We had a test today. "What's an obstruction, Sir?" It wasn't an English test, you understand.
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Maybe a little harsh on the kid. There was some context involved, but he should have known what "obstruction" meant.
Still sounded funny, though.
Posted by: Tony.T | 22 February 2005 at 19:29
I think you only posted this so that you could use that title. ;)
You have a curly mind, I'd like to see you do a cryptic crossword. Do you ever do those?
Posted by: AdventureGirl | 23 February 2005 at 05:41
Well spotted, Addy. In fcat, I only ever post anything so I can use a title.
And, yes, I do cryptics a lot. The one in The Australian (hard) most week days, and the one in The Age (anagram city) every now and again.
Posted by: Tony.T | 23 February 2005 at 09:13
Anagram city? A tragic many. A car ain't gym.
Re your student.
Couldn't he work it out with a pencil? (/old joke)
Posted by: boynton | 23 February 2005 at 10:46
How come the teacher is never to blame when the students are complete ignoramouses. Surely the teacher bears some part of the blame here. At the very least, some teacher somewhere has failed this poor student.
Posted by: SB | 23 February 2005 at 11:41
SB, that's is very, very, very absolutely true correct type right.*
I am Cary Gant.
Beautiful work on the (/old joke) though, Boynton. Or would that be Not Bony?
* I've taught him for five weeks.
Posted by: Oger Thornhill | 23 February 2005 at 12:03
Oger? Not to be confused with Leakage Pong?
or R you Mr. Page Rank Ogle?
Posted by: boynton | 23 February 2005 at 17:43
Pong? That would explain the distasteful ogling.
Posted by: Tony.T | 24 February 2005 at 11:04
I spy, Roger.
and of course Cary was really Ha Radical Belch. which sounds vaugely relevant to matters obstructive.
Posted by: boynton | 24 February 2005 at 12:13
Vaugely? Vogue meets vague? In fashion but hard to see, perhaps.
Posted by: Tony.T | 24 February 2005 at 12:16
Thought you didn't notice Typos, Tnoy?
Alas, my nice segue (seuge) was obstructed by an anagram.
Posted by: boynton | 24 February 2005 at 12:39
Segue Segue Sputnik?
Afraid knot on the typos. And whoo said that, anyway? I'm a stickler for deetail, you know.
Posted by: Tony.T | 24 February 2005 at 12:47
I could have sworn Mr. Thronhill told me he never laughed at an inadvertent anagram. At least I think it was Mr. Thronhill. Or was it Mr. Kalpan?
Anyway, I'm going to start calling typos "anagrams" now.
My comments are littered with jumbled letters.
And btw, why didn't you just say: An Obstruction is like an Instruction with an Ob.
Posted by: boynton | 24 February 2005 at 13:39
Who's laughing? Anyway, shouldn't you call them anagarms?
And I figured my "Obstruction is like an Instruction with an Ob" had reached it's use-by date. In fact, it contained Unplanned Ob Solescence. Ho Ho Ho. I funnee.
Posted by: Tony.T | 24 February 2005 at 13:47