Monster from the Id

In the U.S. it has become customary when asking for someone's identification to say, "Can I see your I.D.?" This bothers me because it sounds like the I and D represent two different words. If they said "Could I see your id, that would be odd, because it sounds like they are looking into your soul. I suppose they could say, "Could I see your I" but then peeple would react by saying "My eye? Can't you see my eyes already?" (unless it's a one eyed man. { "I didn't do it! It was the one eyed man !" } ) Now, since it is a card, maybe what they should say is "Can I see your Identification card?" , or "Can I see your I.C.?". Hmm, that sounds a little strange too, now that I think about it. See your eye-cee? Senor Icey? Another thought that has occurred to me while I'm writing this is that I.D. could stand for Identification Document. But it's not really a document, its a card, usually your Driver's license. (We don't have a national ID card system in the U.S. )

And that brings us back to square one, or as my father use to say when making a point in an argument, numero uno number one. 

So, Can I see your I.D.?

(Verdana, Large, Blue)

Over the last two decades, I have read numerous books about emerging infectious diseases, public health issues, and... Biological and Chemical warfare.  

! You should see the looks of the ladies at the library when I go to pick up those books at the library! :-D They think that I'm either nuts or a terrorist or something, but of course, I'm no such thing. I don't want to hurt anyone. I'm more interested in what needs to be done to prevent such weapons from EVER being used and what would be have to be done to protect people in the event that some lunatics actually do use these horrible anti-human weapons. 

 They use to write the words 'nuclear, biological and chemical' together and abbreviate it NBC warfare, which the National Broadcasting Company was probably non to thrilled about. (NBC is a television network) According to the Wikipedia article I am looking at as I write this, the previous term in the 1950's was ABC warfare, which was probably disliked by the American Broadcast Company.  

The new abbreviation being used is CBRN and again, according to Wikipedia, even this has been updated just recently to CBRNe, to include improvised explosive devices.  

 Since this blog is about words and not politics or terrorism, I'll get to the point. Three of the word used end in -logical, referring to the word ending -ology which is used for fields of Science (Biology, Geology, etc.) Chemistry and Chemical don't follow this rule. But I would like to suggest that they should and the words be  changed to Chemology and Chemological. I had this idea because I wanted to change the one phrase used above to Biological, Chemological, and Radiological Weapons. These weapons can all be classed together because they are dispersed in a similar manner, either as dry powdery substances or liquid mists. 

Well folks, that's my nutty idea of the week. Perhaps if I have time this weekend, I'll go thru my notebook and post some of the other words and phrases i've  written down recently. Until then, Vaya con Ayn Rand.

Wordplay # 2

Words I over heard and stuff I thought up -

Mind Shaft
 

Drunkin' Donuts

A friend of mine who mixes words up once in a while was asked what medical insurance he had. He said he was with "Corrugated Medical". 

Chakra Khan - She sings from the soul....

Tetrified! - I heard someone mispronounce petrified as tetrified. I guess that's when you are frozen with fear in a block like shape and feel like you are falling.

Street name of an addict that I overheard - Double-O-Gee - 00G!

Wordplay #1

I'm finally getting around to posting on my new blog. I haven't decided yet whether or not to re-post all the stuff from my old blog because I haven't finished transcribing it all yet. when I finish, then I'll decide. Until then, enjoy! 

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I posted a humorous response to someone elses post about a a weird video on YouTube saying that the Japanese were insane. I was called a 'Honkey Monkey' by another poster and even though I tried to explain I was just trying to be humorous, she (?) continued to insult me in another post. I just let it go. I like the phrase though so I'm keeping it and claiming it as my own.      ~ Honkey Monkey ~
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If an Artificial intelligence machine is trying to solve a problem and is having a hard time of it, it can't be said to be racking it's nerves since it has none. Perhaps it could say that it was racking it's circuits?
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Hahaha - On one of the comments sections from the website Gates of Vienna, Dymphna, who's suggestions generated one of my last posts on my old blog, accidentally wrote, while describing the various people that visit the site, that someone was a "Trustafarian". :-D

Is that a Rastafarian with Trust issues? :-D

Hmm, maybe smoking all that ganja has made him paranoid....  :-D :-D
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funny typos

 -  "You can't just mitch and match parts..."
-   "...a hotch potch of a system...."

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Planktonic Marine Life  - -

"..... temperatures can also be inferred from ancient planktonic marine organisms buried in the sediments."

Good name for a Large ship - The Planktonic :-D
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Enviro-Pig, Magma, Holey America, WorkWhores

Canadian Authorities recently shut down a program to develop a genetically re-engineered pig that passed less phosphorous in it's flatulence and feces.
They called it “enviro-pig.”
 
"Magmatism”   - a good name for a Heavy Metal Band
{I thought this up after mistyping magnetism while also thinking about magma.}

Someone somewhere, I forget where, wrote -  "... America as a whole ..." and I thought 

America as a Hole?

Another typo - "In September 2007, a crash of the Proton rocket in Karaganda region resulted in a two-month ban on the missions of the Russian workhore launcher... "

Workhore Rocket?? This gives rise to a new word - Workwhore.

"The place where I worked was a nice enough environment, but I was still basically just a workwhore."

Will's Wild Wordy Web Warblings wiggles westward .....