Tuesday, February 14, 2006

from a WHAT?

Slate has a recurring feature called "Bushisms," a compilation of some of the President's most spectacular malapropisms. I love it, especially since I have an occasional habit of committing the same assault-and-battery of the English language myself. Like, for instance, today:

"I know what you mean. I really had to change my routine to increase my effectiveness in this job. For instance, I used to have to get up and drink coffee and read the paper for 30 minutes before I got in the shower and went to work. It made me really cranky if I didn't get to do that. But I found that I wasn't getting enough done in the day. So now, I get up and immediately get in the shower and just drink coffee on the way to work. I get here a lot earlier and have a significant amount of quiet time before the day really starts. And let me tell you: I am a creature of habit. Getting me to change my routine is like getting blood from a goat."