Word: hilarius
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...look smart, but because I get to employ the underutilized o. Like that crazy Socrates, who made fun of his interlocutors while pretending to compliment them, Kierkegaard uses irony to force his opponents to avoid rehearsed answers and confront their true beliefs. He even wrote under pseudonyms like Hilarius Bookbinder, Nicolaus Notabene and Constantin Constantius. In the world of 19th century Christian philosophy, this is sidesplitting stuff, trust me. In the book, Kierkegaard wrote, "Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it but loved by those who do." When I ran Kierkegaard's argument...
...several days prior to July 2, top notch Star Class sailing boats from 140 fleets all over the country will converge on Sheepshead Bay, New York, and one of these will be the brand new "Hilarius" spippered by Smart. After four days of heats and finals one boat will emerge as the Olympic entrant...
...Hilarius is a trim 23 foot job, and according to Smart, is one of the fastest hulls in the country, costing a cool $2, 250. His father is no stranger to top flight racing, having brought his boat "Melody" in fourth in the 1942 World Championship Star meeting. He also holds the Bacardi Cup for a victory in Havana...
...lands of favored abbeys are set like islands in the war-swept countryside, and corpses hang high on every road. Holy Church has been chastening her heretical children. In the Abbey of La Soleza, whose fanatical head, Fray Sebastian, is a power of the Inquisition, the fat Monk Hilarius manages to eke out the monastic rule with copious drams and frequent visits to his plump doxy, who has borne him four sons. To this paganish priest comes young Soldier Pedro, with his belly full of fighting but sadly in need of food and drink...
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