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Posted by Mark Lloyd on September 17, 2006, 7:50 pm
>maradcliff@UNLISTED.com wrote:
>> I really wish people would stop saying a light is burning.
>>
>> The light is TURNED ON.
>> It's NOT BURNING....
>>
>> I once heard that some guy called the fire department because someone
>> told him his porch light was burning. Whether this is true or not, I
>> donrt know, but I dont doubt its true considering how stupid some
>> people are, but that term "light is burning" is really assenine. If
>> it was burning there would be flames.
>>
>> Mark
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>And
>
>Engines are "running" (what are they doing?).
>
>People are "flying"
>
They're worrying about security measures (I wish that one deserved a
smiley).
>etc, etc.
>
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>And now that it has been found that a light bulb is a "dark Sucker" so I
>suppose we should say the bulb is "sucking".
>
>http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/science/darksucker.html
The same way, bells are silence suckers.
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Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"How could you ask be to believe in God when there's
absolutely no evidence that I can see?" -- Jodie Foster
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