Johnny Wants to be Funny 2023.3 — Laughing Linguistics

<p>Having fun with some common expressions</p> <h2>Curious</h2> <p>Curiosity killed my cat. It was my fault. I should have known better. My next dog &mdash; I won&rsquo;t name it Curiosity. I&rsquo;ll call it Spot, or something equally boring.</p> <h2>Dark sky</h2> <p>I missed the Nishimura comet. Where I live, I&rsquo;m fighting cloudy skies and light pollution.</p> <p>They say it won&rsquo;t be back for over 400 years. Unless there are some dramatic advances in medicine and aging, I won&rsquo;t be here to see it. Pity. I like comets.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m thinking I should move nearer a dark sky area.</p> <h2>Colorful language</h2> <p>Somebody got upset and cussed. Then they said, &ldquo;Pardon my French.&rdquo;</p> <p>What&rsquo;s French about the f word? Or any of those other American vulgarities that elicit this pardon?</p> <p>If I said, &ldquo;Bollocks,&rdquo; should I say, &ldquo;Pardon my English?&rdquo;</p> <p>I mean, sacre bleu! Oh wait. Now I&nbsp;<em>can&nbsp;</em>say, &ldquo;Pardon my French.&rdquo;</p> <h2>Time is on my side</h2> <p>I&rsquo;m nearing retirement. It seems to be a little elusive right now, but my work hours are definitely diminishing.</p> <p>When someone heard about my near workless life, they said, &ldquo;What are you going to do now that you have all the time in the world?&rdquo;</p> <p>First, how much time is that? Like an eleventy quintillion years? Do I have that much time? Wow. I might get tired, you know, trying to think of things to do.</p> <p>But if I have all the time in the world, where does that leave everyone else? Seems kind of selfish to me. I think I&rsquo;ll just work with my time. Everyone else can keep theirs.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/soul-attitudes/johnny-wants-to-be-funny-2023-3-laughing-linguistics-d781b0d41e08"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>