overheard

eavesdropping for the technologically savvy

Saturday, December 17, 2005

The key phrase is "unique ingredients". I'm sure it has much of what I expect, but "good tastes" are not on that list.


Lunchmeats & Sausages
P&P Loaf (DECEMBER SALE)
3 1/2 LB. PKG

Another of our loaf products, Pickle & Pimento Loaf is not only a very
festive looking lunchmeat, but also very tasty as well. We finely
grind our pork and veal befor we add in all the spices. With a taste
similar to bologna, the added combination of these unique ingredients
used in just the right amount gives this product an interesting new
flavor. A colorful flair with all the good tastes you expect.
Item No. Item Amount Qty.
PPL P&P Loaf (DECEMBER SALE) $19.95

www.crawfordsausage.com(1-866-65DAISY)

Friday, December 16, 2005

This is quite interesting:

http://www.m-w.com/info/05words.htm

Had you been in a coma for all of 2005, you could probably take a halfway decent stab at what happened simply based on the top ten words looked up at Merriam-Webster's website over the past year. 2004 doesn't seem quite as correlated - true, it has words like "incumbent", "electoral" and "insurgent", but it also has "defenestration" and "cicada" ... although really, who doesn't think about tossing irritating noisy creatures out a window during an election year?
"Oh man... every time I eat something really spicy, my ear hurts and I can't think."
-work dude who brought salsa to the Holiday Potluck

Also, we saw a hearse in the carpool lane yesterday. Does "high occupancy" imply only the living? Is that discriminatory towards the life-disadvantaged? Dead people have places to go, too.... well, okay, dead people really only have one place to go, but should we make them wait in traffic to get there?