In Today's (very late) Issue
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International Theasurus Day
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke of the Day
Finish with a Song
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Well poetry is like a bus, you wait for one, then two turn up.
First we have David Bradshaw with 'send' then..well..me..
Send! by David Bradshaw
He's got a message to send.
And he's got no time to waste on spelling,
His need for speed is too compelling.
Punctuation just slows his flow,
So the full-stops and commas have to go.
It's a stream of consciousness in text,
Who cares if the lexicographers get vexed?
He's the James Joyce of the one thumb missive,
With an attitude to grammar that's overly dismissive.
Automatic spellcheck? He doesn't need it!
He's just tapping this out, he doesn't have to read it.
Every line is a lesson, all on its own,
On the misplaced use of the homophone.
And he drops more slang than a Parkhurst lifer,
Alan Turing would find it a bugger to decipher.
But! Does he care that he writes like a proper clown?
With no capital letters in front of his proper nouns?
Would it cross his mind, in a moment of clarity?
That the meaning of his message is lost to hilarity?
No! He's a creature of impulse. No thought is deleted.
By the time he's done thinking, he's already tweeted.
Someone once told him that he was a clever guy,
So the school rules of English don't seem to apply.
Now he's emptied out his fevered brain,
His concentration is on the wane.
And his moment of madness comes to an end,
As he throws down his phone, not before he's pressed - 'send'!
International Thesaurus Day
2 4 1
International Theasurus Day
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke of the Day
Finish with a Song
2 4 1
Well poetry is like a bus, you wait for one, then two turn up.
First we have David Bradshaw with 'send' then..well..me..
Send! by David Bradshaw
He's got a message to send.
And he's got no time to waste on spelling,
His need for speed is too compelling.
Punctuation just slows his flow,
So the full-stops and commas have to go.
It's a stream of consciousness in text,
Who cares if the lexicographers get vexed?
He's the James Joyce of the one thumb missive,
With an attitude to grammar that's overly dismissive.
Automatic spellcheck? He doesn't need it!
He's just tapping this out, he doesn't have to read it.
Every line is a lesson, all on its own,
On the misplaced use of the homophone.
And he drops more slang than a Parkhurst lifer,
Alan Turing would find it a bugger to decipher.
But! Does he care that he writes like a proper clown?
With no capital letters in front of his proper nouns?
Would it cross his mind, in a moment of clarity?
That the meaning of his message is lost to hilarity?
No! He's a creature of impulse. No thought is deleted.
By the time he's done thinking, he's already tweeted.
Someone once told him that he was a clever guy,
So the school rules of English don't seem to apply.
Now he's emptied out his fevered brain,
His concentration is on the wane.
And his moment of madness comes to an end,
As he throws down his phone, not before he's pressed - 'send'!
And now for something completely different....
Beans means Heinz
Hey rock and roll
Never trust a hippy
Go buddy go
Go to work on an egg
Put Tiger in your tank
Snap crackle pop
Its Blankety blank
I’m lovin it
Finger licking good
Shoop doggy dog
Boys in da Hood
Every little helps
Its Asda price
The better way to shop and save
Its naughty but nice
Yabba Dabba doo
Suffering sucatash
Supermarket sweep
Jumping Jack Flash
Dribble, piffle, plop
Yackety yak
Something something something
Errm quack quack quack
This day commemorates the birth anniversary of lexicographer and physician, Peter Mark Roget, the author of the Roget’s Thesaurus.
A thesaurus is a book that compiles words grouped by similarity of meaning. The term thesaurus comes from the Greek word, thesauros, meaning treasure or storehouse.
Roget's Thesaurus is one of the most widely used reference books in the English language around the world. It was first published in 1852 with 15,000 words. Since then, the book has never gone out of publication.
Therapeutic Origins
It is believed that Roget worked on making word lists that later became the Roget's Thesaurus as a way to combat with depression and mental illness. Roget is also known for inventing the log slide rule in 1814. The slide rule helps calculate the roots of number very easily.
Did You Know…
…that synonym is an antonym of antonym?
I once lost my Thesaurus, I didn't have the words to tell people how upset I was !
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.
I got my father's weak chin, receding hairline, and crooked teeth.
It was the strangest will reading I have ever attended.
Finish with a Song
This is Boyzone with Words.
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