“Good For”

November 23, 2005 / / 2 comments

How come when something good is made better, that’s good for it (horse manure is good for the garden)? And when something bad is diminished, that’s also good for it (castor oil is good for scar tissue)?

Categories: Fun with Language /

2 comments

  1. Tom Hilton says:
    November 25, 2005 at 6:30 pm

    Here’s a question: in which sense is war “good for” absolutely nuthin’? Or is it not good for anything in either sense?

  2. deblipp says:
    November 26, 2005 at 1:48 am

    in which sense is war “good for??? absolutely nuthin’?

    Huh!

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