tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post4277951885857686772..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Life and death in BludleighRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-76056571821865315712009-06-19T03:44:18.046-07:002009-06-19T03:44:18.046-07:00PunctureWhat a lovely word. Imagine how different ...<em>Puncture</em><br><br>What a lovely word. Imagine how different history would have been if, instead of stabbing, spearing, and shooting, we had all been "puncturing" one another. It's so polite -- so apologetic. It almost requires that you say, "Oh, excuse me!, So sorry!" after puncturing your opponent.<br><br>Imagine Achilles puncturing Hector -- then apologizing profusely as Hector slowly deflates.<br><br>[I spent a very enjoyable hour unsuccessfully searching for a Finnish video of a gnu/yak opera. Thank you for giving me cause!]Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-82930237054796066152009-06-19T04:17:30.518-07:002009-06-19T04:17:30.518-07:00Imagine Achilles puncturing Hector......only to su...<i>Imagine Achilles puncturing Hector...</i><br><br>...only to suffer the same fate when his enemies discover the little valve in his heel that's his only vulnerability.<br><br>Yes - it would be an amusing bad taste exercise to write a script to convert all stabbing, spearing, and shooting words in a web page: "Death of a Thousand Punctures" and so on.<br><br>Only trouble is, what would acupuncturists call themselves?Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-85425696973181631622009-06-19T11:55:59.016-07:002009-06-19T11:55:59.016-07:00unsuccessfully searching for a Finnish video of a ...<i>unsuccessfully searching for a Finnish video of a gnu/yak opera</i><br><br>As if anyone would do anything like that... Nearest I could find was the Russian name for the dreaded <a href="http://segalbooks.blogspot.com/2008/11/finnish-dance-and-folk.html" rel="nofollow">Ievan Polkka</a>: "Як цуп цоп" (close enough to "Yak Soup Sop" - now, if you happen to puncture a yak, there's a recipe to make with your boiling water and toast).Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com