Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Thea got a present today from her mum (she says mum, not mom or mommy or mother dearest or MOM so, I'll respect her opinion and refer to her mother dearest as mum - why not, right?) and it was the hugest package I've ever seen! Seriously, this thing was mammoth. Well, I mean, for a package from UPS anyway. Something like four and a half feet tall and two and a half feet deep and wide. yowza. PLUS, it was just chock full of peanuts. Caution: incoming tangent. So, I was wanting to type chock, you know, to say chock full of peanuts, and I'm all like, Melissa (that's my roomate), Melissa, how do you spell chock? As in chock full? Is it like chalk? or is it choc? And she's all like, I think it's chock. Well, so, wanting to be the studious fellow, I looked it up and, low and behold Melissa, of course, was correct. A chock is a block (as in block of wood) that one places under a wheel or some such thing in order to prevent whatever the wheel may have belonged to from rolling away. So... how does chock full make any sense? Well... it seems chock can also mean as completely as possible. And then it said, as in "chock-a-block full." So my question, dear friends, is who ever says chock-a-block full? I mean honestly, has anyone EVER heard ANYONE, at least until now, say "chock-a-block full?" Just curious. Anyway, so it was just chock full of these peanuts and Thea, bless her heart, just tipped the container upside down (and over her face, too! - the brave soul) in order to ascertain the cavernous carton's contents. Well, it was a sewing dummy, or what I guess is called a dress from and she was excited so that's good for her. yup.

posted by _paul @ 9:04:00 PM

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