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Dear wwh,
And I concur with you. Peace.
And note to the teddy bear: I've been cornobbled here probably more than most. I am Kwean Kornobbled, in fact, kwean of the small fried.
Best regards,
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As G-Ted and dr. bill respectively said:
Keep the peace Peace be unto us all.
Amen. Thank you, gentlemen.
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Thank you o thank you WON!!! Having never got past the fart joke stage, this site had me giggling like a naughty schoolkid. The URL will be sent to as many others as I can think of!!
And there's books...........and CD's - oh joy!!!!
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Actually, there is the makings of a word thread (  ) here. Discovered this on the old "words with unusual etymologies" thread": Re origin of "pumpernickel" involving Napoleon's horse:
Random House and American Heritage give about the same etymology. This is RH: [1750-60; < G Pumpernickel orig., an opprobrious name for anyone considered disagreeable = pumper (n) to break wind + Nickel hypocoristic form of Nikolaus Nicholas (cf. NICKEL); presumably applied to the bread from its effect on the digestive system]pumper?...for fart? Which leads us to other synonyms or euphemisms for fart...pass wind, passing wind, break wind, breaking wind...others?
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>pumper?...for fart?
in German...
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well, let's go the gasto! sorry, I know Here's the etymology of fart from Merriam-Webster. And, Dr. Bill, there's some Greek roots here, wouldn't'cha know it?  And tsuwm, O Purveyor of Smelly Palindromes, is there anything more on OED? Main Entry: 1fart
Pronunciation: 'färt
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English ferten, farten; akin to Old High German
ferzan to break wind, Old Norse freta, Greek perdesthai, Sanskrit
pardate he breaks wind
Date: 13th century
often vulgar : to expel intestinal gas from the anus
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To make a mountain out of a molehill is "Aus jedem Furz einen Donnerschlag machen."
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>pumper?...for fart?
in German...
Ah, das ist grosse Pumper, eh? Phewwwwww!
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During a lecture about the Wasserman test for syphilis, the lecturer described the preparation of the reagent, which among other things includes "alcoholic extract of beef heart".
Immediately the class idiot demanded, "How do they get the bees to do it?"
Not a mondegreen, but related.
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