Oxymorons!

[JuliaW]

Sharing an email I received today!

~Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
~Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
~If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
~If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
~Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
~Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
~Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
~Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
~Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
~Why are they called " stands" when they are made for sitting?
~Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
~Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
~Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites?
~Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
~Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
~If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
~If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
~If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
~Why is bra singular and panties plural?
~Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
~Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
~How come abbreviated is such a long word?
~Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
~Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
~Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?
~Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway ?

[TTMTC]

Jan. 4, 2010 at 1:53 PM

LOL... good job