Happy 12th anniversary, Anu, for our A.W.A.D.s (though I haven't been subscribing quite that long)....

And happy 6th to AWAD (now Worsdsmith) talk, to which I have been subscribing that long....

(n.b. do not accept cheap imitations.)

(n.b. do not accept cheap imitations.)
Thanks for the notice, Anna; and thank you, Anu! [hug]

Thank you Anu - your musings on and around language are a dash of joy in a naughty world.

And in creating this mad place...!

Oui, thank-you Anu. And may I add, here's hoping for many more successful years.

I feel myself getting older. Pass the AARP application, please.

> Pass the AARP application, please.

yes, well I do have *lots of extras.

Where you been hiding, Fr Steve? When you turn 50, they find you!

Anna "been there, had that done" Strophic

Q: What do you get if you mix tomato juice, vodka and Geritol?

A: A Tired Bloody Mary.

Do you mean that the Geritol doesn't work?

It still works but, like most everything else at this age, it works slower than it used to.