Those Pesky Wombats
The other day I was walking through a field when I saw a wombat running by, or maybe it was a monguse, actually more like a minks or muskrat.
Actually that is completely false ... but brings up a very valid point. What exactly is a wombat? Or for that matter, any of the other animals listed above. I have come to discover how many words I use and hear on a daily to weekly basis that I have absolutely no idea of there meaning. If you were to line up 2 simmilar animals, I would not be able to tell you what a monguse was. I couldn't even tell you what general shape they have... I'm guessing it is four legged and furry, but thats about all. And this goes for words as well, not just animals. They are those words where, brought up in a conversation, you just nod as if you were intrested and try and apear as if you know what you are talking about. Like for instance the swaging tool, something to do with connecting cable I think. And on a brodder note, a cadilidic convertor, I know it is in a car and has something to do with the reduction of emmisions but I don't know where it is or what it even looks like. And some of you zooologists and mechanics are sitting back in your chair laughing at me right now becuase of my seeming ignorance as to the muskrat but if you really think about it I'm sure there are plenty of words you hear everyday, even some you use that you really have know idea as to their meaning.
So next time you are out walking and you see a wombat, give me a call, I'd love to see it.
-Alex Gray
posted by Alex Gray at 7:37 PM
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7:55 PM
Let's see...wombats are a marsupial native to Austrailia so i doubt you'll be seeing one anytime soon. But they look like oversised hamsters and get to the size of a midsized dog. Minks (which you attempted to use as singular) are small slender semi-aquatic animals which would resemble a weazel or an otter. A muskrat is an aquatic mammal. It would resemble a beaver. It is round like the wombat but small like the mink. It also has a longer tail than a wombat. Monguse (or mongoose if you'd like to spell in correctly) are furry, carniverous mammals. Of the list above they would most closely resemble the mink though in reality the two look nothing alike. If you were to see the two together the mongoose would be tanner in color, have longer legs, and its fur would be more corse. There now you will be able to discern the difference between all four if need be. Who am I? You know me...just guess
9:50 AM
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