I wonder …..

Author: Paddy Bloggit* Comments(6)


  • Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety-one?
  • If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea…does that mean that one out of five enjoys it?
  • If people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren’t people from Holland called Holes?
  • If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?
  • Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car is not called a racist?
  • If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?
Paddy Bloggit



6 Comments so far

  1. Grannymar on December 4th, 2008

    I don’t know :sad:

    But… but I do know not to sneeze when someone is cutting my hair

    and

    You can’t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk!

  2. TCL on December 5th, 2008

    If firefighters fight fires what do freedom fighters fight?

  3. steph on December 7th, 2008

    Diarrhea is spelt diarrhoea and NO, I’m not the one in five that enjoys it! :mrgreen:

    @ Grannymar

    Why on earth would anyone would want to hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk, I wonder? :roll:

  4. Paddy Bloggit on December 7th, 2008

    Hi Steph ~ I would have spelled in with an ‘o’ also but when writing the post I found that diarrhea seems to be the number one way to spell it:

    http://www.answers.com/diarrhoea

    I guess sufferers don’t care how it’s spelled …. they just want the cure!

  5. steph on December 7th, 2008

    Hi! Paddy

    I think you’ll find it’s the difference between American medical journals and Irl/UK.

    In Ireland, people with ‘coeliac’ disease suffer from ‘diarrhoea’.

    In the US, ‘celiacs’ get ‘diarrhea’ and they seem to suffer from a loss of ‘o’ as well :wink:

  6. Paddy Bloggit on December 7th, 2008

    Bloody American spelling! :roll:

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