Monday, June 30, 2014

Move your coccyx (a snazzier way of saying 'Move your butt')!

A classy headline (TODAY, June 30):


A so-so headline (ST, June 30):


Yes, Singapore seems to be getting hotter...


But, no, Singapore does NOT have the four seasons!...


And as this Sunday Times Q&A snippet admits, it is NOT TRUE that all Singaporeans will get MediShield Life subsidy (see earlier blogpost):



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One more fine-print eyebrow-raiser:




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Wah, this item is HOT! It even provides "wireless steaming"!...
(Receiver is misspelled too, plus other grammatical mistakes.)


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Time to get rid of those old, useless "door mates"? (spotted by Liane)...


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The Americans continue to be besotted with, and bewildered and bemused by Team USA's progress in the 2014 FIFA World Cup ahead of Tuesday's match against Belgium:

What Reaching the Quarter-Finals of the
World Cup Would Mean for the US

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2113999-what-reaching-the-quarter-finals-of-the-world-cup-would-mean-for-the-us

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Finally, two interesting medically-related terms I picked up:

DICKY KNEE (from Reader's Digest):
[Dicky (or dickey) = shaky, unsteady or unreliable]



COCCYX (from Baby Blues):
[the "tailbone", the final segment of the vertebral column in tailless primates, for example, humans. It's a great word for Scrabble players and trivia pursuers ("What is the scientific name for the "butt bone"?]  


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