Oxymorons


Subject: Oxymorons
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Thu Jul 04 2002 - 10:52:57 EDT


"Oxymorons"

Ancient Greek : Oxus = "sharp"
                  Moros = "dull"

"Oxymoron" = a sharp dullness or a foolish wise.

...a self contradicting phrase.
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He lived his life to the end.

You always find something in the last place you look.

The saddest moment in a person's life comes
but once.

Ah well, they say its not as bad as they say it is.

Black Light

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Left Handed Screwdrivers.

Striped paint.

Pigeon's milk.

Straight hooks.

Cooking glue.

It was as bad as being up a creek in a barbed wire canoe.

...about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

I want my bedroom painted sky-blue pink.

The dumplings in a dream are not dumplings,
only dreams.

compulsory volunteers

college student

jumbo shrimp

That shoe fits him like a glove.

A woman met a man walking along the street
wearing only one shoe.
"Just lost a shoe ?" she asked.
He answered, "Nope, just found one."

Classified add: For Sale: Man's suit, perfect fit.

I wouldn't be paranoid if everyone didn't pick on me.

Plastic lemons, rubber bones, bricked-up windows,
artificial grass, plastic flowers, invisible ink.



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