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9:22 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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How about a word game for anyone who would like a challenge .........
Oxymorons - what a wonderful word!
I'll start with a few:
good grief
sweet sorrow
pretty ugly
Government intelligence
Microsoft Works
"How do you spell 'Love'?" (Piglet).
"You don't spell it, you feel it" (Pooh).
'A hug,' said Pooh 'is always the right size!'
9:34 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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Nice one, BS.
i hate to say it, but back home in Ireland a dozen or so years ago, our favourite oxymoron was:
British Intelligence!
Different times. 
Also, there was an Italian bite-yer-legs defender, named
Gentile
You have caught me on the hop. More will follow 
Never knowingly underfed
9:42 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Act naturally
Found missing
plastic glasses
small crowd
peace force
"How do you spell 'Love'?" (Piglet).
"You don't spell it, you feel it" (Pooh).
'A hug,' said Pooh 'is always the right size!'
9:47 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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At Nottingham University, a tutor decided that it would be fun to get to know each other by going round the assembled bunch of students, and asking them to give their name plus an adjective describing themselves. It had to begin with the same letter.
My name is Val, and the very kind guy sitting next to me said "say voluptuous" - how sweet of him.
"How do you spell 'Love'?" (Piglet).
"You don't spell it, you feel it" (Pooh).
'A hug,' said Pooh 'is always the right size!'
9:53 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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And did you marry him? 
Never knowingly underfed
9:57 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Er .....no.
We still e-mail each other, though - a lovely guy.
His name is Don, and he called himself Dangerous Don in that exercise - he is so far from dangerous, it was a really clever thing to say!
"How do you spell 'Love'?" (Piglet).
"You don't spell it, you feel it" (Pooh).
'A hug,' said Pooh 'is always the right size!'
10:08 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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My favourite of that name type was from Readers Digest many years ago (so it has to be true )
Scene from US Army boot-camp:
Tough drill sergeant major:
"You are all a bunch of weaklings My job is to break you down and remake you as real soldiers.
My name is Sgt Stone. What's your name (expletive deleted)?"
After a pause,
"Stonebreaker, Sir"
Never knowingly underfed
10:15 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Yes, in The Week recently, a similar story - a sergeant in the army had the misfortune to be named
Stan Still.
Calling out to his troops "Get a move on" produced some titters!!!
"How do you spell 'Love'?" (Piglet).
"You don't spell it, you feel it" (Pooh).
'A hug,' said Pooh 'is always the right size!'
6:35 am
Supreme Being
Mon 21-Sep-09
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An oxymoron that used to send my mother mad whenever she heard it was "and there she was gone", whenever someone disappeared suddenly.
6:29 pm
Supreme Being
Thu 24-Sep-09
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deafening silence
war games
almost exactly
ill health
second best
freezer burn
Old teachers never die, they just lose their class
5:28 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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Alone together
Now, then
clearly misunderstood
rap music
working holiday
"How do you spell 'Love'?" (Piglet).
"You don't spell it, you feel it" (Pooh).
'A hug,' said Pooh 'is always the right size!'
5:38 pm
Moderators
Tue 22-Sep-09
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Haha, I like the 'rap music' one best.
I'll try that again!
4:24 pm
Supreme Being
Wed 30-Dec-09
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computer security
terribly pleased
awfully nice
blind eye
adult children
cold sweat
constant change
dry wine
fresh frozen
"How do you spell 'Love'?" (Piglet).
"You don't spell it, you feel it" (Pooh).
'A hug,' said Pooh 'is always the right size!'
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