Genealogy Chat

The English Language? Let's face it There is no egg in the eggplant No ham in the hamburger And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple. English muffins were'nt invented in England French fries were not invented in France. Quicksand takes you down slowly Boxing rings are square And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig If a vegetarian eats vegetables What the heck does a humanitarian eat!? Why do people recite at a play Yet play at a recital? Park on driveways and Drive on parkways TED a house can burn up as It burns down And in which you fill in a form By filling it out And a bell is only heard once it goes! When the stars are out they are visible But when the lights are out they are invisible

Ted Think you have too much spare time on your hands l! (work that one out!!) lol lol Kim :-))

Balderdash & Piffle included an article about ''SET''. If you look that up in the OED, the entry is as long as a novel! Apparently the OED is free online at the moment (for a short time). Christine

thats quite interesting-never really thought of it before but then again you dont really have much spare time on your hands with kids!!! michelle

Something to do whilst waiting for the men in the white coats to come round with the next injection?

Leave Ted alone (morning Ted). He brightens my day (dont tell hubby though)

Oh Heather, how could you. Keeping secrets from hubby! My hubby knows all about Ted - he doesn't quite understand though! Tina

You mean, this is a group thing? Didnt realise that. Though he did say that there was nothing to be ashamed of doing it in a group on his genealogy thread the other day. I suppose I should have guessed.

Good morning all, Now that is something to think about. It's woke my brain up , and give it something to think of . Helen

And is it not true that i may give someone a phone later or give them a ring,but never actually 'give' them anything,but i will achieve the same thing by sending a letter. Why is it that all my life the people who have offered to' teach me a lesson' are not teachers? Could a 90 year old millionaire really be a poor old soul? Glen

Glen - it depends what you mean by ''poor''. ;-) Christine

It's certainly something to think about.

hi all, what about 'hanging your coat up' when it really hands down. wht about 'cutting an apple in half' when every time I do it, theres always 2 halves. what about the wife shouting at her husband 'cut the damm loaf,' cut it into what? If tin whistles are made of tin, what are fog horns made of? what about 'im gonna love you to death, yet it only lasts a couple of minutes, some way to die? what about the chinese dentist, jus moved into our area, hes openng his surgery today for the first time, at tooth hurtee. what about the man after an argument with his mother in law when she says 'im gonna walk on your grave' and he replies 'good cos im getting buried at sea' Dont think you want y more do you? TED

Why is there only one monopolies commission? Why is abbreviation such a long word? Etc Ian

Ted,it lasts a couple of minutes!!!!! Stop exaggerating,or tell me what i'm doing wrong.