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Things that don't make sense.

posted 4 years ago by samoanjoes (58613)
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- "Photo" and "photography" start with "ph" but "footage" doesn't.

- How can "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

- Led Zeppelin's song "Houses of the Holy" doesn't appear on their album "Houses of the Holy".

- If you put chocolate into warm milk it's known as a "hot chocolate" but putting chocolate into cold milk isn't called "cold chocolate".

- What's up with scoring in Tennis? 15, 30 then 40. Why not 45? Or better yet, why not just 1, 2, 3 or 10, 20, 30?

[–] plusplus (467) 4 years ago

Belgium

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Beljum.

[–] chilone (18333) 4 years ago

If you're from the Philippines, you're Filipino.

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

Never thought of that one.

[–] chilone (18333) 4 years ago

- How can "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

Same with "burn up" and "burn down".

[–] captainbucky (15252) 4 years ago

Why do they call it a pair of pants and a pair of scissors

[–] samoanjoes (58613) 4 years ago

And a TV set.