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#45082 10/20/01 12:07 AM
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g, the funniest consonant. You want proof?

(1) googling!
(2) gaggle of geese (waddling)


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gaggle of geese
Take a gander at that...


#45084 10/20/01 01:05 AM
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You want funny? Guaranteed funny in the improv world is monkeys. Anyone jumps out as a monkey, that's laughs-a-plenty, I'll tell you from experience. Monkeys. Take my word.

And as for GNUs, I'd say it pretty funny (albeit geeky funny) that GNU stands for "GNU's Not UNIX".

Oh, my sides.


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>GNU stands for "GNU's Not UNIX".

...the standard example given for a "recursive acronym".

http://www.logophilia.com/WordSpy/recursiveacronym.html

{list under: there's a word(s) for it}

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Yeah, and if geese have the laughs, then it's a gaggle of giggles! But why would you want to gag a giggle? On the other hand, a gag can make you giggle. Aw, now I'm all confused and giggly-gaggly!


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K- at least it is akording to Krusty the Klown

Yep. Sure works for the Klan - I hear they are hilarious. [straightface]


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WO'N, I'm all giggly-gaggly that you're here.


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"Numbers have an aroma?

Obviously missing from your wide array of talents, ledasdottir, is synesthesia."

Dear Faldage: Unfair that you should accuse of troy of ignorance of synesthesia. She
; introduced the word to the Board:

kinesthesia reminds me of synestesia-- a somewhat rare condition where
people experience things with unexpected senses (ie, food has visual appeal, and aromatic
appeal, and can be taste sweet, bitter, salt or sour-- and hot or cold-- but for most of us,
it doesn't taste square, or pointed, or rounded, or yellow or purple or like a ringing
bell, or a clap of thunder! but for people with synestesia -- it can!

googling synestesia will bring up a host of sites.. there is also a book- The Man Who
Tasted Shapes.(author ??) about an inquiry into the subject...

people with the condition are said to have enriched our language-- and defined aged,
flavorful cheese as "Sharp"-- cucumbers at "green" and other mixed sensation.



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thank, Dr. bill.. by the way..
The Man Who Tasted Shapes.(author ??) about an inquiry into the subject... is by Richard E Cytowic, MD
I am home today.. and it is hand on my shelf. Facinating book.



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