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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.


I took this photo looking up while down in Salamanca Place last Thursday afternoon. High above the Silos and the trees, that speck of white you can see is the moon.

A new thing for me: TUESDAY Q and A!
Right now, at this very moment, what is your favourite word?

Right now?

I am going to have to go with dénouement.

Comments

Kris McCracken said…
Elaine, scuttlebuts used to be drinking fountains on ships. Now it is something altogether different.

Perhaps people used to stand idly by and gossip as they sipped.
Miles McClagan said…
I'd say "Kendlebury"

Bruce said it about Scott Pendlebury on Friday night, as in "good kick by Kendlebury"

I'm trying to convince 1ne of my friends it's a real word that means something...
freefalling said…
Fico da india.
(you know....prickly pear fruit)
You gotta say it really fast.
Kris McCracken said…
Yamini, that most certainly doesn't apply to me.
Kris McCracken said…
Miles, I can't stand Bruce.
Kris McCracken said…
FF, they make grog out of that.

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