George Carlin

[Calandale]

All that grilling.

[Alex179]

didn't he make the lean mean fat grilling machine?

you have to drive onto the drive to park

Rofl no that is George Foreman the boxer.

Carlin is a stand up comedian, a great one at that.

Did you know that George Foreman doesn't have and fingerprints.

I didn't notice when I shook his hand, though his hand is massive.   He was at the local bookstore signing his biography and other assorted crap.   Me and my brother got his autograph.

[Tesla]

A parkway is defined by the Random House dictionary as “a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.” First defined in the 1880s, it’s an Americanism that has confused many. After all, you don’t park on the parkway. Instead, it’s a “way” with “a park,” the aforementioned “side strips planted with grass, trees.”

But what about the driveway -- don’t most people just park on them? Technically, a driveway is more than just a parking lot. Our dictionary gave two definitions; “1. a road, esp. a private one, leading from a street or other thoroughfare to a building, house, garage, etc.” and “2. any road for driving on.” This term, then, is another Americanism combined from “drive” and “way,” that was formed 20 years previous to the parkway, in the 1860’s.

How about this one then...

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

[DirtDawg]

I like it.

Maybe we also need a Steven Wright thread. He's another funny word player.

Example:

"How the hell can a door be ajar?"

[Dexter Morgan]

There's a reason they call it the "American Dream."  Because you have to be asleep to believe it.

[renaeden]

Why do they call a building a building after the building has been finished?

[Dexter Morgan]

[Calandale]

He's right. Well, other than the not
complaining. Not voting says that
one is happy with whatever happens.

[Phlexor]

Not voting also means you believe its going to suck no matter who gets in, so why bother wasting your time.

[Calandale]

Whatever. It's an apathy condition.
Not a statement. Well, in the US.
Some places, not voting is the best
you can actually do to protest.

[Phlexor]

I've gots mad skillz in apathy when it comes to voting. At least in the U.S. you can get away with not voting. Here in Australia you can get in trouble. I could get fined a bit if they catch up with me. Good thing I avoid being enrolled to vote.

[Tesla]

Mildly related to George Carlin

[Calandale]

I've gots mad skillz in apathy when it comes to voting. At least in the U.S. you can get away with not voting. Here in Australia you can get in trouble. I could get fined a bit if they catch up with me. Good thing I avoid being enrolled to vote.

Yep. Kinda like most totalitarian societies.
They take away guns, force you to vote,
ugly shit.

[Phlexor]

As long as they dont take my toy lightsaber away, I dont care.

At least I dont get shot for holding something that may resemble a gun, like say a badger or whatever passes for looking like a gun these days. I could get lucky and only get tazzed.

[Calandale]

Yeah. I was pissed as hell when
they started making toy guns look
like crap here.