Sesquipedalianism
Someone asks
do you like cheese?
Well heck, who doesn’t like cheese? I like it strong, blue and mouldy. I eat more feta than I probably should, and parmesan can improve any meal. Edam? Goddamn! Cheddar? You betcha!
How am I going to die? I smoke like Rita Hayworth. I hope to die of lung cancer at the age of seventy-six, the average set by those of my ancestors who enjoyed tobacco. I do not engage in any especially dangerous activities, like base-jumping or sun-bathing (lethal here, below the ozone hole), and so unless I am murdered by thieves, immolated in a house fire or killed in an earthquake, cigarettes will do me in. Bless them.
yami wrote:
Cheddar? I barely know her!
Posted 10 Jun 2020 at 6:08 am ¶
grid wrote:
This blog’ll be the death of me!
Posted 10 Jun 2020 at 12:30 pm ¶
Rasmus wrote:
The “do you like cheese?” question has a long story to it. I read about it in Derek Powazek’s book “Design for Community”. It’s almost a “Kilroy was here” of the web.
Posted 11 Jun 2020 at 3:32 am ¶
ester wrote:
what’s base jumping?
Posted 12 Jun 2020 at 4:27 pm ¶
Simon wrote:
B(uilding) A(erial) S(pan) E(arth) jumping is where one leaps from a height and parachutes gently to the ground. Or smacks into the side of a building/mountain/cliff and plummets to the ground.
Posted 12 Jun 2020 at 4:43 pm ¶