July 10, 2009 - Friday Funny - Adjectives are NOT Just Words
This week’s FRIDAY FUNNY comes form long time Jabberwocker, Heidi, a not-so-closet Grammar Goddess. It is commentary on recent geo-political / thermo-nuclear events.
We will spare no article of speech in our response to the grave nuclear threat.
One day after North Korea launched a successful test of a nuclear weapon, President Obama said that the United States was prepared to respond to the threat with "the strongest possible adjectives."
In remarks to reporters at the White House, Mr. Obama said that North Korea should fear the "full force and might of the United States' arsenal of adjectives" and called the missile test "reckless, reprehensible, objectionable, senseless, egregious and condemnable."
Standing at the President's side, Vice President Joseph Biden weighed in with some tough adjectives of his own, branding North Korean President Kim Jong-Il "totally wack and illin'."
Later in the day, Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the North Korean nuclear test "supercilious and jejune," leading some in diplomatic circles to worry that the U.S. might be running out of appropriate adjectives with which to craft its response.
But President Obama attempted to calm those fears, saying that the United States was prepared to "scour the thesaurus" to come up with additional adjectives and was "prepared to use adverbs" if necessary.
We will spare no article of speech in our response to the grave nuclear threat.
One day after North Korea launched a successful test of a nuclear weapon, President Obama said that the United States was prepared to respond to the threat with "the strongest possible adjectives."
In remarks to reporters at the White House, Mr. Obama said that North Korea should fear the "full force and might of the United States' arsenal of adjectives" and called the missile test "reckless, reprehensible, objectionable, senseless, egregious and condemnable."
Standing at the President's side, Vice President Joseph Biden weighed in with some tough adjectives of his own, branding North Korean President Kim Jong-Il "totally wack and illin'."
Later in the day, Defense Secretary Robert Gates called the North Korean nuclear test "supercilious and jejune," leading some in diplomatic circles to worry that the U.S. might be running out of appropriate adjectives with which to craft its response.
But President Obama attempted to calm those fears, saying that the United States was prepared to "scour the thesaurus" to come up with additional adjectives and was "prepared to use adverbs" if necessary.
"Let's be clear: we are not taking adverbs off the table," Mr. Obama said. "If the need arises, we will use them forcefully, aggressively, swiftly, overwhelmingly and commandingly."
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posted by J. Jay @ 8:36 PM
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2 Comments:
The nice thing about adjectives is that they don't cost a lot.
It's the verbs, such as "liberate", invade", and "occupy", that cost us billions of dollars, thousands of lives, and substanial respect around the globe. Jes say'n.
Yeah, and words like "liberate" "invade" and "occupy" provide us with the freedom and safety to go to church where we want, speek freely in English (not German or Japanese), and tear down nuclear shelters and eliminate the need for nuclear fallout drills in school. They command respect from around the globe and often afford other countries citizens some of these very same benefits.
Jes say'n.
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