FLIP FLOP

What’s so funny about this? I’m always amazed at how relaxed dogs and cats can get and look when they’re lying around the house. Scooter, my own pooch, is no exception. Nobody does it better, especially when he spreads his legs and plops his head on the floor. When I saw a photo of a sheep and a dog lying on a kitchen floor together, I knew I had the right picture for today’s spoonerism. Another way to describe what these animals are doing is with the word “flop”. It’s a funny sounding word, to my ears at least, and it can be both a verb and a noun. In verb form it means to completely let your body go as you fall and land on the floor. It can also mean to move around on the floor in a lying position; this is known as flopping and the best example is the movements of a live fish out of water on a boat deck or floor. Another very different meaning is to fail at something, but that’s an audioboo for another day. In old school slang the noun flop can also mean a bed or a room in a cheap