Linguistics

All of us are working so dang hard!
I think we should all spice up the day by
using the internet with its great capabilities.

For instance, wouldn't that memo, fax or report be
so much more fun in Pig Latin?
If anyone needs help simply go to this site
and enter the info you want "translated"

Merry Christmas!!

Quote of the day:

"These things are hot sex in snack form."

NOB, referring to the homemade chocolate-covered pretzels I brought into the office for public consumption.

They can take care of all your needs

Yet another reason why Costco is the place for one-stop shopping.

Quote of the day (part 2):

"But what would our kids look like? Would they look like him? Would I have a Whitey McGee? I don't want a Whitey McGee!"

C-Sass, on the potential skin color of children sired by the Irishman.

Quote of the day:

"I know now that when I beat my child, he should know why he is being beaten."
-- A parent, answering the question "What is the most important information you learned and plan to use?" after a workshop session led by NOB and I.

Funniest school project ever:

For a senior high school project, NOB composed an interpretive dance to Ronald Reagan's foreign policy in Latin America. No joke.

Quote of the day:

"Have you ever smelled a fart and ended up blaming the wrong guy?"
-- Gil Grissom (yes, from CSI), trying to explain to Catherine Willows why a witness mistakenly identified the wrong person.

Quote and advice of the day (from Friday):

Quote of the day:

C-Sass to NOB: "Look at you in your polo shirt.... you look so good. You're such a peanut!"
NOB: "I don't want to be a peanut. I want to be a cowboy!"


Advice of the day:

Old man in the Costco parking lot to me: "You better hold on to this one... he's a catch." (He was referring to NOB, who had moved an empty shopping cart out of the old man's way.)

Funny little sayings

While trying to pass time during the 8-hour drive back from Boston this weekend, peeps and I started talking about sayings that everyone uses but don't really make that much sense. There's a word for these things but I didn't take English classes in college and have no idea what that word is. Where do they come from and what are they called? Ahh... it doesn't matter... I just like lists.


1. [That] puts a wrench in things.

2. [That's] nothing to shake a stick at.

3. [It's] colder than a witch's tit (or titty).

4. [I have to] pee like a racehorse.

5. [He's] like a ticking bomb.


It's also been brought to my attention that people on the East Coast say "Ave" -- while those of us from the fabulous West Coast say "Avenue." Weird. And "pop" versus "soda"...

Got any others?