The power of word order and capitals
Item 1:
On the way back from a weekend in Niagara Falls, Canada, we passed a large billboard for a major supermarket in Buffalo. On the billboard, in large yellow letters next to a smiling well dressed butcher, it said....
Meat cut fresh daily!
All other things being equal, I would certainly prefer...
Fresh meat cut daily!
There's definitely a difference.
Item 2:
No wonder so many people don't want to go into politics. Talk about high stakes.
Actually, the local paper properly capitalized Louise Slaughter's (US House of Representatives) name so the headline does make sense to read. Still reading the headline out loud, makes me laugh.
Item 3 -- Seasonal stuff
The kids had their annual romp through the pumpkin patch.
We had our annual picture in the pumpkin patch.
There is a petting zoo at the pumpkin patch and apparently this is what happens when you cross a sheep with an Ewok.
Of course, after pumpkin acquisition, we had the annual gutting of the pumpkins.
We had a great bunch of pumpkins this year: large and not too goopey.
And for Halloween dress up, we had an angel, Queen Amidala (Movie 1 - Victory gown, for all of you Star Wars aficionados), and Luke Skywalker (Movie 6)
On the way back from a weekend in Niagara Falls, Canada, we passed a large billboard for a major supermarket in Buffalo. On the billboard, in large yellow letters next to a smiling well dressed butcher, it said....
Meat cut fresh daily!
All other things being equal, I would certainly prefer...
Fresh meat cut daily!
There's definitely a difference.
Item 2:
No wonder so many people don't want to go into politics. Talk about high stakes.
Actually, the local paper properly capitalized Louise Slaughter's (US House of Representatives) name so the headline does make sense to read. Still reading the headline out loud, makes me laugh.
Item 3 -- Seasonal stuff
The kids had their annual romp through the pumpkin patch.
We had our annual picture in the pumpkin patch.
There is a petting zoo at the pumpkin patch and apparently this is what happens when you cross a sheep with an Ewok.
Of course, after pumpkin acquisition, we had the annual gutting of the pumpkins.
We had a great bunch of pumpkins this year: large and not too goopey.
And for Halloween dress up, we had an angel, Queen Amidala (Movie 1 - Victory gown, for all of you Star Wars aficionados), and Luke Skywalker (Movie 6)
Yes, yes, that's the Victory gown, alright. And it goes quite nicely with her LAVENDER LIGHTSABER!!! AMIDALA DID NOT HAVE A LAVENDER LIGHTSABER!!! WHAT KIND OF PARENT ARE YOU??!! GREEDO DID NOT SHOOT FIRST, AND AMIDALA DID NOT HAVE A LAVENDER LIGHTSABER!!!
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OK in all fairness to DD#2 and DearSon.I posed the picture. Originally, I handed the lavender lightsaber to DearSon and he flatly refused because, he explained, Luke uses a green lightsaber. I tried handing it toDD#2 and she informed me that Queen Amidala did not use a light saber. We stood looking at each other for a moment and she took it, begrudgingly, and struck an appropriate action pose. So no, the picture is not true to the spirit of Star Wars. Mea culpa. Mea Maxima Jedi Culpa
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