Saturday, 7 August 2010

Haiku #226

Thanks to Ramadan
Sales of Vimto fruit squash rise -
a fasting tonic


This made me smile

From: I Never Knew There Was A Word For It
a nakhur is a camel that will not give milk until her nostrils are tickled.
a blatteroon is a person who talks too incessantly.
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5 comments:

  1. Jinksy7 August 2010 at 12:17

    Nakhur? I wonder if baby camels are born knowing this? LOL!

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  2. Elisabeth7 August 2010 at 12:38

    I hope I'm not a blatteroon. My mother sometimes is. Does it run in families?

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  3. Pamela Terry and Edward7 August 2010 at 16:48

    What fabulous words!!
    I'm writing them down to liberally pepper my next conversation!

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  4. Glenn Ingersoll8 August 2010 at 05:16

    But a person who talks somewhat incessantly is a blateron.

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  5. Dave King8 August 2010 at 11:48

    jinksy
    Difficult to know, no?

    Elisabeth
    I'm sure you're not and I'm sure it doesn't.

    Pamela Terry and Edward
    The book is full of them, it seems.

    Glenn
    Like it!

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