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Looks interesting…

especially in a revealyng close-up

No, not _my_ boss, really but I’ve heard this story from a native american friend who started teaching a new group – a team of clerks and their supervisor.

He asked each of them to say something about one of the others and everything went fine until one of the ladies said:
“And he is very dement…ing” pointing at the supervisor.
Now my friend, being a good teacher shot a quick hint before he could even think about it.
“-ed”
“Yes, he is demented” the girl corrected herself
“Ummm… he does not… look… demented” the teacher tried to smooth things down sensing the coming storm
“Oh yes, but I am demented” asserted the supervisor himself

What else could they have done not really aware of the difference between “dement” and “demand”.

> We got the question – what does “Life sucks! Get a helmet.” mean?
> I found it in today’s mail at work…

Oh, that’s just one of those sayings that we also have in Polish like
“life is brutal and full of zasadzkas” so you just treat it as a funny
warning against life in general. The interesting thing about it is the
“sucking” bit:

You can call someone a “sucker” if you think that “idiot” is to
strong, similar in offensive power to “loser”.

according to merriam-webster to suck (apart from the more common
meanings) can also be:

3 : to act in an obsequious (służalczy) manner;
*when they want votes, the candidates come sucking around— W. G. Hardy*
*he sucked up to the boss*

(slang) : to be objectionable or inadequate
*people who’ve seen the move say it sucks*
and this is the meanng from your saying