Monday, July 27, 2015

Spoon of Prosperity

Princess Bubblegum:  (deadpan)  Peeps will never starve in my eternal empire.
- Adventure Time, Red Starved

Monday, July 6, 2015

The food that's meant to suck

CXK:  (mouth full) Rasch umor shukenugets please.

Mom:  You want some more chicken nuggets?

CXK:  Yes.

Me:  Heh!  Sounded like he was asking for "Suckin' Nuggets".

Mom:  Suckin' Nuggets are getting to be pretty popular among foodies these days.

CXK:  Also can I have some of those suck things?

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Avant Gardener

The paramedic thinks I'm clever cause I play guitar.
I think she's clever cause she stops people dyin'.
-  Courtney Barnett

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Temporarily embarrassed

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
 - John Steinbeck

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Punchy


Charles: When will my medicine punch? 
Adrienne:  You mean "kick in"? 
Charles:  Yah.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Loading the Language

Apparently Robert Jay Lifton came up with the term:

"The group interprets or uses words and phrases in new ways so that often the outside world does not understand."       (Loading the Language)

See also"thought-terminating clichés".

Sunday, March 15, 2015