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I made myself a hot chocolate when I got home.  There were no marshmallows, but there was Bailey's.  It was a really bad day, okay?

My knee is somewhat better, but I could do without random people who don't talk to me otherwise being nosy because I'm limping (and trying to hide it), then mocking me by saying what did you do to yourself now? or by trying to worry me by saying you're going to need X-rays and surgery, because once the knee goes, it goes, and by being a pretentious little asshole by ordering me, if you're still going to the gym, stop now.

Apparently appropriate responses to not-so-polite inquiries and unsolicited advice are not:
  • "I threw myself through a plate glass window trying to escape someone else asking me that very same question."
  • "Excellent, my plan to slowly turn into a Cyborg is off to a good start."
  • "There are other things to do at the gym that don't involve knees, you twatwaffle."
Just FYI.

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Sometimes, I want to shake the Interwebs until I find something to entertain me.  Any random fic just won't do; people aren't updating their LJ frequently enough (WHY); Facebook annoys me; I've already read the news... oh, look, Tumblr!  Anyway, I found this on Tumblr, and I guess, since I:
  1. like silly poems like these
  2. find statements like "After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud" a personal challenge
  3. really have no bad how my spoken English is, since I have an accent

I read the poem.  Out loud.  And I recorded it on Garage Band.

Who wants to listen to it and tell me how ridiculous I sound? (there's probably sounds of me giggling and stumbling over some words and massacring others; toward the end, one of my dogs came trotting into the room and thromped his toy around).

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There were also words today.  If being antisocial means I write more, then having a bad day means I write fluffy stuff, so take of that what you will.



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Date: 2013-02-14 01:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] castmeaway.livejournal.com
I wanna hear!

*hugs*

Date: 2013-02-14 01:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prplhez8.livejournal.com
*waves hi*

HAI! We met in the chatroom the other night *cue weirdo 80s porn musics*....ERr, you know what I mean. Just wanted to pop on and say HAI!

Sorry about your knee and for the record I love the term twatwaffle. It ranks right up there with asshat and douchecanoe. :)

Date: 2013-02-17 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
HAI!

:D

I think I accidentally stole twatwaffle from [livejournal.com profile] fuckyeah. My usual go-to is knucklefuck, but twatwaffle was what came out of my mouth at the time...

Though I've got to say that douchecanoe might get used in the near future...

Date: 2013-02-14 02:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dimanchemieux.livejournal.com
Ugh, darling, feel better!! I would love to hear a recording - I feel like we talked about it before maybe??
BUT as it turns out, I discovered the original is actually way longer hhahaha THAT'S THE SHORT VERSION.

Here's the ~real deal~: http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html

Date: 2013-02-17 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
THERE'S A LONGER VERSION? WTF

I think if I send out/post a recording of anything, it will have to be of something more coherent...

(and understandable)

Date: 2013-02-19 01:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dimanchemieux.livejournal.com
NO DO IT!!!!!!!! I want to hear B)

Date: 2013-02-14 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fuckyeah.livejournal.com
Oh man, when asked about your limp, you should have said, "Don't be jealous because I got some last night and you didn't."

Ooh, I want to hear! I tried reading it, but halfway through I stopped because a) I have never seen some of these words in my life, and b) my dog was in my lap and trying to lick my teeth.

No, I don't even know.

Date: 2013-02-17 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
If I'd said that to the person in question they probably would've written me up for being in appropriate at work (they are that sort of person).

Your dog tried to lick your teeth??

Date: 2013-02-17 06:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fuckyeah.livejournal.com
Some people are no fun. :(

Yes, it was...very weird. I was eating anise candy at the time, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

Date: 2013-02-14 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lec90.livejournal.com
"Excellent, my plan to slowly turn into a Cyborg is off to a good start."

Muahaha. >:)

I'd like to hear, too!!

Hope your knee feels better!

Date: 2013-02-17 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
I just need to get the high-powered laser cannons installed...

Date: 2013-02-14 03:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geekslave.livejournal.com
All of your "inappropriate" responses were hilarious.

Stacey

Date: 2013-02-17 05:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
My inappropriate responses could very easily have been even more inappropriate! :D

Date: 2013-02-14 03:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altocello.livejournal.com
What's it mean when I can read it? I would LOVE to hear your version. I will have to find a quiet moment tomorrow to record mine, and then you can hear my silly Oregon-ish accent.

I am sorry your knee is still not well. I LOL'd at your responses! You're way more witty than I am in a pinch. I always come up with the snarky response 5 minutes LATER. :D
Edited Date: 2013-02-14 03:55 am (UTC)

Date: 2013-02-17 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
That you're more literate than I am? :D

I might have to try to read something a little bit more... understandable, I think.

Date: 2013-02-25 06:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altocello.livejournal.com
Well, I dunno about the more literate part, lol. But I do have what some folks call a musical ear, which has come in handy with languages from time to time. And I like rhymes. A lot of this, especially the end words, you can figure out just from the rhyme pattern. It's like a limerick puzzle, where you just KNOW what the last word is going to be, based on the rhyme and rhythm patterns.

I would maintain though, that based on that rhyming pattern, this was written by someone in the United States who lives West of the Mississippi (east of the river and in the northern midwest, haunt most certainly rhymes with aunt), and it's hardly authoritative on the "proper" pronunciation of a lot of these words that have regional variations. For example, here in the Pacific Northwest "caught" and "cot" sound the same, but that's not the case everywhere.

Still haven't sat down to record this, lol. I really will!

Date: 2013-02-25 06:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altocello.livejournal.com
Oh heavens, I'm clearly an idiot; I look farther down, find the link to the "longer" version that has that lovely historical note at the end, and I see it was written by someone with a French name. LOL. Ah well. It's an amazing collection of the oddest things English has to throw and everyone anyway!

Date: 2013-02-14 04:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wanderlust48.livejournal.com
That is hilarious!!! I had to rebog and I should bring it to work for an idle day- or just to kill time in classes. Yes I'd like to hear!

Sorry about your knee:(

Date: 2013-02-17 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
[livejournal.com profile] dimanchemieux just now told me that this poem is actually the SHORTER version...

http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html

is the long version!

Date: 2013-02-14 08:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] manitrix.livejournal.com
wow that poem is great and just a little bit silly ;) i wanna hear your pronounciation please :D (and i gues just about everybody went and read it aloud)

(sorry about my english :/ )

Date: 2013-02-17 05:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
I will probably post something that's a bit more understandable than this poem, I think!

(I don't see anything wrong with your English! :) )

Date: 2013-02-15 12:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] scinscire
I want to hear it, too! I'll record mine too, although, since I'm actually not a native speaker, mine will probably be very, very wrong. :)

Date: 2013-02-17 05:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] loaded-march.livejournal.com
I can't even pronounce hippopotamus properly.

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