Poetry is a good reason

roo's room, silly service desk is gleeful all over to present to you our neatest new thing. As you may know, libraries here can be annoying in several ways. They can cost money. They can not have the book you are looking for. They can even have, it's sad to say, somewhat less than friendly service.

This all leads me to offer to you the new, breakthrough service. It is free, it is fast, and it is friendly. And best of all, it has most of the words in the English language. My moose, foo and I hereby announce the look-up! service. If you show up just opposite my house and give me a call (or a holler) and ask, I shall read to you a definition from the OED2, from my balcony. Just say the word, and I'll look it up; just remember to look up yourself--I live on the second floor.

We have already had our first, satisfied customer. Mr. Tichy, astute reader and hellofamoose (which you will find is quite distinct from a heffalump), has noticed the use of the word "Chancery" in a certain short story by an American master who had traveled much by sea, and whose name I would prefer not to divulge. Devoid of duodecimal voluminous lexicon himself, Mr. Tichy has made expert use of the on-balcon service before urging the proprietor downstairs and off for a pint.

Don't wait for tomorrow! Address your scholarship needs right away! You are most welcome to still come to foo's diner, roo's room, for the traditional tea and lookup, of course. But if you're in a rush, just drive through your definitions! See you across the street!

I just remembered this P/A ad from a mall in Be'er Sheva. It's common practice in Israel to mix Hebrew and English words in the names of businesses. What you need to know is that in Hebrew, intimi means intimate.

So there was this voice ad, right? And it was for a matchmaking service. The service was called Intimi-date.