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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 04:42 PM
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If heterosexual people are called 'straight',
then why aren't homosexual people called 'curved'?
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 04:44 PM
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1. Why is it called a pair of panties, but only one bra?
:shrug:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 04:46 PM
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2. They're called "bent" instead...
...from whence I had the idea that "straight" derives.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 04:53 PM
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3. yea, and huh come you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway :)
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Horus45 Donating Member (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:01 PM
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4. Why is there a setting on your iron for "Permanent Press" ?
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:09 PM
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5. If lawyers are
disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted? (George Carlin quote)
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Devra Donating Member (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:44 PM
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7. if people from Poland are called Poles why aren't people from Holland
called Holes (Also Carlin)
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:42 PM
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6. In Greenwich Village in NYC there's a street where William Kunstler
had his office. It's called Gay Street and it's not straight. Takes a dogleg turn right in the middle.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:51 PM
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8. Why do they have braille instructions on drive-up ATMs?
:)
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:52 PM
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9. Why does Hawaii have an interste? nt
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:54 PM
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10. If cats ALWAYS land feet down and bread ALWAYS butter side down....
What happens if you strap a piece of bread, butter side up, on the back of a cat and toss it in the air?
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-28-05 05:55 PM
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11. Have you seen the play/movie "Bent"?
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