December 28, 2004

London to a brick, the web reveals all

At the espresso machine, Peter told me that having my work schedule would make him downright ropeable. Imagine my surprise when, having taken a look-see on Google for the definition, I found nowt. Eventually, the web revealed that "ropeable" means "angry, irritable". He also pointed me to this site of Australian slang, which reminded me of Ben Schott's "perilously close to useful (sic)" Schott's Original Miscellany.

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Amidst all this disaster, I was again cheered yesterday when I realised that my employer matches my charitable donations.

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Flash fun

Thanks to the Deadly Dragon Sound System, I discovered the dub flash games at Infinite Wheel. Whee! And while we're talking of Flash and accents, how 'bout the blaspheming Scots in Chunk Ideas' Snowball?

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