Bank on an M-16
Teller: I’m sorry, Sir, but this line is for Gold Card holders only.
Policeman: And M-16 holders?
Teller: … That’ll do nicely, Sir.
Stet
First they came for the verbs and I said nothing, for verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns and I speech nothing, for I no verbs.
Ria Bacon: editor & writer
Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Currently resident in Dakar, Senegal.FYI
Stet means "Let it stand" and is used by editors to indicate that the original text should be left untouched.
...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.Contact
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March 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Wonder if that works for the business class check-in line at the airport?
March 5th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
The worst part of it is that after a few weeks, you’re getting so used to it that you don’t see it anymore…
March 6th, 2007 at 9:22 am
misa affica what a careless way to handle a fully loaded A/R 15 auomatic weapon. as a former pmi (primary marksman instuctor) in the US Marine Corps, this is a disater waiting to happen.