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Post by IrinaK »

How can vacuum cleaner be good if it sucks?

Why is a Bra singular and Briefs plural?

Why is the THIRD hand on a clock called a SECOND hand?

How come when the sun goes down they call it "after dark" ... isn't it really after light?

Why is it that when computers crash they don't make any noise and only their users do?

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Post by Plato_girl »

Интересный взгляд на вещи, рассмешили - спасибки :) если еще есть что-то подобное - не зажимайтесь - делитесь с народом!
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Post by thinker »

When two airplanes fly dangerously close to each other, it's called a "near miss". Why not a "near hit"? :? :)
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Post by hrum »

why is "abbreviation" such a long word?..

see also english.humor news conference, they've got tons of those

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