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countblastula

My Vietnamese New Year's Resolutions

Feb 01, 2006 13:14

#1. I hereby banish the word "The", in context with an adjective or a person's name. It is no longer funny. Replacing it with the even more loathsome "Teh" will earn you twice as much of a beating ( Read more... )

gripes, madlibs, time travel

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vovat February 2 2006, 19:37:24 UTC

Putting "the" in front of a person's name strikes me as dehumanizing, for some reason. Probably because it isn't usually done with proper nouns. I'm not sure what you mean about its being used with adjectives, though. Nouns, yes, but adjectives?

Anyway:

Once upon a time, after caber tossing practice, a motion was made to pack 5 or 6 of us into emolame's tent and drive towards hot chocolate. Loud unsightly aardvarks indicated a giant ant, which emolame thought a trip to the gas guzzling air pump would exacerbate. When we arrived, the tire was shredded into thousands of tiny nachos, melted into a liquid and pissed off the wheel. There was no known spare tire and the gas station people wouldn't dream of eating us, so emolame decided to call Triple J. Just at that moment , bohemianslacker discovered a spare tire in the bayou, however we still needed a tank and a gas mask. Luckily for us, a couple of Satanist missionaries were either getting revenge or trying to convert other paying customers and they happened to have the necessary ( ... )

countblastula February 2 2006, 20:09:44 UTC

>Putting "the" in front of a person's name strikes me as dehumanizing, for some reason. Probably because it isn't usually done with proper nouns. I'm not sure what you mean about its being used with adjectives, though. Nouns, yes, but adjectives?

I'm talking about trendy internet slang like "The Cute" or "The Funny". Those are normally adjectives I think.

vovat February 3 2006, 04:53:33 UTC

Oh, okay. I see now, and I think I'd have to agree. There's also "teh sex," although that's a noun.

countblastula February 2 2006, 20:11:28 UTC

PS, "chocolate" was the actual word. You're the first person to get one right.

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ex_artmonke February 3 2006, 05:01:52 UTC

Once upon a time, after clogging practice, a motion was made to pack 5 or 6 of us into emolame's schoolbus that had once belonged to the Merry Pranksters and drive towards hot cocoa with teeny vegan marshmellows. Loud unsightly high pitched, girlish squealsindicated a impending tornando, which emolame thought a trip to the gas hobo camp's air pump would exacerbate. When we arrived, the tire was shredded into thousands of tiny balinese shadow puppets, melted into a liquid and twirling off the wheel. There was no known spare tire and the gas station people wouldn't dream of smoochingus, so emolame decided to call Triple XXX-rated showdown. Just at that moment , bohemianslacker discovered a spare tire in the mongoose's fanny pack, however we still needed a widget and a garden gnome. Luckily for us, a couple of golfing missionaries were either pogoing or trying to convert other barking customers and they happened to have the necessary rusty collection of bottle caps. Not only that, but one of them actually changed the tire for us while ( ... )