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jedi_john_33 Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 1/24/06 2:53pm Subject: RE: "Why are they called a 'pair' of pants" and other weird questions about the English Language.
	JediKnightOB1 posted: If sunflower oil is made from sunflowers, Peanut oil out of peanuts. What is Baby Oil made out of??? Why do we call a bra and not a pair of bras? Last time that I checked a bra holds two breasts. I believe old bras had one support, not two -----signature----- LEROOOOOOOOOOOOY JENKINS! I miss Mortimer_Snerd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8feelxiFlw
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Raja_Io Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 1/24/06 2:57pm Subject: RE: "Why are they called a 'pair' of pants" and other weird questions about the English Language. - Date Edited: 1/24/06 2:58pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Raja_Io
	I believe old bras had one support, not two Seems I am not good at anthropology... Raja is witless like a Texan gizka today -----signature----- It's better to have loved and destroyed your girl with the power of the Arc of Covenant than never to have loved at all. --- Making a ninja burger in progress... 0%
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darth_grievous1 Registered: Apr '04	Date Posted: 1/24/06 3:14pm Subject: RE: "Why are they called a 'pair' of pants" and other weird questions about the English Language.
	Our language is weird... -----signature----- Life is meant to lived, not graded. ~ lexu I AM AN ASSASSIN (shh)
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Lord_BlackAdder Registered: Sep '03	Date Posted: 1/24/06 3:21pm Subject: RE: "Why are they called a 'pair' of pants" and other weird questions about the English Language.
	Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself ? If it is not, it is. If it is, it is not. Yay Bertrand Russell! -----signature----- I have a plan. It is a cunning plan.
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Mandalorian-Jedi Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 1/24/06 3:26pm Subject: RE: "Why are they called a 'pair' of pants" and other weird questions about the English Language.
	You butchered my fine language. Our Pants = Underwear Your Pants = Trousers What is that about? Pants are underwear! Everyone knows that! -----signature----- Luke Skywalker: Son of Sons Anakin Skywalker: The Chosen One Luke > Anakin Waru Or move it to the JCC, where all things irrelevant go - Ambassador Cara Jade
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Jabba-wocky Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 1/24/06 3:42pm Subject: RE: "Why are they called a 'pair' of pants" and other weird questions about the English Language. - Date Edited: 1/24/06 3:43pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Jabba-wocky
	Eleventh_Guard posted: [i]Les pantalons?{/i] I really need to brush up on my French. Why is Iceland mostly green (To keep settlers away from otherwise attractive land--maintains exclusivity) and Greenland mostly ice (to attract settlers to otherwise unattractive land)? -----signature----- ays Darius the king: 8 of my family (there were) who were formerly kings; I am the ninth (9); long aforetime we are kings. All Hail His Excellency, Barack Obama Roma vincit Tearing Up a Lane (TERRIN UP A LAAAANE!!!)
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Angel_Jedi_Master Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 1/24/06 5:23pm Subject: RE: "Why are they called a 'pair' of pants" and other weird questions about the English Language.
	Ambassador Cara Jade posted: Donald Duck never wears any pants, but when he gets out of the shower he always puts a towel around his waist... brain explodes -----signature----- "I don't know what kind of factory you're thinking of. We just make boxes here." http://narcissismwilleatyou.blogspot.com/
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