I was messing around with some sidewalk chalk on our patio. I have an idea for a future header, so I wrote LIFENUT in an obnoxious shade of purple. As I prepared to snap a picture, Sam looked over my shoulder.
“I know what that says. It says LIH-FEN-UT.”
“LIH-FEN-UT?” I answered.
“It must be French? Like the French word for piglet, which is porcelet.”
He walked away, leaving me to consider if he was the only one who reads my title that way. Plus, where did he learn the French word for piglet?
Yes, dear readers. All this time you’ve been wrong.
LIFENUT is simply the French word for PATHETICALLY GRASPING FOR THINGS TO WRITE ABOUT.
Ha ha ha!
Melodee’s last blog post..The past packed into boxes
Aha! And here I’d always thought it was German…
Heidi’s last blog post..Flat Stanley?Saturday? A Visit with Natalie!
Actually, I thought it meant “blog I love to read”!
Randi’s last blog post..it can get rocky out there
Oh that Sam! He’s a cultured one, huh?
I have always assumed it was because you are a nut about life . . . maybe I haven’t read far enough back in the archives to get the real story?
Megan@SortaCrunchy’s last blog post..Work, Interrupted
That is hysterical!
Becoming Me’s last blog post..Measuring Motherhood with a Broken Ruler –My Journey through Postpartum Depression
That is so funny!
Joanne’s last blog post..Spring Has Sprung
Thats really funny!
A few weeks ago you told me your son had to go through all the allergy testing too, well the Dr can’t see our son until June, and the Dr has prescribed him Zyrtec until we get the testing done, did they do that with you child? I feel a little uncomfortable giving him medicine when we don’t know what’s wrong yet, just wondering how it went for you? I thing I read you live in a large city, we live in the boondocks, so good Dr’s are hard to find and the Asthma and Allergy specialist comes only once a week from a larger city 2 hours away, so that might be why things go so slow here.
Happy Mommy’s last blog post..Things that make my day better
Well, I love the piglet idea:)
noble pig’s last blog post..What I Would Do With My Tax Refund…If I Were Getting One
I love it! What a bright boy, applying what he learned 🙂
Ann’s last blog post..Answered Again!
I have been wondering about the pronunciation of “Lifenut.” Thanks, Sam! 🙂
Jamie’s last blog post..Laugh It Up, Fuzzball
I don’t know French, but I’m wondering if perhaps I should be pronouncing the “t” silently (can you pronounce something silently? Anyway) in that case, it would be “Life Anew” with a funky spelling. See how deep you are?
Inkling’s last blog post..The Fortress of Solitude
I always thought that “libellule” was the prettiest french word. We have a NOT French last name but live in a town with a big French population and people are always trying to say our NOT French last name with a French accent. It doesn’t work!
Rebecca’s last blog post..Happy Things
Come on Sis, give credit where credit is due…I coined the term Lifenut over 10 years ago while burning you a mix CD. 😀
I believe it was the song “Life in a Nutshell”? Correct?