Sunday, April 27, 2008

Overheard in front of the TV...

...during a DR lawn gizmos commercial:

R: "'Scarifying' the dirt?"

T: "Yeah. There are little monster faces on the bottom of the mower deck that go 'Boogity-boogity-boogity!' and the dirt goes 'Eeek!'"
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

The first time I ever saw that word was in Churchill's history of WW II, where he warns Pétain and Weygand that relinquishing the French Fleet to the Nazis would "scarify their names for a thousand years of history".

(vol. II, "Their Finest Hour", p. 217)

4:22 PM, April 27, 2008
Anonymous said...

Uhm, the root word of Scarification isn't "scare" it's "scar". In horticulture, it means to damage the outer coating of a seed to encourage germination.

It has other meanings, including Body modification.

4:45 PM, April 27, 2008
Anonymous said...

Thank god DR doesn't make a scabbler. yet.

5:16 PM, April 27, 2008
Tam said...

htrn,

Yes, but the DR voiceover guy made it sound like their mower would leap out from behind doors and yell "BOO!" at the ground.

9:13 PM, April 27, 2008
closed said...

Whirling blades do a great job of scare-ing ( or scaring ) me.

10:01 PM, April 27, 2008
Anonymous said...

Hmm, a garden implement that terrifies plants into growing...

There's a patent in there somewhere.

6:26 AM, April 28, 2008
Anonymous said...

1. This is why I don't read your blog with food in my mouth, the two have proven incompatible;

2. I believe tomorrow after work I shall say, "boo," to my lawn, and see what happens. I mean, just to be safe.

12:32 AM, October 31, 2008

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