1. A firefly is not a fly - it is a beetle
2. A prairie dog is not a dog - it is a rodent
3. India ink is not from India - it is from China and Egypt
4. A horned toad is not a toad - it is a lizard
5. A lead pencil does not contain lead - it contains graphite
6. A douglas fir is not a fir - it is a pine
7. A silkworm is not a worm - it is a caterpillar
8. A peanut is not a nut - it is a legume
9. A panda bear is not a bear - it is a relative of the raccoon
10. An English horn is not English and it isn’t a horn - it is a French alto oboe
11. A guinea pig is not from guinea and it is not a pig - it is a rodent from South America
12. Shortbread is not a bread - it is a thick cookie
H/T Peter Gunn
Thursday, 12 June 2008
25 Things that are NOT What They Seem...part 1
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
And it ain't really a blowjob, for reasons I shouldn't have to explain...
and Panama hats are not from Panama
Cat gut isn't from a cat
A Giant Panda is related to bears, a Red Panda is related to raccoons.
Being British, 'shortbread' is not a cookie, it is a biscuit.
Palm trees aren't trees, they're stalks.
Same for coconut and banana trees, of course.
Then there's Spanish moss, which is neither, and the Holy Roman Empire, which was none of the above.
Post a Comment