Archive for September, 2010
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Why axe-murderers?
Have you ever wondered about that? Why, when appraising people’s capacity for extreme villainy, or disavowing our own, do we use axe-murder as a catch-all term?
Is axe-murder a particularly horrible form of murder? I’d certainly prefer it to being killed by any number of other esoteric tools. An implement more well-suited [...]
On Favours…
Favourer: There you go.
Favouree: Oh, thank you so much! Seriously, you have no idea how appreciative I am.
Favourer: Go on then.
Favouree: Sorry?
Favourer: I don’t like my own ignorance. How appreciative are you?
Favouree: Er…
Favourer: I’m not asking for recompense or anything. It was a gift from me to you. It cost me [...]
