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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Waking a shaggy dog #118363 12/26/03 06:35 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick OP Carpal Tunnel OP musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Elsewhere, on the board here, the transmogrification of certain word orders and parts reminded me of an ol' buddy-roo of mine back in college... his name???... Mark Harder... of course we called him "Hard Marker"... not out of cruelty (evil grin), it just seemed to *work so well. Isn't this the basis for most 'shaggy dogs'??? Hint, hint... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Waking a shaggy dog #118364 12/26/03 09:10 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA J JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA Along the same lines, I knew a Naval aviator by the name of Kent Clark. His nickname (and voice callsign) was Mansuper. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Waking a shaggy dog #118365 12/26/03 11:22 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 i often have fun skewering commercial names -- any one remember the old cafeteria chain? famous coin operated food and their nickel cup's of coffee served from lion heads urns-- and poor lonely hearts? Horny and Hardups or the Master baker famous for Baba au rhum, who lent his name to a cake mix company? Drunken Hines my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Waking a shaggy dog #118366 12/29/03 01:44 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk D dodyskin addict dodyskin addict D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk not quite the same but along the same lines any UKns know those bastions of underage booze adventures Quite Frightening, Diamond Shite and Chunderblurred all guaranteed to put you at the wheel of the big white bus/ worship at the altar of Armitige Shanks/ send you to bed with a techicoloured yawn/ make one kneel down and pray to the porcelein goddess--I think I've got lost in a tangent here, I'll stop now. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Let shaggy dogs lie #118367 12/29/03 02:03 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 I'll stop now. Thank you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Let shaggy dogs lie #118368 12/30/03 02:04 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk D dodyskin addict dodyskin addict D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk whispers: shout Europe at the sink Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,930 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 858 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,918 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,949 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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