I've recently updated my profile again, and updated the random question, because I'm sure you're getting bored of the old one after reading my profile SOO many times over and over again, right? And just like last time, it really takes much more space than you're allowed to get the full answer in...so here it is, the full answer you've desperately been waiting for!
Sponges and tongues are frequently misspelled. Is it because both are thirsty?
Okay, tongues I understand, there’s that random u and it’s just not overly intuitive, but do people really misspell sponges? How do you spell it otherwise? Spounge? Spongue? Spunge? Hmm, now that I type it that way, it does look – well no, it still LOOKS wrong, but that’s probably just because I actually know how to spell, having passed fifth grade and all – but it looks like it would be sponge while sponge could look more like sponge (with a hard O). I can see it.
So now that we’ve got that part solved, what is this part about them being thirsty? Seriously, who do they pay to come up with these random questions? Because I feel they may possibly not have much intelligence but still get paid far more than I will ever make. Do you suppose that’s a good jumping board for a writer? I’m imagining my resume now, and the interviewer looking it over, “What is this about random question writer for blogger.com?”
How exactly does one explain that position? “Well, one of my most memorable random questions was relating to the common misspelling of the words sponge and tongue. I posed the question as to whether they’re thirsty and this is what causes the frequent mistakes.”
Blank stare. “As in, the words themselves are thirsty?”
“Yes, precisely.”
Interviewer clears throat, straightens paper edges on the table a few times, looks at the remainder of the resume… “Yes, well thank you for coming in today. We’ll…ah…we’ll be in touch, I suppose.”
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Random Question FULL RESPONSE!
Apparently your response to the random question is limited to 400 characters...my original response was a few more, here it is in all it's glory!
For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note:
Dearest Aunt Gertrude,
I was very surprised to receive the birthday gift from you this year, as I was fairly certain you'd died last year. I even went to my file cabinet and found the program from the funeral to make sure, and I did indeed find it. However, since I did indeed receive a package in the mail, post-dated shortly before this year's birthday, and because my mother taught me that every gift requires a thank you note, I am writing to thank you for the very generous gift. My family did receive many interesting and old pieces of yours from your daughter after the funeral, and I'm quite certain the rooster shaped maple syrup dispenser will fit right in. I have always thought we needed a classier way of serving our syrup with our breakfast than straight out of the bottle. My husband even likes it enough to promise not to break it, or lose it in the next move as he did with the 17 cut glass nut dishes and the 24 mismatched serving dishes only usable for a formal cocktail party, which only came with 13 glasses, also mismatched. We found a perfect place for the rooster shaped maple syrup dispenser between the single egg poacher we received and the non-functional oriental coffee serving set.
Thank you again,
Your caring and affectionate great-niece,
Penney
For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note:
Dearest Aunt Gertrude,
I was very surprised to receive the birthday gift from you this year, as I was fairly certain you'd died last year. I even went to my file cabinet and found the program from the funeral to make sure, and I did indeed find it. However, since I did indeed receive a package in the mail, post-dated shortly before this year's birthday, and because my mother taught me that every gift requires a thank you note, I am writing to thank you for the very generous gift. My family did receive many interesting and old pieces of yours from your daughter after the funeral, and I'm quite certain the rooster shaped maple syrup dispenser will fit right in. I have always thought we needed a classier way of serving our syrup with our breakfast than straight out of the bottle. My husband even likes it enough to promise not to break it, or lose it in the next move as he did with the 17 cut glass nut dishes and the 24 mismatched serving dishes only usable for a formal cocktail party, which only came with 13 glasses, also mismatched. We found a perfect place for the rooster shaped maple syrup dispenser between the single egg poacher we received and the non-functional oriental coffee serving set.
Thank you again,
Your caring and affectionate great-niece,
Penney
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