c/showerthoughts · by Szyler@lemmy.world · 1yIf a leaf leaves leaves, why doesn't a calf calve calves? If a leaf leaves leaves, why doesn't a calf calve calves? -2 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
Quicky@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Because cows calve calves
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 18 pts · 1y
A leaf doesn't leave leaves, so the initial premise is wrong.
Greg@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y
How does a leaf leaves leaves? What am I missing here?
INeedMana@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
There's a bunch of leaves. Wind blows. One leaf gets blown away. It leaves the leavesHaiku version:
There’s a bunch of leaves
Wind blows. One gets blown away
It leaves the leaves
Greg@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Thank you and nice haiku
Szyler@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
It's a showerthought about the English spellings being fucked.
You read read as read, and not as read.
ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com · 6 pts · 1y
And yet the woodchuck still chucks wood...
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo... I'm not sure how many I'm supposed to write, did I do enough yet?
INeedMana@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Because no no no
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
A tree leaves leaves like a cow calves calves.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
Because that's how you wash your Reaver Speer.