gwax's rumblings

Avast, me hearties! Fer ye that do not know, today, September 19^th, be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Enjoy the day whilst ye can, fer she be but once per year. Yarrr!

It’s pos­si­ble; think about it.

There are lots of rea­sons why a mar­ried cou­ple might fail to con­ceive chil­dren: steril­ity, bad luck, bad genes, not know­ing what sex is, you know, the usual.

Obligatory quote to draw the reader into fol­low­ing the link: ‘A clinic spokesman said: “When we asked them how often they had had sex, they looked blank, and said: “What do you mean?”.’

Those wacky Germans.

Sweet son of a mon­key! I just real­ized that it’s April Fool’s Day. I have to do something.

Taken directly from The General Laws of Massachusetts: Chapter 272, Section 62

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CHAPTER 272.CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, DECENCY AND GOOD ORDER

Chapter 272: Section 62 Third con­vic­tion of being a com­mon nightwalker

  Section 62. If a com­plaint charges a per­son with being a com­mon night­walker, and it is proved at the trial that such per­son has been twice before con­victed of the same offence, such per­son may be sen­tenced to the house of cor­rec­tion for not more than two and one half years or if a male, to the Massachusetts refor­ma­tory, or if a female, to the refor­ma­tory for women.

Hey, it’s Friday the 13^th. What’s more, it’s Friday the 13^th in a February. In nor­mal cases, a February Friday the 13^th means that there will be three Friday the 13^ths (I’ll leave that to you to proove for your­self), but this is no ordi­nary case; this year is a leap year. That is all.

Taken directly from The General Laws of Massachusetts: Chapter 272, Section 80E

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CHAPTER 272.CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, DECENCY AND GOOD ORDER

Chapter 272: Section 80E Use of decom­pres­sion cham­bers for putting ani­mals to death

  Section 80E. Whoever puts any ani­mal to death by the use of a decom­pres­sion cham­ber shall be pun­ished by a fine of not less than one hun­dred dollars.

Taken directly from The General Laws of Massachusetts: Chapter 272, Section 18

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CHAPTER 272.CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY, DECENCY AND GOOD ORDER

Chapter 272: Section 18 Fornication

  Section 18. Whoever com­mits for­ni­ca­tion shall be pun­ished by impris­on­ment for not more than three months or by a fine of not more than thirty dollars.

As stolen from Wordsmyth.

• over­tone — (often pl.) any sec­ondary char­ac­ter­is­tic that qual­i­fies an over­all effect.
• under­tone — an under­ly­ing qual­ity, mood, or the like.

Nope, still don’t know the difference.