#40190
09/25/2001 1:59 AM
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Doin' quite nicely, I'd say.
(nice, adj. - 1. obs wanton)
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#40191
09/25/2001 2:06 AM
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And what song am I whistling off into the distance, you might be wondering? "Now bring us some figgy pudding, now bring us some figgy pudding...."
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#40192
09/25/2001 2:19 AM
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(basso profundo)
We won't go until we get some; we won't go until we get some ...
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#40193
09/25/2001 2:26 AM
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TEd Remmington? Weee doan need no steenkin' TEd Remmington  !
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#40194
09/25/2001 11:18 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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<<figgy pudding
"You may have your figgy pudding, only bring me spotted dick!"
--duke of york (~)
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#40195
09/25/2001 1:15 PM
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We won't go until we get some
Hence the expression, come Michaelmas.
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#40196
09/25/2001 2:02 PM
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Michaelmas is tomorrow, isn't it? (Septeber 26th?) --I glad i don't have to long a wait-- i am ready to come and get some..
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#40197
09/25/2001 2:14 PM
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glad i don't have to long a wait
If you bin waiting since last Christmas you'da had.
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#40198
09/25/2001 3:10 PM
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Helen, when we gentlemen have recently expressed our concerns for your feelings, we didn't know ...
Shame on us for being so insensitive!
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#40199
09/25/2001 3:26 PM
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In reply to:
Michaelmas is tomorrow, isn't it? (Septeber 26th?)
No. It's Saturday (September 29th).
Bingley
Bingley
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#40200
09/25/2001 4:47 PM
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Which is FAR more customer-friendly than what I would have said: Stick it in your ear....
TEd goes off whistling a Hoseanna
There once was a man from Nantucket
TEd
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#40201
09/26/2001 4:51 AM
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You know, I'm not touching that one with a ten foot pole. Not that I personally HAVE a ten foot pole, mind you, but I still wouldn't touch it....yeeew It could be contageous.
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#40202
09/26/2001 12:56 PM
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I keep an eleven foot pole around for just such cases.. i store it with my small round Tuit..the Tuit helps keep me from procrastinating.. you know, it helps to bring you to the day when you get all those things done, the things you keep postponing till you could get around-to-it...
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#40203
09/26/2001 3:28 PM
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Helen, there is a certain amount of risk you incur you misspell "tuit" as "toit". An unwitting reader could be misled by the latter spelling, by pronouncing it somewhat differently.
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#40204
09/28/2001 4:47 PM
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It's better to suck a sour cherry than carry an empty envelope on your back.
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#40205
09/28/2001 10:14 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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#40206
09/28/2001 11:00 PM
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A bird in the thyme saves nine.
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#40207
10/01/2001 4:13 PM
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The speedy spider spins a long thread but throws a short shadow.
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#40208
10/02/2001 1:50 AM
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Falling stars give grape moments.
Edit: eep, didn't realize this would be the 100th.
Next post-er start the new thread, please, if you wish. I'm not inclined to--there may not be any more after this, and besides, I've seen my name quite enough.
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#40209
10/02/2001 10:38 AM
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What is the meaning of fumigate/fumigation?
Dear Mr. Maverick, Please excuse me for deviating from the intellectual investigation of ersatz maxims, but it was within this continuum that I got mad at belMarduk, and besides, I don't know how to initiate a new subject on this board so please let me explain...
Some days ago, in response to an answer I gave to a question he asked, belMarduk saw fit to make a tasteless remark about a "little bitty fig leaf". Well Sir, here in Alabama , you might make fun of one's pick up truck but you don't belittle one's hickee-do-gee, so naturally I got mad.
With a vengeance my mouse clicked on "reply" and soon after there appeared on my computer screen an essay of cuss words so vile that a Screen Guild Rating would be XXXX, that is, suitable for viewing only by the devil, his entourage, and his immediate family.
In a rage my mouse raced to the "send" switch, but before it could click, the screen went blank and the soulless and disembodied voice that endears us all to America Online said "Good-bye" and my masterpiece of vindication was lost forever.
I began retyping but stopped. I became cool and reflective. Wait a minute...this post I was writing would not only be read by belMarduk, but by his peers and betters as well. Heck! I was just beginning to enjoy the smart wit of Kieve and the gang. Maybe I would tone it down a tad. Hey, even better, I would compose a post so artfully crafted that belMarduk, nor anyone else in the entire world, would know that belMarduk was being insulted. I began typing.
It was well past midnight when I finished. I was pleased with myself. My redirected anger had become a one page work of art. It was with an air of bemused arrogance that I punched the Spellcheck. Ha! Just as I thought, only a few mistakes. Then, only God knows why, I punched the X in the right upper corner of the screen and the screen went blank. I screamed and then went to bed.
Days pasted. Then one morning I was sitting in my office with nothing to do. I looked around and saw nothing to read. Maybe, I was thinking, I would rewrite the letter to belMarduk..."Ah, fumigate, fumigation" I said. Now why did I say that, I thought to myself. Then out of boredom and with random I opened the dictionary on my desk. Then a deep throated gong reverbraterd throughout the room. In the upper righthand corner of the page of the dictionary that I had opened, in bold letters, was the word FUMIGATE.
Maybe some of you wordsmiths can explain the real meaning of the word "fumigate" but until you do I will take it as an illustration of a maxim that I have found to be true for most of my life, which is...WORDS HAVE NO ULTIMATE MEANING, WORDS ONLY HAVE FUNCTION.
Milum
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#40210
10/02/2001 12:50 PM
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belMarduk...his peers and betters
Not to mention her worses.
WORDS HAVE NO ULTIMATE MEANING, WORDS ONLY HAVE FUNCTION.
This one I like. It goes with language is not a set of rules; it's a set of behaviours. But I'll store it away with the entrants anyway.
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#40211
10/04/2001 2:31 AM
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Good God Milum, I have never before said this to anybody but, what the hell is your problem.
In life I make a point of being nice to everybody I meet.
I make sure I do at least one act of random kindness everyday. I am a bone marrow donor, blood donor and an anonymous gift donor to underprivileged kids at Christmas. And I always, always treat others with the same respect I want to be treated.
Now if you took what I said personally EVEN after I told you I was joking in a subsequent post then there is really nothing I can do about that.
But you seem to be on some sort of personal vendetta to insult me or 'get back at me' in some way. THAT is really sad and I don't understand that type of thinking.
Well, do your worst Milum. If you feel the need to insult me, go ahead. If you feel the need to waste time on hatred, well Milum, go ahead.
But you know what, you are right about one thing. I don't think you should be spewing in front of the rest of the people on this Board. I think they are all wonderful and don't deserve to be exposed to such anger. Write me a personal note if you are so obsessed about it.
But I will tell you this. I will NOT feel insulted and I will NOT feel debased because you are wrong. You have taken a gesture of friendship (I included a new person in a running joke several of us were having) and a gesture of apology (several posts down below) and you have totally twisted them in your own mind to mean something completely differently.
And I'm a woman not a man!
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#40212
10/04/2001 2:47 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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days pasted
Days pasted can't be wasted.
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#40213
10/04/2001 3:08 AM
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bel, a thought about your rather lengthy post.
Good God Milum, I have never before said this to anybody but, what the hell is your problem. ....I will NOT feel insulted and I will NOT feel debased because you are wrong. You have taken a gesture of friendship ... and a gesture of apology ... and you have totally twisted them in your own mind to mean something completely differently. ...
bel dear, if you truly were feeling calm and not insulted, could not your entire post have been instead a simple, kindly sentence such as "milum, my friend, you've misunderstood me"?
And I always, always treat others with the same respect I want to be treated.
bel, we are each of us imperfect, and there are times when each of us will act unkindly -- your strong post some time ago to shoshannah, for example. Could it be that you have perhaps overreacted here?
Such vehemence, in the past, drove shoshannah away from this board. I would deeply regret it if should we similarly lose milum, with whom I am mightily impressed.
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#40214
10/04/2001 3:46 AM
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Excuse me, but more than one person has been driven away from this board by "such vehemence". I will not stand for belMarduk to be chastised in this way--she was right, and milum was wrong--though I don't see how he could have known that. I too, am mightily impressed by milum, and for one don't blame him, as a newcomer, for not taking in the fact that this was just another link in a chain of joking posts.
But it is my opinion that bel has a right to express her opinion, and I don't think she was unnecessarily vehement about it. And she never said she was calm. I don't think too many people would be. GRR!
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#40215
10/04/2001 4:28 AM
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Dear belMarduk, Yes, I thought you were a man. Does it matter? Yes, I think it does. I hate no one. My main goal in this swinging life is not to hurt anyone. My attempt at humor on this board was, I guess, a man thing. It is called Mock Jostling. This behavior among males is universal and not just peculiar to the south. Central to the contest is to find an opponent that you respect. I found belMarduk, belMarduk of the keen wit and good humor. Please do me a favor and re-read my post. I think you will find absurdity, trying to be funny, in my remarks. Thank You, Milo
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#40216
10/04/2001 4:42 AM
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#40217
10/04/2001 9:49 AM
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milum--bless you, my friend, bless you. My post serves to illustrate how easy it is to misunderstand, here in this world of toneless, sightless communication. My apologies, Dearest One. Had I been able to observe your body language, I would have understood that you were "Jostling", I'll bet. Hmm--and to think, I tried to be gentle and "splash" you with a little humor--all the while not even recognizing that I was awash in the wave you created!
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#40218
10/04/2001 10:47 AM
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max, I believe you're mis-recalling the past history -- but to be as fair and accurate as I can, I want to re-read that history before replying. I'll get back to you this weekend, by e-mail.
As a aside: musick, I owe you a special thank you. I'd originally resented your suggestion that I further familiarize myself with the board's history. But in hindsight, I appreciate that your suggestion was an amazingly constructive one. Thank you.
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#40219
10/04/2001 4:25 PM
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Keiva - Thank you for your thank you, especially since it was a special one... I'm honored to be referred to as "amazingly constructive". Milum - One thing I've noticed is... when one lives the "swinging life" you're bound to "knock something... a)down b)over or c)up... 
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#40220
10/04/2001 4:33 PM
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cat fights reach lowly heights
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#40221
10/04/2001 4:36 PM
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Sweet musick, I've been knowing you are constructive, my dear!  Now, as to knocking: are you making a confession? (aside to milum--how I hope and pray you are not mad at me.)
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