Xenophobia - the problem

We're learning about migration in Aus Studies...and while we were reading the latest "Ausfolio" (a both fun and fascinating literary source *cough*) We rediscovered the word "Xenophobia" - fear of foreigners. Just a irrelevant and probably useless (though possibly amusing) though on this. What happens when a Xenophobe goes travelling to a foreign country? Technically, they then are the foreigners, so should they fear themselves? Anyways...thats my random thought for the day (well, actually yesterday, but oh well) Anyone else had any random thoughts about anything lately?

Word of the month - May/June

Alright, I thought I'd have a "word of the month" because it's just something extremely cool (as in not nerdy...) to do. What happens is, there's a word for each month, and people have to use it IN CONTEXT of a sentence, and everytime they say it, they get a point. Everytime you use the word, you post that you got one point in the comments of this topic, or whatever they're called. At the end of the month (because I started on such a weird day, that will be until the end of June) we'll count up who has the most points, to find out who wins, then...I haven't thought of what happens when someone wins yet, but I will.

This month's word is "FOSSICKING" and it can be used in whatever tense (i.e fossick, fossicked etc.) as long as it makes sense in the sentence it is.

So, "fossick" around the English language and think of ways to use it!

Elizabeth

Frolicking, the joys of

I just sneezed! Someone's thinking of me! Either that or I just needed to expel air from my lungs, or whatever sneezing is...anyways....just a note on frolicking, an integral part of the weekend when you have nothing else to do. As Sarah, Hantie and I were discussing the other day, having a nice frolick of a Saturday morn is the way to go. What is frolicking you may ask? Well, each person has to develop their own take on the style, but esentially it is walking in a skippy manner. Try it. Watch Starwars!!! (that was a subliminal message)

Marshmallows - the unceasing mystery

Alright, pink and white marshmallows...they're different...or are they? Personally I think that they are the same flavour, yet given a choice, I'll always choose a white one? Why? Because I reckon the pink ones taste perfumey. But they don't. I just think they do. It's brainwashing and I don't know where it's come from!!! Does anyone know what I'm talking about, or am I just crazy?

And on that note..

Re-reading the previous post reminded me of something, so I pose this question to you: Who here has drunk salad dressing, by itself, without salad (or even an avocado) at some stage in their life? Hands up. I know I have. I suppose that is why I am now immune to strong tastes. The first time however...well, refer to the previous post to get the picture... (hehe picture...photos...oh so witty *cough* anyways...)

Photos

I'm having trouble thinking of something to write about, so I'm going to write about photos (this is mainly due to the fact that I can see my school photos out of the corner of my eyer *shudder*) Why are some people photogenic and others are not? In real life, side by side, two people could look equally good, but why when you take a picture of them, one looks like they've stepped off the front cover of a magazine, and the other looks like they've just drunk salad dressing? (hehe...*cough*) Anyways, being one of the latter category, its always interesting to see exactly how photos turn out - at least it creates an amusing variety...so, what category would you put yourself in and why?

Holiday

Hmm...coincidence that I should be writing this before a public holiday (ha ha, nudge) ok, maybe not so funny. Meh. Anyways, has anyone heard "Holiday" by Greenday? Well, 2 minutes (I had to edit that because I wrote minuted...anyways...) and 31 seconds into it, after they say "the representative from California has the floor" some guy starts singing. Is it just me, or does he sound like Milhouse's dad?

Being Nobody

Here's a thought I had yesterday...well it was prompted by the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comic book I was reading (which incidentally features a woman...go figure) and it occured to me that if someone calls you noone, or a nobody, what does that mean when they say "nobody's watching me" or think that "nobody's there." So to anybody who's ever been called a noone, or thinks that they're nobody, think about that one...

Speaking of scones...

Scone is a mysterious word when you get to thinking about it. I generally pronounce it as "Scon" as in rhyming with Don, Con, John etc, but every so often as "Scowne" as in rhyming with throne. But then when you look at the word itself, it could also be pronounced as "Sqwun" because of the "one" in it...yet noone pronpunces it like that (I can see why) English is a v. complicated language...but I still love it! Anyways, can anyone think of any other weird word examples?

P.S. I nearly got run over at woolworths...what's wrong with the world that you can't walk in the middle of the road?

Weird Ads

Is anyone else freaked out by that new toothpaste disposable ad, where the ppl are at the train station and brushing their teeth with this rubber thing, and dancing? It's not the product thats scary, it's the ppl, especially when they do the "Ah" thing...creepy...last time I got scared by an ad it was when I was 5 and there was tyrannasaurus (spelling?) and a fridge...thats all I remember. Also, isn't it quite ironic that theres an ad for nappies with pictures of Winnie the Pooh on it? So now you can buy nappies which already have Pooh on them...how convenient.