Flagpole
A flagpole without a flag is just a pole, and is paid considerably less.
Echo
An echo is a sound that went all the way to a cliff and back, only to tell you what you just said.
Umbrella
An umbrella is a portable roof that guarantees rain will stop the moment it is opened.
Doormat
A doormat says ‘Welcome’ to everyone who steps on its face, and has never once withdrawn the offer.
Cobblestone
A cobblestone is a rock that has been asked to lie down in a row and has done so for four hundred years.
List of things that are sticky
This list was compiled on a single sheet of paper, which is now permanently attached to the honey entry.
Tide
The tide goes out twice a day and comes back twice a day, and has never once said where it went.
Cone
A cone is a circle that kept going upward while getting smaller, until it ran out of circle.
Brown
Brown is the colour every other colour becomes if left in the paint-water jar long enough.
Noon
Noon lasts no time at all, so everyone who has ever said ‘it’s noon’ was wrong by the end of the word.