Occasionally, I run across little tidbits on the internet that I deem worth sharing.
These are usually things that tickle my, often snarky, sense of humor.
Or confirm a feeling of superior self-righteousness.
These are usually things that neither mon mari or the dogs find the least bit humorous.
The following are my favorites from the “Top 10 Internet Rules and Laws” as appeared in the UK Telegraph (on-line) today:
Skitt’s Law:
Expressed as “any post correcting an error in another post will contain at least one error itself” or “the likelihood of an error in a post is directly proportional to the embarrassment it will cause the poster.
(This is particularly true when writing a post about writing or grammar or spelling… – my input)
And don’t I know the truth in that!
Pommer’s Law:
Proposed by Rob Pommer on rationalwiki.com in 2007, this states: “A person’s mind can be changed by reading information on the internet. The nature of this change will be from having no opinion to having a wrong opinion.”
And we may all know the truth in that!
The Law of Exclamation
First recorded in an article by Lori Robertson at FactCheck.org in 2008, this states: “The more exclamation points used in an email (or other posting), the more likely it is a complete lie. This is also true for excessive capital letters.”
It is reminiscent of the claim in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels that the more exclamation marks someone uses in writing, the more likely they are to be mentally unbalanced.
According to Pratchett, five exclamation marks is an indicator of “someone who wears their underwear on the outside”.
I love Pratchett….
I also love poached eggs.
One of my all time favorite egg dishes and all time favorite first course is Poached Eggs in Red Wine.
(I just looked at my blog to post a link and discovered I have never posted this recipe!!!!! Really!!!!!! Okay, enough, I’ll do it next week.)
It is, IMHO, the consummate DO.
When I was in the US, the DS asked me to fix it for dinner one night. His SO then came forward and said she really wasn’t particularly fond of foods cooked in red wine; she found the deep purple color to be off-putting. Fortunately for household harmony, the eggs retain their pristine white color, it’s only the sauce that is deep red.
Still, it started me thinking…. Why not Poached Eggs in White Wine?
And, as long as it’s mushroom season…. Why not mushrooms in the white wine?
In the opinion of both moi and mon mari: It was good, very very good, but not nearly the same bliss-inducing experience as the Red Wine version
The recipe, Poached Eggs in White Wine, has been updated and re-posted here: Eggs in White Wine Mushroom Sauce.
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Want the red wine version. NOW.
I’m still yearning for some yummy fresh tomatoes that I could chop and heat up and then poach the eggs in the juice, then pour the whole shebang over polenta…I had that so many times this summer, and it was so delicious. And now the good tomatoes are gone… *sob.*
Your 10 Laws of the Internet looks cool and Poached Eggs in White Wine and Mushroom Sauce has added taste to my wine.
Your acronyms remind me of this lovely phrase: FUNEX? YSVFX! NVFM2.
Wheeeeee!!!!! Who ME? Unbalanced??? Me????!!??
The white wine mushroom sauce sounds lovely. But no poached eggs for squeamish me, thank you.
I can’t believe that the dogs don’t find the tidbits humourous. Or at least pretend to. They do remember that their lack of opposable thumbs makes solo dining difficult don’t they? (Why is Firefox telling me that “opposable” is incorrect and to try “imposable” or “disposable”?)
Amy, that sounds delicious – bring back summer!
Thanks, Beth, I’ll come visit ;-))
Elizabeth, I’m stumped – what IS that? It’s been bugging me….
Read it out loud, letter by letter and you should get it….