Ponderables: ** Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Ponderables:
** Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
** Do you think Houdini ever locked his keys in his car?
** Why is there a road sign that says "Braille Institute, Next Exit"?
** Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?
** If procrastinators had a club would they ever have a meeting?
** If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
** Have you ever wondered why just one letter makes all the difference
between here and there?
** When an agnostic dies, does he go to the "great perhaps"?
** When you go into a hotel for the first time, you always see reception.
What happened to the first ception?
** If time heals all wounds, how come the belly button stays the same?
** If a lawyer and an IRS agent were both drowning, and you could only save
one of them, would you go to lunch or read the paper?
** Isn't it strange that the same people who laugh at gypsy fortune tellers
take economists seriously?
** If you crossed a chicken with a zebra would they get a four-legged
chicken with its own barcode?
** If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?
** Why is there always one in every crowd?
** If all the world is a stage, where does the audience sit?
** Is it possible to have deja vu and amnesia at the same time?
** Why do hair shampoo instructions say "Lather. Rinse. Repeat"? If you did
this, would you ever be able to stop?
** Who decided "Hotpoint" would be a good name for a company that sells
refrigerators?
** How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?