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139. Why are movie theatres always so cold? 140. Why are school buses painted yellow? 141. Why are there 5 syllables in the word monosyllabic? 142. Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes? 143. Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? 144. Why are there more brown M&M's than any other color? 145. Why are they called apartments when they are stuck together? 146. Why are they called stands when they are made for sitting? 147. Why are toilet flush handles on the left side? 148. Why are U.S. elections held on Tuesdays? 149. Why aren't there seat belts in buses and taxicabs? 150. Why ask why? Try bud dry. Then again, if Bud's made from water, how can it be dry? 151. Why can't we make newspapers that don't smudge? 152. Why can't you find fresh sardines in a fish market? 153. Why did God give men nipples? 154. Why did kamikaze pilots where helmets? 155. Why did Nabisco eliminate the red string on the wrappers of its Saltine two and four packs? 156. Why do bananas grow upward and all other fruits grow downward? 157. Why do banks charge you a " non sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have? 158. Why do brown eyes see better in the sun than blue eyes? 159. Why do corn flakes and Sugar frosted flakes have the save number of calories per serving? 160. Why do Curad Band-Aids sparkle when you open them? 161. Why do doughnuts have holes? 162. Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? 163. Why do firehouses have Dalmatians? 164. Why do men's bicycles have crossbars? 165. Why do old men wear their pants higher than young men do? 166. Why do old women die their hair blue? 167. Why do other people hear our voices different than we do? 168. Why do people who know the least know it the loudest? 169. Why do psychics have to ask for your name? 170. Why do roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"? 171. Why do scars never go away? 172. Why do scientists call it research when they are looking for something new? 173. Why do some ranchers put old boots on fence posts? 174. Why do steam irons have a permanent press setting? 175. Why do they call a pear a pear if there is only one? 176. Why do they call it the department of interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors? 177. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone is going to clean them? 178. Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive up ATM? 179. Why do they report power outages on TV? 180. Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injection? 181. Why do tugboats push their barges? 182. Why do we but a product that takes 2000 flushes to get rid of? 183. Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? 184. Why do we have to dry raincoats? 185. Why do we itch? 186. Why do we label underwear as a pair? 187. Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays? 188. Why do we sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" if we are already there? 189. Why do we tie shoes to the back of newlywed's cars? 190. Why do we wait until a pig is dead to cure it? 191. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them? 192. Why do Wintergreen LifeSavers sparkle in the dark? 193. Why do women wear such uncomfortable shoes? 194. Why do you have a hot water heater when you don't need to heat hot water? 195. Why do you often see a shoe lying on the side of the street? 196. Why do your feet swell on airplanes? 197. Why do your nose run and your feet smell? 198. Why does an alarm clock "go off" when it BEGINS ringing? 199. Why does cleave mean both split apart and stick together? 200. Why does O stand for hug? 201. Why does rootbeer taste flatter than any other cola? 202. Why does slow down and slow up mean the same thing? 203. Why does soda taste better in a small bottle than in a large bottle or in a can? 204. Why does the Indiana driver's license include in its list of possible restrictions "B" for "Blind"? 205. Why does the minute hand on school clocks always click backward before advancing? 206. Why does the psychic hotline ask for your credit card number? Shouldn't they already know it?
