Hurricane Sandy Zeugma

Hurricane Sandy survivors in my neighborhood have decided that the best coping mechanism for a cold dark powerless house is to find someone with electricity and drink all their cold beer . . . so Hurricane Sandy has not only severely damaged New Jersey's infrastructure, but it has also severely damaged our livers.


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9 comments:

  1. zmanNovember 4, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Agreed. It's like OBFT out here.

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  2. robNovember 4, 2012 at 12:28 PM

    zeugma! you elitist bastard.

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  3. PedantNovember 4, 2012 at 2:53 PM

    Syllepsis.

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  4. DaveNovember 4, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    wow -- NO ONE understands the difference between syllepsis and zeugma . . .

    zman, do you have power?

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  5. zmanNovember 4, 2012 at 6:11 PM

    I have power. And I'm no longer hosting my in-laws as they have power.

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  6. zmanNovember 4, 2012 at 6:12 PM

    How is damaging infrastructure and damaging livers syllepsistic?

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  7. PedantNovember 4, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    Syllepsis is used to create an intentionally humorous effect, although maybe Dave was being unintentional. If so, I'll take my hat and leave.

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  8. zmanNovember 4, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    I guess I don't understand the difference between syllepsis and zeugma.

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  9. DaveNovember 5, 2012 at 6:53 AM

    no one writes the word "zeugma" unintentionally.

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