The Comfy Corner

You always read about internet scams but you never expect to become a part of one. I recently fell victim to one of these fraudulent hooplas in the most unexpected of ways...

I was purchasing my "Shakespeare Glossary" by C.T. Onions on Amazon, the book that my professor LaFeber (He's got La "Feber") said I will undoubtedly use for the rest of my life. I was quite excited to receive this book (I love glossaries! It's like one big organized list!). I sat on the stoop for weeks just waiting for the UPS man to arrive (at least, that's how I remember it). But, when I finally tore open the packaging and flipped through the pages I was greeted with utter confusion of numbers and weirdly worded phrases.

I immediately got discouraged by the book thinking that it was just some highly academic enigma that would take me years of training to understand. But, the other day in class, Anthony brought out the same copy of the book and said it was an internet scam that was made by some computer-robot scanning machine or something. When I got home I took a closer look at some of the definitions. Here are some examples from one random page in this large book of gems:

1) Music - NATUBE hares habituatlly pass, or run, when hunted, for relief

2) Minnock -(?)onewhoapesorfoolsabout MND. HI. ii. 19

3) M. isg'overnm (S.): fig. evil conduct

And my favorite:

4) m, isplace (not pre-S. in any sense): to use words in a wrong place

I know Shakespeare is likeaforeignlanguage, but com,e on: (?)