Have you ever wondered why?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?

Why do banks charge a fee for “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

If money doesn’t grow on trees, why do banks have branches?

If we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

Whose idea was it to put an “s” in the word “lisp”?

Are there special parking spaces for “normal” people at the Special Olympics?

If the temperature is zero and it’s going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?

– From The New Paper, 6th December 2005