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[+Mephistopheles]

[+Crisp]

A joke, or a statement?

I didn't lol. ...although I would tap both.

[Xyphus]

I think it is a play on how the colors are opposite of what they should be. Sort of like how we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway...

[linsook]

ginger the colour != the root

most likely derives its meaning from the red ginger plant... i dunno.

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Red_Ginger

btw: wasn't funny.

[neufuse]

Xyphus, on 25 October 2012 - 14:56, said:

I think it is a play on how the colors are opposite of what they should be. Sort of like how we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway...

actually a parkway is a broad roadway that is landscaped similar to a park surrounding the road (hence the name park-way)... In the USA that usually just means trees and grass around a busy road... in california they do it fancier

[Xyphus]

neufuse, on 25 October 2012 - 15:12, said:

actually a parkway is a broad roadway that is landscaped similar to a park surrounding the road (hence the name park-way)... In the USA that usually just means trees and grass around a busy road... in california they do it fancier

And as I said... We drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway... Pretty trees or no, a parkway has a road, yes? So I stand by my original statement.

[neufuse]

Xyphus, on 26 October 2012 - 12:56, said:

And as I said... We drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway... Pretty trees or no, a parkway has a road, yes? So I stand by my original statement.

I know what you are saying, I am just saying its called a park way because its meant to resember a way through a park, not a place to park... ambigious words

[moloko]

strawberry starbursts are pink.

Mephistopheles, on 25 October 2012 - 13:06, said:

color-names.jpg

Describes a colour that has a vibrant, reddish hue to it. Hence it can be anything from red to orange to yellow.