Breakfast Links: OED Limericks, Skulls Unltd. & Beer
Ok, this is awesome. The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form (OEDILF) is running and already has 45,000 approved limericks - and that’s only for words Aa- through Cr-. (via) Nice! It seeks to both enlighten and entertain, it’s, how do they say… edutainment! And this is totally the kinda project that the internet was made for - I mean, some folks really get into it. Check out this one for acrostic:
At the tip (acro-, Greek) in each line:
Crossing words as in Scrabble design.
Reading columns’ extension
O, second dimension!
STIC means “line,” so this fits rather fine.
Or maybe if politics is your thing…
Bicameral moots are quite fun.
The crown meets two chambers, not one:
The lower, of mobs,
The upper, of snobs,
And neither in graft is outdone.
And if that’s not a good enough definition for you, well. Well, I guess you’re a tough audience.
But perhaps words simply aren’t your thing. I can get with that. That’s why you might want to check out Skulls Unlimited International! (via) Now this is a store that sells skulls, lots and lots of different kinds of them. I suspect, if you were the stick shaking sort, it’d be more than even you could handle. Some of them are real and some of them are replica’s. Their site kinda sucks, but I mean, you can get a replica giant squid beak, sure to make you the coolest kid on your block.
And if somehow even skulls aren’t your thing, then I know what to do. I’m talking about beer. That wondrously healthy beverage. Now pay attention, next time it could save your life. Just like it did this mother and daughter who in the midst of getting attacked by a burglar was offered a beer. And in that magical moment he stopped strangling the daughter and had some beers with the family. They used the old “I have to go to the bathroom” trick, dialed 911 and moments later, the dude’s arrested. All because of beer.
