A little bit of essay humour here. I’m quite proud of the little except from Puck’s essay. It’s REALLY hard to write an essay starting every word with the letter ‘A’. In my opinion, that’s a decent essay intro, though – subliminal message or not.
Looking back on it, I realize that Phoebe sort of became smarter and more normal as time went on. Earlier on, she was the loony one and Puck was the straight gal, but as the series progresses, that dynamic is periodically reversed, like here. I suppose they’re both insane characters, just in different ways.
The crayon Puck image was another one that started to run in the intro box at this time. Shaking things up a bit, I guess. I liked crayon Puck.
Nothing against midgets, by the way, though I guess the very use of the word is inappropriate. Nothing against little people; the last line just seemed funny at the time. It still seems funny, to be honest.
Unless you’re going for 100%… alliterating anecdotes around the activation of the alphabet ain’t that awful an assignment to achieve.
Ah, but if it ain’t 100%, you’re not trying hard enough.
SotiCoto: Well done sir. Also, Kevin’s General Rule #2: Everything’s better with midgets.
What’s Kevin’s General Rule #1?
What is #1
Rule #1: Bacon. Everything is better with more bacon. Including bacon.
Agreed.
I once did something similar with an English paper. Though instead of alliteration I used just about every meaning and tense of the word grace in the same sentence.
Sometimes we have to make our own fun.
I kind of veer towards Brad Wilson’s take on the word “midget”. It’s just a noun, by any measure I can think of (“That’s a chair. That’s a table. That’s a midget”. There’s no negative connotation or context implied with the word that I can credibly imagine.
Now their preferred replacements? THOSE words have problems and baggage attached to them.
“Dwarves” are a fantasy creature! If you pointed behind me and said, “hey look, a dwarf!” before I turn around, I’m already imagining a stocky person in metal armor, horned helmet, with an impractically long beard, holding a double-edged battle axe, and with a heavy Scottish accent. I expect I well be very disappointed when I finish turning around.
“Little people”, which we are told is the “most politically correct” term. Is both too vague, and inherently condescending. “Little people” is how my grandmother referred to children. If you pointed behind me and said, “Hey, there’s some little people over there.” my initial reaction is that I’m not supposed to cuss in their presence.
Point behind me and say there’s a midget there, I know exactly what I’ll turn around and see.
I’m then going to turn back around, put my hands on my hips, and ask why you felt the need to point them out to me. Unless the little dude is juggling, he’s not here for public entertainment purposes; he’s just going about his business.
Okay, done with the soapbox moment.
Still a bit confused what midgets have to do with fair victories though.
Valid. Whenever I hear the term “little people” I think of Fisher Price’s toy line of Little People. So kind of confusing.