More Handpainteds to Treat Yourself!

A little funny to start off the week…

MENSA Invitational Word Game

The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word fromthe dictionary, and alter it …

by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:
1.Cashtration(n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. 2.Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
3.Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4.Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5.Bozone(n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6.Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid
7.Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8.Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
9.Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10.Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease.(This one got extra credit.)
11.Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.
12.Decafalon(n): The grueling event of! getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13.Glibido: All talk and no action.
14.Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15.Arachnoleptic Fit(n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
16.Beelzebug(n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 17.Caterpallor(n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.

 

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.  And the winners are: 1.Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2.Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3.Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4.Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5.Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6.Negligent, adj. Absent mindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7.Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8.Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9.Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10.Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11.Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.
12.Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13.Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14.Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15.Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16.Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

From Humane Society International

New Colourway

Northern Lights is a brand new colourway I whipped up on one of the balmy days of January!  On the cold clear nights, there is a sea of stars in the sky and….I often think…”I’ve never seen the Aurora Borealis in the northern sky” so…I created my own.  Enjoy the show!

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HPS back in stock

I’ve been taking advantage of the gorgeous mild weather outside to catch up on the Handpainteds.  They’ve been out of stock since November so bam glad to get a few done.  In stock now is

Spring Flowers

Mountains in the Moonlight

and Autumn Harvest all found at http://www.indigomoonyarns.com/index.php?cPath=65_75_14

Lace knitting in red

I was thinking…isn’t it funny that we just did lots of red a few months ago for Xmas…and now red is coming up again!  Well this time, the knitting is delicate and just for you.  Until Jan 28th (or while quantities last) purchase the Exquisite Lace Blend and get 20% off if you mention this post b1242012.  Exquisite Lace is a soft and delicate yarn that is 50% Merino wool and 50% Mulberry silk…with 1080 yds per skein there is plenty to knit up a shawl for yourself

Enjoy!

 

http://www.indigomoonyarns.com/product_info.php?products_id=676

going fast….

Wow The Ultimate Sock yarn sure flew out of here quickly!  I’m almost out of Big Winds Moon, Midnight Song, Divine Purple and Crimson….if you are looking for any of these colours you might want to pop over to the store asap at http://www.indigomoonyarns.com/index.php?cPath=67&cart=1c6f02b35e3c5cb2b2eeb2253a04f7a7

There’s a few West Coast Sunset and Ravishing Red too….I won’t be dyeing more up till March probably….unless I can pull all nighters for a few weeks!

Enjoy the snow…and keep knitting up a storm!