Saturday Stuff

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

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.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Why are pants called a pair?

[exDemMom]

Maybe they should never have done away with the Guillotine. It was quick, and worked every time it was tried. To keep it humane, they just needed to keep the blade sharp.

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.

[Right Wing Assault]

Why do you cut a tree down before you cut it up?

[sodpoodle]

****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;)

[Right Wing Assault]

Just give them a fentanyl drink with lunch.

[PrincessB]

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.

[outofsalt]

"They (the engineers and critics) jump on my humor threads and turn them into “scientific” discussions."

Since we have not already been visited by people from the future, doesn't that prove time travel is impossible?)

[1_Rain_Drop]

"Why are pants called a pair?"

Because we have a pair of legs (?)

Maybe the original pants were two individual leg pieces which buttoned up together?

[KrisKrinkle]

“7. The word “swims” upside-down is still “swims””

And the double V becomes a double U.

[ex91B10]

If olive oil is made from olives, what is baby oil made from?

[Uncle Miltie]

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[IronJack]

Why are pants called a pair?

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.

[Thank You Rush]

AND why are pants called a “pair” when it’s a single garment?

[Thank You Rush]

OOOOPS - didn’t read far enough before I posted the same!!!

[trisham]

6. Every time you clean something, you just make something else dirty.

This is most important.

[gnickgnack2]

Why do they call it a combine when its job is to separate?

[Swordmaker]

So, did they postpone the execution, because they thought the drugs wouldn’t work as well as they were supposed to, or because they drugs would work too well? 😁

The postponed the execution because they were progressive smucks and that is what progressive smucks do! 😁

[Swordmaker]

Which came first; the fried chicken or the fried egg?

I don’t know, but I can tell you what came after both, a satisfied smile. . .

[Swordmaker]

****Why are pants called a pair?*****

Good one:)

But wait for the engineers and critics to weigh in !!!

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.