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Questions we refuse to answer

OK, so we did the "why do we park in the driveway and drive in the parkway" thing. That doesn't mean we're going to answer every crackbrain question some comedian dreams up. In particular, if you ask one of the following, we'll track you down and do things so bad they scare even us.

1. Why do we need a hot water heater? If it's hot it doesn't need to be heated.
2. How can we have jumbo shrimp?
3. Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
4. Why do our noses run and our feet smell?
5. Why does quicksand work slowly?
6. Why are boxing rings square?
7. Why, when lights are out, they are invisible, but when the stars are out, they are visible?
8. Why do we call them apartments when they are all together?
9. If cows laughed, would milk come out of their noses?
10. Why does Denny's have locks on the door if it's open 24 hours?
11. Why do ships carry cargoes and cars carry shipments?
12. When will a building actually become a built?

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