OK so two planes fly towards each other. They don't hit each other. Why's it described as a near miss? Surely it's a near hit?

 

Why is a fly still called a fly, when it spends over 80% of it's life standing or walking?

 

Why is a large shrimp called a "jumbo shrimp" when it actually is a less smaller shrimp than average?

 

Why do we park in driveways and drive in parkways?

 

Why does Radio Shack ask you for your phone number when you buy batteries?

 

Why is an open door, a jar

 

In a commercial US state to state flights, why do we get seat cushions as floatation devices and not as parachutes?

Why do oxgen masks drop down from overhead compartments....when the last thing you need is oxygen as a plane descends?

 

Why do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?

Ship by truck or car and send cargo by ship?

Have noses that run and feet that smell?

 

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

 

Why do you have to pay tolls on freeways?