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| 2006年05月25日(木) |
Up, Up and Away! |
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Rain, rain, rain. I hope it lets up soon.
UPの持つ意味は多用であり、面白い（苦しい）イディオムがいろいろあるというお話をどうぞ。（知人より「アップ、アップ」という名件名で拝領。ネットのそこここにも有り。このページの題名はSupermanが漫画で空へ消えてゆくときによく言っていたものを拝借。同名のヒット曲もあったなあ。）
中には、腑に落ちぬもの、落ちるもの、その中間あたりでうろうろするものなどもろもろありそうですが、いくつDOWNできるかチェックしませんか？
＜以下原文＞
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special .
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.... Time to shut UP!
Oh...one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? U-P
| 2006年05月13日(土) |
やってみたい/見てみたいjoke最近のNo.1 |
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厖大なJewish jokesのサイトからひとつ発見。ビジュアルとオーディオの両面で秀逸な作品です。
以下、一部修正し万人向けにしました。
これはいつかやってみたいものです。（すぐやるでしょうが・・・）
ここに載せればいつか誰かが見てやってくれるやもしれない。
ぜひ近い将来見てみたいのでどうぞよろしく。
A man walks into a shoe shop and tries on a pair of shoes.
"How do they feel?" asks the salesclerk.
"Well, the left one feels a bit tight," replies the man.
The salesclerk looks down at the shoe on the man's left foot and says, "Try it again, this time with the tongue out."
"Well, ith thill feelth a bith tighth.”
パンチラインのポイントは、靴のtongue（日本語でタン＝砂除け革とか）と口のtongueの混同。
日本語でも行けそうな。いや行ける。
ちなみに靴各部の名称はhttp://www.madras.co.jp/office/kutsumame_04.htmlに詳しい。
Have a good laught!
このジョークは次の厖大なJewish humorのサイトに。
サイト名：THE JOKES OF awordinyoureye.com
URL:http://www.awordinyoureye.com/jokes40thset.html
| 2006年05月10日(水) |
かるい脳梗塞を知る３つの方法 |
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知人から送られてきたものです。
Hi Everyone,
It's not a bad idea to know the symptoms of a stroke. I would think that these symptoms signal a mildish stroke. A serious one will render a person unconscious.
Take care.
STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Steps
20 March 2006
My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks Seriously.. Please read:
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this...
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S *Ask the individual to SMILE
T *Ask the person to TALK . to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
(Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.
というわけで、STRがstrokeの最初の３文字であるのも覚えやすいですね。
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