Top and bottoms

I put on a shirt and my pants. Why don’t I put on my shirts and a pant?

I’ve heard that it’s because “pant” refers to the pant leg, and there are two of those, hence the plural. Fair enough. So why don’t we call our shirts “sleeves”?

I could handle putting on my sleeves and my pants. At least that’s consistent.

And there is the added complication when discussing pajamas (I thought of this after posting the previous post): we don’t call them pajama pants. At least we don’t around here. They are called pajama bottoms.

But, darn it if we don’t keep that plural. Pajama bottoms. I can put on my pajama bottoms all day long. But I can’t put on my pajama tops.

English. It’s weird.

A quick hiya from Hiatus-land . . .

. . . to share some trivia about me from The Mechanical Contrivium:

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Bill!

1. Ideally, Bill should be stored on his side at a temperature of 55 degrees.

2. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover up Bill.

3. Antarctica is the only continent without Bill.

4. In Vermont, the ratio of cows to Bill is 10:1!

5. Bill was named after Bill the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’!

6. The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is made entirely of Bill.

7. It’s bad luck for a flag to touch Bill.

8. The international dialling code for Bill is 672!

9. When provoked, Bill will swivel the tip of his abdomen and shoot a jet of boiling chemicals at his attacker!

10. The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in Bill.

[HT, the Thinklings]

Tonight at CVS

Tonight I went to CVS to buy some dental floss.

I also came this close to buying the CD Incense and Peppermints from the Strawberry Alarm Clock.

It was only four bucks. And it occurred to me that I may never have another chance to pick up such great tracks as Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow or Birds in my Tree. It also features that great hippy-skat classic, Good Morning Starshine.

The earth says hello!

I, wisely, decided to just pay for my dental floss and go.