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beignetariat

January 20, 2014
Instagram Pictures
donut, food, funny, sign

Beignet (“donut”) + cafetariat (“cafeteria”) = beignetariat (“donuteria”)

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities

September 18, 2012
Everyday
1 Comment
Blackadder, dictionary, Drew and Emily, funny, language, Rowan Atkinson, Samuel Johnson, video

Today is a great day for the English language and you didn’t even know it. On this date in 1709, the great English lexicographer (word collector and analyzer) Samuel Johnson was born. He has been described as “arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history” and his dictionary of the English language–nine years […]

Something’s Wrong with My Tummy

January 22, 2012
Video
funny, Poppy

Mummy, something’s wrong with my tummy.

Picked Up and Planted

March 20, 2011
Everyday
Drew and Emily, funny, sign, Wake Forest

We saw this sign in a garden yesterday while walking through Wake Forest’s historic district. Great use of quotation marks, not so great use of spelling (“theif”).