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Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on 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]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on October 16, 2008, 09:52 PM:

My EYES!!!

-When will they stop stinging??!

OWWWWWWW!!!!

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on 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"?

Posted by John W. Black (Member # 1082) on October 16, 2008, 11:18 PM:

It's a moron addicted to oxycotin

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on October 17, 2008, 06:50 AM:

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

Posted by Yanis Tzortzis (Member # 434) on 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.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on 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"?

Posted by Steven J Kirk (Member # 1135) on October 17, 2008, 12:53 PM:

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

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on 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]

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on 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

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on 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!

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on October 17, 2008, 08:01 PM:

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

.

..

...

....

Freeway.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on 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.

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on 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]

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on October 18, 2008, 10:29 PM:

"Silly" has a healthy place in every life.

-If anything most of us need more of it!

Posted by Tony Milman (Member # 7) on October 19, 2008, 02:53 PM:

Mike
Did they all come with original boxes?

You need to get out more [Big Grin]

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on October 21, 2008, 10:23 AM:

Anotherone for Mike's great list....(and I could not resist)

McCain / Obama

(McCain looks like an Ox; and the other, well you know.)

[Big Grin]

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