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.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Duck-bill
DUCK-BILL, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.
2009 Update: The inspiration for the fountain-pen and, through calligraphy and illumination, grandparent to ornate nostalgia.
DUCK-BILLn. According to the sign and the camera above the cash register in the restaurant where I dined last night, ducking bills seems to be such a popular local past time that cameras and parkinglot attendants have been brought in as prevention measures.
Duck-Bill: There's a Russian gymnast who looks a lot like a duck. She is a pretty lady, but she really looks like a duck. During the 2004 summer Olympics, Taylor made the astute observation that she looked like a duck. She also resembles an ostrich. Luckily, she is a lovely lady... quack, quack!!!
soup!
ReplyDeleteNo good trying to duck bills, they catch up with you eventually.
ReplyDeleteWhat Monica said to Bill when Hilary entered the Oval Office.
ReplyDeleteLove Nessa's on many levels :)
ReplyDeleteDuck-bill: the price comes due for having eight years of a lame president
Nessa - that was great.
ReplyDeleteDuck-bill - The defining mouth part of the funny creature known as the platypus,which is a mammal but also lays eggs.
Egg-laying mammal, aka moi.
ReplyDeleteDUCK-BILL, n. At the Chinese restaurant and gentlemen's club, what you get for pe(e)king.
ReplyDeleteWhat prize does Nessa win?
ReplyDeleteOh, that Nessa, that was a good one!
ReplyDeleteDUCK-BILL n.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the sign and the camera above the cash register in the restaurant where I dined last night, ducking bills seems to be such a popular local past time that cameras and parkinglot attendants have been brought in as prevention measures.
Duck bill hat: U.S. Patent # D455538
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Word Veification word was 'bequite' so I'll be quite, taking your hint.
Nessa's comment made me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteDuck-Bill: There's a Russian gymnast who looks a lot like a duck. She is a pretty lady, but she really looks like a duck. During the 2004 summer Olympics, Taylor made the astute observation that she looked like a duck. She also resembles an ostrich. Luckily, she is a lovely lady... quack, quack!!!
:-)
Duck-bill: Millet spoon.
ReplyDeleteWhen the rim of your hat quacks you probably have a duck-bill.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I had one of those once, though they say it was my fever talking.
LOL Nessa!!
ReplyDeleteThoup!
ReplyDeleteAin't that the truth, Mo'a?
Nessa, this is a family blog! (typed while laughing)
That's doing it right, Pia. Well done.
Terry, I sez it's a bammal.
Green eggs and jam?
The coveted comment-of-the-day award, Icy.
And how, Logo. Nice to see ya.
It's not my hint, Jim. All the more reason to take it.
JD, that's funny. Scetlana Khorkina?
See how much there is to learn on blogs, A-bell?
Ha, Mule. Right.
Cooper, it's usually your fever talking, n'est-ce pas?
Right, Ariel.
So, OC and I are both persona non grata? We have done something to offend?
ReplyDeleteYep, that's the one!!!
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