“You’d better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”
“What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?”
“…ask a glass of water.”– Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
From my favorite TV show, Jeopardy
- Q: To live until you are very very old or to widen one’s pupils.
A: What is dilate? - Q: The ant that bothers Siddhartha.
A: What is Budapest? - Q: A densely branched shrub, and the result of bloody conflict. (From the category “Landmark Supreme Court Cases”)
A: What is Bush v. Gore?
Miscellaneous one-liners
- Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
- A priest, a minister, and a rabbit walk into a blood bank. The rabbit says, “I think I might be a Type O.”
- I tried to sharpen my pencil, but it was pointless.
- I can count to 2 3.
- I have a horse named Mayo. Mayo neighs.
Names of clever companies
- Remarkable
- Line (on-line, off-line)
- Zoom(ed-out)
- Reddit (read-it)
Just some cool words
- absquatulate: to leave suddenly / sneak off (an oft-used word at parties)
- acedia: spiritual or mental sloth
- sthenic: of or having a high or excessive level of strength and energy