Midnight Musings

I was going through my gmail account spam folder and giggling at some of the sender names when I took note of a couple of them. I hate waste and I like words - descriptive words, words that I've never heard before, words that just sound funny. And spam is chock-full of all of them. I suddenly thought, "Hmmm, some of these words are very unusual...I wonder if anyone has thought to use them for good instead of evil?"

Take prolixity, for example. My son and I discussed what we thought it might mean before I looked it up. I thought unctuous was an interesting choice, as well. What about a rookery? Does everyone know where the Serengeti is? Of course, the juxtaposition of some of the ordinary words are still funny. Some current examples from my inbox are "Inflicting I. Teaspoonful," "Cetus S. Bumping," "Kawabata S. Spud" and "Segmented P. Snowplows".

My other thought was, "If we start using spam, a decidedly negative entity, for positive purposes, maybe it will wither and die." How bad can that be?

Just a thought.

'night.

This is just the type of thing that keeps me giggling on and off all day long. I feel guilty and yet I continue to visit Engrish.com. I likes what I likes, I s'pose.

'night.

Your Hair Should Be Purple

Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional. You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights.

Who knew it would be the same as my oh-so-superior son?

'night

# posted by Annie @ 1:01 AM