How do you "catch" a cold? How do you "turn" 21? If something is "new" how can it be "improved"?

Question

Can anybody else think of other weird twists of our language?

Answer 1

Why do they call it chili when it's hot?  

What do people in China call their good plates?

Why is it that night falls but day breaks?

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

Why are "wise man" and "wise guy" opposites?

Why is it called rush hour when nothing moves?

Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

Answer 2

You "catch" a cold the same way you "catch" syphilis; by being exposed to the organism which causes it.  You "turn" 21 because it would sound silly if you "twisted" 21.  Since everything was once new, any changes to it are considered by many to be improvements, whether true or not.  Another weird twist of our language is to say a sterile man "shoots blanks".  If there are no "bullets", he can't be shooting anything of substance (pun intended).

Answer 3

When someone throws you a cold...

You turn 21 like a piece of meat turning rotten.

Anything can be improved, new or not.

Answer 4

how do yu back bite if your teeth dont touch the other person