Snobbery
Why do people talk with an affected accent to make people think they understand more than one language?
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Snobbery
Why do people talk with an affected accent to make people think they understand more than one language?
My dear old thing, c'est la plus meme chose, a simple matter of Zeitgeist, it just has a certain je ne sais quoi, or, to put it another way, it is likened unto haemorrhoids - a pain in a certain part of the anatomyt that won't go away.
Come to that, when we are discussing English, why is it described so often as a Lingua Franca?
Because France invented all English inventions (I actually did forget the meaning of Lingua France :P)
Why are Roses SOO RED?
Because they are jealous of the yellow ones, and the white ones are a bit too elitist.
How can olive oil be "extra virgin"? Either you are or you ain't!
Because olives do the operation or bathe in Hera's spring or just fake it - they are bunch of fraudies those olives
Why are some people athletic?
So that the rest of us can sit there in an armchair with a beer and a pizza, urging them on but laughing quietly to ourselves.
Why, in the old films, was it necessary to tie the heroine to the railway lines to get rid of her, rather than merely bunging her over a cliff?
Because trains were the darkness from which films came MUHAHAHA
Why are clouds so puffy?
Because nobody told them to straighten up and fly right.
Why are dark clouds dark, when it's only water?
Because the water in them is so EMO
Why do parrots imitate?
Pieces of eight, pieces of eight! Who's a pretty boy then? What does EMO mean? Pieces of eight!
Do you like your given, or first name?
That's a given, isn't it?
Why do we even have names?
Who said that? Do I know you? Wouldn't it all be simpler if we had numbers, like in the Armed Forces? (H8103692, since you ask!)
Yes Then We Would all be under Big Brother's thumb and be his slaves MUHAHAHA
Why are anti-heroes so popular?
Because they are cheaper than heroes, and easier to find. See also under England Football.
Why is the grass greener on the other side, even if it's been concreted?
Because what mama doesn't know doesn't hurt mama (Water Boy Film quote)
Why are eels so electric?