Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Isn't It Ironic?

Flaubert wrote:

I really love irony...

British Intelligence Agency Used Semen as Invisible Ink
gawker.com

A new book reveals that a member of MI6, the British spy agency, discovered during WWI that semen makes excellent invisible ink, and often deployed it in the field. The name of the man who discovered this? Mansfield Cumming.

Amirali Raissnia responded:

That's actually coincidental, not ironic. It would be ironic if his name was Girlsford Lamclit.

Flaubert:

Smartass...

BededoBedado:

I didn't know you went to school as Alanis Morissette.

A "black fly in my Chardonnay" is ironic if and only if the black fly preferred Cabernet Sauvignon.

But damn! Amirali beat me to it and said it better.

Flaubert:

...implied descrepancy between what is meant and what is said--but you're both right in this case...it would have had to be purposeful. So, I guess I really love coincidence. And Bededo, irony is a major wine label and I'm pretty sure they make both Cabernet and Chardonnay.

BededoBedado:

That would be "discrepancy".

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Lucy's First Song

Lucy has been sitting at the piano for the last couple days working on a song. She wrote and re-wrote the lyrics several times and can even plunk a tune with her lyrics.

On her lyric sheet she wrote an introduction.

My name is Lucy. I was inspired to write this because of my dream where everything is good. I wrote this because I wanted somewhere happy. I write a lot but this is my first song.

Here it is, Lucy's song.

Wake up every morning to a world of peace

Flowers bloom and bees buzz
Birds sing very happily
In my dreamland honey drips from beehives

Fish splash in the pond

Everybody's happy in my dreamland
A rainbow stretches across the sky

Candy falls from the sky