“People who see that on your laptop will not interrupt your work.” Now that’s funny! (Not that other things aren’t, just that that sentence made me laugh out loud. Hopefully I haven’t awakened anyone, since it’s almost 1:30am…) I love your site, the research you do, the interesting way you present the history of words. Thanks!
Simon:
June 14th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Maybe it was a really bad Frankenstein costume that happened to look like Gumby?
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Kay:
June 14th, 2012 at 1:23 am
“People who see that on your laptop will not interrupt your work.” Now that’s funny! (Not that other things aren’t, just that that sentence made me laugh out loud. Hopefully I haven’t awakened anyone, since it’s almost 1:30am…) I love your site, the research you do, the interesting way you present the history of words. Thanks!
Simon:
June 14th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Maybe it was a really bad Frankenstein costume that happened to look like Gumby?