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Chip Gelmini
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posted October 16, 2008 09:47 PM

Beadvised, you've been warned.......

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=vhwBjJOsGvA

I'm NOT into this sort of thing, but someone else pointed this out. I thought it was quite funny, for what it is worth.

[Big Grin]

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Steve Klare
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posted October 16, 2008 09:52 PM

My EYES!!!

-When will they stop stinging??!

OWWWWWWW!!!!

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Osi Osgood
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posted October 16, 2008 09:56 PM

oxymoron ....

a ... very ... stupid ... steer.

Humor like this makes me "cower".

This is humor like no udder!

I'm giving my ideas ... free range.

(groan)

Have I been milking this for too long?

although I have found this series of posts ...

dare I say it?

quite "moo-ving"?

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John W. Black
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posted October 16, 2008 11:18 PM

It's a moron addicted to oxycotin

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Joe Caruso
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posted October 17, 2008 06:50 AM

Who is oxy? He or she must feel terrible with such a name attached

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Yanis Tzortzis
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posted October 17, 2008 07:31 AM

It's actually an ancient Greek word,made of the word 'oxy' (for clever) and 'moron' (for stupid). It denotes a saying or situation which is at the same time smart and stupid. It was ironically used for people that want to make a point by saying something foolish,
and has since the meaning of contradiction. The word in itself is a contradiction,as you might understand.

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Osi Osgood
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posted October 17, 2008 10:14 AM

Hey, what do you know? I've been a oxymoron all my life and I didn't know it! I've been accused of being a "clever moron" more than once, (usually by those that I've outwitted, of course).

Or is that an "osimoron"?

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Steven J Kirk
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posted October 17, 2008 12:53 PM

The most famous film title that is an oxymoron is of course TRUE LIES, the James Cameron film.

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Chip Gelmini
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posted October 17, 2008 01:30 PM

How about an oxymoron within one single word?

Chicken Lobster. Okay, that's two words. Is it chicken or is it lobster?

One word: Librarian.
(Ok maybe I just think that's funny!) [Big Grin]

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Mike Peckham
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posted October 17, 2008 01:41 PM

open secret

larger half

clearly confused

act naturally

alone together

Hell's Angels

found missing

liquid gas

deafening silence

seriously funny

living dead

Microsoft Works

military intelligence

jumbo shrimp

tragic comedy

unbiased opinion

virtual reality

definite maybe

original copies

pretty ugly

same difference

plastic glasses

almost exactly

constant variable

even odds

minor crisis

extinct life

genuine imitation

exact estimate

only choice

freezer burn

free love

working holiday

rolling stop

My personal favourite is "American Cuisine", I should add that "British Cuisine" would equally be an oxymoron but it just doesn't have the same ring to it! [Smile]

Mike

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Steve Klare
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posted October 17, 2008 02:04 PM

American Cuisine?

New England clam chowder with Maine Lobster
Texas T-bone steak
Cajun Style Shrimp
Pizza (and I mean New York pizza...)

No contradiction at all!

Although when I was in Moscow there was a McDonalds across from the hotel...I hope they didn't give up Communism for that!

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Bill Brandenstein
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posted October 17, 2008 08:01 PM

Here in Southern California the ultimate oxymoron is just a one-worder:

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Freeway.

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Osi Osgood
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posted October 18, 2008 10:05 AM

and what about cheesecake?

Is it cheese, or is it cake?

MAKE UP YOUR BLOODY MIND!!

(ehem)

Did this post start out as a serious post? I can't remember.

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Chip Gelmini
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posted October 18, 2008 08:55 PM

It's OK, Osi. I never really thought this post would generate so many comments. This is getting silly, but that was the point. I must admit, Mike Pekam got me with his list. The one with "Microsoft Works" really made me chuckle.

[Big Grin]

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Steve Klare
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posted October 18, 2008 10:29 PM

"Silly" has a healthy place in every life.

-If anything most of us need more of it!

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