It mattereth not to me!
Nor should it to ye!
Actually, it's bated. Bated breath, not baited breath.
But hey, whatever floats your boat, baby.
I mean baited breath could have a negative connotation. Bait, often use in fishing is typically quite smelly, hence that kind of baited breath can kill or maim any potential friends or acquaintances within a five mile radius.
But regular bated breath may or may not be smelly.
Depends on what you ate for lunch.
And if you floss regularly.
However, I've got bated breath right now.
Can you hear it?
Sounds huffy and puffy.
All this past week, I've been randomly shrieking around the house or in the car, "I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!"
My family has not appreciated it very much. I often catch them off guard. And the startles, whilst amusing, have produced less than stellar consequences. Food spills much?
But I can't help myself!
Just four more days of bated breath and then...
Relief!
I VOLUNTEER! I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!
Woops, sorry. Apparently, it can happen ANYwhere. Even in cyberland.
Yes, The Hunger Games movie starts THIS Friday and they got me: hook, line, and sinker.
Never mind about the bait.
Just be there with or without bated or baited breath!
Don't got bait or bate?
Don't worry.
I've got your bated or baited covered too.
Just in case.
The things I do for my readers.
I rock.
Mint, anyone?
B.S. No Tributes were harmed during the production of this post.
11 comments:
A smart zombie like you would already know what I'm going to say, but you know me - I'm going to say it whether it needs saying or not.
"bated" is short for "abated", as in foreshortened, or, in other words, sort of breathless because of excitement or terror. There you go!
I'm definitely going to see it too!
I just know I'm not going to get to see it Friday. I just know. BUT...Joe assures me we will. Down here in the land of the near-dead, I'm hoping not to be over-run by those damn kids and teenagers. They have no right seeing MY Hunger Games!!! It's all about ME!!!
I'm happy for you. Kinda clueless, but happy. Haven't read it, but it sounds like I'd like it. (How patronizing.) Hope it lives up to your expectations or at least comes close.
I will probably see it. However, I can't figure out how I have just heard of it. Everyone else has read the book and I'd never heard of it until the movie marketing began. I'm so out of it.
I'd never heard of The Hunger Games until this movie came out. I dont what it's about. I dont know anythingit it at all. I feel so stooooopod.
Loved the trilogy of books. I'm with you Quirks (aren't I always?). I can't wait to see the movie.
Mike, get with it man.
Methinks the lady protest too much.
I thought a little bit o' bard was in order here, seeing as how he was the first to use 'bated'.
The Merchant of Venice, in which Shylock says to Antonio: “Shall I bend low and, in a bondman’s key, / With bated breath and whisp’ring humbleness, / Say this ...”.
(isn't google AWESOME? Yes, yet it is.)
I'm hungry.
Got bait?
I was breathless this morning when the cat hopped on my belly.
Hee Hee.
I'm going back to bed now.
I'm finishing the last book of the trilogy right now. I love this series and cannot wamt to see the movie!
I hope it lives up to your breath, bated or otherwise. :)
Post a Comment