January 31, 2022 - Random Thoughts

 

It took me way too long to figure out that 

the tissues in the top-opening dispensers fold in half easily, while the tissues in the top/side-opening dispensers fold more into a half and (almost) two quarters that don't quite fold equally into a clean half, which I find annoying.

And why is it that hotels keep the box of tissues in the bathroom, right by the toilet paper that can serve the same purpose, yet have no tissues where the beds are and where guests spend the vast majority of their time and where they likely need the tissues more often (unless they are having some form of GI trouble, in which case leave the tissues where they are)?

"Tell me you're a geek without telling me you're a geek."

Boba Fett is speaking Basic, not English.

The word crampon is way too close to the word tampon. And to have the word cramp in the former when it's more often associated with the latter is just confusing. But, as it turns out, crampon is derived from Middle English; tampon is from the 19th century, so whoever came up with that word should have put some more effort into it.

And while we're on the topic of etymology, I envision this conversation happened at one point: 

Person #1 (in the 18th century and likely in French): I have devised a study of insects. I shall call it entomology.

Person #2: Well, back in the Middle Ages, someone called the study of words etymology. Don't you think people might be confused? 
Person #1: Nonsense. I added an n and changed the y to an o. It couldn't be any clearer.

And thanks again for reading this far. Here's Horatio doing his best Far Side impersonation (thanks/apologies to Gary Larson):