Anhydrous Wit

Are you pondering what I'm pondering?

Saturday, September 28, 2019

I Think It Happened Near a Fjord

You wouldn't know it, what with me having the name Chlorophyll, but I am descended from Scots on my mother's side.  My friend Gimpy is, too, though on his father's side.  He is very proud of his ancestry, so I just bought him a little book called Clans and Tartans.  Before turning it over to him, I thought I'd check out my own clan.  Among the various ways my clan has distinguished itself, it "...took an active part in the Battle of Pinkie in 1547...."

Saturday, September 14, 2019

In Which I Pun Myself

As I stood up from the breakfast table, I thought, "I am fortified."

A little voice elsewhere in my brain replied, "No, you're forty-eight."