
The English language sure is strange.
If you take an Oriental person 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 are a wise man and a wise guy opposites?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible?
Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?
Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who
drives a race car not called a racist?
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Why do women wear evening gowns to nightclubs? Shouldn't they be wearing
nightgowns?
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
When someone asks you, "A penny for your thoughts," and you put your two
cents in, what happens to the other penny?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin
with.
If you mixed vodka with orange juice and milk of magnesia, would you get a
Philips Screwdriver?
"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could
it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?
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 it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
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