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[the_gneech]

"Why are you staring into space like that?" Brigid asked. "You've been like that for twenty minutes now."

"I have a problem," Greg said. "And it's bothering me."

"Is it that small particle of brain in the back of your skull? 'cause we can have that removed."

"I'm wondering when it stops being ordinary 'foolery,' and becomes 'tomfoolery.'"

Brigid blinked. "What?"

"I mean, what is tomfoolery? Who is this 'Tom' and why is his foolery so much more egregious than any other fool's, um, foolery? And when people say they won't stand for any tomfoolery, does it mean they would stand for ordinary foolery?"

"You haven't really been thinking about that for twenty minutes, have you?" she asked. "You're just pulling my leg ... right?"

"I just hate the way people casually toss these things around, like they don't mean anything. It's like hearing somebody say 'I could care less.' Don't they even care what they're saying?"

"The ol' train of thought left the station years ago for you, didn't it?" she said, heading off to bed.

"Is there such a think as 'dick-and-harryfoolery?'" he called at her retreating back. "And if so, how will I know it if I see it?"

-The Gneech

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Comments

[kylet.livejournal.com]

:::Points Greg in the direction of Tom Cruise::: I rest my case XD

[laurie-robey.livejournal.com]

*nods enthusiastically*

um

[eddiecanis.livejournal.com]

I can't really tell what happening in that icon
though LOL on story thingy

Re: um

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

There's a hippo lying in a pool, and a lion dancing on her back. :)

-TG

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Dickfoolery sounds dirty.

Harryfoolery sounds... well, just gross. :}

[wielder13.livejournal.com]

This amuses me so much because this is the sort of thing I've done before. :) Thinking about things like this that people really take for granted and seeing how people deal with the questions. :) Here's one that is still puzzling me.

Why do we have words for numbers? Why is 1 also One? The best answer I ever got was so that we would have something to write on our checks. But at what point did someone decide to be redundant and invent words for numbers? Or did we perhaps have the words first? :)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Or the ever-popular, why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?

-TG

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

Not to mention that if it's on a truck it's freight, but if it's on a ship it's cargo.