1. Listening to a news report in which the exponential growth of a market was being commented on, someone turned to a friend of mine and said:
"Shouldn't that be expedential?"
2. At a flower show, one of the owners of one of the displays insisted on referring to her flowers as "bromelaids". Of course, the tricky part was carrying on with the conversation. In keeping with the local dialect, they were referred to as bromelaids from that point on.
3. Newsradio commenting on a circular from the Pope about national wages case and how Methodists and Catholics had last century supported the concept of a just wage
"Even the Pope had issued 'encyclopedials' about it."
Is that just more comprehensive than the standard encyclical?
4. A sports reporter talking about Greg Chappell's demands for his Indian coaching job claimed that Chappell wanted a particular person who was a 'kinseyologist'.
The reporter added that he thought this was an expert in human movement. What kind of human movement, one wonders!
5. And to close, two classic mixed metaphors:
Referring to events that happened a long time ago:
"But we've all passed a lot of water since then..."
How true!
And referring to the high rate of something or other in the city of Darwin:
"per head of capita"
Any actuaries interested?
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3 comments:
'Unearthed a few pearlers' has an interesting ring to it, esp when in the top end, no? Or is that only in Broome?
maybe Paspaleys should invest in some earth-moving eequipment????
I think I'd be more worried about a kinkyologist.
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