chiasmus

Seanahan has triggered an indelible memory. Though it was my mother who had the musical talent in the family, my Dad would regularly bring down the house with his rendition of "The Charladies' Ball". Here is the chorus.

CHORUS: At the Charladies' Ball said one and all,
"You're the belle of the ball, Mrs. Mulligan."
We had one-steps and two-steps and the divil knows what new steps.
We swore that we never would be dull again, by dad.
We had wine, porter and Jameson. We had cocoa and all.
We had champagne that night but real pains next morning,
The night that we danced at the Charladies' Ball.

Full lyrics can be found here:
http://www.black-brothers.com/songs/26.htm

Right. What fbharjo said. *arms crossed*

I want real pain for my sham friends and champagne for my real friends.

Oh. Well... *head hurts*

Reseetee - That course of - of course that ???? yes sey

I think fbharjo was riffing on the word's etymology, yes fb? I've noticed that you enjoy doing that. :-)

Well, if you bracket it in your comment (can you still edit it?) then we could all click there whenever we get to this page. That'd be cool. :)

I think this word is a little more elegant though.

Also, reading the wiki page for this word makes my head hurt. It's lucky I don't have to understand Latin poetry for any conceivable reason...

chiastic was posted long ago. What a double cross!!!!!

If you want to head off a balanced attack by your enemy, you must balance a tack hammer on your head.

Close, anyway...

Love it! Can't think of any good ones though... Wait! "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Is that one?

Don't let a kiss fool you, or a fool kiss you.

I can't believe nobody has posted this.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.