Mrs. Verb had to watch Jon Stewart all alone last night because Mr. Verb is off on one of his fishing trips with the boys. She thought he would have liked John Oliver's comment on the proposed new "War Czar" - he was talking about Cheney and said "The Vice President mongs a good war. Who knows what he'll mong next?" According to the Oakland News, that's 60's-speak for "war monger," but Mrs. Verb certainly never heard it in the 60's. Of course, she was pretty busy raising the little Verblets.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Dick and the war
Mrs. Verb had to watch Jon Stewart all alone last night because Mr. Verb is off on one of his fishing trips with the boys. She thought he would have liked John Oliver's comment on the proposed new "War Czar" - he was talking about Cheney and said "The Vice President mongs a good war. Who knows what he'll mong next?" According to the Oakland News, that's 60's-speak for "war monger," but Mrs. Verb certainly never heard it in the 60's. Of course, she was pretty busy raising the little Verblets.
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John Oliver is a linguistic treasure. His riff on "emboldening the terrorists", beginning with "Yes, Jon, they're a remarkably emboldenable bunch" was a remarkable tour-de-force of productive morphology.
And he's hella funny, too.
Yup, this is great. And we've even got wireless here at the fishing camp. Hi to the Verblets. (And Timmy, be nice to your little sister!)
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