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Anyway, back to the "bizarre" incident. Â I went outside early this morning to discover our basketball pole, backboard and goal lying at an angle across our driveway. Â It was snapped off about eight inches above the base just as cleanly as if it had been sawed through. Â The pole was set in concrete, and I have never even seen it waver. Â We get a lot of wind in Oklahoma, especially in the Spring, but none of us heard the wind last night.
I'm convinced it had to have been a swirling cloud that snapped it off. Â I just cannot believe a straight wind would have done this. Â Kenna's SUV was sitting on the driveway and it missed her hood by about a foot. Â
Now, I'll have to find someone who has a welder to get it upright again. Â We all like to shoot a few baskets from time to time.
The word "bizarre" got me thinking about words that do not have degrees. Â Have you ever heard someone refer to a person or entity as "the most perfect....."? Â Now, if something is "perfect," there's nothing that can be "more or most perfect," is there?
According to the Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style, here a few more words that are absolute and should not be used in the comparative or superlative degree. Â This list is not complete. Â Can you think of any others?
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