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deanh77 Sep 8, 2003

I don't see how that's the opposite. things can appear from time to time at regular intervals. do your intermittent wipers randomly move? no they move at regular intervals.

meadowzephyr Sep 8, 2003

Let me explain: Periodic has a narrow definition and a broader more ambiguous definition. Which are opposites. For example one could say I get Time magazine on a periodic basis, which is semi-mo...

deanh77 Sep 8, 2003

"irregular intervals" is a more narrow definition, but is not it's opposite. How can something be a narrower/broader definition AND be its opposite? the second definition just allows for non-equ...

meadowzephyr Sep 9, 2003

Food for thought, Yes, not all the examples of the braoder definition will be opposite the first but in the instances where they are; you have a single word that can be used to convey opposite i...

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002 offtopic

what i think is that chinese people practice kung fu while japanese people learn to cook in front of other people and make cool volcano's out of onions.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

Oh man..that onion trick is the best!

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

noo i love it when the flip the zucchini right straight into my eye, covering it with oils and junk and stuff.. and it burns, and i scream like a little girl... and go blind for about 2 minutes. good times.

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