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March 08, 2006

Idiomatic

he.jpgZoë! I'm home!

zoe.jpgDaddy! We made fudge for you!

he.jpgThat's totally airwolf!

zoe.jpgRather, it's totally fudgewolf!

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DLeland

Airwolf was one of my favorite shows growing up.
Dave's top ten list of 70s/80s guy shows.
1. Get Smart
2. Simon & Simon
3. Miami Vice
4. Sheriff Lobo
5. Night Rider
6. The A-Team
7. Rockford Files
8. Hawaii Five-O
9. Barney Miller
10. Cannon

Posted by: DLeland | March 09, 2006 at 12:04 AM

Saheli

I think Examined Life should sell Fudgewolf T-Shirts.

Posted by: Saheli | March 09, 2006 at 01:11 AM

jake

Does Zoë frequently start sentences with `Rather'?

For the record, I'd buy a fudgewolf t-shirt.

Posted by: jake | March 09, 2006 at 06:13 AM

jholbo

Zoë has started using 'rather' rather a lot at the start. It used to be that her favorite was, 'ACTually ...'

Posted by: jholbo | March 09, 2006 at 08:56 AM

ben wolfson

This is completely awesome.

Posted by: ben wolfson | March 09, 2006 at 09:55 AM

Daniel

How was the fudge? Was it totally fudgewolf or merely totally airwolf?

Posted by: Daniel | March 09, 2006 at 03:33 PM

belle waring

I have to say, I think it was merely airwolf. the fudge I made in the states using marshmallow fluff was totally fudgewolf. it's odd, because I used the real method, and thus stood over the stove stirring boiling cream and sugar for about 40 minutes. nonetheless, the fluff way delivers superior texture. live and learn.

Posted by: belle waring | March 09, 2006 at 07:09 PM

jholbo

Today we had a follow-up. Zoë had to go to the eye doctor because her regular doctor was worried that ... well, she's a Holbo, so she's sure to need glasses soon. Anyway, she did great. Eagle eye, we should call her. I congratulated her on acing the test. 'You did totally fudgewolf.' 'No, daddy. Rather, I did totally letterwolf.' Belle says that, as they moved down the rows, she very scrupulously told the nice man: 'it's a SMALLER e, it's a SMALLER b.' And so forth.

Posted by: jholbo | March 09, 2006 at 09:48 PM

Saheli

Letterwolf, not so much for the t-shirts. If you decide to start your own blogging company, however, that would be spot on.

Posted by: Saheli | March 10, 2006 at 03:59 AM

ben wolfson

"fudgewolf" for the undies.

Posted by: ben wolfson | March 10, 2006 at 07:47 AM

jholbo

Ah, Ben. I can just see the scene of your birth.

Doctor, 'It's a son!'

Ben's Dad, 'No, it's totally ...'

Anyway, as to Fudgewolf undies. It's always a race to the bottom with you, is it, eh?

Posted by: jholbo | March 10, 2006 at 08:22 AM

ben wolfson

So to speak.

Posted by: ben wolfson | March 10, 2006 at 08:40 AM

Christopher M

I vote that you see what you can do about getting her next sentence-starter to be "to be sure." (It also works well as a standalone phrase.)

Posted by: Christopher M | March 10, 2006 at 09:26 AM

ben wolfson

"To be sure"? Pah! I vote for either "Quite." or "I'm afraid I must dissent, for…".

Posted by: ben wolfson | March 10, 2006 at 02:17 PM

jholbo

I think 'Au contraire' should be our target.

Posted by: jholbo | March 10, 2006 at 02:28 PM

Anthony

A few weeks ago we were talking about what to name a chicken, and Thomas (5) considered the proposals and said 'Well, that's an option, but I would recommend we call him Thomas'.

Posted by: Anthony | March 10, 2006 at 02:33 PM

Carlos

Accurate quote from a four-year-old of my acquaintance: "I am not so mysterious! I am only a little girl. It was most likely Carlos. Yes."

The topic of conversation was, how did you come up with that... unusual concept? (The Ouroboros.) Needless to say, I had nothing to do with it. Maybe Jung was on something. On to.

Anyway, I thought that was totally steppenrider.

Posted by: Carlos | March 10, 2006 at 10:25 PM

Lux Fiat

Credit where it's due, I think the idea of using "airwolf" as an adjective (and a recursive, Airwolf-describing adjective) must come from this spoken-word bit:

http://www.ernestcline.com/spokenword/airwolf.htm

I forget how I know that, but I suspect that at some point, I followed a link from a blog.

Posted by: Lux Fiat | March 11, 2006 at 06:56 AM

Lux Fiat

Oh, and I think "Fudgewolf" is the best word I've ever heard. I'd totally buy a t-shirt that had an angry-looking piece of fudge with bat wings on it.

Posted by: Lux Fiat | March 11, 2006 at 07:13 AM

jholbo

Thanks for the link, lux.

We should probably start some kinda Cafe Press J&B coffee mugs. Fudgewolf & a Pony. Something like that. Or undies, as Ben suggests. Fudgewolf & a Pony undies would sell like hotcakes.

Posted by: jholbo | March 11, 2006 at 08:26 AM

Jon H

"Credit where it's due, I think the idea of using "airwolf" as an adjective (and a recursive, Airwolf-describing adjective) must come from this spoken-word bit"

I dunno, it's not that hard to believe two people with major mental stocks of 80s nostalgia could come up with it independently. And if you read Dave Cambell's blog, you'll see that "Airwolf as an adjective" fits well with the rest of his humor. It's not like an otherwise unfunny person who comes up with one funny bit that turns out to have been swiped.

Dave seems pretty good about passing on credit where it's due, too.

I know I'd never heard of the bit you linked to, so it's not out of the question that Dave didn't either.

Posted by: Jon H | March 11, 2006 at 01:47 PM

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