Miscellaneous
Malaprops and other mangled utterences I've heard
Submitted by P Pogo on Thu, 07/28/2005 - 02:38Tags:
People
- GAMBY: (Jason) Giambi, baseball player. Also "Gumby", "Jamby" and "Guy-amby" [1a]
- GARCIAPALLIPOLI: (Nomar) Garciaparra, baseball player [1a, 3] [A combination of the player's name and the Steve McQueen/Dustin Hoffman movie Gallipoli.]
- JOHN DALY: Jon Stewart, host of the "Daily Show" [3] [Jon + Daily Show = overweight professional golfer.]
- FUKILOOMI: (Kosuke) Fukudome, baseball player.
Musings About College Merchandise
Submitted by Arbit on Mon, 07/25/2005 - 02:35Tags:
I was walking into my local grocery store this past weekend when I see an older woman wearing a sweatshirt of the college I attend. The shirt had the name in giant, bold letters, which was more prominent that my (albeit small) gamut of school shirts, and caught my eye immediately. Knowing everyone from my state who attends said college, and rarely running into any alumni while in New Mexico, I greet her and ask what her affiliation with the school was (in a discrete way). She gave me a funny look, stated her daughter had visited the school in June, and then walked past me.
