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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: The "AH-HA!" word thread. #156162 02/27/06 01:08 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada librocubicularist ferroequinologist Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The "AH-HA!" word thread. #156163 02/27/06 01:13 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > ferroequinologist an expert on steam engines? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The "AH-HA!" word thread. #156164 02/27/06 01:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Quote: pyrethrin malathion esfenvalerate ROTFL! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The "AH-HA!" word thread. #156165 02/27/06 02:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Quote: pyrethrin malathion esfenvalerate Sounds like the first half of a sports cheer ("pyrethrin! malathion! esfenvalerate!..."), one which offers many opportunities for a ribald conclusion. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: raid... #156166 02/27/06 02:05 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > sports cheer or a possible double dactyl, one. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: raid... #156167 02/27/06 04:31 PM Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43 mechanesthesia newbie mechanesthesia newbie Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43 epicaricacy. The concept that schadenfreude is not just a German phenomenon. [insert signature here] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The "AH-HA!" word thread. #156168 02/28/06 02:14 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada Quote: > ferroequinologist an expert on steam engines? Precisely! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ferroequinologist #156169 02/28/06 03:01 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Ha! It makes sense to me now, after having thought about the guy who makes horseshoes (smithy? farrier?). Steam train = iron horse. Good one, E2. Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ferroequinologist #156170 02/28/06 03:50 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park smiths (smithy's) can make horse shoes, but fitting them to the horse, and shoeing a horse is usually a farrier job. (SUNY, and a school in Virgina) still offer programs (non degree) to train to be a farrier. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ferroequinologist #156171 02/28/06 07:50 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada gibbous (and I once met a farrier who specialized in remedial and corrective shoes for horses who were pigeon toed or had other orthopedic deformities.) 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