{"id":2833,"date":"2015-06-05T05:30:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2015-06-05T05:01:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T15:01:28","slug":"whats-in-a-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=2833","title":{"rendered":"What’s in a drow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently a lot – especially if you read things backward.<\/p>\n

Here’s the latest craziness in getting your feelings hurt.<\/p>\n

Off we go to the City of Brotherly Love.
\nPittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Home of the Steelers – one of the great football teams of the 70’s.<\/p>\n

\"ziggin-zaggin-02-sized\"<\/a>Nine buses out of Pittsburgh’s 700 have a slogan on them.<\/p>\n

ziggin zaggin<\/em><\/p>\n

Something to do with riding the bus I presume although it doesn’t make much sense to me.<\/p>\n

But then I haven’t had my coffee yet.<\/p>\n

These buses have had this since 2003.
\nYup, 12 years.<\/p>\n

From out of nowhere some folks with either Dyslexia or boredom at the bus stop have decided this hurts their feelings if they read\u00a0it backwards.<\/p>\n

Do you get the feeling America is going just a bit nuts?
\nOr maybe a lot.<\/p>\n

I suspect these are the same people who worry about some monster in their closet at night.<\/p>\n

How about these when you read them backwards?
\nLive
\nSnug
\nLived
\nDog<\/p>\n

The list could be much longer but I need a nap.<\/p>\n

We could mix this together with all the nut jobs upset with people “misusing” the ALOHA word but that would drive most sane people off the deep end.<\/p>\n

There’s too few of us left as it is.<\/p>\n

\"ziggin<\/a><\/p>\n

May I suggest this be committed to memory…<\/p>\n

Sticks and stones will break my bones<\/em>
\nBut words will never harm me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go forth and practice it.
\nPlease.<\/p>\n

And stop reading things backwards.
\nIt’s stupid.<\/p>\n

Some of you are making most of us grumpy.<\/p>\n

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