Recent content by Feng_Li

Illegally, one presumes.

I'm with Tiller. Sneakers even feel unpleasantly squishy to me.

Verisimilitude demands that there be town gossip and folks who don't get along!

The the city government's interest is in property that will generate the most tax revenue. If it becomes set on development it can often invoke eminent domain.

Put on some lipstick and seal it with a kiss. On the inside of the letter if you want it to be a surprise, or on the outside of the envelope if you want his buddies to tease him about it.

Don't go 'round tonite fer it's bound to take your light there's a bathroom on the right - Creedence Clearwater Revival -- the sun don't shine the moon don't move the tight twoosh piccolou - Robin Trower

Tongue slightly in cheek, I would point out that there are multiple agreed conventions in mathematics, as in language. "+ 2 2 4 =" may not work, but "+ 2 2" would be a perfectly valid example of Prefix notation. Similarly, "2 2 +" would also work, and "6 2 2 * +" can get you 10. It merely...

Orwell had the best take on the topic: From Politics and the English Language, which more students should read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_rot_(leather) The close-paren didn't make it into the original link.

When a button fly requires more dexterity than you possess...

I assumed that was what you meant, but one never knows. My father, for example, refuses to allow his steak to touch anything but the grill.

At least one foreign-language dictionary. Or a work of literature in the original, which he can and has read.

I think "once a season" is based on the assumption that it will put into storage the rest of the year. Clean wool is less likely to attract moths.

I have rarely observed an American who put mustard on his meat, unless it was in a sandwich. I find this odd, because it can be very tasty - just ask all those Southerners who make barbeque sauce with a mustard base. Cody Pendant is entirely correct in his other two statements. Steak should...

They are common in Switzerland.