Donkey, the Line Leader

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Take a nap?  Good idea.  Get in line?  Ok.  Do what you’re doing, Mr. Donkey?  Sounds great.  We’re in.

These three were so cute the other day that I actually turned the car around and went back to snap their image with my phone.

Enjoy your Monday, and if you can find time to squeeze in a little nap, fair play to you.  Slainte, Lisa

Sherbet and Other Lerts

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Wow….who would have thought it?  Sherbert, which is how I have ALWAYS pronounced it, is actually sherbet, pronounced…..wait……get ready…..sherbit.  You have to actually say it out loud to get the full annoying effect of the correct pronounciation.  Sherbit.  I don’t like it, not one bit.  I like sherbert, sherbert.  Say it with me proudly.  Because if you say it the correct way, people will just think you’re weird , or possibly snobby.  🙂  And we don’t want that now, do we?!

While I’m at it, how about all those other excellent “erts”?  Like besmirched and alert.  One of my little jokes(I don’t have many, so I get excited about the few I know) is:

Always be alert.  (pause)   Because you can never have too many lerts!  (riotous laughter ensues)

Ok, Ok, I will let you now return to your brilliant and stimulating Monday morning activities.  Thank you for your time and effort you will spend in promoting the erts.  😉  Slainte, Lisa

P.S.  Please let me know in the comments how you pronounce sherbet….this is a burning question of interest for me.

A Rose By Any Other Name…

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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.” ~Juliet, Romeo & Juliet II, ii, 1-2

OK…..it might be as sweet, but it wouldn’t be known as the town with the L-O-N-G-E-S-T town name.  A Welsh town known as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.    Yes, it’s a real name and a real place.  And I guess that poor little Welsh schoolchildren have to learn how to spell it, hopefully in high school or college.  😉

Learning things like this makes me happy.  Have a wonderful Monday, Lisa

 

Sea Patrol

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Three birds recently hired by the Outer Banks to patrol the relatively empty beaches and report on their wonderfulness.  Also included in their duties are : amount of fish seen in the waters, amount of splash in the waves upon diving down, and air quality whilst flying.  The powers that be are having trouble however, in getting the birds to report in…they are too happy flying and diving.  😉  Have a bit of fun in your day today, and don’t forget to personify the occasional animal!  Slainte, Lisa