There really needs to be an entire movie based upon this flag lowering ceremony. Or a Monty Python sketch.
Admittedly I saw it on a Michael Palin show, and it very closely resembles the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Can find pictures online (it's at the Wagah border) but not of the thumb thing. That may be new.
Allyson, if the rest of the book is half as good as this sample, you're going to take the publishing world by the throat and throttle it silly.
So. Damn. Good.
Whoa.
Rumour stage only, but still. Damn.
Language note: Emmett has taken to saying "jacked up" as euphemism for "Fucked up." This was not current during my youth, and I thought "effed up" had taken a commanding lead.
Please verify with anecdotes your observation of this trend, or deny it utterly, or display indifference.
It was "F'd up" in my day (the gay-but-not-that-sort-of-gay 90s). "Jacked up" meant, well, "hyped" or "amped."
Rats leaving the sinking ship?
things that are awkward - having a coworker tell you that they think you should date another coworker.
uhhhhhhhhh.
adding to my list of things that should never happen.
"Jacked up" meant, well, "hyped" or "amped."
In my day, "jacked up" meant the rear end of your car was way higher than the front end.
adding to my list of things that should never happen.
Come over here and sit next to me, dear.
oh sure, now be nice. you won't even take my calls.
adding to my list of things that should never happen.
I was trying to explain this to former officemate. He thought I was being weird. But then, he met his wife when she worked here.
I have a matchmaking friend. She's finally learned to NOT try with me. You can tell she has to work really hard to restrain herself, though. It's funny.