Why are products that are transported by car called shipments and products that are transported by ship called cargo?

Because we drive on parkways and park on driveways.

and why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

too funny judochop
let’s see, are there any others?

Oh. What are the odds???

apartments should be called togethernents.

I’m raking my brain, because a long, long time ago an email circulated with just these types of analogies. Feh!
Let’s see if anyone else can remember them… there were around 15 or so.

Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?

Why do wise guy and wise man mean opposite things?