Is calling an opossum a possum just a regional thing? Seriously, I knew the word possum WAY before I found out about opossum. I think I knew the word marsupial first. I’m wondering if only gangsters use the word possum and call raccoons trash pandas.
If I’m a gangster I wonder if I need to change my tax info with my accountant. Do opossum have accountants? Can the plural of possum be o posse?
I doubt that this word conundrum is just a Philly thing, but if it is I gotta let Tina Fey know so she can present these new findings on SNL.
Anyway, here’s a link that has an “Opossum” growling, because we’re talking about it and it wants to be gangster.
There’s lots of other nice things on that page; my search for distraction complete. In my twisted mind, this possum is eating the face of one of the people in my office who doesn’t understand office etiquette.
And in further research to broaden this topic, Merriam-Webster says they’re the same. AI site “Grammarly.com” says opossum are in the Americas, while possum are in Australia. And a third source (inkforall blog) adds to this last idea and asserts that we in the Americas may have a silent ‘O’ in opossum. I think someone needs to advance this and start an argument involving possum with Phillies hats and opossum with Mets hats. AI can help with the trash talking. All links below.
Here’s a compilation of some of my transmissions to another world.
Sometimes dumplings pretend to be ravioli, and little dumplings pretend to be tortellini. If you eat them in alfredo sauce you’ll see what I mean. (disclaimer: I know ravioli doesn’t like to admit this)
Something I’ve noticed in the “return to office” this year is a lack of office ettiquette, which I supposed is to be expected.
One that gets to me is laptop meetings on speaker. This company will give you headphones for free, but even if it didn’t it’s still up to each person to sensibly realize that the rest of the people around you don’t need to hear your meeting.
I can understand a support emergency where multiple people surround one person and their laptop, but I swear I’m surrounded by people who apparently don’t give a sh!t.
So after several days and a few looks at people I finally say something and I swear the guy looked accosted and leaves shortly afterwards. Lol. I guess I must have looked intense when I told him I couldn’t hear myself think.
There was a day where Yeti became a popular theme. Someone posted a comment elsewhere on social media and it reminded me of the email scams I see with the name Yeti and I went from there. Each time I comment to various separate posts I would bring in the Yeti somehow.It’s neat to know that some people out there get what I’m doing and I don’t feel like I have to explain.
Separate thought: the coca-cola bears would kick the shit out of a yeti, especially since they’ve once been trained by Ronda Rousey, even though she’s working for a gaming world now.
Some thoughts on my way to the Yeti:
need to deify a Yeti that roams south philly and south jersey looking for nepalese and tibetan cuisine. also, black-eyed children and aliens and similarity to Fae? (topic from an old radio show) I need to stick to a more consistent format. React to a real life thing and put it on the stage. Keep it short. Maybe always end with reality or at least have the tags to follow. It may also be best to not jump around too much with new stages/settings.
The Irish Pub probably run by the Fae is a good setting, with various characters/creatures/entities working there or visiting, etc. I need to know how to refer to one of the Fae individually. Faery is the non-gendered evil version of fairy (also non-gendered). Some Firesign Theater influence, maybe look through some old podcasts I don’t always have to talk about things I want to attack because then I’m just complaining. I also don’t always need to be comic. Regardless, my identity being original means being creative with these little snippets. I could use some examples of non-comic and non-complaining snippets.
Sarcasm is always welcome as long as it isn’t too negative. I see so much examples of various “proposals” in social media (usually to women), I want to make one up for me since I never get those kind, just the spam kind.
I had to pick a new electricity supplier since my current one had just expired. I found a cheaper option using renewable energy with a fixed rate from a curious numbat named Xabe.
Normally these marsupials eat only termites but Xabe and his sister changed their diet almost exclusively to pistacchio nuts because of the lack of termites in south philly.
I didn’t want to offend Xabe or his sister by wishing a dearth of termites in my neighborhood for obvious threat-to-homestead reasons, but he said they generate more energy with the pistachio nuts. They eat the shells AND the nuts though they still have to individually shell them like we do which I found interesting.
So, this whole task made me have to think of things like: -refresh my memory so I can try to remember just what the hell is my electricity utility and supplier and what are the terms, rates, fees, etc. -where can I log in to all these things and will I become upset because I’m too late because it’s already renewed and now I have to pay more -if I pick a new supplier will I get a cancellation fee from the current one -what worst case scenarios can I dream up that will keep me from picking any new electricity providers because of some fine print that I haven’t even thought of looking up yet -how can I personify a volt so I can creatively complain about all this later?
Hopefully it works out cleanly, the switchover will happen in the next week.
