Thoughts of the day – Crazy English

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If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

If a weightlifter lifts weights, what does a shoplifter lift?

Why does your nose run, and your feet smell?

When I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up my essay, I shall end it?

Why is it that a man with hair on this head has more hair than a man with hairs on his head?

Never get on a non-stop flight, you will never get off!

Can I have a ‘hot cup of coffee’? Surely, we mean a ‘cup of hot coffee’?

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