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«lack toast and tolerant»
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:16 am
by M. Henri Day
I can't resist bringing the tidbit below, which I took from the latest issue of Michael Quinion's
World Wide Words email newsletter, to the attention of my fellow
Agorists :
... Michael McKernan found many Google hits for this splendid example: "lack toast and tolerant". As in "My sister can't eat cheese or ice cream because she's lack toast and tolerant."
Enzymes are not to be played with !...
Henri
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:49 am
by KatyBr
LOL Henri! Wonderful Mondegreen, How easily her problem can be cured, Just needs more toast!
Prior to yours my favorite was Intensive purposes, as in "He is a child for all intensive purposes, Due to the injury,...."
Kt
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:19 pm
by M. Henri Day
I don't know, Katy - toast as a trade-off for ice cream doesn't sound like a winner to me....
Henri
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 3:21 pm
by KatyBr
Oh,Henri, just eat toast With your ice cream......
Kt
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:00 pm
by M. Henri Day
Have to try that - whole wheat or rye ?...
Henri
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:58 pm
by KatyBr
Well at least you 'd be tolerant, I'd say Wheat.
Kt
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:30 am
by M. Henri Day
Under the familiar category of how to ruin a good story : with respect to the original medical difficulty as cited above, a lactose intolerance shouldn't cause any problems for someone wishing to eat (most kinds of) cheese. On the other hand, if the person in question had an intolerance for certain milk proteins....
Henri
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:40 am
by Stargzer
Have to try that - whole wheat or rye ?...
Henri
I'd go with a fresh pumpernickel, myself . . .
. . . and I did have some really good jalapeño ice cream once, but for some reason
Moxley's doesn't seem to carry it anymore.
