> > Alright, I got another one of those lists of imponderables via EMail today (bringing the total to something most meaningfully expressed in scientific notation, no doubt), and I read a few to my mother. "Why is 'bra' singular while 'panties' is plural?"
> >
> > "Well," she replied, "why is the freeway where you drive cars and the parkway where you drive cars?"
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> Ok, not to nitpick, but I think you meant "Why is the parkway where you drive cars and the driveway where you park cars."

Yeah, that's the point... which is why my mother realized she was too tired to have an intelligible conversation and went to go lay down. :-)

> Ti"but I could be wrong...wait, no I couldn't. I'm *always* right"cia

-Fob"I'm left, sometimes"ulis