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King of Etruria

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n. A visitor; a person entertained without pay.
n. Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
n. An inquiline.
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Comments and Guest Bloggers

26 November 2004 - Bryan Holland-Minkley

"Couldn't have helped that I did a little cabbage-patch move for out-Frenching three people."

Now _that_ is vaguely dirty.

22 November 2004 - Bryan Holland-Minkley

"Driving along on Guess Road in Durham today, I noticed that the rent-all place was offering slit seeders. While I realize this is a piece of machinery used to renovate or repair your lawn, I just think that slit seeder sounds vaguely dirty."

There's nothing vague about that term, if one chooses to use the dirty interpretation.

27 February 2004 - Bryan Holland-Minkley

I know a lot of people who love those pens. I don't get people who go crazy about pens. Those two sentences made me very paranoid about making a typing mistake, as they could easily swing towards a very different meaning with one extra letter each. Anywho, not really a pen fan. More of a pencil man myself. I use a Pentel mechanical which appears to be relatively popular, but almost everyone I've met who uses one (including me) seems to think they're the only one who uses one, encouraging claims of theft. Pentel should start putting "you're not the only one who buys these, jackass" sticker on the packages.

14 January 2004 - Bryan Holland-Minkley

I wish I had a blog... that way, I could compete with your hairdresser story of January 14th with my conversation in PetSmart demonstrating my encyclopedic knowledge of cat food, when a woman confused me with an employee - due to my shuffling of cat food cans to get exactly the ones I wanted - in which I was able to instantly identify what brand of cat food she was looking for based upon a description of the ingredients. I assure you, as dull as that may seem, the full story (both hearing it and experiencing it), is even duller.

11 January 2004 - Bryan Holland-Minkley

The P'zone (R) is not a hybrid. It's just a stromboli (a stuffed pizza). The name, entertainingly enough, seems to be based on calzone, which it is not, as a calzone does not have sauce in it. So the P'zone does not qualify as a hybrid, and is instead an example of branding. The enchirito is, of course, a wonderful example, however, just one of many from the king of hybrids (Mendel would be proud): Taco Bell. From the Tacorrito (R) to the Fajita Salad Melt (R), if it's an unholy union of two dishes loosely based on an anecdote about mexican cooking, you'll find it South Of The Border (R).

1 January 2004 - Bryan Holland-Minkley

I should have known Ankur was involved in all this. That man is behind more insanity than you would expect.