It was almost as if he hadn't dreamed anything at all. The only evidence that he had that he had had a nightmare was the terrible feeling he had in his gut. ...
After 9/11, while listening to Art Bell one night, a caller called in and related a very similar dream to the satanic one I had that he had had three weeks ...
hod
Etymology: probably from Middle Dutch hodde; akin to Middle High German hotte cradle
1 : a tray or trough that has a pole handle and that is borne on the shoulder for carrying loads (as of mortar or brick)
2 : a coal scuttle
[hod illustration] http://m-w.com/mw/art/hod.htm
Sinbad the Sailor and Tinbad the Tailor and Jinbad the Jailer and Whinbad the Whaler and Ninbad the Nailer and Finbad the Failer and Binbad the Bailer and Pinbad the Pailer and Minbad the Mailer and Hinbad the Hailer and Rinbad the Railer and Dinbad the Kailer and Vinbad the Quailer and Linbad the Yailer and Xinbad the Phthailer.
Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>>
>> (Btw, [a] and [a:] are never contrastive, right?
>> I smell a linguistic anecdote.)
>
> Length isn't phonemic in English generally. If there were two words distinguished only by vowel length, it would turn out to be a side-effect of something else, such as r-deletion or "voicing" of the following obstruent.
I tend to believe that the length is a bigger cue in distiguishing between the following minimal pairs.
21 ：名無しさん＠英語勉強中 ：03/09/01 16:57
In a tiny village lived an old maid. In spite of her old age, she was still a virgin. she was very proud of it. She knew her last days
were getting closer, so she told the local undertaker that she wanted the following inscription on her tombstone.
"Born as a virgin, lived as a virgin, died as a virgin".
Not long after, the old maid died peacefully. Now a bunch of people gather around her tombstone. It reads:"Retured unopened"
（試訳）
Three world leaders were examined using an advanced lie detector.
The scientist told them that a loud BEEP will sound the moment a false statement is uttered.
First, Tony Blair put on a brainwave-monitoring gear to be tested.
Blair began to say, "I 'm always thinking about bringing genuine peace to Iraq..." BEEP!
Next up was Jacques Chirac. "I'm always thinking about prosperous future for Iraq..." BEEP!
Finally, it was George Bush's turn. "I'm always thinking..." BEEP!
Three world leaders were examined using an advanced lie detector.
The scientist told them that a loud BEEP will sound as soon as a false statement is detected.
First, Tony Blair put on the brainwave-monitoring gear to be tested.
Blair began to say, "I 'm always thinking about bringing genuine peace to Iraq..." BEEP!
Next up was Jacques Chirac. "I'm always thinking about prosperous future for Iraq..." BEEP!
Finally, it was George Bush's turn. "I'm always thinking..." BEEP!
A doctor visited his patient in the hospital ward after the operation .
"I've got some bad news -- we amputated the wrong leg .
Now the good news -- the man in the next bed wants to buy your
slippers ."
149：A Unitarian Miracle and Other UU Jokes：2005/06/30(木) 02:20:16
Q: Have you heard the latest UU miracle?
A: Someone saw the face of Ralph Waldo Emerson on a tortilla.
Q: Why can't Unitarian Universalists sing very well in choirs?
A: Because they're always reading ahead to see if they agree with the next verse.
Q: What do you get when you cross a Unitarian Universalist with a Jehovah's Witness?
A: Somebody who comes knocking at your door for no apparent reason.
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A farmer is milking his cow and as he is milking,a fly comes along and flies into the cow's ear.
A little bit later, the farmer notices the fly in the milk. The farmer says, "Hmm. In one ear, out the udder."
Hey Jude, you're such a cad
Done a bad thing, can't make it better
That nanny, won't let her out of your heart
No way to start to make it better...
Hey Jude, a mess you made
Big price paid, you've lost Sienna
It's over, you've been a scoundrel, you know
Too late to go and make it better...
And now you say, you feel the shame
Hey Jude, no game..
You blew it, out there in old New Orleans
It's high time that you got burned, and also learned
Cold hard facts, like what "out the door" means..
Hey Jude, you broke love's law
Now you are, the sad regretter
It's finished, can't get her back in your heart
No way to start to make it better..
Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
Language is a virus.
The worm has the following cookie texts:
it is predictable, but I wouldn't like to predict it myself. - C. Lawson
100,000 lemmings can't be wrong.
A friend in need is a pain in the ass.
A man is as old as he feels. But never as important.
A man is as old as the woman he feels.
Always be sincere - Even when you don't mean it.
Always tell her she's pretty, especially when she isn't.
Anyone who can see through a woman is missing a lot.
Avoid life - It'll kill you in the end.
Do to the other fellow as he would do unto you. But for God's sake do it first!
Experience, the name given by men to their mistakes.
Get stoned - Drink liquid cement.
Happiness can't buy money.
If a woman wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way.
Join the army, travel the world, meet interesting people and shoot them.
Just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.
Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
Love Thy Neighbour - But don't get caught.
Money can't buy friends but it can buy a better class of enemy. - Spike Milligan.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.
Racial prejudice is a pigment of the imagination
Smoking - think of it as evolution in action.
Sudden prayers make God jump.
When faced with two evils I like to do the one I've never tried before. - Mae West
Live fast, Die young, Leave a good looking corpse.
A Wise Man can see more from the bottom of a well than a Fool can see from the top of a mountain.
Walk softly but carry a big stick.
TO DO IS TO BE - Socrates%TO BE IS TO DO - Sartre%DO BE DO BE DO - Sinatra
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. - Samual Clemmens
What you can not avoid, Welcome.
If you can't tie good knots... tie many.
Anything free is worth what you pay for it.
Two wrongs do not make a right; it usually takes three or more.
＞ Another reason to neuter a male cat has to do with the physical appearance. A cat neutered prior to puberty (most cats are neutered at approximately age 6 months) do not develop secondary sex characteristics. These include a more muscular body, thickenings around the face called “shields,” and spines on the penis.
"All obscene puns have the same underlying construction in that they consist of two elements.
The first element sets the stage for the pun by offering seemingly harmless material, such as the title of a book, The Tiger's Revenge.
But the second element either is obscene in itself or renders the first element obscene as in the name of the author of The Tiger's Revenge--Claude Bawls."
