Monday, October 01, 2012

Overheard in the Hallway...

RX: "You know that it is going to rain tonight and you have books on the basement floor..."

Me: "Yes. Believe it or not, I am cognizant of these facts."

RX: "Wow, Tamara knows big words like 'cognizant'!"

Me: "And 'elephant'!"

RX: "'Elephant' isn't a big word, it merely describes something big."

6 comments:

Bubblehead Les. said...

Phraseology from the Doc Savage Novels springs to mind, but since my "incomprehension approximates an incontrovertible neo-science," I'll let the Great Lester Dent answer for me.

That is, if I can find the right volume for my response....

Anonymous said...

Wait, "elephant" has only 1 fewer letter than "cognizant," so, if "cognizant" is a big word, "elephant" probably is, too. (Absent a precise definition of "big word.")

Ego, on the other hand...

global village idiot said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944cPciN-kw

roland said...

"We're getting our asses kicked by the inventor of Scrabble".

Fuzzy Curmudgeon said...

Sinatra: "Have you heard -- ARE you cognizant of the fact -- that they are saying things?"

Martin: "Am I whatnizant?"

Sinatra: "Do you know what they're saying about YOU?"

Martin: "And how about you?"

Sinatra: "Me?"

Martin: "Yeah, you, with that elevated suit on, yeah, you, you, you."

And that's where I learned the meaning of the word "cognizant" at an early age...from the Rat Pack.

Roberta X said...

It is important to be cognizant of elephants. They are too difficult to deflect.