A freind of mine forwarded this to me. Take a look…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
night gowns?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?Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a “whack”?
“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?Do Roman paramedics refer to IV’s as “4’s”?
Why is it that if someone tells you that there are 1 billion stars in
the universe you will believe them, but if they tell you that a wall
has wet paint you will have to touch it to be sure?
