O*x*y*m*o*r*o*n s

[billym]

O*x*y*m*o*r*o*n s

1.*Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?*

2.*Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?

3..*If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?*

4.*If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?*

5.*Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?*

6.*Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?*

7.*Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?*

8.*Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
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9.*Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game"
when we are already there?

10.*Why are they called " stands" when they are made for sitting?*

11..*Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?*

12.*Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?*

13.*Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?*

14.*Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?*

15.*Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?*

16.*If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?*

17.*If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?*

18.*If*love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?*

19.*If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?*

20.*Why is bra singular and panties plural?
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21.*Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control
when you know the batteries are dead?*

22.*Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?*

23.*How come abbreviated is such a long word?*

24.*Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?*

25.*Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?*

26.*Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
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27.Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?

28.* Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

I dunno...why do we?

[readytogo]

*If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?*

[mattfivefour]

A running, sweating, hard-working reporter hustled by me one day back when I was a daily news producer sitting quietly at my desk and asked me whether I was aware that in television news the word "producer" was a one word oxymoron.

[readytogo]

I've got one...Why do they call it a peace process when it involves Palestian terrorists?

[Icguy]

Shortest one ever would be CIA

[Icguy]

I guess and actual Oxymoron would be if Obama had graduated from Oxford. hehe

[Meg]

My fave:

27.Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?

[JC1949]

is oxymoron a moron who eats oxxo?

[IamPJ]

Those are good....I like number 20.