RE: My mom is dying, going to need an ear.
January 22, 2018 at 6:39 pm
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2018 at 6:57 pm by Brian37.)
I just ran into a twitter acquaintance I met years ago.
A little backstory, even long before I met this person on twitter.
My mom growing up always tried to teach me lofty words for everything. Ottoman=stool, Calamari=octopus, caviar=fish eggs, ECT ECT ECT. No, she wasn't trying to sell herself as a billionaires wife, but she really wanted better for me. She bought me argyle sweaters and socks and jackets with the elbow patches on the sleeves as a kid. Never understood the appeal.
Anywho, fast forward to a few years ago. I had learned long ago what an "atoll" was. Simply a fancy term for a string of coral reefs or islands.
So a few years ago I meet a person on twitter who called themselves "BikiniAtroll" instead of the real island chain "Bikini Atoll".
I laughed so hard when I saw this, but immediately called my mother telling her of my find, and she laughed.
A little backstory, even long before I met this person on twitter.
My mom growing up always tried to teach me lofty words for everything. Ottoman=stool, Calamari=octopus, caviar=fish eggs, ECT ECT ECT. No, she wasn't trying to sell herself as a billionaires wife, but she really wanted better for me. She bought me argyle sweaters and socks and jackets with the elbow patches on the sleeves as a kid. Never understood the appeal.
Anywho, fast forward to a few years ago. I had learned long ago what an "atoll" was. Simply a fancy term for a string of coral reefs or islands.
So a few years ago I meet a person on twitter who called themselves "BikiniAtroll" instead of the real island chain "Bikini Atoll".
I laughed so hard when I saw this, but immediately called my mother telling her of my find, and she laughed.