Category: Quotations, Malapropisms & More

A gathering of words

Funny Ha-Ha

As an antidote to my last post, here are some funny things I’ve heard the past few days: From Anna… “My arms are weenie. They just stick out the sides of my body. But yours have bumps.” “I have to stop sticking my anteater nose everywhere.” From Walk Hard… [Teej and Richard sent the DVD to me. I watched it all by myself just now, at times laughing so hard I was wheezing.] A Blues […]

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The Forces of Nature

When I awoke to big rain and wind this morning, the first thing I thought was, “Ooooh, I wonder what that looks like online!” It looks like this. When I read an e-mail from an East Coast friend who asked about the storm, I knew it was a pretty big one. I hope the power doesn’t go out, or I won’t know what to think. I decided to stay grey rather than brave the traffic […]

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Two Sweeping Statements & One Confused Cliché

Last week Mom told me about a wealthy old lady of her childhood acquaintance, who had all the possessions she could possibly want but continued to desire one thing: I collect sweeping statements. They don’t take up any storage room. They don’t have to be dusted or polished. I can take them out to look at them any time I want and then put them back. She’d recently overheard one distinguished, elderly woman chastise another: […]

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