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Just some oddities in the English language that should be pointed out. =)
Some of these are quite good and some are horrendous, but most of them are funny so it's a good read. Enjoy.
* Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
* Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
* Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
* If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown, too?
* If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff?
* Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
* If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
* Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it?
* How is it possible to have a civil war?
* What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
* Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
* What was the best thing before sliced bread?
* If you take an oriental man and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?
* 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 is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
* Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
* Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
* Why isn't 11 pronounced "onety one"?
* "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest?
* If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?
* If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?
* If olive oil comes from olives, where does babyoil come from?
* Why is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the word for being afraid of long words?
Some of these are quite good and some are horrendous, but most of them are funny so it's a good read. Enjoy.
* Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
* Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
* Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
* If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown, too?
* If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff?
* Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
* If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
* Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have a "S" in it?
* How is it possible to have a civil war?
* What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
* Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
* What was the best thing before sliced bread?
* If you take an oriental man and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?
* 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 is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
* Why are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
* Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
* Why isn't 11 pronounced "onety one"?
* "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest?
* If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?
* If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?
* If olive oil comes from olives, where does babyoil come from?
* Why is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the word for being afraid of long words?
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