Two words that don't go together

[cjsmith]

A pancake house near me has "clam pancakes" on the menu. I have never had the courage to order it, even though I'm pretty sure clams don't make me hurl. (I have a fish/seafood allergy the extent of which is uncertain.) But I confess to a lingering morbid curiosity. Clam... pancakes. Clam. Pancakes. Those two words just don't seem to go together in my brain.

Another pair that took me a while to accept was the phrase "ground failure". Obviously they were talking about earthquakes, but not just shaking. I couldn't quite imagine what a "failure" of what you stand on would be. "Including liquefaction," the text continued. Ground... failure. Ground. Failure. I couldn't make that connection for the longest time.

Comments

[ambar.livejournal.com]

I stopped dead at "runny" and "egg" in the same sentence. On my plate, if the egg is still moving, it's not dead yet. Cook it some more.

:-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

YEAH!! Me too. In fact, if the egg doesn't BOUNCE when it hits my plate, it's not dead yet; cook it some more. :-)

On the other hand, I think maple syrup isn't any worse on sausage than on anything else. (shrug).