30 thoughts on “Why not a nice fruit fly?”

  12. And this is why, youngsters, you need to pay close attention to your teacher when she/he is giving spelling lessons. If you don’t, later in life you will be mocked for your bad spelling if you go online.

    When I was in high school, one of the exercises associated with spelling and vocabulary was to use words on this week’s list in sentences. One girl selected “ejaculate” and got the meaning quite wrong. No one in the class said a word when she came up with “The doctors ejaculated the medicine into her arm.”

    2. Jesus , Mary and Joseph that reminds me of Catholic school.
      We had one Sister who gave extra marks if she saw ejaculations on our exams.

    3. To be fair, it is most likely the “bad spelling” of an auto-correct function.

      But it behooves the owner to check his spell-check.

  13. I had a tween tell me he wanted to be an “erotic biologist” once. Of course he meant “aquatic”.

    1. OK, so I was not so correct with my grammar. It was not that he wanted to be an erotic Biologist only once, it was that he once told me that he wanted to be an erotic biologist. Sorry! I guess there is water in my ears.

      1. No, what you wrote was fine. ‘Once’ could be a lifetime career. I was a student ‘once’ – no one would seriously think that meant one day or one hour, altough admittedly it is a closed period (few are students for more than 3-4 years)! As for the “erotic biologist”, I am getting to like the sound of that – can I apply?

    1. So since the question was “how do you give”, the answer would be “many, bunched together”.

  16. Is there such a thing as a bad organism?

    Regardless of the actual type given, presentation is important. Perhaps tie a ribbon around it, or package in an attractive box (don’t forget to put appropriate holes in it).

    Presenting it in an intimate setting will add to the enjoyment of the occasion, however I would recommend against giving it in a restaurant.

    1. Don’t give a girl spiders, snakes, frogs/toads or any other creepy-crawly unless she into animals. It’s safest to stick to flowers, plants and kittens/puppies. Beware allergies.

  17. Back when I was young and a lot fitter, one day while in the middle of the high intensity part of an aerobics workout at home, the phone rang. I went and picked it up, “Hello” pant pant pant …

    Then this little prepubescent male voice said, “You sound like you’re having an organism!”

    And I burst out laughing out loud into the phone almost rolling on the floor and from the phone I again hear his little voice, “Aaargh! Damn.” and he hung up.

    Still makes me laugh. :()

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