Obvious Questions Abound

I started this feature as a one-time article. However, after printing that first short list, I began to come across more and more questions I couldn’t answer. I found few others that could help me out by providing answers. Now, after sharing more than 115 of these simple, but apparently unanswerable questions, I’m receiving additional questions from our readers. Now we’re up to 130. Enjoy. Answer them if you can. Share the questions if you really want to drive someone crazy.

Again these aren’t world-changing questions which must be answered. It just might give us a little more peace of mind if they were answered. I’m not talking about questions that will end wars, abolish poverty, cure all diseases, or eliminate the world’s problems. I’m talking about the questions that drive us crazy due to their simplicity and the questions that absolutely no one seems to be able to answer. Here are a few more.

How come aspirins are packed in childproof containers but bullets just come in a box?
Should not the Society of Indexers be known as “Indexers, Society of, The”?
What are perfect strangers?
Are there imperfect strangers?
If bankers can count, how come they always have ten windows and two tellers?
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?”
Why do bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks?
Why do we call a wrecker when we have an accident? We’ve already had the wreck.
Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
If Superman is so smart, then why does he wear his underpants on the outside of his trousers?
How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?
If peanut butter cookies are made from peanut butter, then what are Girl Scout cookies made out of?
If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
How do you get off a non-stop flight?

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of motivational speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services.