[at-l] colouring

[AThiker at smithville.net (Felix)]

Shane Steinkamp wrote:

>>How come when you want something to be whiter, you 'whiten' it. Like
>>toothpaste will whiten teeth. And, if you want something blacker, you
>>'blacken' it. Like some fish are 'blackened'. But, you never hear of
>>someone wanting their lawn to 'greenen'. Or, when the sky clears, it
>>hasn't 'blueened'.  I'm just wondering.
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>
>When I get stuck on stuff like that, I just ask myself, "If I were a fish,
>what kind of fish would I be?" and somehow that makes it all better.
>

An oak tree? Oh, wait...that's John Wayne.