Little Miss Methuselah

Today, Dr. Elena Nicoladis, prominent linguistic theorist, professor of psychology, and fanatical mad scientist turns the great four-OH! Dr. Nicoladis, (in)famous for her controversial research into Forced Acceleration of Linguistic Acquisition For Embryonic Learning (FALAFEL), is quoted as quite jokingly having said, “Some folks are under the distinct impression that forty is an ‘f’ word. Well, even though it is undeniable to say that the word forty does begin with the letter ‘f,’ that simply does not make it a word in any way congruent or synonymous with the other “f-word,” which is both offensive and inappropriate at any celebratory juncture, but more than anything proves etymologically enigmatic due to the fact that the populace at large in both academic and more primitive social spheres is in actuality uncertain of it’s linguistic origins or…(and she goes on and on for another hour or so)…parasympathetic nervous system in speculative conjecture with Dr. Stanford Beer’s educational supposition juxtaposed with other, more contemporaneous generative linguistic theory can bring the sound of this idiomatically recognisable "f-word"…(another ten to fifteen minutes)…and to recapitulate, the apposite, or suitable f-word associated with turning 40 should be that which has it’s earliest origins in the obsolete Middle English verb fonned or fon, which meant to be foolish or to befool, but which we now use more colloquially to signify a sense of whimsical humour-inducing….”

Ok, ok! So, basically, you find that turning forty-years-old is fun?
“Exactly. That’s what I was about to say if you’d let me finish! Geez-Leweez, you can’t get a word in edgewise with this fucking guy…!!”

Happy # Forty Sweetheart!! eXeXeX and OhOhOh