Paul,

Good to see a fellow 2001 Milleniemist, and I picked up on the 'Arctic Blast' as well, this was on a regional radio station "Winds from the Arctic are bringing..."

Still, it's a bit of fun.

Like the signs on the roadside that say "Trucks and Busses must use low gear" at the top of some steep hills, anyone who has driven a variety of trucks would know that if some trucks were put into their low gear it'd take all day to get to the bottom.

Issy,

A bit like referring to petrol as "inflammable" when in fact try pouring the stuff on a fire and you will soon see how inflammable it is. Although today both inflammable and flammable seem to have the same meaning. What do you think?

Paul,

I grew up with 'inflammable' and always had a mental picture of it signifying 'in flames', flammable doesn't do the same, for me anyway.