Posted on 10/19/2019 2:48:51 AM PDT by sodpoodle
Questions with no apparent answers:
1. If poison expires, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?
2. Which letter is silent in the word "Scent," the S or the C?
3 Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned.
4. Why is the letter W in English called double U? Shouldn't it be called double V?
5. Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and It just takes 75-100 years to fully work.
6. Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.
7. The word "swims" upside-down is still "swims"
8. 100 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. Today everyone has cars and only the rich own horses.
Four great confusions still unresolved.
1 At a movie theater, which arm rest is yours?
2. If people evolve from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?
3. Why is there a 'D' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?
4. Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?
Vagaries of English Language!
Ever wonder why the word funeral starts with FUN?
Why isn't a Fireman called a Water-man?
How come Lipstick doesn't do what it says?
If money doesn't grow on trees, how come Banks have Branches?
If a Vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a Humanitarian eat?
How do you get off a non-stop Flight?
Why are goods sent by ship called CARGO and those sent by truck SHIPMENT?
Why do we put cups in the dishwasher and the dishes in the Cupboard?
Why do doctors 'practice' medicine? Are they having practice at the cost of the patients?
Why is it called 'Rush Hour' when traffic moves at its slowest then?
How come Noses run and Feet smell?
Why do they call it a TV 'set' when there is only one?
What are you vacating when you go on a vacation?
Did you know that if you replace "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to each of them.
5. Maybe oxygen is slowly killing you and It just takes 75-100 years to fully work.
Another trivial restatement of the first law of thermodynamics.
Why are pants called a pair?
A guillotine allows for the possibility that the exécutée remains conscious for a few seconds after beheading, before lack of oxygen kicks in. To be more humane, the exécutée would need to be anesthetized prior to the beheading.
Animal researchers use guillotines. They always anesthetize the animals first.
I once had a guillotine in my office. Finally, after I complained several times, some animal caretakers removed the guillotine. The huge hammers, however, remained in my office until I left.
****Why are pants called a pair?*****
Good one:)
But wait for the engineers and critics to weigh in !!!
They jump on my humor threads and turn them into “scientific” discussions. Should post their own articles/threads.....but they don’t.
I post humor to ‘lighten the load’ in these stressful times. but looks like I’m losing the fight;)
Not to nerd out here, but the original definition of practice is the use of a method or idea.
When doctors practice they are putting methods and ideas into action.
The oxygen one is brilliant. Adding it to my discussion topics with some of my more interesting friends.
Since we have not already been visited by people from the future, doesn't that prove time travel is impossible?)
Because we have a pair of legs (?)
Maybe the original pants were two individual leg pieces which buttoned up together?
“7. The word “swims” upside-down is still “swims””
And the double V becomes a double U.
If olive oil is made from olives, what is baby oil made from?
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In the old days, they were. They were separate "legs" that you put on one at a time, and they were not joined around the waist. Like an overgrown pair of ladies' nylon stockings.
AND why are pants called a “pair” when it’s a single garment?
OOOOPS - didn’t read far enough before I posted the same!!!
6. Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.
This is most important.
Why do they call it a combine when its job is to separate?
The postponed the execution because they were progressive smucks and that is what progressive smucks do! 😁
I dont know, but I can tell you what came after both, a satisfied smile. . .
How about a costume historian? There is actually a historic answer to this. The original pair of pants were called pantaloons, and consisted of a double tube like pair of stockings that ballooned around the legs and were tied at the top of the thighs and ankles while the person wore a breech clout around the waist and private areas, sort of like a diaper or alternately wore a kilt. Ergo, there were a pair of them covering the legs. The word pantaloons was shortened to pants, but pair was retained for a pair of pants when they were combined with the breech clout.
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