28-07-2004, 21:35
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Why is it . . .
Footprints and not feetprints (except for the case of Long John Silver)?
Toothbrush and not teethbrush?
A near miss and not a near hit?
That there's British Summer Time but not British Winter Time?
Never hilarious when you hit your funny bone?
That I seem to have far too much time on my hands? 
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28-07-2004, 21:42
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Re: Why is it . . .
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Toothbrush and not teethbrush?
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Which reminds me: How many teeth does it take to make a tube of toothpaste?
Edit: or babies for a flask of baby oil...
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28-07-2004, 21:43
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Re: Why is it . . .
I was thinking before when sorting out my clothes, why a "pair" of knickers ??
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28-07-2004, 21:43
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Re: Why is it . . .
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Which reminds me: How many teeth does it take to make a tube of toothpaste?
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One.
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28-07-2004, 21:52
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Re: Why is it . . .
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I was thinking before when sorting out my clothes, why a "pair" of knickers ??
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Because womens (and probably mens) underwear used to consist of two 'tubes' of material joined by a tiestring.....hence 'a pair'
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28-07-2004, 23:00
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Re: Why is it . . .
Why is dyslexia so hard to spell?
Why does blind have one i?
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28-07-2004, 23:03
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Re: Why is it . . .
Why is there an 's' in lisp?
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28-07-2004, 23:15
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Re: Why is it . . .
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Originally Posted by Russ D
Why is there an 's' in lisp?
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Otherwise it'd be lip!!! Durrrr Do you not no nuffin Russ?
Edit- Theo, you have too much time on you hands! 
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28-07-2004, 23:22
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Re: Why is it . . .
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Originally Posted by Theodoric
Footprints and not feetprints (except for the case of Long John Silver)?
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As bipeds, humans in the course of movement only place one foot down at a time. In the rare event of actually standing at true rest, both feet are creating an individual footprint, thus a pair of footprints rather than a feetprint.
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Toothbrush and not teethbrush?
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Good point - I dunno either
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A near miss and not a near hit?
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I almost had a response to this - it was a close call
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Originally Posted by Theodoric
That there's British Summer Time but not British Winter Time?
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BST is a variation on GMT, so Winter time = default = GMT
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Originally Posted by Theodoric
Never hilarious when you hit your funny bone?
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It is, to an ousider or 3rd party witness 
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Another interesting conundrum beyond the scope of this article.
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28-07-2004, 23:25
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Re: Why is it . . .
Why is it that when you dial a wrong number there is always someone there to answer the phone 
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28-07-2004, 23:30
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Re: Why is it . . .
Why is the item you cant find, always in the last place you look? 
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28-07-2004, 23:32
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Re: Why is it . . .
Because once you've found it, you usually stop looking???
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29-07-2004, 22:05
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Re: Why is it . . .
That you never hear the one that get you?
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29-07-2004, 23:38
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Re: Why is it . . .
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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
That you never hear the one that get you?
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Because it flies faster than sound.
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