Friday, March 11, 2005
from a trip to the homo sapien zoo

Man does not live on big jugs alone, he seems to need some diluting treacle from time to time...
Caption game it if you feel so inspired, and in fact exist.
(3200+ unique IP addresses have been to this page now? Looks like blogMixy must be wicked popular with the spamBots and googleBots of the world... Too bad they aren't so crackerjack with the witty commentary...)
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
march quiz
My heartfelt apologies, dear readers, for the lack of a February quiz.
How the slowest progressing month in the calendar was able to speed past without a quiz is beyond me and there is no excuse.
Offered up as contrition, the following can of corn:
Using real names to make common words, what might the following parents name their kid if they were trying to be cute and lame and form a real word when the first and surnames are read outloud together?
1. Mr and Mrs Voyant
2. Mr and Mrs Tress
3. Mr and Mrs Nasium
4. Mr and Mrs Tate
5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum
6. Mr and Mrs Mander
7. Mr and Mrs Mite
8. Mr and Mrs Time
How the slowest progressing month in the calendar was able to speed past without a quiz is beyond me and there is no excuse.
Offered up as contrition, the following can of corn:
Using real names to make common words, what might the following parents name their kid if they were trying to be cute and lame and form a real word when the first and surnames are read outloud together?
1. Mr and Mrs Voyant
2. Mr and Mrs Tress
3. Mr and Mrs Nasium
4. Mr and Mrs Tate
5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum
6. Mr and Mrs Mander
7. Mr and Mrs Mite
8. Mr and Mrs Time
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Comments:
Comments:
My suggestions (some of these are ethnic, as indicated in parentheses):
1. Mr and Mrs Voyant = Bob Voyant
2. Mr and Mrs Tress = Diss Tress (Dutch)
3. Mr and Mrs Nasium = James Nasium
4. Mr and Mrs Tate = Little Man Tate (Foster family name)
5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum = Nashun Amal Anthemum (Turkish)
6. Mr and Mrs Mander = Masterankoh Mander (Punjabi)
7. Mr and Mrs Mite = Dust Mite (Orecki)
8. Mr and Mrs Time = Miller Time
1. Mr and Mrs Voyant = Bob Voyant
2. Mr and Mrs Tress = Diss Tress (Dutch)
3. Mr and Mrs Nasium = James Nasium
4. Mr and Mrs Tate = Little Man Tate (Foster family name)
5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum = Nashun Amal Anthemum (Turkish)
6. Mr and Mrs Mander = Masterankoh Mander (Punjabi)
7. Mr and Mrs Mite = Dust Mite (Orecki)
8. Mr and Mrs Time = Miller Time
scoring:
1. incorrect (and confusing)
2. not bad one (but wrong)
3. ding ding ding korrect!
4. gotta love th joedie shout out (but wrong)
5. tres amusent (and wrong)
6. again, not a bad one (and clearly wrong)
7. incorrect, but clever (insert knowin g seinfeld vaccuming pantomime here)
8. bad 1 (and wrong)
1. incorrect (and confusing)
2. not bad one (but wrong)
3. ding ding ding korrect!
4. gotta love th joedie shout out (but wrong)
5. tres amusent (and wrong)
6. again, not a bad one (and clearly wrong)
7. incorrect, but clever (insert knowin g seinfeld vaccuming pantomime here)
8. bad 1 (and wrong)
in the spiirt of turning the page here are the "correct" answers:
1. Mr and Mrs Voyant (Claire)
2. Mr and Mrs Tress (Matthew)
3. Mr and Mrs Nasium (James)
4. Mr and Mrs Tate (Richard)
5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum (Christopher)
6. Mr and Mrs Mander (Sally)
7. Mr and Mrs Mite (Dinah)
8. Mr and Mrs Time (Justin)
1. Mr and Mrs Voyant (Claire)
2. Mr and Mrs Tress (Matthew)
3. Mr and Mrs Nasium (James)
4. Mr and Mrs Tate (Richard)
5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum (Christopher)
6. Mr and Mrs Mander (Sally)
7. Mr and Mrs Mite (Dinah)
8. Mr and Mrs Time (Justin)
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
res ipsa loquitur

Monday, March 07, 2005
fight! fight!


from the boston herald:
"We're just a bunch of idiots," Damon had cracked.
And after Game 3, he never appeared more right.
Following the debacle, frustration grew so high in some corners that the players' wives and girlfriends had to be restrained from one another. Earlier in the playoffs, both for good luck and as a sign of solidarity, Curt Schilling's wife, Shonda, had bought a collection of scarves and handed them out to the other wives and girlfriends. Damon's fiancee, Michelle Mangum (sic), had refrained from wearing hers, however, and it was following the Game 3 defeat to the Yankees that Mangum entered the family waiting room and struck a nerve in Shonda Schilling.
"A lot of good those fucking scarves have done," said Mangum. (her name is actually Mangam, nice editing, Herald...)
Countered Mrs. Schilling: "Well, if you were wearing one, maybe your fiance wouldn't be 0-for-16."
The two women ultimately had to be separated from one another.
Friday, March 04, 2005
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