I'm reading Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's The Deeper Meaning of Liff. It's an encyclopedia with words that don't actually exist for situations that are all too recognizable.
So imagine my surprise when I come across the name of the town I was born in..Deventer. Apparently according to the esteemed gentlemen it actually means:
A decision that's very hard to take because so little depends on it - like which way to walk around a park.
Hmm I wonder what that says about me....
But this one definitely seemed rather familiar:
Duleek - Sudden realization, as you lie in bed waiting for the alarm to go off, that it should have gone off an hour ago.
So imagine my surprise when I come across the name of the town I was born in..Deventer. Apparently according to the esteemed gentlemen it actually means:
A decision that's very hard to take because so little depends on it - like which way to walk around a park.
Hmm I wonder what that says about me....
But this one definitely seemed rather familiar:
Duleek - Sudden realization, as you lie in bed waiting for the alarm to go off, that it should have gone off an hour ago.
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