Fun/humor with etymology and/or oxymorons.

**Guv** · Sep 20th, 2002, 09:59 PM

I recently encountered the following interesting bit of etymology.

Politics. From the Greek poly meaning many and Anglo Saxon tics meaning blood sucking parasites.

Military intelligence is one of the first oxymorons I have encountered.

Can anybody here supply more like the above?

**BuggyProgrammer** · Sep 20th, 2002, 11:09 PM

tic-tacs

blood sucking pins with a flat head

**SteveCRM** · Sep 21st, 2002, 07:15 AM

so thats the catch! I knew those little things were too good to be true...tiny minty weapons...genius!!!

**GingerNut** · Sep 21st, 2002, 11:47 AM

here's one...

American Intelligence

**static33** · Sep 21st, 2002, 02:01 PM

Canadian Military!

**static33** · Sep 21st, 2002, 02:03 PM

Home Sweet Home

**static33** · Sep 21st, 2002, 02:18 PM

Child proof cap

Reborn Virgin

Good Christian

**DiGiTaIErRoR** · Sep 21st, 2002, 08:48 PM

Fighting for peace.

**Nightwalker83** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 02:47 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
here's one...

American Intelligence

British Intelligence more like it.

**GingerNut** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 05:43 AM

Originally posted by Nightwalker83
British Intelligence more like it.

Erm, well...I don't want to spark off a whole big whoha here, but Britain didn't allow two planes to be hijacked and flown into two buildings.
When British Intelligence are warned something might happen, they act, they don't wait til it's too late.

**Celest** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 06:01 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
Erm, well...I don't want to spark off a whole big whoha here, but Britain didn't allow two planes to be hijacked and flown into two buildings.
When British Intelligence are warned something might happen, they act, they don't wait til it's too late.

Actually it was 4 planes hijacked, of which 3 were flown into seperate buildings

**A$$Bandit** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 01:04 PM

Well if you're gonna be that ****ing pedantic, what he said was entirely correct, in that american intelligence DID let TWO planes crash into TWO buildings, but it also let another TWO planes crash into another building and a field. So nothing he said was wrong. Incidentally I don't see you rushing to defend your intelligence agencies...

**Edneeis** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 02:28 PM

Some other backwards things:

Why do they call them APARTMENTS when they are all together?

Why do you drive on a FREEWAY and park on a DRIVEWAY?

**SteveCRM** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 05:16 PM

Originally posted by A$$Bandit
Well if you're gonna be that ****ing pedantic, what he said was entirely correct, in that american intelligence DID let TWO planes crash into TWO buildings, but it also let another TWO planes crash into another building and a field. So nothing he said was wrong. Incidentally I don't see you rushing to defend your intelligence agencies...

yup...American Intelligence became an oxymoron just before bush was elected (just before because florida forgot how to count

)

hehe

**SteveCRM** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by Edneeis
Some other backwards things:

Why do they call them APARTMENTS when they are all together?

Why do you drive on a FREEWAY and park on a DRIVEWAY?

Why do you drive on a PARKWAY and park on a DRIVEWAY?

**BuggyProgrammer** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 05:38 PM

if the opposite of Pro is Con, does Congress mean the opposite of Progress?

**SteveCRM** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 06:15 PM

hehe thats a good one

**Edneeis** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 09:50 PM

Originally posted by SteveCRM
Why do you drive on a PARKWAY and park on a DRIVEWAY?

Except we don't have parkways in California.

**MidgetsBro** · Sep 22nd, 2002, 10:52 PM

Originally posted by Edneeis
Except we don't have parkways in California.

Yes we do. Magic Mountain Parkway.

**Nightwalker83** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 01:51 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
Erm, well...I don't want to spark off a whole big whoha here, but Britain didn't allow two planes to be hijacked and flown into two buildings.
When British Intelligence are warned something might happen, they act, they don't wait til it's too late.

The Americans hardy ever let down their gaurd. Didn't the germans manage to get spies within the kingdom during WW2?

**rinoaheartilly** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 02:30 AM

Pretty ugly
Microsoft Works ('nuff said)

**Nightwalker83** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 02:39 AM

Originally posted by BuggyProgrammer
tic-tacs

blood sucking pins with a flat head

**Nightwalker83** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 02:41 AM

Act Naturally

**Nightwalker83** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 02:43 AM

Dry Ice

**Wally Pipp** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 02:56 AM

We have a genuine aussiemoron at work

**Lior** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 03:15 AM

"Thunderous Silence"

**GingerNut** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 03:47 AM

Originally posted by Nightwalker83
The Americans hardy ever let down their gaurd. Didn't the germans manage to get spies within the kingdom during WW2?

What about the spies in America?
They're everywhere, not just Britain and not just during ww2.
And let's not get started on the whole America and ww2 business.

**Nightwalker83** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 04:32 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
What about the spies in America?
They're everywhere, not just Britain and not just during ww2.
And let's not get started on the whole America and ww2 business.

ok

**JPicasso** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 07:41 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
Erm, well...I don't want to spark off a whole big whoha here, but Britain didn't allow two planes to be hijacked and flown into two buildings.
When British Intelligence are warned something might happen, they act, they don't wait til it's too late.

You sure are funny.

Why don't you go F**K yourself?

**GingerNut** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 07:55 AM

Originally posted by JPicasso
You sure are funny.

Why don't you go F**K yourself?

Excuse me??? What's your problem?

**rinoaheartilly** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 08:00 AM

Originally posted by Wally Pipp
We have a genuine aussiemoron at work

**Flustor** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 08:07 AM

Why is Dyslexia such a hard word to spell?
Why is Abbreviation such a long word?
Why do we need a tiny noughts and crosses board on the keyboard? (#)
Why do we call this key '*' the star key when it looks nothing like a star? (surely it should be the 'snowflake' key?)
Who was the 30th person to eat 'Chinese Devil Fish' after watching the first 29 people die? (with the thought that maybe, just maybe their's still some edible bit on there)

**arsmakman** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 08:38 AM

Telephone -> Tele = Far & Phono = Sound

Telefax?

**GingerNut** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 09:10 AM

Originally posted by honeybee
The WTC incident may or may not prove the failure of the American intelligence agencies, but as far as managing such situations is concerned, America would be at the bottom of the list. Other countries have fared much better, and acted much more sensibly during similar or worse situations. For e.g. Britain was bombed so many times in the WW II, but I have never heard Germans being looked upon as possible suspects in Britain Or more recently, I don't think the Irish people are arrested on suspicion and imprisoned for a year or so, even during the IRA militancy

.

I think other countries can handle it better because they know they're not not invincible. No offence to the American people, but if *******s like George Bush didn't think they were so great, then the terrorist attacks might not have happened. At least, they might have been stopped before any damage was done.

In Britain we take terrorist threats and bomb alerts seriously. If the authorites are warned of an attack or bomb then the area is imediately evacuated, even if they think it might be a hoax.
America was warned of the attacks, but didn't take it seriously and unfortunately paid the price. Hopefully it's a lesson learnt and it won't happen again.

I'm sorry if any Americans here think I'm being harsh, but I live in Northern Ireland.

OK, I've said my bit, I'm done now, and I'm off to work.

**DiGiTaIErRoR** · Sep 23rd, 2002, 09:12 AM

Originally posted by GingerNut
Excuse me??? What's your problem?

Oh no! You pissed off Sponge Bob.

Better watch out!

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