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Simply because what we know as a driveway wasn't intended for parking when the term was initially being used. The definition (which can be dated back to 1871) is this: a private road giving access from a public way to a building on abutting grounds. Driveways can be long or short, though you will always drive on them to get to a parking position, regardless of whether you park on the driveway or not.

Nice attempt though. ;)

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To those whom have once thought that time was the enemy, why were you so sad then, to see it go?

If a barber is only allowed to shave those who can't shave themselves, can't he shave himself?

And... Which way does the crap spin if you flush a toilet while sitting on a boat directly over the equator?

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And...  Which way does the crap spin if you flush a toilet while sitting on a boat directly over the equator?

Straight down.  :D

Actually the way it spins is random. When I went to Kenya i saw a demonstration where a man put a stick in water 20m north of the equator and watched it spin, then 20m south and watched it spin (can't remember the ways they span) but at the equator he put 2 in and it was rather random, they both span in different directions.

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OMFG what?

Heh, that's interesting, I never knew that about the spinning effect on the equator...

- Crap spins counterclockwise (or anticlockwise for you Brits) in the Northern Hemisphere...

- Spins clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. :D

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The comatose man would have rid of his cravings for nicotine by then and should not need a cigarette or want one.

OT: Is it still common in England to use span as the past tense of spin?

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I would assume tentatively that most use "spun", or "spinned"...

People named this planet, before they knew it was actually a planet. They named it after the god that they believed created the earth. Apparently, the language presisted into modern english, but note, its not called "earth" in all languages.

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in swedish we call Earth for jord or Tellus

jord translated is groundsoil.

I think that Tellus is more widely used because it's an astronomical term

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Here's a couple ideas...

You ring up Antonio and the Italian mob...

You bribe the US Senate to cut the BBB's funding for the next decade...

You call up George Bush and tell him the BBB is funding terrorists...

;)

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Here's a couple ideas...

You ring up Antonio and the Italian mob...

You bribe the US Senate to cut the BBB's funding for the next decade...

You call up George Bush and tell him the BBB is funding terrorists...

;)

lol!! :laugh:

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how can u get sumfin whiter than white?:

white is created through reflection of the entire visible spectrum, most of you should know that in the electromagnetic spectrum, there is also ultra violet, which we cannot see, to make something whiter than white, the (i am assuming you are refering to the washing powers that make clothes whiter than white) washing power introduces chemicals, enzymes, or sumfin that when exposed to ultraviolet light, are excited at a specific frequency (i think) and produce white light, and so therefore the clothing is whiter than white.

it goes something like this anyway

this is the same way highlighters work and why they are so bright

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