With thanks to celebrated humourist and raconteur John Hudson (and with apologies in advance)!

  • Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
  • If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?
  • Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
  • Why do we say something is out of whack? What's a whack?
  • Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
  • If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
  • If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
  • When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?
  • Why isn't the number I I pronounced onety one?
  • "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?