Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Short musings

Why is an underground walkway called a subway, when the word subway is used in other countries to define an underground train?

Why has the idea of restaurant food delivery not caught on here?

Why does my fridge freeze everything on the bottom shelf one day, but not the next?

Why do you say, "Hello, is that so-and-so" when calling someone on the phone, rather that "Hello, is this so-and-so"?

Why do palm trees grow here in the winter, and why is the grass always green?

When should a pound be called a quid?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I was wandering about take-out food too just yesterday, we did not see any signs for it.
Olga