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Friday, November 07, 2008
Wordplay For The Day
Failed Business Ventures: The fellow who bought nearly played-out diggings of a valuable metal with a low melting point and tried to turn it onto a tourist trap where visitors could experience first-hand what it was like to get the raw ore might have had a good idea with the proper metal, but somehow "Mine Your Own Bismuth" never caught on.
(Especially with politicians, but that's a different posting)
They had a contest to name the new prison up at Arcata California (on the ocean) some years back when I was living out west. Still don't understand why mine didn't win over "Pelican Bay State Prison".
I thought "Slammer by the Sea" sounded sort of poetic.
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6 comments:
Oh, my. That is awful!
(Imagine me in the same room, groaning at the awfulness.)
I kind of liked it.
If you ever make it to Boomershoot I need to introduce you to Rolf Nelson. Puns come out of Rolf at the rate of about 1 per minute.
{ren}I'm gonna hit you, and you're gonna fallllll. {/ren}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcSEWs1fdJg
4:20 in, amusingly enough.
Oh, I dunno, I think bismuth is gonna come in pretty handy. The pink stuff, anyway.
That stinks on ice, Roberta, but it's a good stink.
They had a contest to name the new prison up at Arcata California (on the ocean) some years back when I was living out west. Still don't understand why mine didn't win over "Pelican Bay State Prison".
I thought "Slammer by the Sea" sounded sort of poetic.
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