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Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
serious crayons:
Today I walked through the cafeteria area and passed a guy sitting there watching his food spin around through the glass microwave door as if riveted by a TV screen. I said "Wow, that's some entertainment!" Should have inserted"high-class."
Front-Ranger:
This weekend I used three--count 'em!--three Brokeisms. I have already reported that I cried out, "If I had three hands, I could" while taking care of my three-month-old grandson. And then, when I was preparing for going back to work on Monday, I hung the shirt I was planning to wear on a hanger and the jacket on the same hanger with it. In a moment of serendipity, I put the sleeves of the shirt inside the sleeves of the jacket, so this morning, I put both on at the same time, warmed by the thought of Jack and Ennis's immortal shirts. This being Holy Week, I'm very introspective about those kinds of things.
The third Brokeism I'll report a bit later, when I remember it ::).
Sason:
Not my use of a Brokieism as such, but a Brokieism that happened to me last weekend:
I was going by city train from Hamburg train station to the airport, when a man with a guitar got on the train and started to sing a few songs, mainly in Italian and Spanish.
I didn't listen very carefully as I had things on my mind, but suddenly I heard him sing a tune I know, and the words: "quizás, quizás, quizás".
I smiled to myself - Brokeback is everywhere - and soon after he left the train. Such a lovely little moment on a totally Brokie-unrelated weekend.
Front-Ranger:
That must have been magical when you heard that song being played! What a great thing to happen on a train ride.
Today I was trying to check out a housing inspector and so I texted my friend Chuck and asked him if he knew a guy "name of so-and-so". He's one of the very few people who would catch the Brokeism there.
serious crayons:
I just ran across this on Facebook, and I swear, this has to be an undercover Brokieism.
Someone had posted an article from Slate about words that some people find disgusting for no reason besides their sound. (Common example, for some reason, "moist.") Anyway, people were commenting on their disgusting words, and someone -- not a FB friend; someone I don't know at all -- posted this:
Diane Smelser Catsup. Ketchup. Sounds like Cat sip or worse.
Question: Do you think there's any chance that Diane Smelser WASN'T making a Brokie pun?
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