What do a camel, spinach, and a wheelbarrow have in common?

Answer: They're all words! I think that wins the award for worst joke ever. It wasn't even funny. I'm sorry I put you through that.

Anywhos, a picture is worth a thousand words. Actions speak louder than words. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

All phrases that we use everyday, all composed of words, regarding words.

Just think about it. Words are awesome. Words are impactful. (It's a real word- who knew?) Where would we be without words? We'd all be like the teacher in Charlie Brown. WA wa wa WA WA wa. It would be a strange, strange world.

Whilst reading The Handmaid's Tale, I couldn't help but ponder words like Offred does. There are so many words in this world. Hypothetically, if you put all of the words in a country, it would probably be overpopulated. Think about it. Every year Merriam Webster Dictionary adds words to the dictionary. I have an unabridged dictionary at home that might be as old as I am and it's massive. I can't even imagine how ginormous it must be now (fact: that word was added a while back).

The interesting thing is that Offred spends her free time contemplating words because she has nothing else to do. Imagine if the only thing you could do besides reproduce and go to the market was think about words.
Life would suck. But just the though of words or just the act of putting words into motion in Scrabble is exhilarating for her. I just find it fascinating.

I like the line "I think of the word, relish. I could eat a horse" (281). Besides the fact that I'm super hungry right now, (Like my stomach is going grrABDedfodjfio9k) I like it because I guess I never think about words just to think about them. Especially when I'm hungry and preoccupied, I'm thinking only about food and not about words like relish. Although relish is a food, so I guess that's ok.

Consider this:
"Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck" (270). Have you ever defined love as bad luck? I know I haven't. In our society, love is the highest achievement, even more so if someone loves you back. We say "I love you" like it's nothing, but love is giving part of youself away, so perhaps Offred is on to something there.

Sorry this post was lacking in wit and organization, I hope we can still be friends after this. Whatever words you ponder in your spare time is none of my business, but do remember this: Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.