Do not, for the love of all that’s holy, stop dead in the middle of the sidewalk for no discernible reason. I understand we’re in Times Square, and being from Elsewhere, you think it’s pretty nifty. But I almost ran into your redneck ass five times in one block. Sit down and get a caricature done or something. I’m sure the artist will do a lovely job of depicting exactly how your head fit into your rectum.
Dear wasp:
your buzzing is annoying. I wish you would just go elsewhere. I also wish you weren’t a nasty little creature with a big stinger and a tendency to sting people for no reason at all. Why can’t you be more like honeybees? thay only sting you if you bother them and then they die. Plus they make honey. You, on the other hand, do not.
Dear self:
quit being such a wimp and either kill the wasp or trap him and release him. So what if he stings you? You’re not allergic. Quit being a baby.
… hey, he’s gone! this thread is magic!
I once wached a March Madness (college basketball championship) game on TV where the play-by-play guy added “the standpoint of” every time he said “from”. He knew that “from the standpoint of” sounded elegant and educated. He did not know that “We’re seeing some great plays from the standpoint of the defense” sounds like something only a Grade-A dolt would say, and he did not know that the Communications department which gave him a degree cried nonstop the whole game. :smack: