tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post3740738106053283453..comments2024-02-13T08:49:07.287-04:00Comments on 'Thought & Humor!': Attention: Please Notice!!!Professor Howdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-74703729199951296542007-07-24T13:21:00.000-03:002007-07-24T13:21:00.000-03:00OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS ****...OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS <BR/> ************************* <BR/><BR/>1) ruffian ruffee en (noun) <BR/> : somebody who behaves in a rough, bullying, or violent <BR/> way, often a member of a gang of criminal thugs (dated) <BR/><BR/> Fifteenth century. Via French from, ultimately, Italian <BR/> ruffiano, of Germanic origin. <BR/><BR/>2) chantey chantee, shantee (noun) <BR/> : a song chanted by sailors as they work <BR/><BR/> Mid-19th century. Origin uncertain, perhaps an angliciz- <BR/> ation of French chantez "sing!"Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-8306353313528484672007-07-24T13:14:00.000-03:002007-07-24T13:14:00.000-03:00Dear Howdy,I was going to buy a copy of "The Power...Dear Howdy,<BR/><BR/>I was going to buy a copy of "The Power<BR/>of Positive Thinking", and then I thought,<BR/>what good would that do?<BR/><BR/>Ronnie S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-90480963095997051592007-07-24T13:13:00.000-03:002007-07-24T13:13:00.000-03:00A UNC sophomore was walking past a blind womanusin...A UNC sophomore was walking past a blind woman<BR/>using a cane on a street corner in downtown Chapel<BR/>Hill, when she said, "Excuse me, but if it's not too<BR/>much trouble, can you see me across the street?"<BR/><BR/>Our good samaritan replied, "Just a minute." She<BR/>walked across the street, looked back and yelled,<BR/>"Yes, I can see you fine!"Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-9180118159362735842007-07-24T13:01:00.000-03:002007-07-24T13:01:00.000-03:00Believe it or not you can read it...I cdnuolt blve...Believe it or not you can read it...<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd<BR/>waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the<BR/>hmuan mnid.<BR/><BR/>Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,<BR/>it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod<BR/>are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat<BR/>ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl<BR/>mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.<BR/>Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey<BR/>lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.<BR/><BR/>Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling<BR/>was ipmorantt.Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.com