Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Protista
Okay. I'm going to have to quote my concise Oxford dictionary on this one, because I can't figure out a way to say this in my own words. Here goes: a protista is a kingdom of organised beings not distinguished as animals or plants. Despite my extensive education, I am none the wiser on what a protista actually is. But never mind, the invented meanings gave me a lot of joy and that's what matters most. Thanks for your enthusiasm and well done to a new player, Osobutterfly, for a winning entry on the poll. Fly our way again soon.
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A protista is someone who insists that a "professional" does everything, makes everything and sells everything that they buy, preferrably a well-known or famous one. These people want a cosmetic surgeon that caters to celebrities, an orthopedic surgeon that repairs pro athletes, and their favorite movie is the one that was #1 in the box office last weekend. Protistas are similar to "brand whores" and snobs.
Someone who protests everything! If there's a march or a rally or a cause to be embraced, a protista is in the front line.
Protista is the current rave in Italian restaurants. It's a wonderful dish consisting of twirly macaroni, peppers, mushrooms, sausage, and tomato sauce. It used to be called spaghetti with sausage and peppers, but restaurants found that if you rename an old standard you can charge twice as much for it.
Protista (n) Member of a strange old Church of England sect who objected to anything vaguely "Papist" - including Italian words!!
Protista is something of a slang term for the followers of TISTA, The Inner Sight Through Anonymity. This is an exclusive religious group for actors who could not find fulfillment through dianetics, kaballah and scientology. The Protistas have been in negotiations to get Ashton and Demi as their spokes-zealots, no agreement has been met at this time. At one point their was buzz about TISTA courting Tom Cruise and Madonna. Cruise declined comment but Madge was quote, "Me, anonymous! Did I wear 12 inch cones as a bra for nothing?"
A protista is a dilettante who hops from one fashionable cause to another until one gets boring, then finds something to complain about very loudly (usually these complaints are directed at other people involved in the cause when they call the protista on some BS).
A protista is, simply, a small protestor. I should know, I have 3.
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