Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Pop quiz

How did they describe hail (or) stones before golf was invented?

4 comments:

  1. uh, hail the size of moth balls?

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  2. Anonymous9:10 PM

    Holy Shit-cow! we gots hail the size of yo' mama's ass!

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  3. big, medium, and super-sized pebbles? (capitalizing on the "rock" element of hail "stones"--or would that be cheating? In which case, then perhaps we ought to pause before the metaphoricity of "hailstones" itself?)

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  4. lis: Did they have moth balls before golf balls? I should research that.

    mama-sofa: Yo mama deez nutz!

    lisa b.: now that you mention it, I wonder if the Germanic folks had images of Thor striking his mighty hammer causing hail to chip off?

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