Fun and laughs

We went to a show opening at the Hunter Museum tonight - a nice members' reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres. We didnt't eat too much and we went to our favorite Mexican place for dinner after that. Fun.

When we got home, we watched the Rachel Maddow Show. She had a neat section on something I'll bet you've never heard of - we certainly hadn't - Artistic Cycling!!! She called it "synchronized swimming on bicycles". Click Here to watch that section of the show. There's an ad and some lead-in, but stick with it. I'll bet you've never seen anything like this before.

And for your evening's laugh, I'll share with you the winning submissions to The Washington Post's yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. Some are exceptionally good and applicable to people we know;

The winners are:

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men
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And as a postscript giggle, I turned on the 1982 movie, "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" near the end. Charles Durning is incredible as the Texas Governor with his wonderful number - "I Love to Dance a Little Sidestep."