The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[beenherebeforeagain]

Armscye “the armhole opening in a garment” is a compound of arm and the Scots term scye “armhole.” Because scye is a borrowing from another dialect and of unknown origin, a common misinterpretation is that armscye derives from a phrase such as “arm’s eye.” This mistake is known as an eggcorn, which is a type of folk etymology that refers to the alteration of a word or phrase that has been misheard or misinterpreted. The word eggcorn itself comes from a mistaken belief that acorn, which is of Old English origin, is a recent compound of Modern English egg and corn. Other eggcorns that may ring a bell include free reign instead of the correct free rein and for all intensive purposes instead of the correct for all intents and purposes. Armscye was first recorded in English in the 1920s.

You can take it for granite that I won't make that kind of mistake!

 

[sun rise]

Going around email

1. ARBITRAITOR
A cook who leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's.

2. BERNADETTE
The act of torching a mortgage.

3. BURGLARIZE
What a crook sees through.

4. AVOIDABLE
What a bullfighter tries to do.

5. COUNTERFEITER
Workers who put together kitchen cabinets.

6. LEFT BANK
What the bank robbers did when their bag was full of money.

7. HEROES
What a man in a boat does.

8. PARASITES
What you see from the Eiffel Tower.

9. PARADOX
Two physicians.

10. PHARMACIST
A helper on a farm.

11. RELIEF
What trees do in the spring.

12. RUBBERNECK
What you do to relax your wife.

13. SELFISH
What the owner of a seafood store does.

14. SUDAFED
Brought litigation against a government official.

 

[Revoltingest]

Sunday driving...

 

[Wu Wei]

I have an ice pack wrapped around my knee

 

[sun rise]

@Revoltingest Abnormal before it was fashionable

You're keeping up with the Kardashians, I see.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[sun rise]

I'm waking up after a nice nap.

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[sun rise]

After a wee-wee, I'm getting back on the sofa.

 

[Wu Wei]

I'm in the recliner with my knee wrapped in an ice pack

 

[Stevicus]

Ontario man calls 911 because he's stuck in traffic and has to go pee

A police force in Ontario has released 911 audio after a man called the emergency line to report he had to go pee while stuck in traffic.

Peel Regional Police released the audio on Friday to remind people about the proper uses of dialling 911.

When the 38-second call begins, the operator asks the man if he needs police, fire or ambulance.

He first says he needs an ambulance, but then tells the operator he actually needs police.

"The thing is I have to pee and these guy are not moving," the caller tells the operator.

"This is your emergency?" the operator responds. "That you have to pee? And how are the police going to help you urinate?"

The caller then repeats to the operator that he has to pee.

"I have to pee, man," the caller says.

"I'm not sure what you'd like me to do if you have to urinate, I can't help you with that," the operator says before disconnecting the call.

Peel police said Friday that needing to use the bathroom and the car ahead of you isn't moving fast enough is "not for 911."

The public being reminded that misusing 911 can potentially prevent someone with a life-threatening emergency from getting help on time.

 

[Wu Wei]

63 degrees Fahrenheit at the moment

 

[sun rise]

63 degrees Fahrenheit at the moment

Fondly Fahrenheit? (Alfred Bester in case any who read this don't know)

 

[Stevicus]

 

[sun rise]

Upset stomach
Headache after sugar rush

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Cornholioitis.

 

[Revoltingest]

 

[Dan From Smithville]

63 degrees Fahrenheit at the moment

6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.

 

[sun rise]

This year's Treehouse of Horror was lame.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

This year's Treehouse of Horror was lame.

Too much bark, not enough bite?