[Newspoetry] How about another game, boy?

[jay morris]

don't have a cow: 84,900
don't have a sow: 4
don't have a snowman: 64,200
don't have a nigerian passport: 4
don't have a have: 197,000
 
Interesting: The last one is by far the most common (says Google).
 
the pot calling the kettle black: 214,000
the pot calling the kettle back: 511
the kettle refusing to take the pot's calls: 0
the pot calling the kettle crack: 3
the kettle calling the pot black: 10,800
 
no shit sherlock: 195,000
no shit watson: 7
no shit professor moriarty: 0
no shirt sherlock: 101
no shinola sherlock: 22
 
amen to this: 755,000
amen to that: 1,990,000
amen to the other: 665,000
 
fun!
 
 
 
 
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:24:50 -0600> From: gavroche at gmail.com> To: newspoetry at lists.chambana.net> Subject: Re: [Newspoetry] How about another game, boy?> > make my day: 3,340,000> make my night 128,000> make my afternoon: 21,200> make my dusk: 4> make my bed: 296,000> make my couch: 50,800> make my sofa: 11,200> make my futon: 9> > I'll waste more time later> > On 25/01/2008, DL Emerick <emerick at tds.net> wrote:> > Looking for ways to waste your time?> >> > What criteria apply?> >> > Well, here's yet another one,> > from my exclusive CAN_YOU_GOOGLE_ME_NOW?(tm) collection:> > (sold under separate license, in some countries, as> > Go_Ogle_Go:_Leers_to_you.(tm) -- (c) Denied, 2008.)> >> >> > Rule 1:> > Pick a phrase,> > especially one that is hackneyed,> > a term that is not self-referential,> > for what would we call our use of "hackney"> > if the term applied to itself> > and we didn't want to be "hackneyed"?> >> > (I beg the question of plain language.)> >> > Example phrase selected:> > "to brighten any day".> >> > Google it. Examine hit count, usage patterns, etc.> >> > (Etc. means "notice whatever you damn well please.)> >> > Rule 2:> > Transmute the phrase,> > as by the processes of inversion, negation, etc.> >> > Example transmuted: "to darken any day".> >> > Now, think about the matter, as long as you wish.> > (Obviously, the latter had 2 hits, compared to 792 for the chosen phrase.)> >> > Rule 3 (Mission Statement):> > Find the most common (hackneyed) phrase of the English language.> > (Other language users may play this in their own tongues.)> > And compare it with a few of its transmutes.> >> > WINNING THE GAME:> > The objective is to waste as much time as necessary.> > Stop playing when you've had enough for today.> > You win if you wasted more time than you had to lose;> > You lose if you quit merely because you're bored.> >> >> > Only a Year of Bush Remains> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > Newspoetry maillist - Newspoetry at lists.chambana.net> > http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/newspoetry> >> >> >> > > -- > John Newmark> gavroche at gmail.com> http://www.gavroche.org> _______________________________________________> Newspoetry maillist - Newspoetry at lists.chambana.net> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/newspoetry
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