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31 Observations for the 21st Century
Shift Happens! #39
- 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?
- Why do "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?
- Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
- Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things?
- Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
- If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
- 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 doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
- Why do they call it a TV "set" when you only have one?
- How can you tell when yogurt has spoiled?
- How does not stick Teflon stick to the pan in the first place?
- An application was for employment.
- A program was a TV show.
- A keyboard was a piano!
- Memory was something that you lost with age.
- A CD was a bank account.
- Compress was something you did to garbage Not something you did to
a file.
- Log on was adding wood to a fire.
- Hard drive was a long trip on the road.
- A mouse pad was where a mouse lived.
- And a backup happened to your commode!
- Cut - you did with a pocket knife.
- Paste you did with glue.
- And the memory in my head.
Remember...Shift Happens!
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