Uisge Baugh

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Transmetropolitan

Sez Ground Control to Major Tom: Commencing countdown, engines on.

48 Hours from now we'll be at the Chicago airport, and 60 hours from now we'll be in County Limerick, yeah?

My guesses for the official in-flight entertainment on Aer Lingus:
-- 2 episodes of "Everybody Loves Raymond"
-- Memoirs of a Geisha
-- 2 episodes of a BBC sitcom that will involve antiques, a maid costume, or trains.

On a scale of 1 to 10, my delight in saying "Aer Lingus": Friggin' eleven!

A few things that rhyme (or nearly rhyme) with "Aer Lingus" that do not violate decency guidelines:
  1. Aengus (or Angus or Oengus) -- Celtic love god.
  2. Mundungus -- foul-smelling tobacco.
  3. Dendrolagus -- tree kangaroo.
  4. Dingus Day -- Polish tradition on Easter Monday, still observed in Buffalo, in which men chase women with buckets of water while the women whip them with switches.
  5. Spatangus -- a heart-shaped sea urchin.
  6. Thaumaturgus -- a Roman Catholic miracle worker.
  7. Charles Mingus -- jazz bassist/pianist.
  8. Xiphopagus -- congenitally-joined twins.

As Dave Barry used to say: I am not making this up.

"Four, three, two, one..."

1 Comments:

  • I'm hoping for a Jenny Lopez movie marathon on the plane, starting with Gigli.

    By Blogger Winter, at 8:10 PM  

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