Curious Conundrums
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Welcome to Curious Conundrums to Consider
Have we got some ridiculous if not elegant enigmas and ripsnorting riddles to solve. More to the point, if you've got the gumption to hazard a guess or take a long leap of faith to fill that space.
If so, you've come to the right place. If not, well maybe you should return to the cute little cubby hole from whence you came and contemplate your navel!
Curious Conundrums' Contents
- CURIOUS CONUNDRUM OF THE MONTH:
- PITH IN THE PONDERING POOL:
- HILARIOUS HIGHER LEARNING LENSES
- Jest for the Pun of It!
- PERPLEXING PONDERINGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - PART I
- HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED...
- If "air travel" is so safe, how come they call the place where they take off and land "terminal"?
- IF YOU KNOW SO MUCH, WHO PUT THE OVERALLS IN MRS. MURPHY'S CHOWDER? (Image Credit: littlegirlpearl@flickr.com)
- How can you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
CURIOUS CONUNDRUM OF THE MONTH:
I know what Preparation H is...but what are preparations A-G?
PITH IN THE PONDERING POOL:
Does the little Mermaid wear an algaebra?
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Image Credit: fabiosimple@flickr.com
HILARIOUS HIGHER LEARNING LENSES
Jest for the Pun of It!
Prose writers, poets, and painters can't agree on whether the first pencil created was pointless.
PERPLEXING PONDERINGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - PART I
Besides having the body of a God...unfortunately it's Buddha, there is much to keep the mind occupied these days, be it wondering how to eat humble pie, how to stuff a mushroom, or where to find a flying carpet that comes with a money-back guarantee?If you're not interested in answering the above depressing dilemmas, then perhaps you might medidate upon these merry musings for a moment or three.
1. Why is the "Lone Ranger" called "Lone" if he's always with his First Nations friend named "Tonto"?
2. Can you daydream at night and can crop circles ever be square?
3. Why do we press the "start button" to turn off the computer?
4. If ghosts can walk through walls and slide down stairs, how come they don't fall through the floor?
5. How come Tarzan never wears a beard?
6. Why does toilet bowl cleaner only come in the color blue?
7. If money grows on trees, why do banks have branches?
8. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
9. Did Noah have woodpeckers in the ark, and if so, where did he put them?
10. Why are men's and women's shoe sizes different?
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED...
"If a pinot noir pig loses his voice, is he disgruntled?"
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Image Credit: Bill Mayer@flickr.com
If "air travel" is so safe, how come they call the place where they take off and land "terminal"?
IF YOU KNOW SO MUCH, WHO PUT THE OVERALLS IN MRS. MURPHY'S CHOWDER? (Image Credit: littlegirlpearl@flickr.com)
How can you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
PSYCHIC HOTLINE, HOW MAY WE HELP YOU?
"Can you tell me why psychics never win the lottery? Oh, and by the way, how come you ask me for my credit card number ... don't you already know it?"
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Image Credit: maralina!@flickr.com
PERPLEXING PONDERINGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - PART II
1. If feathers tickle people, do they tickle birds?2. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
3. When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?
4. Why are boxing rings square?
5. If marriage means you fell in love, does divorce mean you climbed out?
6. Why is it you get a penny for your thoughts, but have to put in your two cents worth?
7. Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs. Which reminds me, do fish ever get thirsty?
8. If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed?
9. Why don't the hairs on your arms get split ends?
10. If an atheist has to go to court, do they make him swear on the Bible?
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Image Credit: bcanada92@flickr.com
CLOWNING AROUND...
Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?
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Image Credit: Bill Mayer@flickr.com
A Confabulating Conundrum
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Image Credit: Vimrod.com cartoon
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
IS SUPERMAN REALLY A SUPER STUD?
How come Superman can stop bullets with his chest but he always ducks when someone throws a gun at him?
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Image Credit: inkscratch@flickr.com
"Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like: 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?"
-- Jay Leno --
IF VISUALLY-CHALLENGED WEAR SUNGLASSES WHY DON'T HEARING-IMPAIRED WEAR EAR MUFFS? (Image Credit: Wilson Becerra@flickr.com
Why are things called "stands" made for sitting?
DO THOSE WHO CAN'T READ STILL GET THE FULL EFFECT OF ALPHABET SOUP? (Image Credit: cavidanny@flickr.com)
How come we say a "pair of panties" but only one bra?
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED...
If love is blind, how come lingerie is so popular?
Image Credit: Kevin Kallaugher at artofmoyse.com
OKAY KNOW-IT-ALL, WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?
BEER RUDDY BOB WANTS TO KNOW...
"If the entire world's a stage, where the heck is the audience sitting?"
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Image Credit: bcanada92@flickr.com
THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER WANTS TO KNOW...
"If a parsley farmer is sued, can he garnish his wages?"
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Image Credit: caffeineandpixels@flickr.com
As curious conundrums go, they left Fred, (the inveterate navel-gazer), a tad non-plussed.
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Image Credit: bobcanada92.blogspot.com/dumb-alien
Do I Look Like A Happy Holiday Hoofed Herbivore With A Red-Nose To You?
"Have you ever wondered, if boisterous bovines make Christmas cowpies, do happy holiday hoofed herbivores with red-hued noses make reindeer road apples?
IF THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DUMB QUESTION...IT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES A SMART ASP TO ANSWER ONE!.
MERRY MYTHMAS!
CHRISTMAS CONUNDRUM
Do You Own a Ho-Ho-Ho-Friendly Home?
The Annals of Amusing American Architecture recently received a letter of complaint from a North Pole resident stating that single family dwellings with slanted roofs and no chimneys pose a significant health and safety risk to air express services on December 24th.
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Image Credit: Bruce Brown illustration, flickr.com 2126132292_02d9a37aa6
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Northwestphotos
Nov 25, 2011 @ 7:34 pm | delete
- I love this lens! Makes you think!
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VivekS
Jul 7, 2010 @ 11:47 pm | delete
- It's always a joy to read such lenses, and I'm happy to rate it up and stumble it.
Good laugh and brainstorming at the same go, I'm going to bookmark it so the next time a newbie ask how to get rid of conundrums I can show them your way
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shevans
Apr 18, 2009 @ 1:46 pm | delete
- Really cute. You made me laught.
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