Things to think about that make you go "hmmm"

Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

Why do we recite at a play and play at a recital?

Why do we put suits in a garment bag and garments in a suitcase?

Why is stuff hauled on a ship called cargo, but when it's hauled in a car it's called shipping?

Why do generals live in private quarters and privates live in general quarters?

Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

When sign makers go on strike, do they carry blank picket signs?

Is it true that the quantity of consonants in the English language always remains the same? When they disappear from one place don't they wind up in another? For instance; When someone from Boston "pahks" his "cah" The lost "r"s migrate southwest, causing us Texans to "warsh" the dishes and drill "arl" wells.