorkel

  • if Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are in a plane and it crashes is that killing two stones with one bird?
    —josh

  • How could one come up with glue from horses? I can picture it now, "Hey! That could work!"
    —An omnimous pure son

  • Are kite shops, fly-by-nighters?
    —Greg Slater

  • Is John Doe susceptible to identity theft?
    —punjab

  • How is it that something, like a neat car can be called "totally cool" and "totally hot" and mean the same thing? Aren't these words opposites?
    —The Tim Guy

  • You know the saying, "More than you can poke a stick at"? I don't know about you, but I can poke a stick at quite a few things.
    —Pam Bell

  • Why aren't Mothers Day and Labor Day celebrated at the same time?
    —SGT Snorkel

  • Could someone be arrested for entering a crowded fire-house and yelling, "Movie!"?
    —R. Nelson

  • Does someone who manufacturers brakes take a work?
    or
    If someone who manufacturers brakes takes a brake, does he get in trouble?
    —R. Nelson

  • Are children of clowns scared of people who don't have their faces painted?
    —R. Nelson

  • Do Cannibals think that clowns taste funny?
    —R. Nelson

  • When will the rhetorical questions end?
    —Ross

  • If you choke a smurf what color does it turn?
    —MYC

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