She was sharing the register with a much younger woman, hip, well dressed etc… who had just gotten off the phone. She turned to the older woman and said, ‘Steelers lost.’

The older woman got this kind of confused look on her face and said ‘who Steelers’ or something like that, and the younger woman replied ‘the Pittsburgh Steelers’ with this duh, everybody knows that, attitude.

I saw a look of relief on the older woman’s face as she said, ‘oh, my dogs name is Steeler.’

I just had to laugh. It was one of those Abbott and Costello moments you only see on TV.

Crisis in the Middle Ages

I overheard Hannah laughing in the back seat of the car and when I asked her why she said, “I just saw an old man in a sporty car. He is having a middle age crisis.”

What kind of fish is that?

While at the grocery we decided to have fish for dinner and Hannah helped us pick out what kind of fish we were going to have. Before we even started cooking, Noah asked what was for dinner and we replied fish. “What kind” he asked and Hannah replied “caught fish.” My wife and I both cracked up and through our laughter we said, “no Sweetie, its cod fish.”

She is funny without even trying… at least to us.

Not everyone’s favorite comic, but he made me remember, he made me think, and he made me laugh. From his Catholic school stories, to Al Sleet (the Hippy Dippy Weatherman), to the meaning of words and how people use them, he always had a passion for what he said and he knew how to say it.

Thanks George, you will be missed.

I was listening to Bob and Tom and one of the comics, I can’t recall who, said something I just found not only completely funny, but also thought provoking. He said, “it is next to impossible to say eBay in Pig Latin.”

You’re trying it, aren’t you

“Did you know that today is Vegetarian Food Day? If you’ve never been convinced before, try out some new vegetarian recipes today, just for fun.

Try grilled eggplant slices with fresh slices of mozzarella, roasted red peppers and proscuito – Outstanding ”

Whats wrong with that picture?

For the answer, find out what the last ingredient (actually spelled Prosciutto) is.

Have a fun meat-free day everybody!

which of course begs the question, exactly how big were English livers in WWII? I mean, the Germans built 7 foot long bombs to take them out.

Jan obviously meant ‘live bomb’ but to remove any further ambiguity the headline was changed a few hours later to read; WW2 BOMB GETS BLOWN TO BLITZ.

I was reading this book, and this blog and both of them use the word cruft. Although I understood the intent, Merriam-Webster didn’t have an explanation. Thankfully, answers.com did.

Next one, snap. Yes, I know snap is a word but not used like I have been seeing it used. Everytime my six year old daughter gets little irritated she says SNAP! It actually reminds me of when I would say crap, but I can’t imagine my little baby being that imaginative as to make up an acceptable alternative to an expletive. Can anyone clue me in on that one?

Update 11/19/05 – For those of you thinking it is from Chicken Little, thats not it. She has been saying snap for a few months and we just saw CL tonight.

Lastly, tump. That’s one of those words that your buddy says is a word and you tell him he is full of shit. Well, answers.com and Merriam-Webster both say he isn’t. Needless to say, I apologized to my buddy.

What have you been hearing that is new to you?