so this kid came up to me and asked me a questin.....
 

he said "why do we say 'the alarm went off' when the alarm actually goes on?"


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smart kid.

You need to buy him a shitload of books.. and put him in martial arts so he can defend himself. lol

"jerked off on her ass"

off or on? and why jerked off, off what?

Compound prepositions are generally regarded as being informal. Tell him to pay more attention in class.

Otherwise, when a mechanical device is activated, it is "set off", or sent on its way. This relates to an object being put in motion. When your alarm clock sounds, it is effectively being sent into action: As per its mechanical predecessor, the act of "alarming" sets the device off and onto a course of action. In this case "off" does not mean silent, dormant, or motionless. It means that the device has been set off in an appropriate direction. Directed at getting your lazy ass off the comfy bed.

That would be "I jerked off onto her ass." But that's another prepostion for another day.

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And whats the deal with driving on a parkway, but parking in a driveway?

Relevance is irrelvant. I forgot.

and why do they call it ovaltine? the mug is round.. the jar is round... they should just call it roundtine!

I see college in his future.

smart kid... good question...

Why do we call it a building when it's already built?

why do people say they have to take a piss when in fact they are giving away the piss...

lollllllllllll

I've always wondered it an animal shits wherever it wants, what happens if it has to shit, but is in a place it doesn't want to shit? Does it hold it until it's at a place it wants to shit?

The alarm is always on, when something interrupts it's "normal functioning" it goes off.

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Exactly. The kid that asked that question is an idiot. Dumbass kid!:321GFY

Not the alarm but the alarm clock is always on. The alarm which makes the noise only "goes off" at the time it's set.


Or some shit...

Well put

yes :thumbsup:thumbsup

haha thats a really good question

Llamas always shit in the same pile...

Unless of course they are nomadic llamas...

and ferrets only shit in corners...

Hope this helps you on your journey of excrimental knowledge :thumbsup