Fire Safety

11 Responses to “Fire Safety”

1. jeninator on November 23rd, 2005 1:08 pm

   wow…what a confusing situation.

   i want my hair on fire now!!

2. chicken cheerleader on November 23rd, 2005 2:21 pm

   HAHA, my hair is on fire before yours jen! Hmmm…pain, heat, glowy!

3. hash on November 23rd, 2005 2:32 pm

   Hmmm…
   Very good question.
   Apart from being a very funny and entertaining website, it’s actually raising intellectual questions.
   I checked a language book “Good Word Guide” by Martin Manser.
   There is actually no difference– except that, “flammable” being less ambiguous is prefered for warning signs. While in some expressions; “an inflammable situation”, it can’t be replaced by flammable.
   Done!

4. srvvrs on November 23rd, 2005 3:13 pm

   If you keep up these funny cartoons, you will become famous!!! …. or is that infamous?

5. srvvrs on November 23rd, 2005 3:15 pm

   You will be more than famous….you will be IN-famous …. from some movie???? I forget. Steve Martin?

6. Beth on November 23rd, 2005 3:56 pm

   Here’s another word origin fact: irregardless is NOT a word!!!

7. Diego on November 23rd, 2005 10:20 pm

   not the same as “flammable/inflammable”, but a contranym is a word that can mean the opposite of itself:
   http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/contranym.html

8. Mommmeeeee! on November 23rd, 2005 11:57 pm

   Because someone overestimated the intelligence of those who find themselves in inflammable situations.

9. lukewarmnolonger on November 24th, 2005 3:11 am

   funny too that the word invincible exists but vincible doesn’t. there is an ingenious but no genious. teehee.

10. Anonymous on May 5th, 2007 4:33 pm

    Being a smart-arse (Can I say that on the Inter-net?), I can safely say that INflammable actually means that something is explosive in addition to being flammable, just as being INfamous means you are well known, but not in such a nice way.

    *Grins in victory, unaware of the angry mob fighting over who gets to do the smothering first*

11. Anonymous on April 16th, 2008 5:52 am

    can i print out this cartoon and put on my office noticeboard?

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