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Re: Word Association [by Jodie]

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:27:42 -0700

Funny Bone:: Word Association
Dancer

Re: Birthday to remember... [by schipchick]

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:00:32 -0700

Announcements:: Birthday to remember...
Belated Birthday Greetings Girlie!!!

Re: Craft fairs or meet ups [by schipchick]

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:54:28 -0700

Hobbies / Crafts:: Craft fairs or meet ups
Friends of the Library also have a Christmas Bazaar in early December at Stayton Middle School.

Re: Pioneer Park [by schipchick]

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:51:35 -0700

Outdoor Fun:: Pioneer Park
Hmmmmm.........that may be possible. I have another gripe that needs to be addressed too. Too many times, we've had to dodge doggie doo around town, including the parks. It's really no biggie to carry a plastic bag in your pocket; as responsible dog owners, we do it all the time.

Asylum for the Verbally Insane [by schipchick]

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:30:37 -0700

Funny Bone:: Asylum for the Verbally Insane
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, hot hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not
one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down,
In which you fill in a form by filling it out,
And in which an alarm goes off by going on.
And, in closing, if Father is Pop,
How come Mother's not Mop?

Re: Wise Sayings [by Wizbones]

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:48:15 -0700

Funny Bone:: Wise Sayings
can hardly wait

Re: What are you listening to???????? [by swimmerbetty]

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:48:17 -0700

The Bar:: What are you listening to????????
they are good. very good

Re: Talk about a dead bar [by swimmerbetty]

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:09:14 -0700

The Bar:: Talk about a dead bar
we have a little in sweden. for usa's nationalday

Re: New Dance Classes [by swimmerbetty]

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:42:42 -0700

Announcements:: New Dance Classes
We have a game , Buttle feild 1942 it's the name

Re: Bar has been reopened! [by swimmerbetty]

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:58:35 -0700

The Bar:: Bar has been reopened!
thanx Wiz you are cand