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"Workout"- etymology?
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TriBodyboarder
Nov 16, 05 12:09
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I always think about weird things like this. Why do we call the act of exercising a "workout". Does this refer to "working outside"? Or maybe because we're "working out" some sort of cramp...Any insight?
Along the same lines, why do we call the area away from Earth "space"? Couldn't they think of a better name for it? Come on! "Space"? How boring! Ha, ha.
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Mad Jee
Nov 16, 05 12:22
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Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?

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TriBodyboarder
Nov 16, 05 12:37
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Ha, ha. I was thinking about putting that one in my post, but couldn't remember what it was...I was thinking sidewalk, highway...couldn't remember it. Thanks!
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squid
Nov 16, 05 12:51
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why do we call what a doctor does "practice". Kinda scary, if you think about it.
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Mad Jee
Nov 16, 05 12:52
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If nothing sticks to Teflon then how do they get it on the pan?

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mcastle
Nov 16, 05 12:52
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As I typed it in another thread I wondered about the origins of half-assed, as opposed to full-assed?
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NMath
Nov 16, 05 13:03
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I can answer at least half of that one!

Parkways were originally designed as roads through national parks and grew from there. I learned that from a Bill Bryson book.
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squid
Nov 16, 05 13:04
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You don't take a shit, you LEAVE one.- G. Carlin
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j p o
Nov 16, 05 13:13
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But if you really care about someone you GIVE a shit.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.
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squid
Nov 17, 05 12:08
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[reply]But if you really care about someone you GIVE a shit.[/reply]

True. ANd if you're mad at someone you won't TAKE that shit. LOL!
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