Monthly Archives: December 2008

Bad Sign

Posted on Tuesday: December 23, 2008 by Michael Hendry

Waking up at 4:20 in the morning singing (inaudibly, I hope) Travis Tritt’s “The Whisky Ain’t Workin’ Anymore”, just the one line, but with “Nyquil” substituted for “whisky”. If you’re awake at 4:20, it’s definitely not workin’.

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Historico-Sociologico-Linguistic Query

Posted on Tuesday: December 23, 2008 by Michael Hendry

I gather from various English novels read over the years that public-school boys routinely called each other by their last names (perhaps still do), and that brothers were called (e.g.) ‘Smith major’ and ‘Smith minor’. I’ve always wondered what they … Continue reading →

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