Chain Reaction Movie Titles
Michelle over at A Small Victory has posted a fun “contest” to have people come up with the best “chain reaction” movie titles – i.e., combine existing movie titles to form new ones (the examples she gives are Peggy Sue…
Year 2005
Memo To The English-Speaking Population Of The Greater Philadelphia Metro Area
It’s “eSpresso”, not “eXpresso”. You sound like idiots when you say it wrong, particularly if you’re ostensibly “professional” broadcasters reading ad copy. That is all.
Non-Standard Sources Of Amusement: Bumperstickers
Seen on the bumper of a Honda Accord in a Genuardi’s parking lot: Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. Heh.
Standard Sources Of Amusement: Coworkers
I work with a bunch of very brilliant engineers whose work is, in general, excellent. However, in some select circumstances, that brilliance leads to a general lack of context and a bit of cluelessness. For instance, I was eating lunch…
From The “What The #$&^#$&^ Is The Matter With Some People?” File
Did you hear about the baby that was tossed out of an SUV in Ft. Lauderdale and recovered by a Good Samaritan? Turns out “Baby Johnny” wasn’t really tossed out of anything – the GS was Johnny’s mother. I just…
From The “What The #$&^#$&^ Is The Matter With Some People?” File
Did you hear about the baby that was tossed out of an SUV in Ft. Lauderdale and recovered by a Good Samaritan? Turns out “Baby Johnny” wasn’t really tossed out of anything – the GS was Johnny’s mother. I just…
WARNING: Productivity Killer Contained In This Post
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT click onthis link unless you’ve got a lot of time on your hands today. (Found this on Dave Barry’s blog. If you start getting frustrated, hit that link and read the answer in the…
Your Cockney Rhyming Slang O’ The Day: Boat Race
Here’s a bit of United Kingdom linguistics to keep you occupied whilst I look for more Scottish slang. Expression Meaning Notes/Examples boat race face as in “Nice legs, shame about the boat race”
Scottish Slang Addendum
Och, wheesht! ye crabbit eejits! Dinnae get yersels in a fankle! I’ll keep me eyes oot fer mare slang words t’ keep ye happy, awright?
An Explanation For YSSWotD
I began the Your Scottish Slang Word O’ The Day series a month ago primarily as an exercise in motivating myself to blog daily with the potentially beneficial side effect of amusing [all?] my reader[s?] out there. I believe that…
