Thursday, July 5, 2007

Common Nonsense

Since Liz brought it up,
  • Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
  • Why do you slow down to go over a speed bump?
  • Why, when traffic moves so slowly, do they call it rush hour?
  • Why do you play at a recital and recite at a play?
  • Why do you have a hot water heater? (hot water doesn't need heating)
  • If the rooms are so close together, why do they call them apartments?
  • Why do cars carry shipments and ships carry cargo?

How about these...

  • Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
  • Why are famous and infamous not opposites?
  • Why is a caregiver and a caretaker the same thing?
  • Why do quite a lot and quite a few mean the same thing?
  • To lift up and to uplift mean the same, so why are set up and upset opposites?

1 comment:

Curran McQuade said...

This is a great post! I love it!