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Page 2 of 9 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > Topic Options #29599 - 05/20/01 11:46 AM Re: Top-sacred... burn before reading tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass typical pooh-bah meeting: 24:00 exchange of the sacred handshake 24:10 burning of top-sacred minutes-of-last-meeting 24:12 chanting of sacred number [indicipherable] 24:13 decoding of the top-sacred minutes-of-last-meeting (problematic... no decoder ring... slightly charred) 24:14 selection of meeting chairthing, minuter 24:59 no progress, move to adjourn 25:00 adjourn Top #29600 - 05/20/01 03:22 PM Re: Top-sacred... burn before reading Sparteye Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1773 So, it seems that Pooh-Bahs have mastered the art of the committee meeting. That schedule shows that they can conduct a meeting in half the usual time, and yet accomplish much more than is typical. [applause] Top #29601 - 05/20/01 03:55 PM malaprops & meetings AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York I've read this three times and am still laughing, tsuwm. Top #29602 - 05/20/01 05:26 PM Re: Top-sacred... burn before reading tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass a spartan comment: half the usual time aided by short attention spans... Top #29603 - 05/20/01 05:32 PM Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #29604 - 05/21/01 05:36 AM Schwarzenegger belligerentyouth old hand Registered: 12/20/00 Posts: 1055 Loc: Berlin > Hmmmm. I thought that Schwartzenegger meant black plowman, per The Arnold. Well, close enough. Put it this way the etymology comes from a job using a harrow (die Egge) and has nothing to do with any language used to specify a person's skin colour(e.g. der Neger). I sometimes eat at a traditional Bavarian place called Isenegger (I guess that's short for Wiesenegger, which is a field/meddow plougher). Top #29605 - 05/21/01 05:40 AM Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #29606 - 05/21/01 07:31 AM Re: Redundantly tautological pleonastic names Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 I have a cousin named Peter Craig*. His elder brother helpfully nicknamed him Rocky. *From the Gaelic, creag, rock, crag. Top #29607 - 05/21/01 11:10 AM Re: Redundantly tautological pleonastic names wow Carpal Tunnel Registered: 11/25/00 Posts: 3439 Loc: New England, USA Richard Shaw, nickname "Rick." Tee Hee ! No "you don't look Chinese" jokes, please! Top #29608 - 05/21/01 11:20 AM Re: malaprops & meetings Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky I've read this three times and am still laughing, tsuwm. Well, zip up and join us wunchers (thanks, Rod) raght cheer. tsuwm (see? I'm being nice for once), I'm glad you didn't tell about the sacred rite. Top Page 2 of 9 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8421 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209713 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members janbra, junebug, Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis 8421 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 15 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 82 jenny jenny 65 wofahulicodoc 47 endymion6 42 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 27 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Jackie 16 zmjezhd 15 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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