'Wordplay' Category
Fighting Words
“Ideals are worth fighting for, ideas are not. And that’s one ‘L’ of a difference.”
- Ike PigottThe Math of Sin
I saw a headline today, referring to the Eliot Spitzer saga:
The Spitzer Scandal: Lust Plus Pride
Then, I recalled seeing this attempt to explain the Seven Deadly Sins (from Jessica Hagy):According to Jessica’s chart, Lust + Pride = Trophy Wife.
So, using the Associative Property of Addition, we can see that:
The Spitzer Scandal = Trophy Wife.
A fun, [...]Single-Minded
Wit is the ability to be clever. Wisdom is knowing when clever will get you beaten up.
I know many people who are clever. Some are clever when they shouldn’t be. Many times that person is me.
I’m a fan of layers in communication — being able to reach more than one audience within [...]Sand Dollars
“You’ll never get rich selling timeshares in sand-castles.”
- Ike Pigott
(From Timeless)The Art of the Insult
I’ll come back to this after some reflection, but for a quick end-of-the-week read, here is a piece of brilliantly pointed writing from Slate.com’s review of Meet the Spartans:
Isn’t it massive consumer fraud to charge $10.50 for a barely hour-long movie? Perhaps, but it would’ve been unforgivable to make Meet the Spartans any longer than [...]
