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01/07/25 Grif.Net – English Language in AD 2000

01/07/25 Grif.Net – English Language in AD 2000

[Each month in 2025, we plan to wander unsupervised down mem=
ory lane, repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 2=
5 years ago (that’s from January 2000 for those mathematically challe=
nged.) I found out my attempt at humor has NOT gotten better in passing yea=
rs, but lots that were funny THEN are still funny NOW.]

 

No wonder the English lan=
guage is so very difficult to learn:

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1. We must polish the Polish furniture.=

 

2. He coul=
d lead if he would get the lead out.

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3. The farm was used to produce produce.

 

4. The du=
mp was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

 

5. The soldier decided to deser=
t in the desert.

 

6. This was a good time to present the present. (And this last c=
ould mean "gift" or "era of time ")

 

7. A bass was painted on =
the head of the bass drum.

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8. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

 

9. I did not=
object to the object.

 

10. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

 

11. The bandage w=
as wound around the wound.

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12. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row=
=2E

 

13=
=2E They were too close to the door to close the door.

 

14. The buck does funny th=
ings when the does are present.

 

15. They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in =
the sewer line.

 

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16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.=

 

17. The wi=
nd was too strong to wind the sail.

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sp;

18. After a number of injections my jaw got n=
umber.

 

19. Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear.

 

20. I had to subject the =
subject to a series of tests.

 

Bonus: How can I intimate this to my most intimate =
friend?

 

~~

D=
r Bob Griffin

[email protected] www.grif.net

"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!&quo=
t;

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