Here’s one for you. I bet it is not a household word:
A zeugma is a literary term for using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways. An example of a zeugma is, “She broke his car and his heart.”
I want to thank my friend Carol Halstead for confounding me. Cheers
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Albert Einstein
He should know!
The scuttlebutt was a barrel of water placed on the deck of a British warship of the 18th Century to provide water for the crew. The derivation of the term to refer to rumors is delightful.
A wonderful and wise quote from Oscar Wilde:
“Be yourself, everyone else is taken.”
When asked about his views of a dangling participial, Churchill responded:
“That is something up with which I will not put.”
People think of ee cummings as avant garde and incomprehensible and avoid him like the plague. Well, sometimes he is. But he is also one of the great romantics and very funny. Try this one and see if you perhaps can understand it. Hugs
may i feel said he
by e e cummings
may i feel said he
(i’ll squeal said she
just once said he)
it’s fun said she
(may i touch said he
how much said she
a lot said he)
why not said she
(let’s go said he
not too far said she
what’s too far said he
where you are said she)
may i stay said he
(which way said she
like this said he
if you kiss said she
may i move said he
is it love said she)
if you’re willing said he
(but you’re killing said she
but it’s life said he
but your wife said she
now said he)
ow said she
(tiptop said he
don’t stop said she
oh no said he)
go slow said she
(cccome?said he
ummm said she)
you’re divine!said he
(you are Mine said she)
Here’s a word I bet you don’t know:
Gression
To step or go.
The root of digression, transgression, aggression and regression.
I thought that would make you gruntled. Nope, unfotunately, not the opposite of disgruntled, but one can hope.
I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
Woody Allen
For older golfers like me:
A friend told me about these new rules changes. Finally some changes we can live with. I don’t think I’ve read about them in Golf Digest yet so all you Seniors take notes and pass on this information to your playing friends.
New Rules Changes from the USGA: The AARP has negotiated with the USGA to modify the Rules of Golf for seniors.
Rule 1.a.5
A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for tall grass which grounds keepers failed to mow.
Rule 2.d.6 (b)
A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The senior player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from there.
Rule 3.b.3(g)
There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball. The player is not to compound the crime by charging himself/herself with a penalty.
Rule 4.c.7(h)
If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity supersedes the Rules of Golf.
Rule 5.
Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not apply to balls more than three inches from the hole. No one wants to make a travesty of the game.
Rule 6.a.9(k)
There is no penalty for so-called “out of bounds.” If penny-pinching golf course owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur. The senior golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.
Rule 7.g.15(z)
There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float. Senior golfers should not be penalized for manufacturers shortcomings.
Rule 8.k.9(s)
Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new golf equipment. Since this is financially difficult for many senior golfers, one-half stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment.
A fanatic is one who won’t change his mind and can’t change the subject.
Winston Churchill
David Gersh 