Kampong chicken eating house? And how the 4-Tan race might just pan out...

First, thinking back on the crazy English stuff (yesterday's posting), here are a few more off the top of my head:

Overwhelmed... is the opposite underwhelmed? What about just simple being whelmed?
Mouse is to mice... so house is to hice? Spouse is to spice? (computer mouse... computer mouses or computer mice?)
Real estate agents... as opposed to fake estate agents? Is it the estate that is real or fake, or is it the agent that is real or fake?
Meanwhile, a contractor's job is to "contract", right? After all, a renovator's job is to renovate.
Singapore Anti-Tubercolosis Association... that's clear. But Singapore Cancer Society? Action for Aids?
And is a child psychologist a child who practises as a psychologist?
Air-flown beef... is it cheaper to have the supply "sea-flown" here?
Hand noodles, ladies finger, finger food... yucks!
And last but not least (for now), "Kampong Chicken Eating House" (you can Google for the pic; it's in Tiong Bahru). It's either a Godzilla chicken or a teeny-weeny house! And anyway, is the house now gone? And has the chicken crossed the road?

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Okay, onto the serious stuff.  An article on the Elected Presidency issue in the Temasek Review Emeritus attracted an anonymous comment -- on the voting dynamics now that it is a four-Tan race -- which I thought was worth mulling about. Here is its key extract:

"Remember that based on the last GE and a study by the Institute of Policy Studies, about 35% of the voters will blindly support any donkey if it [is] a PAP donkey, and 20% will support any ass so long as it [is] an anti-PAP ass. The remaining 45% [are] the “thinking” swingers.

"Before [Tan] Jee Say got his COE [Certificate of Eligibility], Tony Tan was widely perceived as the candidate that the PAP would like to win, Dr Tan Cheng Bock was the centrist, and Tan Kin Lian was the perceived anti-PAP candidate. It was thought that in a three-Tan race, Tony Tan might lose while in a one-to-one with Cheng Bock, Tony Tan would lose.

"Now, there are two perceived anti-PAP candidates fighting for the 20% core vote. And four candidates fighting for the 45% swingers. And Tony Tan still has his core 35% vote."

Wow, 27 August is gonna be interesting after all!