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January 16, 2005

Some Choppy Thoughts

From Michelle, pretending to be Lani...

Lovely Lani is Internet inaccessible at the moment so just for today, I am pretending to be her with some Choppy Thoughts...

CROSSWORD PUZZLES

I love doing crossword puzzles and other types of word puzzles--absolutely adore them. Not that I am a crossword queen or anything, because I'm not, but neither am I that bad at them. But I just can't do cryptic clues.

Favorite cryptic clue of 2004: genuflex in the cellar

Answer is...

Abasement! Heh, heh, heh. Well, it kept me amused!

DON'T WALK ON THE GRASS

I absolutely love the Netherlands and the Dutch people. Really, they are one of the nicest, friendliest, most egalitarian kinds of people. But one thing that really baffles me, completely puzzles me, really perplexes me is this:

They let their dogs do their biz wherever they like, don't clean up after them, and nobody seems to mind. It's absolutely true!

So wherever you see grass--on the edge of the sidewalks, in the parks--you can absolutely guarantee that it is full of doggy poop, so it's a very good idea not to walk on the grass. Oh, and the poop is all over the sidewalks, too...

I don't get it. I just don't get it.

SLAGROOM, AGAIN

A little while back I mentioned that slag, in the UK, means a ho. I also mentioned that slagroom, in the Netherlands, means whipped cream (and not a room full of ho's). Well, I was absolutely delighted when I found some more slag words (yes, I know, it doesn't take much to amuse me!)

slagboom = barrier (the kind you get on train crossings), and not a ho making a lot of noise
slager = butcher, and not a procurer of ho's
slagader = artery, and not a ho doing math

And that's the end of my Choppy Thoughts!

Love, Pretend Lani

Posted by Michelle at 10:55 AM