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wesleyw
12-22-2009, 07:47 PM
> O x y m o r o n s
>
> 1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
>
> 2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
>
> 3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
>
> 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
>
> 5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is whack?
>
> 6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
>
> 7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the
> same thing?
>
> 8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
>
> 9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already
> there?
>
> 10. Why are they called " stands" when they are made for sitting?
>
> 11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
>
> 12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
>
> 13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
>
> 14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
>
> 15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
>
> 16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
>
> 17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
>
> 18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
>
> 19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
>
> 20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
>
> 21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you
> know the batteries are dead?
>
> 22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
>
> 23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
>
> 24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
>
> 25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
>
> 26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
>
> 27. Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead
> tree and eat candy out of your socks?
> 28. Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway ?

willcbr600rr
12-22-2009, 08:24 PM
27. Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead
> tree and eat candy out of your socks?


:laughing:

nvoelsch
12-22-2009, 10:31 PM
Dang it Wes, I started thinking about these and then :blowup:

ZX-14
12-23-2009, 08:53 AM
Dang it Wes, I started thinking about these and then :blowup:

Me two.
:blowup::blowup:

TOM-CAT
12-23-2009, 12:42 PM
:clapping:

wesleyw
12-23-2009, 02:21 PM
Oh, how grand the English language is...I'm so glad I'm a math major and not an English-major... :P

Stacya_250
12-23-2009, 07:53 PM
Wes I think we all are glad your a math guy and not a English-major hounding all of us for our bad grammar and crap I miss spell!..lol

wesleyw
12-23-2009, 09:11 PM
haha I wouldn't do that, I screw up my fair share of english...math on the other hand, follow the rules dammit! haha just kidding. :P

ZX-14
12-24-2009, 09:25 AM
Wes I think we all are glad your a math guy and not a English-major hounding all of us for our bad grammar and crap I miss spell!..lol

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