Why do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway? These are just a few of the many questions that keep me up at night. That, and my husband takes up too much space on the bed.
THANK YOU! I get that graduates are embarking on a new chapter of their life, but ever since I was a kid, calling it commencement confused the hell out of me.
Camille says
April 9, 2009 at 8:39 amBecause it starts the beginning of their new lives.
ashley says
April 9, 2009 at 8:51 amThere isn’t an elegant word for ending? A Conclusion ceremony? Sounds drab and sad…
dgm says
April 9, 2009 at 8:56 amThe glass is half full.
zelzee says
April 9, 2009 at 9:24 amHigh school commencement……….the official end of them listening to parents……………..grown up college kids now, ya know
Prof. J says
April 9, 2009 at 9:34 amGood question!. . . deep.
Philly says
April 9, 2009 at 9:39 amCollege commencement—pay your own bills now
Me says
April 9, 2009 at 10:00 amIt’s a commencement ceremony because it presents a new set of graduates to the world.
the cheap chick says
April 9, 2009 at 10:12 amCommencement = commence living your own life, now and quit asking Mom and Dad for money.
jennifer says
April 9, 2009 at 11:18 amThe beginning of the end…of the free ride?
Golden says
April 9, 2009 at 11:36 amThat always bugged me too. And yeah, I guess it because it’s the beginning of the rest of your unscripted life!
foolery says
April 9, 2009 at 11:48 amThis sounds like a stoner question. Or so I hear. 😉
Reeb says
April 9, 2009 at 12:14 pmI’m with foolery. Yeah, man… Pass the cheetos.
Lizzy says
April 9, 2009 at 1:07 pmWhy do we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway? These are just a few of the many questions that keep me up at night. That, and my husband takes up too much space on the bed.
sista #2 says
April 9, 2009 at 4:34 pmThey needed a big word that began with C.
peace
#2
Manic Mommy says
April 9, 2009 at 6:56 pmWhy are they called “apartments” when they’re all stuck together?
Chesapeake Bay Woman says
April 9, 2009 at 11:44 pmI had to pass through Foolery’s terrain to get here, and all I can say is:
Come mincemeat?
Stimey says
April 10, 2009 at 12:18 amTHANK YOU! I get that graduates are embarking on a new chapter of their life, but ever since I was a kid, calling it commencement confused the hell out of me.
Margie says
April 10, 2009 at 2:05 amAlright Gallagher- enough with the brain teasers- now bring out the Sledge-O-Matic!
Angie @ KEEP BELIEVING says
April 14, 2009 at 11:30 pmI thought commence meant end until I was 22. I kid you not. I am an engineer/accountant and vocabulary is not my fortay.