Sunday, June 22, 2008

R.I.P Boney

Napoleon was a brilliant strategist and tactician, but not really a nice guy.
-As far as i can work out anyway . . .

Friday, June 20, 2008

Want a List?

It's a well established fact that British crime shows are better than American ones.
-Really, it has to be because its just so obvious

ACTUALLY: Maybe i should change 'better' to 'much more intelligent'. Ha ha America, Ha ha.

Monday, June 16, 2008

It, it is??

Reserve is quite another thing to shyness.
-Ah thank you Jane Austen for revealing the intricacies of life.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Oh Just Look at the Time!

Procrastination is just so easy.
-Even when you know you'll really regret it later.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

And a Bayonet's Pretty Scary

Three hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
-You, French Minister of Police in 1800, are yet another who believes in the power of words. I salute you.

Monday, June 9, 2008

[Sad Absence of Moderately Clever Heading]

The warmest feeling is that of friendship.
-Sorry to get all sentimental on you guys, but its better than being superficial.

TODAY: On our lovely Queen's birthday I'd just like to thank the Australian Government for remaining a Commonwealth of Britain, so we get Australia day, ANZAC day AND the Queen's Birthday off.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

God, for Instance, is Omnipotent

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.
-I think we'll have to meet halfway here Amos Lee, beauty in a wicked world....yeah but i think there are more powerful things/beings.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Elmo Wants to Play!

Illeism is the act of referring to oneself in the thrid person. Scrubs fans for instance would know that Todd calls himself "The Todd" - illeist!
-Yeah, my maths teacher did it the other day and i looked it up . . . .

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Deary Me, Four Days Since Last Post?

A hapax legomenon is a word that occurs only once in the written history of a language, the works of an author or a single text. If the word occurs twice it's a dis legomenon or three times, tris legomenon.
-For instance did you knwo that Gvina (גבינה-cheese) is a hapax legomenon of Biblical Hebrew, appearing in Job 10:10 (i havn't checked that, taking reference.com at its word)

Sunday, June 1, 2008

My Goodness, Thank You Australia

America has no public recycling system. So you have to pay a private company so you cansave the world!
-Yet another thing to add to my list of "anti-socialist things that make me want to never live in the USA"