Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn no more!
from Fark
Got this via Fark. I’m not sure what it means, and my University education compels me to take the next hour to diagram it out, then write an essay where the number of pages of essay > the number of words in the sentence. That way, I’m guaranteed an “A;” only the really conscientious profs add “may be over-reading it” under the grade, and I try not to hang out with conscientious people, as it harshes my mellow.
The sentence o’ the day, from Wikipedia via Fark:
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“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.” is a grammatically valid sentence used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated constructs. It was featured in Steven Pinker‘s 1994 book The Language Instinct, but is known to have been around before February 1992 when it was posted to Linguist List by William J. Rapaport, an associate professor at the University at Buffalo.[1]
Sentences of this type, although not in such a refined form, have been known for a long time. A classical example is a proverb “Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you”.
Also with bonus Boris!
Here’s a little roundup just to demonstrate that I can tell the countries apart. Everything I know about politics I learned from satirical and handsome television personalities. Hey, there are worse resumes, I’m telling you. I would post a clip of Boris talking about Canada, but all I could find was the Saskatoonberry essay, and let us just say the visuals are not exactly compelling.
First, here’s Jon Stewart on the Canadian terrorist plot:
And here he is again, from last year, on the microscopic differences between the US and the UK leadership:
And here’s a special bonus segment of Rick Mercer’s Talking to Americans. In this episode, he makes asses of people at NYU, Stanford, and the Gore and Bush campaigns:
Sometimes Goth is exactly the right thing, and for this week, this is exactly the right song.
Looks like Kimveer Gill‘s Friends page at VampireFreaks has changed since two days ago. If I’m not mistaken, he has more friends now.
Charming.
I wish I could say this surprised me, but from what I know about fans it does not, not even slightly.
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