Wordsmith.org: the magic of words

Wordsmith Talk

About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us  

Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3
bexter #195750 01/08/11 03:43 PM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Sort of like "dime novels" and "penny thrillers" of the
Old West?


----please, draw me a sheep----
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 677
bexter Offline OP
addict
OP Offline
addict
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 677
Indeed


----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false----
bexter #195760 01/08/11 04:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Why the green smilie?
Sick, or just sick and tired of it all???


**
I was watching some old-time Westerns the other day, and
a small boy had a dime novel of Billy the Kid. Then
Billy came to town and made the boy's day.

Last edited by LukeJavan8; 01/08/11 04:51 PM.

----please, draw me a sheep----
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 677
bexter Offline OP
addict
OP Offline
addict
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 677
hehe I love old westerns...recently got Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns...first films I ever saw him in...he is a true genius smile

The green smiley made me laugh...it is the only green one and no-one else uses it to my knowledge so I thought that it might feel a bit left out smile


----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false----
bexter #195769 01/08/11 05:06 PM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
On another site I belonged, they had a green smiley, and
I always used it (to everyone's distaste) to express
'yucky' when referring to their previous comment. No
comment on my part just the yucky green smiley, so that is
why I asked. How very nice of you to have empathy for it.


----please, draw me a sheep----
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 677
bexter Offline OP
addict
OP Offline
addict
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 677
hehehe It just looks so sad...like it will break down in tears at any minute (it looks almost identical to a friend's little sister who used to hold her breath, and then cry if that failed, whenever she wanted something and wasn't allowed it...she tended to look a bit more purple though...)


----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false----
bexter #195780 01/08/11 05:49 PM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
If only we all had more empathy, there would be less
crying. We could read each other's feelings and help
before things got out of control. We had a 17 year
old this last week, go into his high school and shoot
the principal and vice-principal, the latter dying.
He then left,drove a few blocks and killed himself.
And everyone is wondering (as they always do) what could
have been done earlier, and why did nobody notice.
Pathetic.


----please, draw me a sheep----
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706
I was happy Luke until, I read your last post. It reminded me of a boy at my sons school....who came to school and shot himself. No-one else. There was no note and his family, friends and teachers had no idea that anything was wrong before that day. It left everyone stunned.....

Candy #195789 01/09/11 01:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706
(I never thought of teaching as being a dangerous occupation, before.)

Back to subject...
The film...Pulp Fiction is a good example of 'pulp' it evens starts off by giving the dictionary meaning of the word....then proceeds with a mixed up series of events that all tie together in the end.

As to amalgamations......I'm thinking

text messaging or texting....now, txing, txt or plain tx.
as in phone text messaging and now common on the internet

Candy #195792 01/09/11 01:43 AM
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971
Likes: 3
Originally Posted By: Candy
I was happy Luke until, I read your last post. It reminded me of a boy at my sons school....who came to school and shot himself. No-one else. There was no note and his family, friends and teachers had no idea that anything was wrong before that day. It left everyone stunned.....




The school even had condolences from the Columbine, Colorado, school where two youth shot and killed 9 I believe
a few years back. We had a youth shoot and kill 11
here in a shopping mall about 5 years ago. And today
the young man who shot and killed five and wounded a
Congressperson in Arizona. Pathetic.


----please, draw me a sheep----
Page 2 of 3 1 2 3

Moderated by  Jackie 

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics
Forums16
Topics13,915
Posts230,174
Members9,198
Most Online4,606
Sep 17th, 2025
Newest Members
testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish
9,198 Registered Users
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 806 guests, and 2 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days)
Top Posters
wwh 13,858
Faldage 13,803
Jackie 11,613
wofahulicodoc 11,062
tsuwm 10,542
LukeJavan8 9,971
AnnaStrophic 6,511
Wordwind 6,296
of troy 5,400
Disclaimer: Wordsmith.org is not responsible for views expressed on this site. Use of this forum is at your own risk and liability - you agree to hold Wordsmith.org and its associates harmless as a condition of using it.

Home | Today's Word | Yesterday's Word | Subscribe | FAQ | Archives | Search | Feedback
Wordsmith Talk | Wordsmith Chat

© 1994-2025 Wordsmith

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.4.33 Page Time: 0.119s Queries: 34 (0.047s) Memory: 2.9404 MB (Peak: 3.2495 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2025-10-20 11:06:56 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS