It’s important to have a good and robust
Vocabulary,
varied and diverse
And
I have learned to my cost
Had
I known the difference between
The
words antidote and anecdote,
Several
lives wouldn’t have been lost
Thursday, 29 July 2021
VOCAB
ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS (1957)
“The
Spirit of St. Louis” is a biographical drama, based on the book by Charles A.
Lindbergh adapted by Charles Lederer and Directed by Billy Wilder.
The
film is a Biography of Charles “Slim” Lindburgh’s life, covering the period
from his days on the precarious mail runs in aviation's infancy with his friend
Bud Gurney (Murray Hamilton) to his solo transatlantic crossing from Roosevelt
Field on New York's Long Island to Le Bourget Airport in Paris.
But
he was more than a pilot because Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh (James
Stewart) co-financed the Spirit of St. Louis, a fabric-covered,
single-seat, single-engine “Ryan NYP” high-wing monoplane which he jointly
designed with Ryan's chief engineer Donald A. Hall (Arthur Space).
But
the drama of the story comes once he is airborne and alone in the empty skies
with only the open ocean below him.
I REALLY HATE MY JOB PASSIONATELY
I really hate my job
In fact I have to confess
I hate it with a passion
My boss says I don’t possess
BUTTERFLIES ONLY LIVE FOR ONE DAY
Butterflies only live for one day
My wife told me with surprise
I said it was a myth, but she
said
“No, it’s definitely a
butterfly”
THE SMOKING OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES
The smoking of electronic cigarettes
Should only be done if you are a robot
And even then it should only happen
When it has just had sex with another robot
MY BROTHERS SPEND ALL OF THEIR TIME
My brothers spend all of their time
Floating out at sea on aquatic toys
They float from dawn until dusk
But I suppose boys will be buoys
PICKUP # 22
When you’re on the pull
If
you want to break the ice
Say
something funny
Or
say something nice
Be
devastatingly witty
Or
say something clever
Be
complimentary
Or
just lie in your endeavour
“Oh
please don’t stop”
You
can begin to say
“Because
I don’t get to see
Beauty
in motion every day”
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