It can be fun to use big words. When you do, there will be people who don’t fully understand what you’re saying, but usually they can figure out a close-enough meaning based on context clues and perhaps even the sound of the word.
That said, what do you suppose the word hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means? I’ll provide a link that gives the etymology and definition of it, but first I’d like to hear what you think it might mean. There’s a lot of smart and important readers here, so surely someone can deduce what it means without looking it up.
If you must know the truth, follow this link (and go to the bottom of the page) for a complete explanation.
I don’t usually post non-original jokes here, but I heard one last night that I thought was really neat (and it even makes some valid points while being funny).
Our teacher asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, “Fried chicken”. She said I wasn’t funny, but she couldn’t have been right, because everyone else in the class laughed.
My parents told me to always be truthful and honest, and I am. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef.
Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal’s office. I told him what happened, and he laughed too. Then he told me not to do it again.
The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me why, just like she’d asked the other children. So I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken. She sent me back to the principal’s office again. He laughed, and told me not to do it again.
I don’t understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn’t like it when I am. Today, my teacher asked us to tell her what famous person we admire most. I told her, “Colonel Sanders”.
When I was looking for that A-Team intro video in the last post, I came across a video called “Middle Earth A-Team”. It’s the A-Team theme song set to Lord of the Rings. Can you guess who will be each of the main characters (Hannibal, Face, Murdock, B.A.)? It’s weird to see at first, but it actually works once they get to the character introductions.
If you haven’t heard, there’s a new A-Team movie coming out soon. In a way, that’s exciting, because the original TV series in the 1980’s was great. It had many memorable characters, most notably Mr. T playing B.A. Baracus. (Do you remember what B.A. stood for? Bad Attitude.) B.A. was like MacGyver in that he could take anything and find a use for it, except he usually made weapons. And he could beat people up.
Before I get to my point, let’s have a flashback. Here’s a video of the intro to the TV series.
The new movie doesn’t feature any of the original actors, which often doesn’t bode well when they’re so well-defined and liked. Some of them are just about impossible to replace, like Mr. T. If someone tries to act like him, it’ll be obvious that the new guy is an impostor. I just don’t see how anyone could recreate the part without being generic. A possible solution to this dilemma is to drastically change the main characters. Normally this sucks, and long-time fans will gripe incessantly about how the franchise was ruined. This has been attempted in many movies, typically with disastrous results. But there is a method that hasn’t been tried yet, which might could actually work:
The main characters in the new A-Team movie could be midgets!
That way, it’s not pretending to be authentic, so there’s no comparisons to the ’80s TV series. And think of the potential of having midgets play those characters… 🙂
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