The FINAL Friday Funday of 2017!

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago · 2 min. reading time · ~100 ·

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REASONS | NEED COFFEE:

It tastes like hopes and dreams

Caffeine perks me up

Other people talk to me in the morning

Jails a real thing

It's difficult to work if eyes are closed

It helps me mimic socially acceptable behavior.

Strangers stare if you forget to put pants on

OK, who stole 2017? Wasn't it just 2010 a week or two ago? And do you remember the hoopla of 1999 turning into 2000? Wasn't that just a few years ago?

There's a lot of truth in the saying that we need to live in the present; it goes by so darned fast! We should laugh, live, and love!

So, focusing on the first of the Ls ... laugh ... let's ring out the old year with these beauties, the first four of which come from Dave Tinson, who is an LI connection and finds seriously good stuff.

The first two seemed destined to be together, as do the third and fourth!

YoU KNEW HE'D LEAVE.
HES ATRAVEL MUG.

MEK
YER'7/ offthemark com

The awkward moment when you spend a lot of
time trying to figure out why you have a little man
on a toilet in the upper left corner of your phone

This one below is truly appropriate right now; the temps here in southern New England are actually -4. What were the odds?

This End Up =»

PIRUADS TUE MOST NOBLE OF ALL RSC
ANIMALS TUF LAVATORY RFTRIFVIR

IAST NIGHT — LHL [LT LUTE LA

> 3 2 : KX 3
PETER [11 ON ie
£3 [718 LTE Sy LT

Now THIS is awkward . . .

Fucebookcom/ BigarreComict el § Kf odes

DOCT! IS WITHOUT § BORDER COLLES

Once again, The Washington Post has published
the winning submissions to its yearly neologism
contest, in which readers are asked to supply
alternate meanings for common words...and the
LOU ETE

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj), appalled over how much
weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having
a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while

drunk.

Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.

Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which

you absentmindedly answer the door in your

[LTR

Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

Gargoyle (n.), gross olive-flavored mouthwash.

Flatulance (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you

up after you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing
adopted by proctologists.

12. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.

13. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of
boxer shorts worn by Jewish men..

14. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand):
The belief that when you die, your Soul flies up
[LCR RFT LE ESET SUES

ol od

hdl add

A touching tribute to a clothes dryer ...

The picture below comes from a friend, Jim Saelzer, and it sure looks like the front of the kitten that I featured in last week's Friday Funday post!

And my favorite for today -- more words with oddball definitions, courtesy of The Washington Post.

Oh, and that bottle above the header? Because New Year's Eve is imminent, I wanted to buy some champagne. This is my picture of what I didn't buy ... I figured if they didn't know what style it was, I wasn't going to take a chance. (And I laughed so hard, I had other customers taking a couple of steps backwards -- away from me.)

I hope you have the happiest of New Year's celebrations, and that we all continue to enjoy our connections around the world in the coming new year -- 2018!

BONUS from Weird Al Yankovic:

Which one is YOUR favorite today?

Many of these funnies come from Facebook pages that you can access any time you need a few more good laughs. My favorites are Single Dad Laughing, I am not a grammar cop, Language Cranks Redux, Pun Based Humor, The Valley of Pun Memes, Wrong Hands, Tickle my Punnybone, and Tannuzzo Copywriting.

#FINAL Friday Funday #New Year #Washington Post #Dave Tinson #Ls

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Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #17

#8
Thanks for that, Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman, beBee Brand Ambassador, and for your support for my posts wherever you see them. Happy New Year!

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #16

#5
Actually, Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier, I'm likely to be dancing with my two pups, if they'll agree. I don't usually go out on New Year's -- but I do enjoy a glass (or three) of champagne. Happy New Year to you, and thanks for your support for my posts!

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #15

#7
Life sure does move quickly, doesn't it, ? Every time I realize what an old broad I am, I'm amazed. Wasn't I just 30 or 40 a couple of years ago? Sigh. Happy New Year, and thanks for supporting my posts!

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #14

#6
Oh, Ken Boddie, just wait until you see the Bonus link in next week's Friday Funday post. You will LOVE it! Happy New Year to you.

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #13

#4
Thank you, Javier \ud83d\udc1d beBee! I hope your 2018 is as successful as 2017 has been. Happy New Year!

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #12

#9
And you know I wish the same for you and yours, ! On to more fun stuff in 2018!

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #11

#10
It's funny how we sometimes don't see it the way others do, isn't it, Lisa \ud83d\udc1d Gallagher, and then, WHAM! We do. And we can't unsee it. Happy New Year, and thanks for your continued support for my posts.

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #10

#3
Could be that I missed something there, John Rylance, but if the label maker could just make up his/her mind . . . Happy New Year to you and yours!

John Rylance

6 years ago #9

Further thought on the champagne, like your Friday Fun Posts Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess each bottle fits all palettes.

Lisa Gallagher

6 years ago #8

Great find with the Champagne! Er, dry, semi dry, buyer decide! I admit, I'm a bit slow at times and I had to look at the 4 deg symbol for a while. Okay, I got it, now that IS funny! Enjoyed them all Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess, thanks and happy 2018!

David B. Grinberg

6 years ago #7

Susan, I wish you a happy and healthy New Year! I also look forward to reading and learning more from you in 2018 and beyond.

🐝 Fatima G. Williams

6 years ago #6

We need need to live in the present, oops 2017 just went by :) LOL Time runs so fast, I wonder if we had a pause and rewind button what madness will add on to our world. I love your Friday Funday posts Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess Thank you, keep them coming and don't shoot me if I miss my apostrophes LOL. BTW Congratulations on joining Social Marketing Solutions as Editor and Chief :)

Ken Boddie

6 years ago #5

Every time I see an apostrophe being misused I’m tempted to ask Boy George if it’s a comma chameleon. Talking of neulogisms, could a Roman column be a newspaper article regularly contributed by a single male sculler? Looking forward to many more Friday Fundays in 2018, Susan. 🤗

Javier Cámara-Rica 🐝🇪🇸

6 years ago #4

Happy New Year!

John Rylance

6 years ago #3

Re the Champagne. I think it's based on the comments of the wine taster. The aroma suggests a unpretentious semi dry while the taste is of a robust very dry Champagne, leaving a pleasing crisp tang on the tongue. See what you missed. Happy New Year.

Susan 🐝 Rooks, The Grammar Goddess

6 years ago #2

And thanks so much, Lupita \ud83d\udc1d Reyes! I wish the same for you and yours.

Lupita 🐝 Reyes

6 years ago #1

Happy new year Dear Susan \ud83d\udc1d Rooks, the Grammar Goddess!!! 💖

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