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The perspicacious Dragnet sent this collection of Maxine-ish quotes on the subject of English...

If Maxine didn't actually say any of the following, she certainly should have...

Maxine-Type English questions

Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety-one?

If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea...does that mean that one out of five enjoys it?

Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?

If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car is
not called a racist?

If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, then doesn't it follow that electricians can
be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked,
and dry cleaners depressed?

Do Lipton Tea employees take 'coffee breaks?'

What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered
what do Chinese mothers use - toothpicks?

Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write
to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look
for them while they deliver the mail?

Is it true that you never really learn to swear until you learn to drive?

If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?

Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?

Why, why, why do we press harder on the remote control when we know the batteries are
getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee due to insufficient funds when they already know you're broke?

Why is it that when someone tells you that there are one billion stars in the universe you
believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint you have to touch it to check?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why did Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose cruel idea was it to put an "s" in the word "lisp"?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that, no matter what color bubble bath you use, the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat
will have materialized?

Why do people run over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down,
pick it up, examine it and then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

How do those dead bugs get into the enclosed light fixtures?

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always
manage to knock something else over?

Why, in winter, do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained
about the heat?

Do you ever wonder why you gave me your e-mail address in the first place?

And... A FAVORITE:

The statistics on sanity say that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of
mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're OK, then it's you!

REMEMBER, a day without a smile is like a day without sunshine!
And a day without sunshine is, like... night!

One question that never gets a mention in any of these collections:
Whatever happened to Absorbine SR.?
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