Serendipity

1.  Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? 2.  Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? 3.  If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4.  If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5.  Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? 6.  Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? 7.  Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? 8.  Why do "tug" boats push their barges? 9.  Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there? 10.  Why are they called " stands" when they are made for sitting? 11.  Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"? 12.  Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected? 13.  Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites? 14.  Why do "overlook" and "oversee" m

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