This document poses a series of thought-provoking questions about common sayings and everyday objects or activities, including why the third hand on a watch is called the second hand, how Webster found words to include in his first dictionary since it was the first, why we sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at the ballpark, and why pressing buttons harder on a dead remote control is a futile act.

1. Things That
Make You Go
Hmmmmm

2. Is it good if a
vacuum really
sucks?

3. Why is the third hand on the
watch called the second hand?

4. If Webster wrote the
first dictionary, where
did he find the words?

5. Why do we sing "Take me out to
the ball game" when we are
already there?

6. Why do you press harder on
the buttons of a remote
control when you know the
batteries are dead?

7. Why is it called "after dark"
when it really is "after light" ?

8. Why do we say something
is out of whack?
What is a whack?

9. Why do "fat chance"
and "slim chance"
mean the same thing?

10. A stitch in time
saves nine what?

11. After eating, do amphibians
have to wait one hour before
getting out of the water?