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Category Archives: Language
Harvard is a Serviceable Trainer
I have to say that Harvard is nothing special. It is very utilitarian and makes a serviceable trainer. People might tell you its the best of the best but I say that those people just haven’t lived yet. Harvard and … Continue reading
Orange Heads
I don’t know why but our society has this thing against the colour orange. In topics that don’t seem to matter orange gets slurred. I don’t know why. The first time I had an inkling of this was when I … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Language, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged auburn, burgundy, Czechoslovakian Skoda, favourite colours, flamehead, hair, hot heads, Houston Astros, orange, orangehead, pumpkin orange, purply reds, red, redhead, Skoda, stereotype of redheads, unnatural hair colours, wood flames are mostly orange
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This is a Work of Fiction
Janna was a broad consumer of books of fiction. So it was no surprise that she entered Epimenides Bookstore. What might have been surprising is how quickly she passed by the displays, not even reading a word. She was on … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Writing, Wry
Tagged book prices usually are the cover price or less, books, can a disclaimer affect price, can a disclaimer invalidate copyright, copyright military industrial complex, disclaimers of reality don't have much of a place in SF, Epimenides paradox, Fiction, historical fiction needs a strong disclaimer, out of season sale, sale, self referential paradoxes, This is a work of fiction
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Hobbes the Robin
Early on in his schooling Hobbes the Robin learned the expression “the early bird gets the worm”. While he didn’t enjoy learning that he would have to get up earlier to see if this expression was true or not, still … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Science, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged alarm, birds, early bird gets the worm, frozen ground means worms can't get to the surface, Hobbes the Robin, is there another way that the early bird gets the worm?, solid snow, statistics, weather, what if the early robin headed north 3 weeks earlier?, worm propaganda, worm torture, wormholes, worms
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Mis’er
Kammarina was despondent about working at the White House as a cleaner. She had asked her employers for a better contract but none were available since it was a given that you start at the bottom. She was descended from … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Politics
Tagged "You're fired" catch phrase, cleaner might not have to speak with president, Donald Trump, English, honourifics, indigenous group, Melania Trump, president, President 'rump, South America, unable to make the 't' sound around Trump, White House, Women don't want Trump to grab them by the p**sy, working for Trump
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More Anecdotal Proof of Erich von Daniken
Does anyone remember my pseudo or alien accent post from many years ago? Here is a link. In it I showed (via Youtube) my alien accent that contains a smacked M (like a kiss), clicked N and a flatulated (my … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Pseudo Science, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged alien accent, alien collusion when designing our alphabet, Chariots of the Gods, clicked n, clip clopped L, consecutive consonants in alphabet, Erich von Daniken, flatulated p, right at the centre of our alphabet, smacked m
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The Duchess of Cambridge’s Revenge
In 2012 a paparazzo took a topless picture of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. This happened in France by a French magazine. The British royals have not seen France the same way since. Just this week Kate gave birth to … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, Humour, Language, Politics
Tagged 814 a.d., Britain, British royal family, democracies often have disparaging views of monarchies, Duchess of Cambridge, France, in 1870 the French monarchy fell, Kate Middleton, Louis -Phillipe, Louis the fat, Louis the pious, Louis the XIX, Louis XVI, Louis-Napoleon, Napoleon, paparazzo, Prince Louis, the French monarchy loved the name Louis, the French revolution
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Pop Music Naming Schemes
Cardi B has 13 songs in the top 100 on Billboard so let’s look at her name and where she got it from. Apparently her nickname in the hood was Bacardi but she couldn’t use this for trademark reasons. So … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Music, Stage and Screen
Tagged actors, Alan Ladd, Bacardi, Canadian Club, Cardi B, flipping the bird, gut flora, innards, J Law, J Lo, Jack Daniels, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, knighting, naming schemes, pressure wash, Prince Igor, rinse, Robert Redford, singers, Sir Peter Ustinov
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Password Progression
For many years now, having a password hasn’t been enough security for anything. Instead, many of us started using passphrases such a long, long time ago. And you know, I have been told for years that this just isn’t good … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Mathematics, Science
Tagged entering a passchapter without a mistake needs a computer program, home security, online security, passbooks, passchapters, passmonologues, passpassages, passphrase, passsentence, passsentences, password, these programs need to be password protected
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The Moon is Not an All Night Nightlight
Poets, songwriters and prose makers beware that if you don’t observe carefully enough, you might be taken to task for sloppy writing. In this case I’d like to call out songwriter Jason Mraz for his song “Shine”. There was a … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Music, Science, Wry
Tagged crescent shaped moon, daylight sky, farmers, first quarter, full moon, Harvest Moon, harvesting, Jason Mraz, Moon, new moon, nightlight, poets, prose writers, Shine, songwriters, stars are far away suns, Sun, the stars, the zodiac, third quarter, Yes
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