Thursday, August 23, 2007

Ever wonder?

Extracted from an email:

1. Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?

2. Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid
is made with real lemons?

3. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

4. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

5. Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

6. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

7. Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

8. Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?

9. Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

10. Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

11. Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?

12. Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

13. When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

14. Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

15. Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

16. You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why
don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

17. If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
~~~~~
In case you needed further proof that the
human race is doomed through stupidity,
here are some actual label instructions
on consumer goods.

On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while
sleeping. ( and that's the only time I have to work on my hair.)

On a bag of Fritos: ..You could be a winner! No purchase necessary.
Details inside. (the shoplifter special?)

On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." (and that
would be how??...)

On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestion: Defrost." (but,
it's "just" a suggestion.)

On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on
bottom): "Do not turn upside down." (well...duh, a bit late, huh!)

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating."
(...and you thought????...)

On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." (but
wouldn't this save me more time?)

On Boot's Children Cough Medicine:"Do not drive a car or operate
machinery after taking this medication." (We could do a lot to reduce
the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those
5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)

On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness." (and... I'm taking
this because???....)

On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only."
(as opposed to...what?)

On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use." (now,
somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.)

On Sunsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts." (talk about a news
flash)

On an American Airlines packet of nuts:
"Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts." (Step 3: maybe, uh...fly Delta?)
On a child's superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable
you to fly." (I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this
one.)

On a Swedish chainsaw:"Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or
genitals." (..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)

Enjoy =) ~ Fiona

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

haha, wat a great laugh.

mascara: u have to tilt ur head up in order to apply from the base of ur lashes w/o any smudging. as u do that, u can feel ur neck stretching and all tensed up. to undo that discomfort, we simply slacken our mouth.

some stuff can be explained by science but nevertheless very interesting when presented like this.

sarcasm at the end of the entry was well appreciated. =P

Anonymous said...

Though I didn't leave a comment..i did read it when it was posted. I really a fan of witty literature and clever use of vocabulary. Though I am quite incapable of writing the same...=P.. Agree about the sarcasm.

Thats explains why I like fantasy novels like dungeons and dragons and National geographic.

Hope to see more witty comments...haha..