What's going on in this country and the world? In England a 54 year-old Greg Norman is leading the British Open. Here in the United States we have a black man running for President of the United States, and all the polls I've seen have him leading his opponent, John McCain. I call Obama a "black" man because if I call him an"African American"then I would have to call others ItalianAmericans,GermanAmericans,JewishAmericans, and Native Americans, etc. I don't want to get involved in that conundrum. Here in America, we have, basically, a heterogeneous group of whites, blacks, and Latinos. If this combination can ever get along with each other and work together to improve life in our country--well that's a lot of power and it can't be stopped. There is nothing like it in the rest of the world. Incidentally, call me "pisha", but I'm still voting for Obama. If you don't, you're making a huge mistake. ...
Moving on to another subject, which I'm certain irritates a lot of people is the habit of your friends, acquaintances, or even relatives, sending out inane e-mail jokes, or long political propaganda, or meaningless and mindless articles, or pictures of animals in cute poses, or anything but NEWS ABOUT THEMSELVES. Not only are you asked many times to pass these items that clog your inbox, to everybody you know, but most of them have a lengthy list of e-mail addresses along with the junk mail. It seems knowing how to blind copy (BC) is not one of the skills involved, and of course if the mail is one that's been forwarded several times, and you are 10th on the list, there must not be a "delete" button attached to their computer. At the very least this is discourteous computer behavior. I have people sending me this junk and never, ever writing anything about their daily lives that might interest me as I'm doing for them in these blogs. If this happens often, I put their e-mails on my spam list. I really can't understand what kind of pleasure people get by e-mailing these things in batches. Like Macbeth says, "When trouble comes, it comes not in single spies, but in battalions." Of course, if a friend sends me porn, that's a different matter. I have never lost interest or felt shame in viewing people sans clothing making consensual love. It's nature at its best.
3 comments:
Both of you...Get better and feel good. As leader of the claque of Red Baron devotees, I must inform you that our Beloved Red Baron cannot be called "pisha" since that word does not exist. The correct form is the verb "Pisher" which is the bastardization of the verb "Pisser", which we all recognize. To call someone a pisha incorrectly labels them feminine. Thank you and Good Luck.
When someone sends me one those mass mailings of silliness sans personal news, I just send them a message telling them to take me off their list of such things. So far, all have complied, although in some cases I had to remind them a second time. If it happens a third time, I tell them that I now plan to sign them up as someone who is interested in obtaining a mortgage, buying Canadian medications, and increasing the size of specific body parts. The threat has thus far been enough, but it's not a bluff.
As one of the most honored linguists in his building, Baron rejects the comment on the word, "Pisha." Obviously, if the word is used in a correct English sentence, it even more obviously--exists!
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