Brevity by Dan Thompson for June 21, 2013

To be a successful movie, though, there might have to be some bare things that rhyme with…..

super derm with his band of trusty, hormone infested, pore clogged, pubescent mammary cases wage global “pro-activ” war… i see projectile pus!!

Old Dog…. sorry, but “ziti” doesn’t rhyme with “pity” (or “bitty.”)

It more or less rhymes with “meaty” or “Sweetie,” maybe a bit crisper on the “t” sound.

Beyond that…. Varnes, is that what you meant, cos I don’t really understand your comment …

…or for that matter, why Word War Ziti might be more of a joke than Word War Rotini or World War Orzo.

Once again, if there’s some cultural reference, it went right pasta me.

We Canadians call it World War Zed.

“Zed’s dead” -Pulp Fiction

World War Z is the new Zombie survival movie.

OK, I was wondering what “it” Ryan was referring to, so I Googled “World War Z” and discovered that it’s a 2006 book and a new film.

So…. for anybody else who didn’t know….

there you go.

Presumably that’s why it’s not World War Taglierini or World War Orecchiette.

Now I get it.

You could open a Civil War themed Italian restaurant called “Spaghettisburg”

well surely World War Ziti would be better than another dam Zombie movie

Susan, I thought it was pronounced like …..Well, a man’s favorite entertainment.

Varnes… . I…um….well…. I only thought of two words in that category…

Neither rhymes with “ziti” at all….In fact, er….one rhymes with “decks” and the other with…. hmmm…. not easy…. OK, it almost rhymes with “consternation.”

And then there’s the spinoff, The Guns of Provalone.