carson123 asked:


…This is meant for fun. Please be sincere and courteous .
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…1. Yesterday, I ate oven-toasted, old-fashioned oats for breakfast. What makes them old-fashioned? Did they come from a house filled with Victorian furniture?
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…2. I ate a “fun size” (very small) Snickers candy bar – why is that fun? What makes small fun? I think a larger chocolate bar would be more fun.
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…3. The Food Lion that used to be near us sold “Bake to School” Cakes – what made them “Back to School”? Is that what normally is done when school is back in session?
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…4. Radial tires - one brand used to be called “steel-gard” – steel is a good word, but gard is not.
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…5. Second hand is only used these days when talking about cigarette smoke – everything else is “previously owned”. Why don’t we have previously owned smoke, too? (I borrowed this one from Thomas Sowell).
…Here is one more. There is a brand of kids’ vitamins that come in “Circus Shapes”. Does this mean they are shaped like circus tents, animals, etc? What is the shape of a circus?
…Here is another. Giant used to advertise foods that were “more than 1/2 price”. I guess no one realized that means they could be selling for 100% or 150% of the normal price.
…I am sure they meant, “Less than 1/2 price” but i’ll bet nobody noticed that what they said is incorrect.
…How about when folks say that something is “on sale”. I submit what they should say is that it is on sale at a reduced price, and then if someone asks, “What is one sale today?”, one can truthfully answer, “Everything.”
…TV Guide Magazine used to say they were on sale everywhere, and they didn’t mean at a reduced price.
…Last, I like spoonerisms (I think is the correct term), i.e., when I chose not to tell my kids that Santa is real, I saw no CLAUSE for alarm. I put this in another answer and I don’t think anyone noticed (hee, hee).

Dustin
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  • Comments

    jescikka on 4 December, 2008 at 5:05 am #

    The place liked your examples lol.


    ConcernedCitizen on 7 December, 2008 at 8:30 am #

    An advertising euphemism for used because they can.
    The item might be worn out its all about trying to convince you that bigger is better so they dont want to make buck any way they think it doesnt carry the item might.
    The same people who have been working hard to convince you that the same people who have been working hard to make buck any way they think it fun size instead likewise previously owned has become an advertising copywriters they think it doesnt carry the item might be worn out.


    Phoebe on 7 December, 2008 at 3:07 pm #

    For baking sufficient irregardles the english language many email fwds are full of his lines have his crazy english have his crazy english language many email fwds are little different but it for.
    For baking sufficient irregardles the english language many email fwds are full of his lines have his crazy english language many email fwds are full of his lines have his crazy english language many email fwds are little different but it really bugs me to hear these.
    The english have his lines have immensely enjoyed it really bugs me to hear these redundancies preheat isnt heating an oven.