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.
Category Humor
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…
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?
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Eejit
Twenty-seventh in a series eejit (ee·jit) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~n. 1. idiot, simpleton, one not possessed of all their mental faculties; one who is unable to properly conduct their own affairs (as in “Yer aff yer heid, ye eejit. That’s…
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Fouter
Twenty-sixth in a series fouter (foo·tir) Dialect, chiefly Scot. 1. ~n. one who muddles through; aimless, exasperating person (“Yer a fouter, gie it tae me, ah’ll dae it!“). 2. ~v. a fiddly, troublesome task or job (“This is a right…
We Interrupt This Broadcast For The Important Following Announcement
VizaWeb has apparently tracked down and disabled the offending mysql hogs and foresee no further service interruptions, which is a welcome bit of news for this blogger, I can tell you that much. In other LB news, if you’ve visited…
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IParkLikeAnIdiot.com. For those moments when you both need to express yourself and vandalize another person’s ever-so-deserving car. Heh.
Brilliant Fark Headline Of The Day
Kudos to the submitter of the following headline linking to a CNN story about the Hubble: There once was a spacecraft named Hubble, Whose finances fell into trouble. When its budget runs dry, It will fall from the sky And…
Your Scottish Slang Scots Word O’ The Day: Wheesht
Twenty-fifth in a series wheesht (whee·sht) Dialect, chiefly Scot. ~v. 1. a call for quiet or silence; used as an interjection Wheesht! to bring about or continue, the silence of others. ~esp. children (often in “Will ye wheesht, you pair!…
