tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post7936021537383567794..comments2023-06-11T04:55:09.337-07:00Comments on Alms for Oblivion: A Post That Will Not Be Funny at All Unless You Know How to, and Do in Fact ReadThomas Bankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-7583894764179869852007-05-29T01:46:00.000-07:002007-05-29T01:46:00.000-07:00I especially liked the Liliputian thing.I especially liked the Liliputian thing.Thomas Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-50460782480143033872007-05-29T00:02:00.000-07:002007-05-29T00:02:00.000-07:00I found my list of Russian combinations/puns (not ...I found my list of Russian combinations/puns (not book titles like yours, just familiar words and phrases). I translated/adapted as many as I could get to work in English. Here goes...<BR/><BR/>Infrared tape<BR/><BR/>Bitter tears of joy<BR/><BR/>Graph paper napkins<BR/><BR/>A Red Square root<BR/><BR/>A trade union of soviet socialist republics<BR/><BR/>Anemic vampires<BR/><BR/>A young couple about to tie the Gordian knot<BR/><BR/>Lilliputians suffering from gigantism<BR/><BR/>Kremlin brûlée<BR/><BR/>The Four Headless Horsemen of the Apocalypse<BR/><BR/>A ten-gallon hat trick<BR/><BR/>Tombstonehenge<BR/><BR/>No man is a deserted island<BR/><BR/>The orangutango<BR/><BR/>All Quiet on the Spaghetti-Western Front<BR/><BR/>Vermonte-Carlo<BR/><BR/>A chimpanzebra<BR/><BR/>A bibliophiling cabinetJeff Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114418077449866628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-52959370355047626352007-05-23T01:52:00.000-07:002007-05-23T01:52:00.000-07:00It was good. I just got back, and I have a lot of...It was good. I just got back, and I have a lot of pictures taken from the top of the Empire State Building, the interior of the Museum of Modern Art, and elsewhere.Jeff Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114418077449866628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-36974884797982972692007-05-21T17:51:00.000-07:002007-05-21T17:51:00.000-07:00Jeff- good to hear from you. How's NY?Jeff- good to hear from you. How's NY?Thomas Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-22569506441851124732007-05-21T16:31:00.000-07:002007-05-21T16:31:00.000-07:00I have a long list of combinations like these that...I have a long list of combinations like these that somebody gave me, only it's in Russian.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to check and see if any of them work in translation. A lot of them depend on peculiarly Russian ways of stringing together polysyllabic compounds.Jeff Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114418077449866628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-41748991313135399732007-05-16T21:08:00.000-07:002007-05-16T21:08:00.000-07:00Amusing, I must say.Amusing, I must say.Lincoln Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711350850746990193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8117439219993737916.post-35216076760356533282007-05-16T13:42:00.000-07:002007-05-16T13:42:00.000-07:00Realized in the place of #3, "Portrait of a Lady a...Realized in the place of #3, "Portrait of a Lady as a Young Man" would've been an improvement.Thomas Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855333805635398250noreply@blogger.com