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This isn't exactly an oxymoron, but, there is a town east of Cleveland called Hunting Valley with a greeting sign that says "Hunting Valley, No Hunting"!
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Free love.
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jps wrote:This isn't exactly an oxymoron, but, there is a town east of Cleveland called Hunting Valley with a greeting sign that says "Hunting Valley, No Hunting"!
Hahaha!!!!!!!!! Figures.
shamustwin wrote:Free love.
That's a true one! :wink:
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From a "refinish your gee-tar" posting on another site:

"Genius with a spraycan"
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"Old School Rap"
That's gotta be at least three oxymorons!
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Seen last week in suburban Sydney - an industrial garbage skip hanging off the back of a truck with the label "Heritage Skips".
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Okay John, I'll post it here too! :lol:
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William, doesn't that belong in the oxymoron thread? :lol: I know it is true in your case, but in general..... :twisted:
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I had to resurrect this thread because I just read in a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP, an FDA-reviewable document which is supposed to be written in impeccable English!) this gem:
... a pattern of randomness ...
:lol: :lol:

(What's even funnier [or frightening?!] is that a bunch of people actually signed that they had "read and understood" this SOP ... :? :roll: )
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Good one, Gary. Kinda like organized chaos.
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How about the fact that we drive on a parkway, and park in a driveway?
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Isn't that one of George Carlin's? :wink:
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lets see, oxymorons, these come to mind...

Military intelligence

Postal Service

Internal Revenue Service

Presidential pardon

State Representitive
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jingle_jangle wrote:Isn't that one of George Carlin's? :wink:

Probably so, and stolen by many a comedian, but I just love that one
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Back orders filled
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"filled with emptiness"
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