[picture courtesy of the very pleasant Roo Reynolds]
There are some bloody dreadful photos floating around out there of me, but this isn’t one of them (Yes, there are worse…) but I just want to show you how you helped.
So on Saturday, I was giving a very brief talk at a conference on why I think some words are funnier than other words, and, as a presentation, I had a slideshow of the words you suggested the other day. (I thanked you and everything, I promise). So there you have it. just so you know I wasn’t asking for no reason.
You look fantastic, I’m in love with your outfit, and it looks like a lovely conference. Any day in which you get to project the word “moist” on a screen that large is a winning sort of day, methinks
Comment by Tiffany — 23 June, 2008 1:39 pm
Tiffany - you literally are far too kind. You should have seen my yelow high heels. They’re Really Fucking Yellow, as someone who was with me on the day delighted in point out.
Comment by anna — 23 June, 2008 1:51 pm
Oooh… Were you at Interesting 2008 by any chance? Damn. I missed it to go and demolish my brother’s kitchen.
Comment by martian77 — 23 June, 2008 2:39 pm
I was , Mr Martian.
Hm. I wonder why I presume you are a MR Martian? How odd. Apologies if you are in fact a Little Miss Martian.
Comment by anna — 23 June, 2008 3:07 pm
A photo of Anna giving a lecture on the word moist. That is rather interesting, even with yellow shoes (that we can’t see in the picture).
Comment by JoeInVegas — 23 June, 2008 3:07 pm
Hehehe!
I’ve always found the word moist ridiculously funny, and seeing it pop up in Bloglines like that has made my day :-)
Comment by Mark Glover — 23 June, 2008 3:52 pm
*snigger*
You said “moist”.
Comment by Gordon — 23 June, 2008 3:54 pm
Excuse me, but where can I get an application form for Best Job In The World? I want to stand in front of hundreds of people in bright yellow shoes and point at the word “moist”. Or maybe “twatsicle”, which is a great word with no fixed meaning (probably best not to think of what it could mean).
Comment by Daniel — 23 June, 2008 4:06 pm
Daniel - tell me about it. AND most of the rest of the time I’m watching TV and talking about that. Or, like last week, hang out watching the cheeky girls getting ducked in buckets of tea.
It’s a charmed life, I tell you.
If slightly odd.
Comment by anna — 23 June, 2008 4:13 pm
Love love love the dress.
I didn’t suggest my favourite funny word because I thought it might be *too* rude.
But forget that after twatsicle. Maybe I’ll just stick a star in there.
“C*ntihooks”
As in: “C*ntihooks! I can’t find my keys”
Comment by Becs — 23 June, 2008 5:12 pm
I can’t tell you how happy I am.
I actually giggled like a 4 year old to see my suggestion on the slide
Yay!
Comment by topcitybird — 23 June, 2008 7:45 pm
I find this very pleasing, on so many levels. Excellent work, Ms P.
Comment by HFactor — 23 June, 2008 9:05 pm
So, where can we download the podcast?
Comment by drew — 24 June, 2008 1:05 am
Anna, you look lovely :-)
I half love and half hate the word moist. It is funny, but it makes me feel all squodgy inside.
Comment by Amy — 24 June, 2008 9:51 am
I too would love to stand on a podium pointing at the word Moist. Dunking tea with the cheeky girls on the other hand does seem like the ‘pooh on my yellow high heeled shoes’ end of the lollipop to mix my metaphors somewhat. Like the way you’ve written moist too, makes it look like the way a serial killer in a slasher film would write it on the window in the steam from the kettle, just to frighten the living crap out of a potential victim.
Comment by katyboo1 — 24 June, 2008 10:17 am
ooooo! I have that dress! And what a wonderful photo too. But what sort of conference requires a talk on comedy words and a large screen with ‘moist’ projected on it? I am all agog. I thought all the conferences in the world were just about men in suits, uncomfortable chairs and trying to get as much free tea/coffee as possible. Where are all the exciting, comedy conferences? What have I been missing out on?
Comment by Cherry — 24 June, 2008 10:24 am
I agree, you look fabulous!
So, why DO you think some words are funnier than others? I wished I had helped, but every time I tried to think about which words made me laugh my mind went completely blank. It’s very frustrating, I’m sure there must be loads!
Comment by Eloise — 24 June, 2008 3:10 pm