tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post143244921294718954..comments2024-02-19T07:51:46.118-05:00Comments on Throw Grammar from the Train: Cake or death?Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-60080743198374343252011-09-09T23:14:10.932-04:002011-09-09T23:14:10.932-04:00The French term for sliced steak is entrecote Robe...The French term for sliced steak is entrecote Robespierre. Much more gruesome that burger to die for.nycguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799769428539687855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-77222016964089775142011-08-31T22:11:48.786-04:002011-08-31T22:11:48.786-04:00Pretty strange. What's ice cream then?Pretty strange. What's ice cream then?hypnotism techniqueshttp://instantselfhypnosissecrets.com/instant-self-hypnotism-techniques/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-85405945790234442352011-08-30T19:14:15.760-04:002011-08-30T19:14:15.760-04:00I'm still trying to figure out that billboard ...I'm still trying to figure out that billboard and why it claims that ice cream isn't "food."Laurahttp://terriblywrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-40425525982952743132011-08-30T17:33:17.925-04:002011-08-30T17:33:17.925-04:00I think I've been to that ice cream place. It...I think I've been to that ice cream place. It wasn't too bad.Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607046468663026271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-70809271854529131402011-08-26T09:00:13.927-04:002011-08-26T09:00:13.927-04:00I once used the word "cliched" in a coll...I once used the word "cliched" in a college term paper. My prof drew a big red line through it and wrote "no such word!" next to it. Admittedly, this was (gulp) about 28 years ago. Now it jumps off the page at me when someone uses it as you did in your post. Has the OED accepted it in the staggeringly long span I've been out of college? I'd love to hear your comments on it as it seems to appear everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-66798083424235570812011-08-25T23:21:09.448-04:002011-08-25T23:21:09.448-04:00Everyone likes an Eddie Izzard allusion.Everyone likes an Eddie Izzard allusion.T. Roger Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304103509683960962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-83404979731162658632011-08-25T11:20:11.019-04:002011-08-25T11:20:11.019-04:00Hi Jan:
The infelicitous ice cream billboard did i...Hi Jan:<br />The infelicitous ice cream billboard did its job very well; Ad Age would probably give it a 100percent rating for successful advertising, but I couldn't agree with you more. The terrorized steak is simply a case of bad taste (I hope the steak tastes better than it sounds). What they were really doing was tenderizing the steak, but of course that wouldn't sound as clever. As to the Vermont Country Store catalog, I've seen that ad, and I take your point. By the way, as one former editor to another, I enjoyed your column very much. Hope you keep up the blog.<br /><br />Marc Leavitt<br />marc1940@verizon.netMarc Leavittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-34123833600564419112011-08-24T23:02:06.984-04:002011-08-24T23:02:06.984-04:00The recipe for terrorized steak is said (here) to ...The recipe for terrorized steak is said (<a href="http://www.hearthandgrill.com/blog/info/charcoal-grill-terrorized-steak/" rel="nofollow">here</a>) to have originated with <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-jacques-medecin-1186011.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> unpleasant-sounding man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-17676977137578590562011-08-24T18:07:43.279-04:002011-08-24T18:07:43.279-04:00Ah, the terrorized steak makes its appearance here...Ah, the terrorized steak makes its appearance here at last! Glad to see it.<br /><br />Speaking of food to die for, for many years there was a hamburger stand in Davis, CA, called Murder Burger. Its slogan, naturally, was "So good they're to die for." When the place was sold the naming rights weren't included, so the new owners held a naming contest. The winner, chosen from among 7,000 entries, was Redrum Burger. Redrum, as fans of <i>The Shining</i> know, is "murder" spelled backward. The slogan remains the same.Nancyhttp://nancyfriedman.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com