Wordplay - Blog Posts

Croc Monsieur 16th July, 2021.

Eye fell tower

My be abit over used but still a good time

(eat) your promises, (make) out more

it’s doing what??

Would like to suggest an alternative ship name for the Obi-Wan and Satine thing:

Satobi

Now, I know, it's not the most aesthetically or aurally pleasing word, but if you say it quickly, it sounds like "sad Obi," and that's just so appropriate.

(Disclaimer: I don't know much about the whole ship-naming thing, so apologies if this breaks any rules of nomenclature, but it was a fun way to play with sounds and meanings.)

pov: you're (on co)caine

futilitarian

Something that is utilitarian in its futility.

As you dive deeper into the chosen fate of your career, I hope you find the unexpected happiness and blessings in every step you take. ✨

I woke up at 3am ,

it was a really sad dream,

Filled with death and dispair.

Fell asleep again,

To dream a sadder one.

And the rhythm played,

Until it was time to rise from bed with the rhyme of morning alarm.

But my mind and body were unenthusiastic to conquer the world.

And I realised the reason for sadness which linger

Upon me all day.

*STAIN*

It was dried with fire of sun

But still shinned bright on the white

Small enough to ignore

But red enough to resist

He marked her with evilness in all eyes.

She was cursed,

Left alone to fight with thousand knives betraying inside her ,

While her flower bloomed too bright to hide.

Alone , afraid she was.

All those eyes ,black, brown, green , blue made her stranger in yesterday's loving world.

After so long, the world was static .

From centuries past still we are in the depth of darkness.

If you clean the vacuum cleaner, you are the vacuum cleaner cleaner.

So, a vacuum cleaner cleaner makes the vacuum cleaner cleaner.

English added by me :)

This is so relatable what the fuck.

yeah no offense to confucius or anything but if i was about to embark on a journey of revenge i would simply not dig two graves

Hormone is apparently short for ホルモン焼き, horumon-yaki, a dish that originated in Ôsaka. It is made from miscellaneous organs, but the organs aren't where the hormones come from... It is marketed as a meal that can improve stamina, but ホルモン is also close to 放る物, read hôrumon in the local dialect ôsaka-ben, which means "discarded things", which is what horumon-yaki is made of. Maybe the latter came first, and was construed in to ホルモン as a kind of joke.

With thanks to @felvass for the hint.

Friendly faces on Dôtonbori

Dôtonbori is the street to go restaurant crawling in Ôsaka (if you have the stomach). As there's a lot of venues, there's a lot of competition, so a lot of wacky stuff to draw the passer-by's attention.

If anyone knows why this restaurant is called Shôwa Hormone, please let me know. Shôwa, I can guess, is nostalgia for the post-war Shôwa era; but Hormone needs a good story behind it!

Is this guy mad at people double-dipping their fried skewers?

By the way, that's two fronts featuring another monument of Ôsaka, Tsutenkaku tower, just in case you forgot where you were.

Finally, we have this guy, a true local hero: Kuidaore Tarô. This animatronic was introduced in 1950 as a mascot for the Cuidaore restaurant, which has since closed, but Tarô and his drumming were such a stable of Dôtonbori, that people clamoured to have him back.

I dunno. I think he looks like Brains from Thunderbirds under the influence of the Mysterons. A figure of his time though.

"Kuidaore" by the way, is from the proverb:

京都の着倒れ、大阪の食い倒れ Kyôto no ki-daore, Ôsaka no kui-daore Spend all your money on clothes in Kyôto, and on food in Ôsaka

Today, "kuidaore" is colloquially translated as "eat until you drop" - so go restaurant crawling if you can!

✨📓Story time📓✨

Featuring @anobodyinabog

Just a little snippet based off a conversation with me and friend talking about our plans for Spring Break. I had asked for a list of her favorite snacks because ✨RoAdTrIp BaBy✨ and she had mentioned Goldfish.

I looked at her, and she looked at me, and I looked at her, and I could see the moment of realization in her horror filled eyes.

And I, ever true to my Jayus nature, without mercy, looked up with a grin and said without hesitation, “ Yo girl is your name Goldfish? Cuz you’re the snack that smiles back.” 😏😉👉🏼👉🏼

Needless to say the conversation ended shortly thereafter. She started to walk out 😆

ngl, schwa is actually kinda mid.

Some may say its sub-herb