May 25, 2005

noun and verb twins

Nouns and verbs are fun.



The fly would bat last because it couldn't hold on; the bat would fly toward the pitcher.

Do you salt your pepper, or pepper your salt?

He bricked the shot. Furious, he shot a brick.

Paste your name on this contract, and I'll name this paste after you.

If you proceed to cut out the middleman, you'll be sure to get a bigger cut of the proceeds.




[eighth in a series]

1 comment:

MT said...

About the only thing I remember from philosophy 101 is a lecture slide that said "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like peaches." An oldie but a goodie.