Trivia and Goofy-ness

Yesterday DH and I spent the morning running errands: oil change, tire rotation, getting eye glasses fixed, etc., and I ran across this little magazine called, "The Tabletop Times". You know, one of those little books that you find in coffee shops, oil change places, dentist's offices. Anyway, I found a couple of things in it that made me chuckle and made me think. So, I thought I would share them.

AND PLEASE remember that I didn't write them. I got them from something printed and made available to the public)

Random funny things to think about:

1. Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
2. Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
3. If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days year, why are there locks on the doors?
4. If you can't drink and drive, why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor, and why do bars have parking lots?
5. If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how do they make TEFLON stick to the pan?
6. Why is that when you transport something by car, it's call a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's call cargo?
7. If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?
8. Why is there an expiration date on SOUR cream?
9. What is another word for "thesaurus"?
10. Why is the word 'abbreviate' so long?
11. Why is it call rush hour when everything moves so slow?
12. Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?
13. What would we have called the color orange if it wasn't a fruit?

Find the "Phobia": (Match the scientific phobia on the left with the actual fear on the right. Answers below)

1. Ablutophobia..................A. fear of horses
2. Alektorophobia................B. fear of the number 13
3. Belonephobia..................C. fear of gravity
4. Barophobia....................D. fear of washing, bathing
5. Catoptrophobia................E. fear of chickens
6. Dromophobia...................F. fear of radiation/x-rays
7. Equinophobia..................G. fear of pins and needles
8. Mycrophobia...................H. fear of mirrors
9. Octophobia....................I. fear of crossing streets
10. Radiophobia..................J. fear of small things
11. Triskaidekaphobia............K. fear of the figure B


(answers: 1-D, 2-E, 3-G, 4-C, 5-H, 6-I, 7-A, 8-J, 9-K, 10-F, 11-B)