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What would it be like, I wonder, to work in a building that didn't loose power several times a year and flood after every good rain? It seems to have mostly dried out, though there is still a large puddle blocking the door downstairs. My coworker was remarking that it had "never looked so clean" down there because a thin layer of silt was deposited in Nilotic fashion concealing all flaws in the floor. Fortunately, we long ago learned not to file anything on the lowermost shelves so nothing of ours was damaged. But, really, what the hell? On the other hand, they're finally fixing the roof after thirty years of leaks, so I suppose there's always hope the basement will be next.

WotD: leaky

1. undicht
2. ondicht, lekkend
3. agujereado
4. foradat
5. qui fuit
6. tyllog
7. ligeach
8. 새는
9. 有漏的 yǒulòude

나는 거대하군요!

Again, those crafty Koreans have outmatched me. I was worried they would gift me with songpyǒn (a traditional Ch'usǒk treat) next time I saw them, so preemptively struck with a Feida mooncake of my own. But I hadn't ordered lunch yet and that left me at their mercy. When they didn't have what I asked for, Jay made a suggestion: "Do you like eel?" He described a dish similar to unadon and, once I'd agreed, said, "And you don't have to pay." I protested, but he was firm. "Maybe you don't like it," he responded. "But I told you, I love eel!" Then he pulled out the trump card: "On Ch'usǒk, we treat our friends."

So trumped, I folded. (As niemandsrose pointed out later, the only way of ending this escalation is too move away from food. "They own a RESTAURANT," she emphasised, and suggested I find a playing field where I hold the advantage, such as information.) In any case, the unadon came and it was good. A caterpillar role (piled with eel on the outside) came, too, and it was also good. When I complained that they were too generous, Hera brought me a styrofoam container to take the leftovers home in. After I gamely consumed everything, Jay poked his head over and said, "Some green tea ice cream, 대문씨?" and was completely deaf to my protests. Two scoops later, I stumbled outside and wondered how I'd stay awake through the afternoon.