tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post8259436688549925320..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: The Great Thing About Being 'Unwashed'June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-5348310033575122452008-10-30T14:40:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:40:00.000-07:00Classical, indeed. But your true feat was finding ...Classical, indeed. But your true feat was finding not one but two musical references that I get.<BR/><BR/>No small accomplishment. <BR/><BR/>(And don't you hate how you think of stuff like that the least-convenient times? If you only knew any of the Great American novels I've written in my head while stuck on the 405 freeway ...)June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-23305637546872386342008-10-30T14:33:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:33:00.000-07:00Also, I thought I'd mention that I once had the ph...Also, I thought I'd mention that I once had the phrase "open up my eager eye" from the Killers song "Mr. Brightside" stuck in my head. I thought it was a reference to some poem or some famous work of prose, that line, but I only thought to look it up while driving or while unable to use a computer. It bothered me for some months, then I was listening to an "awesome 80s" lunchhour special and heard the original version of the line: "opens up one eager eye," from Nena's "99 Luftballoons."<BR/><BR/>Total classical reference, right?kidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-65215049285862577362008-10-30T14:29:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:29:00.000-07:00Fun fact: That HeiDeas post about "Beyon cromulent...Fun fact: That HeiDeas post about "Beyon cromulent and embiggens" happened to be published on my last birthday.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-25721599878517710202008-10-30T14:28:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:28:00.000-07:00Thanks for the link, Drew. You've embiggened my on...Thanks for the link, Drew. You've embiggened my online experience!June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-39209244243039847662008-10-30T14:26:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:26:00.000-07:00Thanks, yes. I hyperlinked one origin to the word ...Thanks, yes. I hyperlinked one origin to the word "it" in the text. (Kinda easy to overlook.)<BR/><BR/>Burns is always pulling out great old speak like that. One of these days I'm going to create a compilation of Burnsspeak. (Yeah, SURE I will.)<BR/><BR/>: )June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-23915189366301992082008-10-30T14:24:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:24:00.000-07:00Have you ever read Heideas? The woman who keeps th...Have you ever read Heideas? The woman who keeps this blog has an annual round-up of linguistic jokes and coinages on The Simpsons. Perfectly cromulent, it is.<BR/><BR/>http://heideas.blogspot.com/2008/03/beyond-beyond-beyond-beyond-embiggens.htmlkidicarus222https://www.blogger.com/profile/18363078559398106005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-1210970836463436632008-10-30T14:15:00.000-07:002008-10-30T14:15:00.000-07:00The Simpsons may indeed be where you got it from, ...The Simpsons may indeed be where you got it from, but it goes back <A HREF="http://answers.google.com/answersthreadview?id=29346" REL="nofollow">considerably further than that</A>.Janet S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06304333582205913351noreply@blogger.com