dryan

Well, most of them can be attributed to the messed up English language. For the others: -Why do you get in trouble for blocking an exit? In the case of an emergency, wouldn't you run out, therefore NOT be blocking the exit. True, if it is an emergency exit. If it is just an exit, then people may need to get by. -Why, on a phone, is 0 after and not before 1? Back in the days of pulse tone, one pulse = 1, two pulses = 2, and so on. But you can't have zero pulses, so when you dial "0," it would send ten pulses. Think of a rotary telephone, the dial mechanically pulses the line, the more you turn the dial, the more pulses, so zero was put last. -If a missing person sees their picture on a poster that offers a reward, would they get the money? If the missing person has information that leads to the capture of a kidnapper or something, then I would say so. I'm not sure who puts up reward money for missing persons, but presumably their families, in which case it wouldn't matter. -Why on Earth does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? The prefix "in-" does not indicate negation, it comes from the word "inflame." -Why isn't there mouse flavoured cat-food? Does the mouse really care? Most people aren't very fond of mice, so it's not very good advertising. -Why do mattresses have designs on them? Aren't they going to be covered with sheets? You've got to keep the padding together anyway, so the stitching is necessary. As for the patterns and printed designs, it's just advertising. People are more likely to buy it if it looks nice. -If scientists were going to figure out something about time travel, wouldn't we be seeing scientists from the future? http://www.mkaku.org/articles/phys_time_travel.shtml - Michio Kaku It's very funny, worth a read. -How come car keys, are the only keys that have teeth on both sides? Other locks have teeth on both-sides, and are actually more secure (harder to pick). Many [older] cars have only one set of teeth. -Who gets to keep the coins thrown in a wishing well? Many times they go to charities, but it depends who owns it. -Can a person cry under water? I've heard that you can, but have never tried it. -You know Roadrunner, the cartoon? If Acme's stuff doesn't work, why does the coyote still buy from them? I think the Acme stuff works, only the coyote isn't very good at using it. He doesn't make very good connections when hooking up the Trinitrotolulene. After he sticks his face down next to it and jiggles the wires, it detonates properly. -Why does a round pizza come in a square cardboard box? Circular cardboard boxes are hard to make. -If CD's in a CD player were spun backwards, would it say everything backwards? I don't think so, because the CD has other instructions on it in order to tell the cd player how to "act." These instructions wouldn't be understood backwards. This does work for vinyl, however. -If lava melts rock ,then why doesn't it melt the volcano itself? It does, to an extent. But you have to consider that the liquid lava is already close to its melting temperatures, so it doesn't have much energy to give to the surrounding rock (solid lava). If you take solid water (ice) and pour liquid "ice-water" on it, not much of the ice will melt. The same is true with solid and liquid lava. -If a criminal turns him or herself in, shouldn't he or she get the reward money? I don't think so. You lose some of your rights when you commit a felony. -Why do birds bob their heads while they walk? Birds with eyes on the sides of their heads have a wide range of vision. However, their field of vision from each of their eyes overlaps with the other by very little. Therefore, they bob their heads to gain depth perception, by viewing the same thing from two different angles. -What would happen if all the people in the world were to flush their toilets all at the same time? I'm betting it wouldn't be a good idea. -Why isn't the letters Q and Z included on the normal telephone? They aren't used very much in the english language, so they were omitted whenever they set up the phone system. However, they are being "squeezed in" on most cellular phones nowadays. -According to the saying "easier said than done', is there anything easier done than said? Most of your body processes. Chewing food, swallowing it, digesting it, absorbing it. But the biggest of all: Thinking. Because we can't explain it, but we do it all the time. -Do fish ever get thirsty? Fish "drink" water all the time and extract oxygen for their cells. So I guess you could say they get "thirsty" when taken out of water or in water with low oxygen content.