Mints are a great way of getting rid of the smell of a 3 year old suffering from gastro-intestinal distress that a brisk cycle through a gale followed by a shower just won’t shift. At least I hope they are.
Shouldn’t there be a word for the type of smell that is no longer present, but somehow seems trapped in your nasal cavity? I bet there’s a word for it in German. A long word, with a v in it.
Imagine you’re standing in an elevator, listening to a podcast that uses the word ‘outlaws’. You wonder idly why the opposite of ‘outlaws’ isn’t ‘in-laws’. Or maybe it is, and you should put it on a poster with a cute kitten dangling from a wire or something and sell it on mindlessplatitudes.com.
Well just don’t, OK?
Worried about your level of coffee consumption, but need something to give you that kick in the mornings? Try this simple substitute:
At times it is most efficient to have your significant other throw the car keys to you, rather than walking over to him or her. Be advised that if your significant other is a) a girl, or b) throws like one, it will not be more efficient if you are standing near some guttering, even if said guttering is 8 feet off the ground.
We’re flying back to the UK in July, and were looking for a cheap ticket (of course). From Minneapolis the cheapest option was to fly to Chicago, then Dublin, then either Manchester or Birmingham. We decided that on the way we’d stop in New York for a week to see family, and while investigating possible flights discovered that the two separate journeys either worked out cheaper than booking the entire trip in one go, or were about the same price but required only one stop (the one we wanted!)
This got me thinking that if you’re flying from a big hub city (not a notional one like Minneapolis), and particularly from the biggest cities like New York, it’s worth spending a few minutes to investigate similar options. Many cities will have airlines offering cheap flights to and from NYC, and there are similar good deals from New York to many European destinations. In theory the price optimization the airlines use should catch and match such options, but in practice they’re not able to compete against all airlines on all routes, and often don’t even want to – there are sufficient buyers out there who just book the straight ticket to put much effort into catching the wily or blundering 1% like me (and now you).