Monday, October 19, 2009
Irreplacable?
We all heard Beyonce's side of the story. Now, we hear from the other guy's perspective. [clean lyrics version]
To the left, to the left
[What's to the left?]
To the left, to the left
[Ohh, you want me to go to the left? Twice?]
To the left, to the left
[Okay, I just went left 4 times, now I'm facing you again.]
Everything you own in the box to the left
[Wait, I only have one box? I'm pretty sure I have more things.]
In the closet that's my stuff, yes
[Yes it is your stuff, I don't wear women's clothes.]
If I bought it please don't touch
[But I like touching satin sheets.]
And keep talking that mess, that's fine
[What mess? I'm just talking about satin sheets.]
But could you walk and talk at the same time?
[Yes I can, a lot of people can do that]
And it's my mine name that is on that tag
[Wait, what? That doesn't make any sense.]
So remove your bags let me call you a cab
[Bags? I thought I only had one box.]
Standing in the front yard telling me
[Um, we're inside right now.]
How I'm such a fool, talking about
[I haven't called you a fool....yet.]
How I'll never ever find a man like you
[It's true though, I'm unique, just like everyone else!]
You got me twisted
[YOU were the one that wanted to watch Gigli last night.]
You must not know 'bout me
[...that you have bad grammar?]
You must not know 'bout me
[...that you like to repeat things?]
I could have another you in a minute
[You created a cloning machine? When did you get my DNA?]
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute, baby
[Ohh, a real person. In a minute? Are you serious, we've been talking for a minute, are you dating Superman?]
You must not know 'bout me
[...that you are dating Superman?]
You must not know 'bout me
[...that you like to repeat things?]
I can have another you by tomorrow
[Ah hah! I knew he couldn't get here that quickly. You exaggerate.]
So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable
[Couldn't you have just said, "don't think you're irreplaceable." So wordy.]
So go ahead and get gone
[Alright, I'm getting gone. I still can't believe she's dating Superman.]
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
lest
How to use "lest" in a sentence.
There are some English words that are hard to use because they are sesquipdalian (ironic, isn't it) or too archaic for us to have heard in colloquial conversation. Today, I will teach you how to use the word "lest" properly.
To make it really simple, "lest" = "in order that ... not". So let's take a sample sentence with an "in order that" in it.
Example 1.
Calvin puts perfume on his arms in order that he scare squirrels away. Okay, let's stick in the "lest". Replace "in order that" with "lest" and then add a "not" to the verb in the dependent clause.
Example 2.
Calvin puts perfume on his arms lest he not scare squirrels away.
The sentence looks a lot shorter and less wordy. Try it yourself!
How to use "lest" in a sentence. DONE.
There are some English words that are hard to use because they are sesquipdalian (ironic, isn't it) or too archaic for us to have heard in colloquial conversation. Today, I will teach you how to use the word "lest" properly.
To make it really simple, "lest" = "in order that ... not". So let's take a sample sentence with an "in order that" in it.
Example 1.
Calvin puts perfume on his arms in order that he scare squirrels away. Okay, let's stick in the "lest". Replace "in order that" with "lest" and then add a "not" to the verb in the dependent clause.
Example 2.
Calvin puts perfume on his arms lest he not scare squirrels away.
The sentence looks a lot shorter and less wordy. Try it yourself!
How to use "lest" in a sentence. DONE.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
who is funny?
most of the time people who know us say, you're funny. i'm not really sure that's true. i think we're just quick witted and have a broken mental filters. but maybe you're right maybe we are funny. it is entirely possible that we've come to a point in our lives where we understand humor and can express it.
it was Confucius that said, "a man with humor is like a hdtv with a blu-ray dvd player, y'all" and i agree. funny people are just better than serious people. we laugh more which actually makes our vocal chords stronger which makes our voice louder which makes our abs tighter. it's true. its called sonic abdominal muscular retention.
let's look at Arnold Schwarzenegger. he's got great abs. most people don't know this but he's pretty funny guy. look at his movies. kindergarten cop, jingle all the way, and pumping iron. and because of his humor he's able be governor of california. i know what youre thinking. youre thinking, 'do you mean to say that his funny movies boosted his popularity and got people to vote for him just because he was funny?" my response is yes but you're missing the real point, which is: his humor actually make him ABLE to BE governor. let me explain
see arnold is a robot that runs on humor. did you ever see the movie monsters inc? its actually based on the condition that arnold has. he was actually a consultant for the movie. remember how in the end they were operating of the laughter of children? that's what arnold has; he runs on the laughter of children. it's called juvenile jocularity dependence disorder or simply JJDD. he made these types of movies so that he could store up his humorous lifeforce. (its like that green stuff in ff7.)
so you're welcome governor Schwarzenegger, we will continue to working our hardest to support you and look forward to our blog continually giving you life.
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