scrubbedexpat141

Nor do "Identify" and "Dig".

littlejimmy

scrubbedexpat141

Sorry. Couldn't help it.

Fact though; Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw

The Dean

The old question..........

"Why do 'flammable' and 'inflammable' (which sound like opposites) actually mean the same thing?"

........... is actually wrong - they mean different things............

scrubbedexpat141

Very similar to another example of words that mean different things;

"Masturbate" and "Run"

Bahtatboy

So all these wanky runner types actually mean something different when they say, "I'm just popping our for a run, love"?

Brains1983

I still wasn't certain on that a few months back, and the internet doesn't really clarify;

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...4065049AAiA4mK

decided to stick to flammable and non-flammable instead.

valuable and invaluable are another pair

The Dean

One of them means it will burn if you set fire to it - the other one means it can spontaneously self-combust under the right conditions........

......... but please don't ask me which is which..........

scrubbedexpat141

To be honest, I don't know. It's not something I can ever imagine myself saying so not sure what I would mean by it.

We should ask Commander.

Bahtatboy

in·flam·ma·ble ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-flm-bl)
adj.
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable.

flam·ma·ble ( P ) Pronunciation Key (flm-bl)
adj.
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; inflammable.
Source(s):
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

They mean the same thing. If something can burn, it will provided the other two elements of the "fire triangle" are present: heat and oxygen (the third being the thing itself, ie fuel). Apply sufficient heat in the presence of oxygen to something that will burn, and it will--it doesn't matter what the heat source is. Take away any one of those elements (fuel, heat or oxygen), and the fire will die. You don't need a science degree for this.

Spontaneously self-combust under the right circumstances? Really? Only Sulphur, as far as I'm aware. And Norm.

Norm_uk

You racist b$%*#$d...



N.

Norm_uk

Like this fellow?



Oh, and my useless information snippet is that a cockroach takes five days to die if you cut it's head off - and only dies because it can't eat or drink.

N.

Meow

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in Berlin Zoo

the_red_sheep

Only if you cut it off with surgical precision, otherwise it'll bleed to death much more quickly. And, I think if you do manage the surgery part it'll last a couple of weeks.

The human body can still survive even if the stomach, the spleen, 80% of the intestines, one kidney, one lung, and virtually every organ from the pelvic and groin area are removed.

And, even if 80% of your liver were removed, the remaining part would continue to function. Within a few months, the liver would have reconstituted itself to its original size.

Bahtatboy

I heard it was three months, you *****-*****, **********, ****** **** ****.