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Fernet Branca. "If you can imagine getting punched squarely in the nose while sucking on a mentholated cough drop, you'll have an idea. . ."
Possibly a comment on our fascination with the little gizmo, although sometimes a sucker is just a sucker.
I'm not sure which is more disturbing, the product itself or the fact that there's a website called candyaddict.
Madison Avenue is normally a nearly impenetrable fortress of buses. Crossing it is a choking, weaving, stuttering adventure; a New York City version of Chutes and Ladders.
Today, in Madison Avenue's vast emptiness, I was almost crippled by a mother bicycling her children to pre-school.
There are currently no "Y" words in the Audio Glossary, so my contribution should induce no unnecessary pushing or shoving.
yoav: (verb) -aved, -aving. to abruptly put an end (either by pressing Stop or Pause on a player, or, worse, by pulling the needle off the record) to a passage of music (especially one communicated through a good high-end system) at the height of its emotional impact, the result being something akin to jilting one at the alter, or, as they say, "pulling out" just before climax. -yoaver (noun). one who yoavs.
Used in a sentence: Each morning, before I leave…
Sonic Youth gets jolly, too, on everyone's favorite radio station, WFMU.
Click here to find their version of a Christmas Carol, as well as, Klaus Nomi's "Silent Night."
Thanks, Wes.
"You know what I want for Christmas, mom."
"What?"
"I'm not asking you if you know; I'm telling you that you do know."
"What?"
"What do you mean, 'What'?" You know, right?"
"How would I know?"
"Mom, you always know."
"Not this year, Stephen. This year I don't know. Tell me."
"I don't want to tell you. I want you to just know."
"Stephen, I'm telling you: I. Don't. Know."
"Yes, you do."
"Stephen!"
"Mom!"
"Just tell me, boy."
"Nope."
"That's it."
"What?"
"You're getting socks."
"What?"
"I'm not asking you if you know; I'm telling you that you do know."
"What?"
"What do you mean, 'What'?" You know, right?"
"How would I know?"
"Mom, you always know."
"Not this year, Stephen. This year I don't know. Tell me."
"I don't want to tell you. I want you to just know."
"Stephen, I'm telling you: I. Don't. Know."
"Yes, you do."
"Stephen!"
"Mom!"
"Just tell me, boy."
"Nope."
"That's it."
"What?"
"You're getting socks."
***
Alright, alright. I'm…
You can't buy 'em here, but they sure look sexy. "Full condenser-type three-way speaker system (76kg), with outboard crossovers (18kg)." Not too sensitive at 80dB/W/m, but rated at 35Hz–40kHz. "Open price."
Something to keep your heads warm when you're using that big block snowblower.
Beware of amorous huskies.