AND IT'S FOR SALE! It is readily obvious to me that, the owner of this particular vehicle, has been diagnosed with a condition that, in order not to confuse you, I will refer to as "no balls!" The seller, I predict, has also been incapable of interpreting the phrase "grow a pair," and the whole ugly series of events can, without a doubt, be blamed on the public education system that we are all saddled with. Work with me here; who in the hell needs a two-story POS pick-up truck? After you visit the 7-11 and you (unfortunately) drop the pack of condoms out of your pocket, there is no way in hell that you are going to risk a broken limb (or two) to get back on to terra firma (dry land; the ground as distinct from the sea or air, for you Aggies in the crowd) to retrieve the condoms. Which, in turn, means the probability of pro-creation (with or without testes) of this fine upstanding specimen of homo sapiens has just increased ten-fold. But I digress...July 12th, 51 years ago, at just about this time of the evening (it was eastern time though) my dad was in an ambulance on his was to Seaway (I think) hospital in suburban Detroit. By this time, he may have already died, but I did not find out about it for another hour or two. And, as luck would have it (read in to this whatever you like), I had given him a call on my lunch break at 6-ish, to tell him I had gotten paid and went to Thom McCann and bought a pair of black wing-tips. Many of you have heard this tale (ad nauseum), so I won't bore you with more details, but it was on this date, 51 years ago, at about this time, that my dad died.
Turbid -- Adjective. 1. cloudy or discolored by suspended particles. 2. confused, muddled. The speed of the water flowing over the dam becomes obvious only when one observes the turbid water roiling below.
Did You Know? Turbid and turgid (which means "swollen or distended" or "overblown, pompous, or bombastic") are frequently mistaken for one another, and it's no wonder. Not only do the two words differ by only a single letter, they are often used in contexts where either word could fit. For example, a flooded stream can be simultaneously cloudy and swollen, and badly written prose might be both unclear and grandiloquent. Nevertheless, the distinction between these two words, however fine, is an important one for conveying exact shades of meaning, so it's a good idea to keep them straight.
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