Dunk

The Word of the Day for March 9 is "dunk."

dunk: (verb) To plunge into liquid; immerse.

Synonyms: dip, douse, plunge, souse

Usage: She instructed me to dunk the garment in the dye for fifteen minutes, but I accidentally for got it in the bucket for an hour!

Relevance to my life: As I made the perfect G and T with Boodles gin, Polar tonic and Rose's Sweetened Lime Juice Cordial, I was nearly salivating as I added the final touch: dunking a hefty wedge of lime in with the ice cubes.

G and Ts are a summer drink for me. There is something about the bright, citrusy lime and crisp, juniperiness gin which scream out "HEAT WAVE!"

I always used to like Bombay Sapphire in the blue glass bottle, both because I'm oddly attracted to square-ish bottles and blue glass. Plus, it features a stern-looming Queen Victoria on it. How can that be bad, I ask you?



Then a friend turned me on to Boodles.

Oh, how my taste buds sang!

Ever since then, all other brands of gin seem harsh, with a definite tang of Pine-Sol.





Tanqueray is no Boodles, but these Tony Sinclair commercials got a snicker out of me.

Immutable

The Word of the Day for October 29 is "immutable."

immutable: (adjective) Not subject or susceptible to change.

Synonym: changeless

Usage: Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.

Relevance to my life: Denial is a strong force, it prompted me to bang myself against the truth, an immutable brick wall, but no matter how many times I screamed "No," my child was still dead.

What it is NOT: unable to be muted -
The Mute button on the damned remote is stuck, now the tv is immutable! wrong but funny lol

Example from the movies: In The Shawshank Redemption, when Andy naïvely mentions that he might simply ask Warden Norton for more funds to expand the library, Brooks explains that that is not likely to happen:

"Son, six wardens have been through here in my tenure and I've learned one immutable, universal truth: Not one of them born whose asshole won't pucker up tighter than a snare drum when you ask for funds."

Now for some scenes from the movie, and other randomness:





Icy-cold, Bohemia-style beer



Mozart



Escape

Clancy Brown, who played Captain Hadley, the foul-mouthed, baton-wielding guard also provided the voice of Mr. Krabs from Spongebob and the arch-enemy The Kurgan in Highlander. This naturally makes me think of Queen.

Who Wants to Live Forever