Monday, January 30, 2006
Allow Me To Superimpose This On You
I got to thinking about something over the weekend. That's dangerous. I have one of those brains that gets hung up on something and just can't let go until it's explored every angle and looked in every cranny. And therein lies the problem: It's the English language,
Just what the hell is a cranny, anyway? I've never heard the word unless first coupled with a nook. I think I have a few nooks around my house, so I must have a cranny or two to accompany them. Ill be damned if I know where they are. I don't recall ever thinking "Hmmmmm....where shall I put this widget? Perhaps that cranny right over there is a good spot for it."
Where I work, like most other places, I have a supervisor. Now, that begs the question: If you have supervisors, shouldn't you also have visors? I don't know every job title in my company, but I'm pretty sure we have no visors on staff. Seems to me that a supervisor should actually be a flap that hangs over your car's windshield and blocks the sun really, really, really well.
Then there are superintendents. Must one first be an intendent and work his way up the ladder to superintendent? I intend to put my dumpster out on the curb tonight for the garbage guys to empty in the morning. It's very important that I not forget this task, so I am officially upgrading to superintending to put my dumpster out on the curb.
Ever had a ficial injury? If you did, you probably wouldn't even know it, since superficial has to be much worse, and it ain't really all that bad. If a black cat crosses my path, I take notice of it but it doesn't really freak me out. That's because I've never progressed beyond the stitious level. Ever see a rule or regulation that was seded? Neither have I.
Someone once told me that I publish a lot of superfluous information in my blog. Impossible, I say! That would require me to first publish fluous information, and I don't even know what the hell that is.
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Just what the hell is a cranny, anyway? I've never heard the word unless first coupled with a nook. I think I have a few nooks around my house, so I must have a cranny or two to accompany them. Ill be damned if I know where they are. I don't recall ever thinking "Hmmmmm....where shall I put this widget? Perhaps that cranny right over there is a good spot for it."
Where I work, like most other places, I have a supervisor. Now, that begs the question: If you have supervisors, shouldn't you also have visors? I don't know every job title in my company, but I'm pretty sure we have no visors on staff. Seems to me that a supervisor should actually be a flap that hangs over your car's windshield and blocks the sun really, really, really well.
Then there are superintendents. Must one first be an intendent and work his way up the ladder to superintendent? I intend to put my dumpster out on the curb tonight for the garbage guys to empty in the morning. It's very important that I not forget this task, so I am officially upgrading to superintending to put my dumpster out on the curb.
Ever had a ficial injury? If you did, you probably wouldn't even know it, since superficial has to be much worse, and it ain't really all that bad. If a black cat crosses my path, I take notice of it but it doesn't really freak me out. That's because I've never progressed beyond the stitious level. Ever see a rule or regulation that was seded? Neither have I.
Someone once told me that I publish a lot of superfluous information in my blog. Impossible, I say! That would require me to first publish fluous information, and I don't even know what the hell that is.
