Flossophy Friday February 1 (Reformatted if you didn't get it on Friday)

February 1, 2019 (Reformatted 2/5/19)

Bonjour Fellow Muscovites,

We are concerned that footnotes hardly ever have anything to do with feet. In fact, we can’t even remember the last footnote that even noted feet. Mostly, "footnotes" are about a bunch of head trip crap with Latin bullshit like i.e. and op cit and "to wit." So in the spirit of bold pro-activity, we are making some real foot notes for next week and welcome your contributions* as well.

Fictionary Friday: from the forthcoming book of new words.

Peegloo (pee-gloo) noun: A cozy little domed hut made of snow so your dog has a nice place to micturate during a polar vortex.

In a sentence:
Urine trouble if your peegloo melts.

Fizzdom Friday: from our collection of favorite quotes.

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." -- Mark Twain

Wikipedia Friday Favorite:

In honor of the intersection of curiosity and logarithmically expanding human knowledge, we offer a weekly favorite obscure Wikipedia page.

(And if your peegloo melts, you might want a water clock.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_clock

Ponder this Short Cut, the weekly blog on jonathanmarcus.org:

In honor of our favorite bad-ass super-hero women, we offer The Next Testament.

Reader Replies of the Week:

We’re grateful to have received thoughtful replies to our (apparently) helpful hints on how to use the lovely ~~~ tilde. To wit:

2nd place goes to Michael G. of St. Augustine, Florida: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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And the Grand Prize goes to Jean Pruitt and Don Cowan, who win a crate of the promised Danishes (day-old, well, they were a day old when we purchased them, oh, never mind).

Polka dot ambulance, speeding in reverse through downtown Charlotte

Friday Fluff Tip:

Chris Cox of beautiful downtown Richmond, Virginia, points out that the tilde is handy for passwords.

Thanks, Chris, for reminding us that we have some lightly used, previously owned passwords to share . . .

We used them only once when we needed a password for a fake bank account from which we donated $175,000 to the opposing political party, which was effective in getting the muckety-mucks to give us a call. So we chatted them up, apologized for the mix-up, and made them beg for the money** as soon as they fixed their platform.

Anyway, never mind, here are some solid passwords you can use for a very modest fee***:

~~~§¢$boinkFRUITCAKE~~~

KeepAStiffUpperChin¡™£££

Π≠πThiSmeanSSomethingElSEπ≠–

All the best, see ya soon, write if you (do) or (do not) see a melted peegloo.

OKAllright,
Jonathan ~~~~~~~~~~~~
www.jonathanmarcus.org

Feet Notes:
* Footnote #1: Send us your Foot Notes.

** Don’t worry, they never got it. Heck, we never had it.

*** Just $11.99 for all three, this week only while supplies last!