Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Bigamy
Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
2005 Update: A household in which suspicion and disappointment are kept in separate ledgers.
Wow, I might write sucky posts every day. Good job, friends! Myrrander, Who the hell knows. Hope it's better now. Dom, way to stay out of the darkness! Pia, bless you for seeing the witty man behind the dumb post. Argus, I'm not sure you're right but why take chances. Gabriel, great puns. Good, even, that's a rare quality in Puns. Manjusha, that's the one I wish I'd written.
What the hell are you talking about?
ReplyDeleteBigamy (v.) The small lie every fisherman tells on the size of his catch .
ReplyDeletecute, very cute
ReplyDeleteYeah, bigamy is bad. One woman is too many.
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Bigamy? Nah. But rather large of you.
ReplyDeleteI suppose "bigamy" could also be a verb, in the conjugal sense.
Bigamy, n. Illegal pursuit of alleged gold mine, involving multiple shafts.
Or...
Bigamist, n. (see Masochist).
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Aye Gabriel.
ReplyDeleteBigamist: One who won't let bad enough alone
Wow, I might write sucky posts every day. Good job, friends!
ReplyDeleteMyrrander, Who the hell knows. Hope it's better now.
Dom, way to stay out of the darkness!
Pia, bless you for seeing the witty man behind the dumb post.
Argus, I'm not sure you're right but why take chances.
Gabriel, great puns. Good, even, that's a rare quality in Puns.
Manjusha, that's the one I wish I'd written.
Bigamy: When someone goes amiss by making Mrs. of two misses.
ReplyDeleteBill, you did it again
ReplyDeleteBigamy is one wife too many, monogamy is the same
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Dog,
ReplyDeletePlease don't be upset with all women because I rejected you. I'm sure one day you'll meet the right one or two for you!
you're freind always, PANSI
Lumbergh, that's a good one.
ReplyDeletePansi, I'll love you until I die. I can only hope to find comfort in promiscuity.
he shoots himself loud, then shoots himself quiet! dead before the third or enlightened?
ReplyDeleteSreekesh, that's why warning shots are so important.
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