Who is it that decides what word means what, when???
Like, how do I go down the road to get up the hill???
Any how come when I go uptown, I end up downtown?? 
The wind blows but I have to wind my watch?
I can drink a draft beer, even when there is no draft in the room?
Time flies like a bird...but Fruit flies like bananas?
"I’m in the shower,” called out Jane barely audible.
“Where’s my pants?” asked Don briefly.
“Don't call me a oddball,” Tom replied evenly.
"I hear that in the olden days you could see a carhop?"
I have a talking bicycle. Don't tell anyone, but I crashed your bike, bent the frame and the wheel spoke?
Hey coach why are you banging on the vending machine...trying to get a quarterback?
Did you ever wonder why funeral starts with the word fun?
Is a precaution something you get before a caution?
Are overjoyed people too happy?
If you run errands, aren’t you a go-getter?
Isn’t it amazing that anyone can stand sitting?
How do you get off a non-stop flight?
Why do they call dwellings stuck together apartments?
Why are there interstates in Hawaii?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
How come people recite at a play and play at a recital?
Why are goods sent by ship called cargo and those sent by truck shipment?
Why are the bigheaded usually also small-minded?
Is it good if a vacuum cleaner really sucks?
How come you have to fill in a form to fill out a form?
and finally,
How can you dig out of a hole?
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References:
The frist 4 are by me.
The others are adapted from Fun with Words by Jim Wegryn
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