December 23, 2005
Dumb Question
If an animal walks on four legs, shouldn't the bones in its back be called horizontabrae?
Posted by triticale at December 23, 2005 08:41 PM | TrackBackComments
Wrong etymology. The word has as its root the verb vertere, to turn.
Posted by: David Gillies at December 24, 2005 06:35 AMThanks, but I said it was a dumb question. It just struck me as humerus when it popped into my head. I guess I'll have to bone up on my Latin.
Posted by: triticale at December 24, 2005 08:48 AMI think there's some sort of law against that many grisly puns in one paragraph. If not, there should be.
Posted by: David Gillies at December 24, 2005 11:12 AMWell I for one thought the question was hilarious!
But I still wanna know why we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?
Posted by: Tuning Spork at December 24, 2005 05:35 PMAnd which agency would you have enforce such a law, FEMUR?
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