You must be from Synecdoche.There's a song called "I Can't Spell Schenectady". I would google up the lyrics for you, but I can't spell it.
(chuckle, chortle, snort) Mike Geary M-E-M-P-H-I-S----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:38 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Schadenfreude Metonymy
Mike: "It'll be a very sad day for this country..." Do countries have sad days? If so:* America may brag about a new game it invented using a jack-in-the-box and a gyroscope, squandering years trying to sell the patent;* America may love to be x-rayed;* America may grow inordinately attached to caterpillars, dolomites, or samovars --- whether they belong to it or not -- and become enraged if it perceives them to be mistreated;* America may have one green and one blue eye and love to wear costume jewelry;* America may pour maple syrup on everything it eats. On that sad day rejoicing at a sticky situation, Tropes-R-Us ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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