Things I’ve learnt thanx to my new “profile”:
1. Padded Brassieres:
They aren’t those thingammies that simulate fuller Simon and Garfunkels for ‘em gals accidentally blessed with …well, 3dimensionally-challenged breasts. Instead, in the newsroom this term (surely created by a male chauvinist swine trying to make a dig at the archetypal woman who pleases ‘man’kind with her voluptuousness) refers to stories that are 99 per cent faff and 1 per cent news.
Ironic, that I didn’t find the reference funny… maybe it had something to do with the prurient look that followed it.
2. Mandrax:
Not to be confused with its bacterial cousin Anthrax, is the name of a barbiturate type sedative drug called methaqualone which was commonly prescribed as a sleeping pill by doctors in the 1960s and 1970s. Both medical and non-medical use led to many fatal overdoses and the drug was withdrawn in the 1980s. In other words, it was a habit-forming drug used as a sedative and hypnotic.
So, does anyone know where I can get my hands on some? ;)
3. Cute:
He who checks out his wife is damn sweet.
4. Sigh!
I miss being the darling of an all-men desk… :)
They aren’t those thingammies that simulate fuller Simon and Garfunkels for ‘em gals accidentally blessed with …well, 3dimensionally-challenged breasts. Instead, in the newsroom this term (surely created by a male chauvinist swine trying to make a dig at the archetypal woman who pleases ‘man’kind with her voluptuousness) refers to stories that are 99 per cent faff and 1 per cent news.
Ironic, that I didn’t find the reference funny… maybe it had something to do with the prurient look that followed it.
2. Mandrax:
Not to be confused with its bacterial cousin Anthrax, is the name of a barbiturate type sedative drug called methaqualone which was commonly prescribed as a sleeping pill by doctors in the 1960s and 1970s. Both medical and non-medical use led to many fatal overdoses and the drug was withdrawn in the 1980s. In other words, it was a habit-forming drug used as a sedative and hypnotic.
So, does anyone know where I can get my hands on some? ;)
3. Cute:
He who checks out his wife is damn sweet.
4. Sigh!
I miss being the darling of an all-men desk… :)
posted by ironyofdparadox at 12:35 pm
5 Comments:
Of the 4 lessons
that made you
pen prolific
thanks to
the new profile,
I have found
a kindred soul
in number 3
for I too am
forever on a
checking-out-”my-wife”
spree
As for 4,
I shall refrain,
that’s an experience
that’s eluded me
in vain
1’s as old as “the hills”
but by “pointing” out
that what appears
from afar often isn’t,
and what hasn’t
been “noticed"
might just be
is interesting symbolism
for a newsie
to see
that leaves us with 2
to be tackled with
yep, your knightess
in pining armour
will help you
get your hands
on some,
as long as we agree
to stick to a
twosome
hmmm...i see u r learning fast
To egos' alter...
Once again,
I bid thee
welcome to
the jungle,
my partner
in rhyme…
Knew you’d take
the plunge;
it’s about time…!
As for making
a “mountain”
out of a “molehill”
Jaswant Singh
took the cue
from me;
so how could
I, a “newsie”,
desist from
making
the reference
and make known
my preference
for the original
definition of
this term
for lingerie…
Moving on…
as far as
our ‘wasted’
escapade
is concerned,
both of us
need a dose
to get ‘potted’
and lay
comatose
...away from
this daily
grind,
indulging in
decadence;
out of sight,
out of mind!
Deep,
I maybe fast,
but I'm more
furious
about what
should've been
but couldn't be.
I guess
none could
understand
or see,
how they
hacked our
family tree!
if only i cud do anything. the loss is more mine than urs.
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