What would the world be, once bereft of wet and wildness?
Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Monday, July 28, 2003
50 Words and Phrases Not to Use on a First Date
Conjecture
Restraining order
Piglet
How-do
Time served
Hair remover
Offal
Splendiferous
Dahmer-esque
Blogosphere
Dangling chads
Pittance
Fanny
Hernia
Pants-worthy
Tits
De-Nazification
Government cheese
Posthaste
Pre-moistened
Hat
Franco-German
Babs (Does not apply to first dates with women named 'Babs')
Redi-Wip (Does not apply to first dates with women named 'Redi-Wip')
Walking pneumonia
Barnaby Jones
Clean needles
Futon
Sixpence
Tomfoolery
Paul Krugman
Third base
Dutch
Simulacrum
Fanfare
Oozing
Pustule
Oozing pustule
Nighty-night
Détente
Credit rating
Boy-Ar-Dee
Ineffectual
Three-way
Na-na-na-na-nineteen-nineteen
Bifurcated
Eggzactly
Schlitz
Mendacity
I'll call you tomorrow
(via VodkaPundit)