Better Than Fresh Squeezed!

It dawned on me suddenly today, for no other reason than punch-drunk exhaustion, that "squeezed" is a very funny word. It sounds just about as funny in your head as it does when it's being spat out of your mouth. Because think about it for a moment. One cannot say the word squeezed without shooting it off the tip of the tongue with the teeth through pursed lips. Kind of like a paperless spitball, for those of us kind enough to use paper. And of course I'm talking about our younger years. For most of us, anyway. Even written down - it just looks weird. Shouldn't it be squishier looking? The word is "squeezed" after all. Instead, it looks like a loose coil.

And I dare you to keep saying "squeezed" over and over again, or even to keep looking at the word "squeezed" without thinking that it has either got to be spelled wrong, or that it is written in the wrong language. Go ahead. Try and say "squeezed," oh, say, five or ten times, and see if you don't go stark raving woody wood-pecker. People will stare.

I'm really only trying to help because, honestly? I've already had my fit of hysterical laughter and projectile spittle, oh yes. This, of course, after I walked around the house talking to myself about how "Sally squeezed sea shells at the squeeze shore."

Somebody tell me, please. Is this even how the word is squee... spelled?