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Some great questions, brought to you by Peter Kay
1) Why does your gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed?
2) If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the
core of the earth?
3) Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?>
4) Is it possible to brush your teeth without wiggling your arse?
5) Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is
stand up and say, 'My name is Bob, and I am an alcoholic'?
6) Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside?
7) Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
8) Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for
centuries' have a 'use by' date?
9) Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible
crisp no one would eat?
10) Is French kissing in France just called kissing?
11) Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze
these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out'?
12) What do people in China call their good plates?
13) Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't
point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?
14) What do you call male ballerinas?
15) Why is a person that handles your money called a 'Broker'?
16) If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
17) If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from
vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
18) Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion
stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet
paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?
19) Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
20) Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at
you but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out of window?

cant you just tell I just love Peter Kay (for those in the UK think 'Phoenix Nights' - for others- well I'm not sure?)
 

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13) Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't
point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?
 

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In regards to the baby oil . . . .. For a long time when the majority of citizens in even the most "developed" countries were illiterate, shops proclaimed their purpose by a universal symbol on their placard (wheat sheaves for a pub, etc). We still use the symbol or picture to figure stuff out, especially if we are in a foriegn country or looking at an item from a foreign country. So, when the U.S. first started donating goods to developing nations, many of the inhabitants were horrified! There were cans with beans on the label and beans were inside, cans with corn on the label with corn inside and cans with . . . a picture of a baby on the outside and an unidentifiable puree on the inside! There really were lots of people (understandably) confused and convinced those wicked people in the U.S. were sending them food made OF babies rather than FOR babies! I always think that's a great example of things getting "lost in translation".
 
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