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Julia
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Post by Julia »

I fear that if I post this cr@p I am going to be labelled extremely sad or be asked if I had a quiet day today! :lol:

Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?
Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?
How can a person be "pretty ugly?".
If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?
If a fly is without wings, would it be called a walk?
If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound?
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
If 'con' is the opposite of 'pro' then congress must be the opposite of progress.
If it's true that the left side of the brain controls the right half of the body, then does that mean that only left-handers are in their right minds?
If quiters never win, and winners never cheat, then who is the fool who said, "Quit while you're ahead"?
If someone with multiple personalities threatens to comit suicide, is that a hostage situation?
If teachers taught, why don't preachers praught.
If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their lights off?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If you wrote a letter, could you have you bote your tongue?
If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
Is it possible to be a closet claustrophobic?
Is it possible to be totally partial?
Is it still called fishing if you don't catch anything?
Is there a horseful carriage or a strapful gown?
Should vegetarians eat animal crackers?
What do you call a fly without wings?
What do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?
What do you pack styrofoam in?
What if there were no hypothetical situations?
What is a sung hero or requited love?
What is combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
What's another word for thesaurus?
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
Where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?
Why are boxing rings are square.
Why are Sweetmeats candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Why are they called 'cowboys' aren't cows girls?
Why can we say the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
Why can you can make amends but can't make one amend.
Why can you comb through annals of history but can't comb a single annal.
Why do cowboys were two spurs, if one side of the horse goes doesn't the other?
Why do noses run and feet smell.
Why do only adults have problems with childproof bottles?
Why do people go on vacation and write back to others saying 'Wish you were here', you don't wish these people were here, these people are the reason you're taking a vacation.
Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?
Why do steam irons have a permanent press setting?
Why do they call it a Guinea Pig when it is not from Guinea nor is it a pig.
Why do they call them English Muffins when they weren't invented in England.
Why do they call them French Fries when they weren't invented in France.
Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?Are they afraid someone will clean them?
Why do we call it a building when it's already built?
Why do we call them apartments when they're all stuck together?
Why do we fill in a form by filling it out.
Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways.
Why do we ship by truck and send cargo or a truck by ship.
Why do we teach our children not to play in the street, but we sell ice cream from a moving truck?
Why do you call it a TV set when you only get one?
Why does a house can burn up as it burns down.
Why does everybody want to goto Heaven, but nobody wants to die?
Why does your car run better after being washed?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Why is "crazy man" an insult, while to insert a comma and say "crazy, man!" is a compliment.
Why is "overlook" and "oversee" opposites, but "quite a lot" and "quite a few" are the same.
Why is it a slim chance and a fat chance are the same, but a wise man and wise guy are opposites..
Why is it called Quicksand when it is slow.
Why is it that an alarm clock goes off by going on.
Why is it that we recite at a play and play at a recital.
Why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham.
Why is the word abbreviation so long?
Why is there no apple nor pine in pineapple.
Why is there no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger.
Why would anyone spend $5000 on a Rolex watch, if you have $5000 to spend on a watch you can afford to be late.

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Alex LS
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Post by Alex LS »

Does this make me sadder then, and do I care? :D


Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?
Statistically no more than anyone else.

Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?
If they haven't eaten for a while, yes.

How can a person be "pretty ugly?".
Very easily.

If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?
No

If a fly is without wings, would it be called a walk?
No

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?
If the appropriate warrant is issued.

If a stealth bomber crashes in a forest, will it make a sound?
Yes

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
Neither. 'He' is not human so such terms do not apply.

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Food.

If 'con' is the opposite of 'pro' then congress must be the opposite of progress.
"Con" is an abbreviation of "contra" so the basis of this argument is false.

If it's true that the left side of the brain controls the right half of the body, then does that mean that only left-handers are in their right minds?
No. That is an oversimplification.

If quiters never win, and winners never cheat, then who is the fool who said, "Quit while you're ahead"?
Who cares?

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to comit suicide, is that a hostage situation?
No.

If teachers taught, why don't preachers praught.
Because the two verb stems come from different origins.

If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
Only in the USA. In the UK he'd be told that he did not have to say anything but that it may harm his defence if he didn't mention now, when questioned, something which he may later rely on in court and that anything he did say may be used in evidence.

If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their lights off?
Not unless they want to be arrested or kill somebody.

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
Because the two nouns have different origins.

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
Well that all depends upon what it is.

If you wrote a letter, could you have you bote your tongue?
No. See explanation above.

If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
Almost certainly not.

Is it possible to be a closet claustrophobic?
Yes.

Is it possible to be totally partial?
Yes.

Is it still called fishing if you don't catch anything?
Yes.

Is there a horseful carriage or a strapful gown?
No.

Should vegetarians eat animal crackers?
If there are no animal by-products then there's no reason they shouldn't.

What do you call a fly without wings?
A fly - quite probably a dead fly.

What do you do when you see an endangered animal that eats only endangered plants?
I don't.

What do you pack styrofoam in?
I don't.

What if there were no hypothetical situations?
Then we would still be semi-neanderthal hunter-gatherers at best.

What is a sung hero or requited love?
A sung hero is one about whom songs are sung. Requited love is love which is repaid. Uncommonly used words they may be, but words nonetheless.

What is combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable?
Gruntled means made lots of little grunts.
Ruly is that which can be ruled.
Peccable is that which is liable to sin.
Do you want a dictionary for Christmas or something?

What's another word for thesaurus?
There are many. Check in a thesaurus. You can have one for your birthday.

When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
Stars and lights are visible whether they are 'out' or not.

Where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?
Integrated into the same society as those that wouldn't.

Why are boxing rings are square.
The sport's regulations specify that it is so.

Why are Sweetmeats candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Sweet means several things, only a few of which are the common meaning. Meat also doesn't necessarily mean part of an animal.

Why are they called 'cowboys' aren't cows girls?
Because the Americans love such 'cutesy' terminology. No; girls are human female children.

Why can we say the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
Because humans are illogical beings.

Why can you can make amends but can't make one amend.
I'm sure you could if you put your mind to it.

Why can you comb through annals of history but can't comb a single annal.
Because there is no singular form of that noun.

Why do cowboys were two spurs, if one side of the horse goes doesn't the other?
Cowboys are fashion-conscious.

Why do noses run and feet smell.
They don't. These are abbreviated phrases.

Why do only adults have problems with childproof bottles?
Because childproof bottles are kept away from children.

Why do people go on vacation and write back to others saying 'Wish you were here', you don't wish these people were here, these people are the reason you're taking a vacation.
Maybe you wish you were back at home; the tv where you are is crap.

Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?
Ignorance is bliss and people like to advertise when they are happy.

Why do steam irons have a permanent press setting?
Why do what have what?

Why do they call it a Guinea Pig when it is not from Guinea nor is it a pig.
That's the French for you.

Why do they call them English Muffins when they weren't invented in England.
They were invented by the English.

Why do they call them French Fries when they weren't invented in France.
I thought they called them "Freedom Fries" now. Normal people call them chips in any case.

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?Are they afraid someone will clean them?
I've never seen a gas station with a bath.

Why do we call it a building when it's already built?
Just one of those things, I guess.

How long does this go on for?

Why do we call them apartments when they're all stuck together?
Because 'appartare' is Italian for 'to seperate'.

Why do we fill in a form by filling it out.
Because they are synonyms in this context.

Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways.
Because you're American?

Why do we ship by truck and send cargo or a truck by ship.
Learn the difference between nouns and verbs and you may understand a lot more.

Why do we teach our children not to play in the street, but we sell ice cream from a moving truck?
The 'truck' doesn't usually require children to play in a street.

Why do you call it a TV set when you only get one?
I don't. I just call it a TV. I assume that *you* call it a set because it consists of a set of components.

Why does a house can burn up as it burns down.
Heat rises. You yanks really are thick aren't you?

Why does everybody want to goto Heaven, but nobody wants to die?
1. Not everybody wants to go to heaven. 2. Some people do want to die.

Why does your car run better after being washed?
My car doesn't run.

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
Did your brain shrink last time it rained?

Why is "crazy man" an insult, while to insert a comma and say "crazy, man!" is a compliment.
Did you ever learn to recognise the subject in a sentence?

Why is "overlook" and "oversee" opposites, but "quite a lot" and "quite a few" are the same.
Why is you using crap grammar?

Why is it a slim chance and a fat chance are the same, but a wise man and wise guy are opposites..
Depends on context.

Why is it called Quicksand when it is slow.
Compared to what? Ordinary sand?

Why is it that an alarm clock goes off by going on.
Mine doesn't go on.

Why is it that we recite at a play and play at a recital.
One can also recite at a recital and play at a play.

Why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham.
It's that old different origins nutshell again.

Why is the word abbreviation so long?
Why should it not be?

Why is there no apple nor pine in pineapple.
Because the fruit resembles a pinecone (pinappel in old english).

Why is there no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger.
Because the eggplant fruit is shaped like an egg and hamburgers are named after Hamburg, not their contents.

Why would anyone spend $5000 on a Rolex watch, if you have $5000 to spend on a watch you can afford to be late.
But if you had $5000 to spend on a watch then why not?
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Post by ICE DOCTOR »

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thebigkung
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Post by thebigkung »

Julia,

You are extremely sad, oh and did you have a quiet day today :?:

:D


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Erm
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Post by Erm »

i thought anyone who read julias post in full is sad........

nevermind answering all of it ALEX :rolleyes:
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Alex LS
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Post by Alex LS »

What about reading both posts?
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