Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: A post with the word "purloined!"

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

23 January 2011

A post with the word "purloined!"

In the first groggy moments upon waking up, I realised that Woody had purloined my Bible from my bedside table. He then proceeded to rip a page out of Genesis. I was not happy.

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Thanks for your comments! I love you all! I'm not good at getting back to people, but I really do love each one of my readers. You make me feel special. This post was for Tracy P. She taught me the new word "revelax" which I may use, with the omission of the final 'e'. I plan to use it three times tomorrow.

5 comments:

Emily Sue said...: Cool - Killing a Fly's Word of the Week.; 24 January, 2011 06:01
Tracy P. said...: Wow! I feel so loved. Thanks for putting it all into context for me. Sorry that Woody took Genesis out of context for you! I hope that in order to use the word revelax you will have to practice doing it! Sounds like a hot tub or massage is in order.; 24 January, 2011 06:17
Hippomanic Jen said...: There's dodgy stuff in Genesis. (Polygamy, murder, idol worship, destruction, infidelity...) I wouldn't worry about it!

On the other hand, WOW! You have a kid under two who is already ripping into the Bible!; 25 January, 2011 08:40
Allegro ma non troppo said...: My Bible has a sticky-taped page for this same reason. I feel for you.; 25 January, 2011 09:58
tinsenpup said...: If that happened to me, I just know I'd be reading that torn out page looking for subtle messages. :); 25 January, 2011 19:54

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In the episode, after eating too much toasted cheese, Captain Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. I don't remember much about the episode other than Mainwaring telling his loyal men (Jones, Pike and Godfrey) that he has been exiled to the island of Elba.

Jones quips, "Hence the expression - Givin' ya the Elber!" (giving you the elbow, i.e., pushing you around.) I thought that Givinya de Elba was a half-decent pseudonym for someone who likes to joke and push people around, and I stuck with that.

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23 January 2011

A post with the word "purloined!"

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