reamon
12-17-2002, 08:44
The English language, and its common use, can be quite strange. For a humor break I thought I share some things that seem quite odd.
"Seat backs and tray tables in their full, upright and locked positions."
Are there degrees of upright? Isn't the seat/tray just upright or not?
"Complete stop at the gate."
For this flight, we're going to try a partial stop. When we say go, jump out.
"Preboard"
Does that mean get on before I get on? (Apologies to Carlin.) And if we have preboard people, why don't we have any pre-exit passengers?
And if one more person tells me to "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight" I'm gonna hurt somebody.
"Prebuilt"
What is it before it is built? After it is built, why do we call it prebuilt? Isn't it just built? Does an adapter exist before it is built, as implied by "prebuilt adapter"? If so, I have adapters for everything. The only task you need to do after you pay me the license fee is to build it.
"Prepaid"
Calling cards are nuts with this phrase. "You pay for it before you use it." is the rationale I suppose. Right. For lunch I'm going to go get a prepaid burger, prepaid fries and a prepaid soda. Then I'll drive back to work in my post-paid car.
Feel free to jump in with your own favorites.
"Seat backs and tray tables in their full, upright and locked positions."
Are there degrees of upright? Isn't the seat/tray just upright or not?
"Complete stop at the gate."
For this flight, we're going to try a partial stop. When we say go, jump out.
"Preboard"
Does that mean get on before I get on? (Apologies to Carlin.) And if we have preboard people, why don't we have any pre-exit passengers?
And if one more person tells me to "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight" I'm gonna hurt somebody.
"Prebuilt"
What is it before it is built? After it is built, why do we call it prebuilt? Isn't it just built? Does an adapter exist before it is built, as implied by "prebuilt adapter"? If so, I have adapters for everything. The only task you need to do after you pay me the license fee is to build it.
"Prepaid"
Calling cards are nuts with this phrase. "You pay for it before you use it." is the rationale I suppose. Right. For lunch I'm going to go get a prepaid burger, prepaid fries and a prepaid soda. Then I'll drive back to work in my post-paid car.
Feel free to jump in with your own favorites.