Archive for the 'Correct' Category

literally throws herself at men

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Lilly McElroy likes to throw herself around. At men, onto her bed, through the air. A performative photographer and video artist, McElroy seems to have a lot of fun making refreshingly spontaneous pictures. I asked her to explain the procedure behind her photographs and this is what she sent me:

“I started the project by placing […]

literally go for broke

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

You didn’t think we were just going to pick on Democrats, did you?

Rudy Giuliani wants us to go for broke, literally: his answer to the economy’s short-run problems is a huge permanent tax cut, which he claims would pay for itself. It wouldn’t.

“Go for broke” is a gambling term that means “risk everything to reap […]

literally chained to my desk

Friday, October 12th, 2007

It’s been raining literally comic strips lately (but not literally raining comic strips).
First from the strip “Working It Out” a man is literally chained to his desk. Click for more comics:

Then from the strip “Clear Blue Water” a woman literally has a cow. Click for the complete strip:

(Thanks, Derek and Lorraine)

literally laughed our heads off

Monday, October 1st, 2007

From the Baldo comic strip:

(Thanks, Lorraine)

literally on youtube

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Jack Danyells created this funny video about the misuse of “literally”: