Alternatives to Cursing
I would rather our children didn’t curse because it requires more brains to articulate our anger with more specific words.
Frenchify
- To make French in quality or trait.
- To make somewhat effeminate.
- To contract a veneral disease (a 19th century slang).
Here are the roots of 10 other insulting terms. Now begone, before the cheekey monkey bescumbers you all!
Cartersville in the News, No Foolin’
My wife hails from Cartersville.
April Fools Hijinx
April Fools has escalated into an entertaining web event. Blogoscope has a long list. Google seems to dominate it. It appears each department want in on the hijinx. Best of show goes to Youtube, who rickrolled us all. I might had been fooled by this announcement had I not seen it on the list of gags. Blizzard has a handful of funny announcements as well:
- New World of Warcraft class announced: the bard!
- Starcraft II will feature Tauren Marines!
- The Molten Core experience is coming to consoles!
Happy April Fools!
03.31.0810 Geek Gags
Life Hacker heralds April Fools with a list of 10 geek pranks. I’ve attempted something similar to 6 of them through the years. I caused the most trouble when I tricked a co-worker into blasting the phrase “Tickle my fanny and I’ll yelp like a woman” to the entire company using the NET SEND command. It might have been better received had I waited for tensions from the last round of lay offs to die down first. Ho boi.
03.3.08New Screen Clean Technology!
Wait, I think there is a smudge on your screen. Here, let me get it…