SUNDAY FUNNIES: UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH

Eye before Eve, except after Sea?

Hello everybody. Autumn the puppy here.
Now through my various studies and digs through the Internet, I have come to one staggering conclusion.
There are times when the English language is hard to comprehend!
Shocking, right?
But seriously, whoever assigns names to things doesn't always get it right.
Quicksand isn't fast. Boxing rings are square.
Guinea Pigs are neither swine or from Guinea.
Neither English Muffins nor French Fries originated where their names imply.

Yet English was invented by people, and not machines, and truly shows off Human creativity.
Some examples:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

See what I mean? Spelling can be weird at times too.
I before E except after C.
Q is usually followed by U, but not always. (Guess that restraining order was finally issued.)
PH is pronounced as if you were saying the letter F.

But I guess it's just a question of how you look at everything.
Now, before we go, a special treat for everyone courtesy of YouTube. From their 1938 short "Violent is the Word for Curly", here are The Three Stooges Swinging The Alphabet.

And on that note, take care folks. Have a great Thanksgiving and please be back here next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!--AtP.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Today, the Puzzle Corner pauses to commemorate two 50th anniversaries, so let's get to it.

Image courtesy of Wikipedia

TRIVIA TIME: JOHN F. KENNEDY
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the former President being taken from the world prematurely.
01. What was the most famous posting during Kennedy's World War 2 service?
02. Kennedy held what major public offices before running for the Presidency?
03. Who did Kennedy run against for the Presidency in 1960?
04. What was Jacqueline Kennedy's full name before marriage?
05. Fill-in the blank: Kennedy was the ___ President of the United States.


TRIVIA TIME: DOCTOR WHO
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the BBC science fiction series.
01. Fill-in the blanks: The Doctor is a ____, originally from the planet _____.

Image (c) BBC

02. He travels through time and space in a TARDIS, which is an acronym for what?
03. Why does the TARDIS always look like a blue police call box?
04. Fill-in the blank: Many actors have been able to play the title role over the five decades (thus far) because the title character is able to ____.
05. The original broadcast of the very first episode (part 1 of An Unearthly Child) was delayed for over an hour for what reason?

We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and reveal the results from the November 16, 2013 Puzzle Corner.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common.
Do you know what it is?

01. {Moses, Samuel, and Jerome Horwitz} We know them better as Moe, Shemp, and "Curly" Howard, members of The Three Stooges.
02. {Al, Jimmy, and Harry Joachim}  They are more famously known as the Ritz Brothers.

TRIVIA TIME
By what famous surname do we know Julius, Arthur, Leonard, Milton, and Herbert? MARX, for the brothers are more commonly known as Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo, and Zeppo.