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oh my word!

bdot — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:19:32 +0000

ecdemolagnia

n. lustfulness when one is away from home

oh my word!

bdot — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:17:08 +0000

As he left a restaurant, a man gave the cashier a card bearing the number 102004180. The cashier charged him nothing. Why?

102004180 means I ought to owe nothing for I ate nothing.

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bdot — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:15:54 +0000

Surprisingly natural palindromes:

Lepers repel.
Step on no pets.
Never odd or even.
Stella won no wallets.
No lemons, no melon.
Now, sir, a war is won.
Ma is as selfless as I am.
Draw pupil’s lip upward.
Won’t lovers revolt now?
Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run!
Oh, who was it I saw, oh who?
No, it is open on one position.
Some men interpret nine memos.

E.L. Fletcher proposed a telephone conversation:

No! Too bad! Ah! I was never, ever, even tired! Now, is Eire very sordid? Oh! Won’t I? Did I? Was I not up, spot on? I saw no shell! I saw it! I did! I? Fired? No wonder! It saw dad was well left I sat, rapt! I did? Won’t i? No! Red? No! Prevent it? Never! Ponder on it now! Did it part as it fell? Lew saw dad was tired No wonder, if i did it! I was ill, eh, son? Was i? No tops put on, I saw I did it? No? Who did? Rosy reveries? I wonder! It never, ever, even saw I had a boot on!

a ben original

bdot — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:18:21 +0000

choc = kiss

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bdot — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:30:59 +0000

A riddle from 1655:

What is likest to a cat in a hole?

A cat out of a hole.

hmmm…

bdot — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:36:55 +0000

Clear your ground, hold your throat
Un-speak all the words you ever spoke
Leave and lead yourself astray
Say your name, tell yourself that everything is okay

-w.m.

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bdot — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:30:58 +0000

sectile

adj. capable of being cut easily with a knife

A dinner host in the 17th century might have wished for a usage manual – a different term was used for carving each dish, and, according to Samuel Orchart Beeton, for a person to use wrong terms in relation to carving was an unpardonable affront to etiquette. One might:

allay a pheasant
barb a lobster
break a hare
chine a salmon
culpon a trout
disfigure a peacock
dismember a hen
display a quail
fin a chevin
fract a chicken
frush a chub
gobbet a trout
lift a swan
mince a plover
rear a goose
sauce a capon
scull a tench
side a haddock
splat a pike
splay a bream
spoil a hen
string a lamprey
tarne a crab
thigh a pigeon
thigh a woodcock
transon an eel
trench a sturgeon
tusk a barbel
unbrace a mallard
unjoint a bittern
unlace a coney
unlatch a curlew
wing a partridge

Carving was a science that carried with it as much pedantry as the business of school-teaching does in the present day, Beeton observed in 1875. By that time, happily, such lists were already considered too long and too ridiculous to repeat.

oh my word!

bdot — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:33:49 +0000

BOOKKEEPER has three consecutive pairs of like letters. SUBBOOKKEEPER has four.

What’s the limit? Honolulu English teacher Joel D. Gaines proposed BALLOONNOONNOOKKEEPPOOBAH, an agent who sits on balloons at noon in a corner, in order to earn his keep. It has 10 consecutive pairs.

oh my word!

bdot — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:19:07 +0000

The errors of a man are what make him really lovable. – Goethe

Predict weather with a cup of coffee

bdot — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:28:48 +0000

well – i gotta say that this is pretty cool. hopefully, it will turn out to be a lot more accurate than the people on the television who predict weather!

Predict weather with a cup of coffee.