Humpty reminded me...
When it's raining and you have a certain device that unfolds to form a canopy that you stand under, doesn't it make more sense to call it an "underbrella" than an umbrella? As I child I certainly thought so.
(e.m.m.y. likes burlesque and glamour... Dahlings!, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 10:05, closed)

Plus
The travelling staircase to the next floor is an 'upscalator'
(seeballs, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 10:20, closed)

A dressing gown is a
dressing down...

Cause you're dressing down from your smarter atire.
(Belgaer is, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 10:24, closed)

Downs Syndrome
Should be called Ups Syndrome, since they have more chromosomes.
( Bert Monkeysex was there with his knickers in the air, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 10:36, closed)

Alzheimers
Up until the age of about 10 I thought Alzheimers was called old timers. I just thought it was when old people went a bit funny.
( wanderlust can't wait to be Mrs Clendrix, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 11:31, closed)

@Belgaer
Really?! I used to say that too, partly for that reason and partly as it's a little easier to say when you're small. :)
(e.m.m.y. likes burlesque and glamour... Dahlings!, Tue 22 Apr 2008, 15:40, closed)