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Originally Posted by montsnmags
I am reminded instantly of the time on The Simpsons when Homer was listening in his sleep to what was meant to be a subliminal weight-reducing tape, but instead was a vocabulary-improver. In the end, after he'd given it up (and after we got to watch Homer use all sorts of delightfully tasty words), there's a final scene...
Homer: Marge, where's that... metal deely... you use to... dig... food...
Marge: You mean, a spoon?
Homer: Yeah, yeah!
I don't quote this to make light (well, okay, maybe a little), T. I say it because its instant recollection is because I am known (mostly to the Loved One, to whom I can't prepare and fake otherwise) for being unable to get the words out. For me it's "the...thing...with the thing...you know...for turning...barbecue...".
Cheers,
Marc
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When my wife has a migraine headache, one of the most obvious symptoms is that she starts losing words. On one infamous occasion she told me to "put the thingy on the thingy by the thingy!"... extremely emphatically.
I had to ask for a translation. Of course, I didn't realize at the time that she had a migraine, so starting with "I'd like to buy a noun..." was a particularly back move.
Xenophon
(Now Dr. Xenophon!)