Grayson was recently sent home with his latest spelling test. For the test, he was required to use each word in a sentence. Without being instructed, Grayson used this as an opportunity to write a 6-sentence story that is commendable for both its continuity and its profound grasp of scatological humor.
Even better than his sentences, though, is the excuse he gave his teacher for his choice of topics.
Honestly I have no idea. The kid spends his chore money on things like visual encyclopedias of human anatomy and chooses science documentaries over cartoons. The things he comes up with are constantly surprising me.
We use idioms in our everyday conversations without even thinking. But have you ever stopped to consider how weird they can be? And, of course, they’ll seem especially weird if they’re not our own.
Sometimes your Starbucks barista is so confounded by your name, they don’t even try…
Margaux
Other times, they put in an effort but still come up short…
Caesar
Of course, any one of us would fail just as miserably if we spent our days hearing strangers’ names and writing them down, which is why we can laugh at these fantastic misspellings from baristas who either just didn’t know or just didn’t care…
This is not just another post-anesthesia video. Those are funny, but they’re also often pretty predictable.
This, this is a whole new level of funny.
From the description…
This hilarious video is of my son Cameron after getting his wisdom teeth removed. Although he’s 18, I had NEVER heard my son say a swear nor say the “N” word in my presence until this day!
And boy did he bring it all out!
He starts out talking about his “shaky, stanky, wanky leg” and it just gets better from there…
Regards! Thank you very much for staying with us. In order to safety you, during the period in which you stay, try to follow Chinese laws, totally don’t commit illegal acts such as smoking drugs, hiring prostitutes, etc.
In the ongoing and increasingly successful social-linguistic campaign against the use of the word retarded, the folks at Military Special Needs Network have put together this helpful flowchart for figuring out when it’s an appropriate choice of vocabulary…
Of course, the one thing missing from the chart is the question, “Are you using the word retarded in a flowchart (or blog post) about not using the word retarded?” Apparently, it’s OK then.
We all have last names — Even Madonna, Prince, and Lorde when they aren’t on stage — but we came by them in very different ways depending on our culture.
Mental Floss covers the origins of last names around the world…
If you’ve ever wondered why Americans and Brits disagree on how to spell words like “center/centre” or “color/colour,” this video is for you.
It turns out that as the idea of “correct” spelling was first evolving a mere 250 years ago or so, there happened to be a fair amount of rancor between America and Britain, and one powerful lexicographer made sure that was permanently documented in America’s orthography…
For one year, 23-year-old Yale grad Greg Hindy didn’t utter a single word. Not when he became lost in a snowstorm in Zion National Park, or even when he collapsed of food poisoning in Salt Lake City and was brought to the hospital.
Hindy had taken on a vow of silence: for 365 days, he would trek across the United States without using any technology, relying on the kindness of strangers…
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