Hi Charlie, it’s not a competition! No matter how often I clear some space, the stuff just creeps back. I realise it looks as if I’m trying to imply a certain creativity, but in fact it just irks me.
Oddly enough, I almost never consult the dictionary of slang as a reference book, but enjoy dipping into it. Have you run across Tom Dalzell’s The Slang of Sin, which is tucked into another corner of my desk and also makes for great browsing? And then there’s Geoffrey Hughes’s Swearing, which however is a history.
Charlie Butler
15 years ago
Okay, you win! (How often do you consult your dictionary of slang?)
Lee
15 years ago
Hi Chris, fortunately you can’t see the heaps on the floor! Or the dustballs…
Chris Poirier
15 years ago
Glad I’m not the only one with a messy desk. 🙂
Lee
15 years ago
Yeah, well, I am a little crazy – or a lot!
BTW, I’m busy revising that bit on the screen.
bookwitch
15 years ago
Hey, if I enlarge it I can read your screen.
bookwitch
15 years ago
That would drive me demented… But snow is always nice, unless you slip and break something.
Hi Charlie, it’s not a competition! No matter how often I clear some space, the stuff just creeps back. I realise it looks as if I’m trying to imply a certain creativity, but in fact it just irks me.
Oddly enough, I almost never consult the dictionary of slang as a reference book, but enjoy dipping into it. Have you run across Tom Dalzell’s The Slang of Sin, which is tucked into another corner of my desk and also makes for great browsing? And then there’s Geoffrey Hughes’s Swearing, which however is a history.
Okay, you win! (How often do you consult your dictionary of slang?)
Hi Chris, fortunately you can’t see the heaps on the floor! Or the dustballs…
Glad I’m not the only one with a messy desk. 🙂
Yeah, well, I am a little crazy – or a lot!
BTW, I’m busy revising that bit on the screen.
Hey, if I enlarge it I can read your screen.
That would drive me demented… But snow is always nice, unless you slip and break something.