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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2008-07-27 02:04 am

So Sleeeeeepy ...

And after all that, poor old Cadel did not win the Tour. Sigh.

Before I go to sleep, I am reading today's really, really enjoyable entry in the AS/S fest. Two-thirds of the way in and having a very good time, even if the author infers P.G. Wodehouse was a 19th century writer (young people liking PGW is a good enough thing for me to overlook a few decades between friends). But he or she has one spelling quirk that makes me a little mad.

A pouf is an overstuffed footstool (also spelled pouffe).

A poof is a boy who prefers the shagging of other boys.

Maybe there's a mnemonic there ...

A pouf is where u put your tired and weary feet.
A poof is o my god at the size of your man meat.

I didn't say it would be a good mnemonic. Just thank goodness that's an end to the cycling and tennis for the year, I can get some sleep now. Stupid time zone. I should be much smarter for the rest of the year ;-) Well, except on post-Grand Prix Mondays. Back to the final third, which I imagine will be as good as the first two, spelling aside.

[identity profile] gabe-speaks.livejournal.com 2008-07-26 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
i always thought both spellings were fine -- i've read real-deal literature with both spellings (with the gay-boy meaning). is the distinction new? or maybe with AusE, maybe?

i know poove is also a variant spelling.

who won the Tour? i'd google it, but it's too hot over here. :(