There is nothing worse than a quipper- that is to say, someone that quips constantly. The little side additions to every comment are enough to send Mother Teresa screaming in the other direction. It is the grating irritation of a shoe on a blister. The sighs and oohs and the incessant giggling. This is not a conversation conducive to giggles - it is King Lear, a fantastic but decidedly unfunny play. Be warned, to quip is not to actively listen or contribute to a conversation. It shows only that the quipee is able to string sounds together and project at inopportune moments. This is unneeded, unwanted and undesirable additions to a class reading. These quips are not stated in conjuncture to some other point. They are thrown in at random and whispered in an underhanded way. A sample,
"So you can see that this sentence holds significance, due to its repetition and -"
"Oh yeah, absolutely HEE HEE"
"-emphasis."
Sigh. At least the puddle at the end of the walk is beginning to evaporate.
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Ode to the anatomically incorrect penguin hat girl. Actually, no there will be no ode to such a vile and annoying beast. One who leaves the house in such an ill fated piece of attire deserves no ode.
ReplyDeleteThis blog makes my life.
I am happy that all of your daily Chernobyl's are now contained in a publicly accessible blog and not my mailbox. Share the love, and if no one can find love in this blog, well then, thats their problem.
Do penguins have ears? Really?
of course penguins have ears...how do you think they hear things?
ReplyDeleteand Ali, this isn't a rant-a-day blog unless you post something EVERY DAY. you missed one.
just trying to keep you honest,
Jesse
AIPHG... oh she will have her day. And of course penguins have ears! what they do NOT have is external ears. Hence, anatomically-incorrect-penguin-hat-girl.
ReplyDeletei know, bad ali. (smack on wrist)
Do the strings that hang down from the anatomically incorrect penguin hat have feet attached at the end? Because that would make it even better.
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