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May 3rd, 2008 — humour
Recently, the great Humphrey Lyttelton, passed away. He had a marvelous voice, ideal for the radio. I often spent many hours listening to ‘I’m sorry I haven’t got a Clue’ Often I didn’t understand all the jokes, but, I enjoyed listening just for the sense of fun and offbeat humour. As mentioned in this post - The Real Meaning of Words, “I’m sorry I haven’t a Clue” often played on the meaning of words:
Quotes from Uxbridge English Dictionary
Satire - seated in a more elevated position.
scandal - footwear you should be ashamed of
telepathy - you can’t be bothered to turn on the TV
Varnish - to disappear in Mayfair
Xenophobia - fear of Buddhists
From: The Uxbridge English Dictionary Seventeenth Edition (approx) Completely revived As heard on I’m sorry I haven’t a clue.
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February 18th, 2008 — humour
English is a complicated language. Wouldn’t it be easier if words meant what they say they do, rather than mean something that they don’t actually say.
I’m sure this short guide from the fully revived The Uxbridge English Dictionary will provide an invaluable (worth nothing) and impeccable (bird proof) guide to the complexities of the English language.
Balderdash - A rapidly receding hairline.
Biology - The Science of why Women shop
Biro
- Property developer
- To purchase fish eggs
Boulangerie - To heckle underwear
Brouhaha - Jolly tea party
Candid - past tense of cando
Chairs - A toast by the Queen
Childhood - a very young gangster
Cinquecento - A hundred year old Chinaman
Ciabatta - The wookie in Star wars
Climate - The motto of the Everest climbing club
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July 17th, 2007 — humour, top 10 tips
Problogger is suggesting we kickstart our blog by writing some list posts. But I think writing in lists is for dummies, so here’s my top 10 reasons why lists are rubbish.
1. They are for the lazy, who can’t be bothered to write a proper article
2. Did William Shakespeare write in lists?
- To be
- Or not
- to be
- That is the question
- Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
- The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
- Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
not quite the same ring to it somehow…
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June 16th, 2007 — humour
1. No One Reads Your Blog and Your mother doesn’t know how to turn on a computer.
If you see you have 10 visitors in your statistics page, don’t get too excited, that’s just you hitting the reload button 10 times.
2. You have nothing to say.
If you have nothing to say, there is no need to write 5 paragraphs on how you have nothing really very interesting to say today - but maybe tomorrow you will feel a bit more like it - it kind of really depends on how your grandma is recovering from her latest infection of shingles…
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May 4th, 2007 — humour
Sorry, I couldn’t resist these “puns”
* A backward poet writes inverse.
* I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
* Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
* Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? he’s all right now.
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