Lip service

Reading a website, I came across the phrase 'lip service'. I ask my two totally awesomely amazing co-workers what it means. They discuss the fact that it means to talk something up; to speak well of something, but also that it also indicates falling short in regards to taking action.

"Hipsters pay plenty of lip service to safety [actually they don't], but they still don't have brakes on their bicycles."

After a few minutes of conversation, I ask the real question:

"So, it's not something dirty, then?"

No. No it's not.

The hardest part...

I've continually found that the most difficult aspect of writing the Polecat blog is avoiding using words like: 'titty', 'tatas', 'dildo', 'cock-'anything, 'homo'. Well, it's hard getting criticized for dancing around these words and they're all pretty much direct quotations or at least hominems. So, in true George Carlin style, I'm using them all here. If you ever need a dirty word for an earlier post and you're not quite sure what word to use, just pick one from above.

You've been Polecatted.

Father is Not Safe for Work

Getting a snack while at work, a particular word comes up (it's not important how). This word is somewhat amusing sounding and so, when it's simply the Polish word for 'father', there's no reason not to repeat it several times at different speeds and intonations... in front of a tour group.

Who knew that the Polish word for 'father' is 'tata'?

Herbs gone wild

"The fish isn't great ; I like the dill though."

An innocent statement, until you have a Polish accent and don't pause quite long enough between the words 'dill' and 'though'. Let's just say that we were sitting at dinner and suddenly three people were strongly unsure how the conversation went from the quality of the food to items which can be purchased at a semi-famous SF store that has nothing to do with Earthquakes. (Here's a hint -- Earthquakes cause vibrations.)