Have you folks heard of the Washington Mensa Invitational Post? Of course you haven’t! The things I have to do to educate you (sigh!).
Well, as it goes, once upon a time dear Washington or maybe it was dear Mensa, if not dear Post, who started a contest asking readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Witty that so many people are, they were flooded by replies and some of them were absolutely brilliant.
Sample,
Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
And,
Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
Not to be outdone, we have tried to come up with our own set of Mensas’ , just that instead of words we are playing around with the world, rather, some of the beautiful places we would love to see one day. Hope you have fun reading, and if you would like to contribute your own entries, well that would be fantastic, mate!
1) Finkland – A Scandinavian country full of mean people who secretly keep firing rockets in the sky at night and insist they should be called ‘northern lights’. “Bloody Finks!!!$#@^#$”
2) Urass Mountains – A rugged hilly mass separating Europe from Asia, and prompting people from both sides to call each other names synonymous to fleshier, lower parts of the anatomy. “Your ass.” “No sir, your ass.”
3) Glibraltar - A mighty rock overlooking the Suez Canal, and full of charming, talkative, loquacious …. sea gulls.
4) Waterloo - The historic place of battle where the famous Napolean and his imperious army lost to the forces of the Duke of Wellington simply because the French had no access to bathrooms and were quite miserable. The English had cunningly removed the water from all the loos.
5) Yelba – An Italian island primarily used for exiling strong French emperors and rendering them to come up with eloquent quotes, albeit very loudly. One time as the emperor hollered “Able was I, ere I saw (y)elba,” his horse turned around and smacked him hard for screaming in his ear.
6) Farcelona - A race of hot men and hotter women, so good at football that every time there is a news report of their loss, they nod their heads vehemently in disbelief and will have none of it. “Arsenal beating us?!!! It’s a farce … ole!”
7) Hamsterdam – The place where all sexually deprived rodents want to head to!
8) Dopenhagen - Over multiple years has Denmark and its cities been recognized as the “happiest” in the world. Well, dope is what prompts hope, eh!
9) Spotland – A race that’s covered with marks all over their limbs and urgently need to realize that in that case, they should just stop wearing those tiny, airy skirts they insist are actually kilts.
Well, that’s all for now, folks. Do you have any that you could think of? The comments section is waiting for you!
When Neeraj is not busy watching cricket,dimpling or doubling up as a Dilli tour guide,he likes to masquerade as a travel/sports writer.
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