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Pot, Kettle, Snob and Wanker

Sent at 2:00 PM on Friday spammy.anna: is it 5 yet? cause that would make me happy Jamie: no, 3 more hours spammy.anna: dammit janey janet not janey i don't even know who janey is Jamie: maybe if you weren't such a snob you would know her spammy.anna: me a snob i think this is an instance of the pot calling the kettle black Jamie: i disagree i'm not a snob if my judgements are correct and funny spammy.anna: i'm not sure that is true Jamie: do i want to drive all the way to lynnwood tomorrow? spammy.anna: what's in it for you? Jamie: i get to pay a ton of money for a movie spammy.anna: then no Jamie: but am i mean if i make cheryl drive to bellevue to see a movie? spammy.anna: snobnouna person regarded as arrogant and annoying Jamie: i am not annoying! spammy.anna: see, it has nothing to do with whether or not you are funny Jamie: yes but i'm not annoying so therefore i cant' possibly be a snob spammy.anna: is condescending or overbearing to others. no, i do

Scrabble, Google and Aussies

So this isn't my story but it was so freakin funny I had to share. It made me laugh so hard I had to share Ryan's brilliance with everyone. P.S. he's not retarded, he's Australian... An aside note before we get right into the story: why are the words "negligence" and "negligee" so similar? One is a very sexy concept, and the other is not. Are they built off another word that they are both kind of related to? All these questions and more can possibly be answered by either the shorter , the longer , or perhaps even the much fucking longer Oxford English Dictionary. Man, I wish I had $3000 and a bookshelf. Luckily, five pounds and an arse pocket will suffice. Here's what the Collins Gem pocket-size Scrabble Dictionary had to say: NEGLIGEE: woman's lightweight, usu. lace-trimmed dressing gown. Hang on a second. Negligence is not in the Collins Gem pocket-size Scrabble Dictionary. That's surprising. I would be very surprised if I