Wit’s end #2 From Anthea Vitarelli

[ChrisGreaves]

If you attempt to rob a bank you won't have any trouble with rent/food bills for the next 10 years, whether or not you are successful.

Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?

What if my dog only brings back my ball because he thinks I like throwing it?

If poison passes its use-by date, is it more poisonous or no longer poisonous?

Which letter is silent in the word ‘scent,’ the S or the C?

Why is the letter W - in English - called double U? Shouldn't it be called double V?

Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and it just takes 75 - 100 years to fully work.

Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.

The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims".

Intentionally losing a game of rock, paper, scissors is just as hard as trying to win.

100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.

Your future-self is watching you right now through memories.

The doctors who told Stephen Hawking he had two years to live in 1953 are probably dead.

If you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to each of them.

Many animals probably need glasses, but nobody knows it.

If you rip a hole in a net, there are actually fewer holes in it than there were before.

If 2/2/22 falls on a Tuesday, we'll just call it "2's Day".

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

A day without sunshine is like, well, night.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Nothing is fool-proof to a sufficiently talented fool.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

It is said, that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone from Auckland would be stupid enough to try to pass them.

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.


Cheers
Chris

[HansV]

Why is the letter W - in English - called double U? Shouldn't it be called double V?

"Double V" is its name in French!

[John Gray]

I would have thought that Chris would have known all about W...

And surely "If 2/2/22 falls on a Tuesday, we'll just call it "2's Day" "
would have been better expressed as 22/2/22 (as dd/m/yy format) because 22/02/2022 (in extremely logical dd/mm/yyyy format) is a Tuesday!

[ChrisGreaves]

I would have thought that Chris would have known all about W...

"abowt", John, "ABOWT"!

(I know, I know, I can't make my groan heard after I have fled.)

[BobH]

In Spain, 'U' is pronounced 'ooo' and 'W' is 'ooovy' or 'dublioo' but if you say 'dublioovy' you triple the 'U'.
DAMHIKT!

[ChrisGreaves]

And Iowa is the only U.S. State whose name is composed of five vowels.

[kdock]

The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims".

Apparently, the dot over the "i" floats to the surface.

Kim

[HansV]

Use upper case and choose your font wisely:

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[kdock]

You may be right, if one chooses wisely.

But here's what happens when you want an "I" with a mind of it's own.

Kim

[HansV]

[ChrisGreaves]

In Spain, 'U' is pronounced 'ooo' and 'W' is 'ooovy' or 'dublioo' but if you say 'dublioovy' you triple the 'U'.
DAMHIKT!

http://rhymeswithorange.com/comics/november-17-2017/