Oddities you don't think of:

[dlf]

Just a general thread of strange or unusual things we may experience every day but don't think of:

1. Temperature (Cold -> Hot) compared to how we get water from sinks (turn left for hot, but turn right for cold):

- What I mean is, on a thermometer (horizontal anyway) the temperature goes from left (cold) to right (hold) but when we turn faucets of sinks we turn to the left for hot water and to the right for cold. Or twist the left knob for hot and the right for cold. Strange, eh?

What strange things can you all think of?

 

[_Chaz_]

I can't think of any oddities I don't think of.

 

[Thesolcity]

A door is a swinging plank of wood/metal to cover up a hole we put there in the first place.

 

[machomuu]

Crap, I think of these all the time but don't have any on hand when I need them...

 

[someonewhodied]

Half of the world is stupider than the (Low) average intelligence of this world.

 

[Rydian]

An open door is ajar, but an open jar is not adoor.

 

[smash_brew]

why do you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway.?

 

[Snailface]

Why some melodies are more pleasing than others. I wish there was a mathematical or scientific way to distinguish the good and bad ones.

 

[Gahars]

Air plane food. What's up with that?

 

[_Chaz_]

It's called "common sense" while it becomes harder and harder to find.

 

[Veho]

Why do we have "disgruntled", "unruly" or "disheveled" if there's no such thing as "gruntled," "ruly" or "heveled"?

 

[Deleted_171835]

Why are buildings called buildings if they're already built?

 

[nathancnc]

If you're driving down the road at 60 miles an hour, and your canoe gets a flat tire, how many pancakes does it take to build a doghouse?

 

[Danny600kill]

How American's like to take the U out of words that should obviously have them such as Colour and Honour

 

[Snailface]

How American's like to take the U out of words that should obviously have them such as Colour and Honour

It was because of American nationalism after the Revolutionary War. Here's a funny little read about it.

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/09/0...spelling-battle

Don't get mad at me, I'm just the reporter!

Snailface takes no sides.

 

[Gahars]

How American's like to take the U out of words that should obviously have them such as Colour and Honour

It was because of American nationalism after the Revolutionary War. Here's a funny little read about it.

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/09/0...spelling-battle

Don't get mad at me, I'm just the reporter!

Snailface takes no sides.

I also read somewhere that also had to do with the seperation of the two cultures causing the shift to happen naturally, along with the fact that the first widely adhered to dictionaries for the English language didn't appear until the 19th century.

I could be wrong about that; would anyone else know?

 

[BloodWolfJW]

Some shows today are made in times like the 70's....That 70's Show

 

[_Chaz_]

How American's like to take the U out of words that should obviously have them such as Colour and Honour

It's not that we like to, it's that we'd be wrong if we left them in.

Say what you will, but spell-check was made by professionals. I think I'll listen to it rather than an angsty teen on the internet.



Ontopic: Those little bags of peanuts on planes that say "WARNING: May contain nuts".

 

[nathancnc]

When you masterbate for like 15 mins, and still can't get a hard-on...... and yet your friend right beside you had already blown his load.

 

[_Chaz_]

When you masterbate for like 15 mins, and still can't get a hard-on...... and yet your friend right beside you had already blown his load.

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