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Ok, the post I was going to do about how Gallup polls are officially useless just vanished into the ether thanks to a misplaced “Command-W”. Of course, if it weren’t for a misplaced W being in command, I wouldn’t have any incentive to write about politics in the first place… Anyway, instead of blathering on about some political thing that might interest two of you out there, I’ll write about two fascinatingly hyphenated words that I happened across at Andy Ihnatko’s Yellowtext while I was simmering over my keyboard ineptitude:

“monkey-rider”
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I don’t think I need to eat anything until sometime next month. I have just experienced the horror which is Outback Aussie Cheese Fries. Not that they taste bad! Oh, no. Far from it! They’re dangerously tasty.
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They’re remodeling all up and down the hallway here at work. One of the side effects is that there are occasionally large desks or file cabinets stacked in the hall. Today there are several sets of under-desk drawer units. Now, since this is sort of thing that will eventually be bolted to the bottom of a wood-paneled desk, they don’t bother finishing the surfaces that won’t be visible. And to protect the wood finish from passing traffic, whoever stacked them up in the hall has turned the veneer side toward the wall. The result is several tall, rectangular, matte black pillars at odd intervals down the hallway.

All we need an eerie humming sound when someone touches one, and we’ll be all set…

There’s a beaut of an article at the Register pointing folks to a section of the official website of the Scottish Parliament which is written in Scots. It’s absolutely fascinating, as a non-Scots speaker, to see how much is readable.

Here’s a representative sample:

We want tae mak siccar that awbody is able tae visit the Scottish Pairlament biggin. Wir premises is awready designit tae be as accessible as possible. Hooanever, gin ye are disablit and hae ony specific requirements, ye?re gey walcome tae contact us afore yer visit.