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shipments go on lorries.

cargo goes on ships.

Any other strange uses of this language of ours?

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Originally posted by mikelom
shipments go on lorries.

cargo goes on ships.

Any other strange uses of this language of ours?
Park in the driveway.
Drive on the parkway.

Why do they call them buildings when they are done building? Shouldn't they be called builts?

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Park in the driveway.
Drive on the parkway.

Why do they call them buildings when they are done building? Shouldn't they be called builts?

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lmao!

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Originally posted by mikelom
lmao!
I can't remember the comedian's full name... Wright. He's the dry guy with curly hair. "I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of myself, but 2 inches taller".

At least one of these are his works. One might be a Carlin joke.

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at football you sit in the stands

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
I can't remember the comedian's full name... Wright. He's the dry guy with curly hair. "I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of myself, but 2 inches taller".

At least one of these are his works. One might be a Carlin joke.

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http://www.stevenwright.com/a_word/index.shtml

This page is worth a cup of coffee and a few minutes of scrolling and reading 😉

😀 One of my favourite Wrightisms:
...."It's a small world ~ but I wouldn't want to paint it"...

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
I can't remember the comedian's full name... Wright. He's the dry guy with curly hair. "I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of myself, but 2 inches taller".

At least one of these are his works. One might be a Carlin joke.

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Steven Wright

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
Park in the driveway.
Drive on the parkway.

Why do they call them buildings when they are done building? Shouldn't they be called builts?

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Makes me worry about Peterbuilt trucks.

oh wait -- that's Peterbilt. never mind 😉

edit 1: to correct smiley

edit 2: to write about edit 1

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Originally posted by pawnhandler
Makes me worry about Peterbuilt trucks.

oh wait -- that's Peterbilt. never mind 😉

edit 1: to correct smiley

edit 2: to write about edit 1

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Old truck drivers never die, they just get new peterbilts!!

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Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. I learned that the hard way.

I think that was from Woody on Cheers.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
I can't remember the comedian's full name... Wright. He's the dry guy with curly hair. "I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of myself, but 2 inches taller".

At least one of these are his works. One might be a Carlin joke.

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I was standing on line at a deli once on Beacon Hill. Turned around and there was Steven Wright standing behind me. Didn't say anything to him though. Doesn't seem like the sort of guy you strike up a random convo with.

Then again, neither am I.

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Originally posted by mikelom
shipments go on lorries.

cargo goes on ships.

Any other strange uses of this language of ours?
Gas stations sell a liquid.