Saturday, August 08, 2009

Saturday, August 8, 2009

travail \truh-VAYL; TRAV-ayl\, noun:

  1. Painful or arduous work; severe toil or exertion.
  2. Agony; anguish.
  3. The labor of childbirth
  4. To work very hard; to toil.
  5. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
Travail is from Old French traveillier, travaillier, from Vulgar Latin tripalium, "a three-staked instrument of torture," from Latin tripalis, "three-staked," from tri-, "three" + palus, "a stake."
making clay
  • Taking a shit. To make clay, To have taken a huge dump.
"I am making clay", "I just made clay" ,"I just made a clay sculpture".
Trivia
Who was the inspiration behind comedian Mike Myers’ skits as verklempt “Coffee Talk” hostess Linda Richman on TV’s Saturday Night Live?
  • His mother-in-law, Linda Richman.
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