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February 04, 2017, 11:34
haberdasher
False Plurals
Don't know how much legs this has, but let's start:

If you travel to Antwerp, and then go on to Brussels, have you visited Belgia?

If you start with Wrigley's Spearmint, and switch to Dentine, are you chewing ga?
February 04, 2017, 12:24
<Proofreader>
quote:
how much legs this has

It's an amputee.
February 04, 2017, 14:47
haberdasher
Doesn't have to be.

(If it's male do we call it an "amputé" ?)
February 04, 2017, 17:49
Geoff
If you were Julius Ceasar you'd say Belgi.

What if you went from Amsterdam to Rotterdam? Would it be Hollandaise?
February 05, 2017, 14:05
haberdasher
quote:
Originally posted by Geoff:
If you were Julius Ceasar you'd say Belgi.

Wrong case.
February 05, 2017, 17:22
Geoff
Well, shucks, it sounded right. If you danced in the old Belgian Congo and in the Democratic Republic of Congo would you have Conga?
February 05, 2017, 20:31
haberdasher
You'd have to dance several dances for it to be conga. If you only do one it's a congum.
February 06, 2017, 15:26
Geoff
Are you trying to confuse me with quantum physics? Confused One dance in the old colony then another in the independent country = two dances, no? Oy, my head hurts!

Let's not forget the single highway paved in asphalt is the Congoleum.
March 27, 2017, 10:35
bethree5
If I drink several martinis, do I have a high gini coefficient?
March 27, 2017, 17:17
haberdasher
What if I drink only one martinus ?
March 27, 2017, 19:05
Geoff
If you were drinking while in a temporary bed, you could have a a cot-n-gin.
March 27, 2017, 19:10
Geoff
Why does "pants" have an "s," but brassiere doesn't? And if I remember, "brassiere" comes from the French word for arm. Given their function and their contents, I'd think they should be called "mainieres' but that's from my biased male perspective.