A ghost word.

Here’s an interesting tidbit: anyone ever used the word “dord?”

According to Snopes, this word is a “ghost word.” It never existed in the English lexicon, but did appear in Webster’s dictionary. How could something like that happen?

Britain smells the Germans.

It seems that a pungent odor has permeated southern England… yes, almost all of southern England.

The so-called “Euro-whiff” has been described as reminding one of “manure or sulphur”, and the predominant theory points to one origin: the Germans.

Bush to stop dangerous gasses.

It seems that President Bush is finally expected to announce a plan to stop greenhouse emissions. The announcement is expected tomorrow. This begs the question: will we finally sign the Kyoto Protocol?

I think not. This is President Bush, after all, the dumbest man on the planet. I think he plans to use Beano, or maybe destroy greenhouse gasses with his missile defense system.

I can has LOLCODE?

If any of you out there have not experienced “lolcats,” I stronly urge you to take a little trip over to icanhascheezburger.com and experience them. There’s nothing funnier than cute cats speaking their own special English pidgin.

Well, maybe there is something funnier, if you’re a programmer. LOLCODE is the embodiment of the lolcat language into machine code. And if you’re used to the boredom of Objective-C or the complexity of assembly, you’ll die of laughter after coding in LOLCODE.

Wikipedia answers everything.

Really. It does. Even the famous question: “which came first, the chicken or the egg?“

The question didn’t specify that the egg had to be a chicken egg. [...] It could easily be said that the egg came first, because fish had been laying eggs long before chickens existed.

Wow. I never thought of it that way.

The unexplained.

There are some things on this planet that are, quite simply unexplainable. Some are strange, and some are frightening. Some, on the other hand, are just downright funny:

There’s nothing they can’t do, these days.

Word Associations.

Every now and then, I like to post something that’s “just plain fun” on Crispy Quips. In light of my “spiffy” new header, I think this is the perfect time for word association.

The premise is simple: I list some words (mostly proper nouns) commonly seen in recent news, and I associate one word with each of the listed terms. Commenters: feel free to submit some that aren’t listed. And, I promise, it’s funnier than it sounds.

Let’s begin.

Romney on technology.

Here’s what GOP hopeful (really hopeful) Mitt Romney has to say on the number one issue in America: Mac or PC? (from techcrunch.com)

“I have a PC. My sons have a Mac and swear by it, but I have a couple PC’s. 3 out of the 5 boys I believe are on Macs, and they swear by them, but I’m a creature of habit, I’ve got my PC.”

Well, Mitt, you’ve just proved that you’re yet another zealot practicing blind allegiance… and not only a PC user, but a Mormon at that.

At least there’s hope for your kids… well, 3 out of 5, anyway.

George + Mahmoud 4 eva!

I just got to thinking: President Bush and Iranian President Ahmedinejad both get out of office in about a year’s time… coincidence?

Yeah, probably.