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 — I won’t name it Curiosity. I’ll call it Spot, or something equally boring.</p>
<h2>Dark sky</h2>
<p>I missed the Nishimura comet. Where I live, I’m fighting cloudy skies and light pollution.</p>
<p>They say it won’t be back for over 400 years. Unless there are some dramatic advances in medicine and aging, I won’t be here to see it. Pity. I like comets.</p>
<p>I’m thinking I should move nearer a dark sky area.</p>
<h2>Colorful language</h2>
<p>Somebody got upset and cussed. Then they said, “Pardon my French.”</p>
<p>What’s French about the f word? Or any of those other American vulgarities that elicit this pardon?</p>
<p>If I said, “Bollocks,” should I say, “Pardon my English?”</p>
<p>I mean, sacre bleu! Oh wait. Now I <em>can </em>say, “Pardon my French.”</p>
<h2>Time is on my side</h2>
<p>I’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, “What are you going to do now that you have all the time in the world?”</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’ll just work with my time. Everyone else can keep theirs.</p>
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