like the devil or whatever

classes wax interesting. interesting is a word that has developed from a verb but has lost most all ground as a gerund. wax is one of a small class of words (like be, become, seem) that can act as V in verbal phrases formed thus:r VP = V + AP.

we are throwing rocks at the mango tree of social life.

just amuse ourselves cultivating some specimen of low-budget refinement. get a full time checking the mail to see if you get any packages.

i used some prize money to buy an infra-red thermometer. to cultivate the art of deep frying and candy confection.


i decided to repeat a bawdy joke to one of my professors to get an explanation.

retulit:
I think Colbert's joke works the way it does because the conjunction-buttressing interpretation is normally restricted to narrative discourses (outside of narrative, iconic ordering is not available as a stereotype interpretation) and the relevant passage of the article he was quoting from was intended non-narratively.


go swimming sometimes.