Is it ever possible to use the words edgewise and amok in sentences without the rest of their phrasing? Ie. minus the bold bits: "get a word in edgewise" or "run amok". I would be very impressed if you could do both, in the same sentence.
You know how there is synesthesia, when people involuntarily receive sensory experiences associated with stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway? You know how I just copied that from Wikipedia? Anyway. I know Jono blogged about it ages ago, because he has the one where things are associated with colours. I was wondering about all the different combinations of senses and things you might have. For instance, can you ever associate, say, music with... smell? If so, what would be the best (or worst) smelling song?
A list of songs involving smell in their title, because I was too lazy to find out what they were about:
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell
- The Cranberries - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
- House of Pain - What's That Smell?
- Chuck Hurley - I Can't Smell
- Rammstein - You Smell So Good
- (and my personal favourite) Polkatown Sound - You Smell Like Turtles
Sample lyrics from above song - "You smell like muskrats and wet hunting dogs. You smell like swamp gas, crawdads and hogs. You smell like turtles, catfish and frogs." So damn charming. I may just say those words in my wedding vows.
Remember the magnetic man? What if he met another magnetic person, but with a different polarity? Would they be incapable of walking with a few feet of each other without being subtley pushed to the side? Or if they were suddenly pushed towards each other, would they be violently thrown backwards? Awesome.
Edit: The website says he has other family with the magnetic power. A group hug would be very amusing/hard to get out of. You might even say that family is very... attractive... I hate myself.
What does the 'z' in ZOMG stand for? Why do people say it? At least it's not as bad as biffles. Ha.
Finally, I was discussing with Pfeffer the other day how Asians go red when they drink. I wish other races changed colours too. Imagine that! Going to a bar would be like partying in a rubix cube.
This post was much longer than I thought it would be.
Well, I certainly hope you didn't write this blog edgewise whilst you were amok.
ReplyDeleteEmily, that didn't make sense. No points. That would be like a fault in tennis.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you smell like a crawdad... I don't even know what that is.
Ahhh, but see, Ben Chong, 'get a word in edgewise' and 'run amok' are idioms.
ReplyDeleteEdgewise by itself is an adverb meaning:
With the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
Amok can be a noun or an adjective meaning:
1. In a frenzy to do violence or kill.
2. In or into a jumbled or confused state.
3. In or into an uncontrolled state or a state of extreme activity.
So, I certainly hope you didn't write this blog in the direction of the edge whilst you were in a frenzy to do violence or kill.
Crawdad = Crayfish. Just ask Wikipedia.
YES I wasted my time to look all that up, so it's not just awesome skills, but I should still win at least three points. Or a cookie.
Wow. Attractive? Way to pun.
ReplyDeleteAm I impressed or sickened? My emotions are all amok on the matter...
I have sat here not typing for about 5 minutes. I fail at edgewise... Unless...
Never try and put bread edgewise into a toaster. It is a messy process. Irrelevant, but the word is in there!
Em: I don't like your idioms. You are a crawdad, but props for looking it all up. Two points.
ReplyDeleteKyla: I'm puntastic. You also get two points for your efforts.
You have a MPH banner, nice!
ReplyDeleteI would just like to point out that if the magnetic man met someone with a different polarity, they would be attracted, not repeled. It's the polls with the same polarity (ie. north and north) that repel.
ReplyDeleteSo I would guess that all magnetic men would have the same polarity and magnetic women would have the opposite polarity.
i dont really have much to say.,
ReplyDeletebut im kinda glad pfefferknuckle has been shortened to pfeffer.
im also glad im mentioned, considering in general, i am ur test subject for everything stupid u notice.
plj always
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Em: Indeed, you should put it on yours.
ReplyDeleteDavid: Thanks for the science lesson. What about a gender/polarity confused individual? What would they attract/repel?
Emmalee: You're test subject for everything. I notice stupid things all the time. There is some truth in you being present for a lot of it though. Maybe you're my blog muse. Plj.
muuuuusssseeeee!
ReplyDelete....thats all
teehee
How embarassing. I meant to put a 'not' in front of test subject for everything. But still, muuuuusssseeeee indeed.
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