Besides pipe bursts, we also need some fun

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This post was last edited by Saiqi Business on 2016-1-26 at 12:19. As soon as I started work today, I was informed that the water pipes in the entire building had given up after holding out for three days. It is said that a design that occurs once every 20 years encountered cold air that appears once every 30 years. Immediately send a WeChat message to those who haven’t gone upstairs yet, saying, “Comrades, there’s no water supply – be prepared in advance!” ” As a result, the colleagues who had drunk their fill of water were now lining up in the restroom on the ground floor to use the toilet. Without great hardships, how can a nation thrive! Since the water outage has given me some much-needed free time, Shanghai Chuan will share with everyone some interesting words! There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple; English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France; Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat; We found that quicksand can work slowly, bo*ng rings are square and a guinea pig is neight from Guinea nor is it a pig; If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? (This is particularly interesting – \"slim\" and \"fat\" have opposite meanings, but when combined with \"chance\", they both refer to \"remote possibilities\")” ； A wise man is a person of wisdom; but with just one extra letter, ‘wise guy’ refers to someone who thinks they are clever. How can ‘overlook’ and ‘oversee’ be opposite terms, while ‘quite a lot’ and ‘quite a few’ are similar? (‘Look’ and ‘see’ are synonyms, but ‘oversee’ means to monitor, while ‘overlook’ means to ignore – they are completely opposite.) ； \"A lot\" and \"a few\" are antonyms, but when \"quite\" is added, they all mean \"a lot.\" The stars are visible when they’re out in the sky, but they become invisible when the lights are on. (When the stars are out, we say \"the stars are out\" – we can see them then!) But saying “the lights are out” means the lights have been turned off, so we can’t see anything.) When you wind up your watch, you start it in operation, but when you wind up an essay, you’re ending it. (The term “wind up” is used for watches to mean winding them up so that they can start working!) “Wind up” in an essay refers to ending the article. The exact opposite! ) Finally, I hope the cold air will leave soon and spring will arrive quickly!