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November 1, 2005 12:03 AM

Broken: (Just for fun) Wonderments

Alan O writes:

Nothing really broken (severely, anyway), just things to make you go, "hmmmm..."

Why is it that when you give someone "a penny for their thoughts," they give you their "two cents worth?"

What does it mean when you see an "end speed limit" sign? Can you go as fast as you want?

Why does "speed zone ahead" mean you're going to have to slow down?

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Posted by: Chris at November 1, 2005 01:09 AM

Why are they called "apart"ments when there's always lots of them together?

Posted by: Alden Bates at November 1, 2005 04:01 AM

End speed limit with no other speed limit sign means resume the unmarked road speed limit, ie 55 mph, at least here in PA.

Posted by: Jesse at November 1, 2005 07:53 AM

"Who puts the thin ice signs onto the thin ice?"

Posted by: Roger at November 1, 2005 10:04 AM

Aren't most of these originally by Gallagher? (btw: Sledge-o-Matic -- not broken).

Posted by: chris at November 1, 2005 10:23 AM

I saw one once on a freeway offramp. The ramp split into two lanes. The sign said "USE BOTH LANES". So I drove right down the middle...

Posted by: Stan at November 1, 2005 11:57 AM

_@_v - why people like to say it's "cold as hell" in the winter and it's "hot as hell" in the summer? isn't hell one temperature all the time? at least when i hear "it'll be a cold day in hell" i'm inclined to think it's always gonna be pretty hot...

Posted by: she-snailie at November 1, 2005 12:58 PM

She snail, the reason is there is great debate whether hell is endothermic or exothermic. We can assume that an ever larger group of people are going to hell. If hell is constantly expanding then it's possible that hell is very cold, but if hell is fixed in size then the increasing density of souls with a limited space would create increasing pressure and heat.

In short it's hot as hell.

Posted by: Joshua Wood at November 1, 2005 02:03 PM

What does a sign that says "Fine for Speeding" mean?

Posted by: Why at November 1, 2005 05:51 PM

Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

Posted by: grangie at November 1, 2005 06:41 PM

Why don't women wear night gowns to night clubs?

Why don't these words rhyme?

tough, trough, through, though, bough

Posted by: Fog Dude at November 1, 2005 07:36 PM

Why is Alan a Dumbass?

Posted by: frankie at November 1, 2005 08:05 PM

At games, why do people sit in the stands?

Posted by: gary at November 1, 2005 11:26 PM

Why is frankie a Dumbass?

Posted by: gmangw at November 1, 2005 11:54 PM

Why do women pluck their eyebrows, then draw them back in?

Josh Wood, you did read the college essay going around with that, right?

Posted by: longshooter2k at November 2, 2005 02:55 AM

Why is one TV called a set?

Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

Posted by: Dan Brokeau at November 2, 2005 10:57 AM

>She snail, the reason is there is great debate

>whether hell is endothermic or exothermic. We

>can assume that an ever larger group of people

>are going to hell. If hell is constantly

>expanding then it's possible that hell is very

>cold, but if hell is fixed in size then the

>increasing density of souls with a limited space

>would create increasing pressure and heat.

>

>In short it's hot as hell.

read it while its still good folks:

[url]http://bash.org/?301963[/url]

Posted by: Dragon at November 2, 2005 05:20 PM

Why does an elevator go down?

Posted by: Jon at November 4, 2005 11:50 PM

Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? Why do ships carry cargo and trucks carry shipments?

Posted by: Joleta at November 5, 2005 12:56 AM

Just before toolbooths on the NJ Turnpike, there are signs that say "Slow Down, Get Ticket".

Posted by: Jason at November 7, 2005 03:05 PM

Darn, all the good ones are already taken.

Posted by: Bob at November 8, 2005 04:47 PM

Why are you plagarizing Steven Wright and George Carlin without attribution?

Posted by: copyleft at November 10, 2005 06:32 PM

In my town we have a sign that says "speed zone ahead". Put the new posted speed is 5 mph faster than the one that was posted at the begining of the road with no discernable difference in the road.

Posted by: andy at December 13, 2005 09:14 PM

in FL there is a sign pointing to an offramp that says "KEY WEST 3.0 miles" when key west is 100 more miles south!

Posted by: ynot at April 8, 2006 03:14 AM

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