The Telegraph broke the story with "You look stunning, babe," then changed it to "You look beautiful" presumably to bland it up and not offend the royal family. This is the more interesting version thus the one I used. (I took the link from the Herald, which did not change its syndicated copy from the Telegraph after the latter amended the original.)
My question is, why couldn't they use those fancy directional microphones that are in all the spy movies? I mean, as long as we're going to eavesdrop....
What familiar saying with seven words has seven consonants in a row? The answer is a common saying, in ordinary English. Sometimes it's expressed in nine words rather than seven, but it's the same saying. And either way, in one spot it has seven consecutive consonants. What saying is it?
Last week: Name something in seven letters that most people keep in their homes. Take the first, third, fourth and seventh letters and rearrange them. The result will be a four-letter word naming something that the seven-letter thing is commonly used for. What is it?
Highlight for answer: Aspirin, pain
Two weeks ago: The name of what character, familiar to everyone, contains each of the five vowels (A, E, I, O and U) exactly once? The answer consists of two words — eight letters in the first word, four letters in the second.
Highlight for answer: Question mark
Three weeks ago: Name a well-known person from the 20th century who held an important position. Take the first and last letters of this person's last name, change each of them to the next letter of the alphabet, and you'll get the last name of another famous person who held the same position sometime after the first one. Who is it?
Greatest leadoff man of all time and Rickey Henderson
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5 comments:
How do THEY know what he said?
'Fess up: did you get up and watch?
I did. Another advantage to being female!
Read the article: a deaf lip-reader was seated nearby.
You seem not to assume I was invited.
I didn't get up to watch it, but I found myself awake in the wee hours so I watched a little before falling asleep again.
There are at least three 'lip-reader' versions out there--no two alike.
I think he said, "You look beautiful;" /b/ is easy to spot, being a plosive.
The Telegraph broke the story with "You look stunning, babe," then changed it to "You look beautiful" presumably to bland it up and not offend the royal family. This is the more interesting version thus the one I used. (I took the link from the Herald, which did not change its syndicated copy from the Telegraph after the latter amended the original.)
My question is, why couldn't they use those fancy directional microphones that are in all the spy movies? I mean, as long as we're going to eavesdrop....
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