Beware the Dreaded Thesaurus @ otoh

Beware the Dreaded Thesaurus

Shel Silverstein [one of my most favoritest writers of all time] wrote:

If I had a brontosaurus,
I would name him Horace or Morris.
But if suddenly one day he had
A lot of little brontosauri-
I would change his name
To Laurie.

Which, although it tickles my funny bone, has nothing to do with today’s post other than brontosaurus rhyming with thesaurus and strengthening [however slightly] the intention of making the latter sound monstrous. [Wow, say that three times fast!]

Because… yesterday I made a joke about ineffable and today the dictionay.com Word of the Day is furbelow.

[blink... blink....] Everybody just make up your own joke.

Posted on August 19th, 2009 Tim 3 comments

geekspeak, humor, otoh
3 responses to “Beware the Dreaded Thesaurus”
1. jenn August 19th, 2009 at 22:20
  
  Furbelow? Thank God English evolves. Sounds like someone in need of a Brazilian.
2. Southern Sweetheart August 19th, 2009 at 22:23
  
  Thanks for the chuckle…
3. lime August 27th, 2009 at 09:40
  
  shel is one of my favorites too. i knew a guy who had brontosaurus as part of an online nickname. i used to quote this one to him all the time.

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