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William Keckler quips: It was revealed that there is no such language as Gaelic.
People were just making "funny noises with their mouth."
Apparently, it's just a slightly more clever form of Pig Latin.
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The Welsh language was diagnosed with a genetic condition which explained its odd situations with regard to vowels.
Gene therapy was initiated, and in a few short months, Welsh was a "normal, healthy language."
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“The bottom of your boat must be protected by paint.” —Morton J. Schultz
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| Puzzles and Games :: Which is Funnier |
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 Which word is funnier: food or snack?
Clue: This is according to the book Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain
Answer: Snack, as it is “zippy sounding” (The answer is in black text on the black background. Highlight it to view.)
Citation: Christopher Hart, Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain (1998), p. 107
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A blank map from James Whale's classic film The Old Dark House:
A flooded road in Wales; a map with running ink .
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 Is it true, as Momus
suggests, that there are "few tales which would not be improved by the
addition of the phrase 'suddenly, a shot rang out'"? Decide for
yourself as we alter the opening lines of . . . THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS by Lewis Carroll One thing was certain, that the WHITE kitten had had nothing to do with it:—it was the black kitten's fault entirely. For the white kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and bearing it pretty well, considering); so you see that it COULDN'T have had any hand in the mischief. Suddenly, a shot rang out.
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WANING GIBBOUSThe semicolon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by the reading lamp. The fraction of the semicolon's dot that is illuminated is decreasing, like the small villages in the English countryside. This semicolon appears before the Last Quarter Semicolon and before the Full Semicolon. The amount of the semicolon that we can see will grow smaller and smaller every day, like a ball of string.
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 A Can of Yams or a Can of Sweet Potatoes?How well do you know your tubers? In each sentence, guess whether the can of ___ contains yams or sweet potatoes.1. "Her eyes stopped at the single can of ___. That one insignificant can, Katie knew, was her downfall." — Donna Nelson, Encore, 2004, p. 173 2. "One itsy-bitsy can of ___ won't do it, will it, Sammy boy?" — Jamie L. Turner, By the Light of a Thousand Stars, 1999. p. 179 3. "They can take a chance on a can of ___ and enjoy a surprise." — Thomas Swann Harding, The Popular Practice of Fraud, 1935, p. 313 4. "Cash gain in April is linked to an incident involving a can of ___ and a finger." —Horoscope, The Weekly World News, March 15, 2004 5. "Destiny lies in a can of ___ in syrup." —Horoscope, The Weekly World News, Nov. 15, 2004 6. "People like that, they got to deserve a can of ___ up the ass." — Joe R. Lansdale, A Fist Full of Stories, 1996, p. 133 Answers: 1. sweet potatoes, 2. sweet potatoes, 3. sweet potatoes, 4. yams, 5. yams, 6. yams. (The answers are in black text on the black background. Highlight to view.)
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~ Mysterious Beards ~ 
Portrait from Daniel Pratt’s biography.
“Complete with owl eyes and spectral beard.” —Osbert Sitwell, qtd. in Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes
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From our Magic Words outpost: When Andrew Lovatt kindly
praised us for "bringing the excitement and the hunt and mystery back
into lexicogaphy," we realized that he had identified the patron saint
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click on the puzzle image below to reveal one possible solution.
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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:
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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:
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Whenever I’m working late in the studio, I usually end up browsing the web for inspiration.
So, I’m in the middle of editing some drum samples… getting bored of seeing the same waveforms allover, I turn to my trusty web browser (safari) for some browsing. Makes sense, right?
So I find this…
Rock on!
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