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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:27 am
by polycarp
Interesting and amusing rhetorics.
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:44 am
by abbey
:wah: :wah: SO funny Wenutu, i think most of us will relate to the remote control one, i take the batteries out & rub them together to make em warm then put them back in again, when all i have to do is get off my bum & go in the drawer & get some!
And i ALWAYS dab my finger on wet paint just to see if it really is wet. :-5
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:55 am
by Jives
You are referring to the mathematical / psychological theorum I call "The Elevator Button Theorum"
It states: "If the elevator does not respond quickly enough for you, repeatedly pressing the button, even if it is already lit, will increase the speed at which it arrives."
Everybody knows that!
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:14 am
by abbey
Why do they say " A watched pot never boils"??
OF COURSE IT DOES :-5
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:41 pm
by BabyRider
Thanks for the laugh Wenutu! :yh_bigsmi
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:58 pm
by Erinna1112
Why are they called "apartments" when they're all stuck together?
Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?
Why are there locks on the doors at 7/11 if they're open all the time?
Why do you drive on the parkway and park on the driveway?
Why is it, when you send something by truck, it's called a "shipment" but when you send it on a ship it's called "cargo"?
Why don't sheep shrink in the rain?
Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
Why is there Braille on drive-up ATMs?
Why isn't "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?
Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?
Can you imagine a world with no hypothetical questions?
Why do overlook and oversee mean opposite things?
Why do "burn up" and "burn down" mean the same thing?
Why is it, that 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 drycleaners depressed?
If you spin an Asian person around several times, does he become disoriented?
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
Why is it, when a door is open it's ajar, but when a jar is open, it's not adoor?
and...my personal favorite...
If you try to fail, and succeed...what have you accomplished?
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:02 pm
by BabyRider
Erinna1112 wrote:
Why is it, that 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 drycleaners depressed?
I love 'em all, but this one sent me into hysterics... :yh_rotfl
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:04 pm
by Jives
And, oh dear lord why...did that chicken cross the road?