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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Words of wisdom... #84855 10/26/02 05:51 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague It is now time, for me to share with all, the age-old question: <raised eyebrow, maniacal smile, sweaty knees> ... How long is a piece of string? <flapping robes, evil cackle> The answer iiiissss.......... Twice as long as half it's length! <nonsensical muttering, shuffleing off back to whence I came...> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84856 10/26/02 05:54 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague I'm not weird, I'm just special... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84857 10/26/02 06:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear bonzaialsatian: Please allow me to felicitate you on your remarkable command of the obvious. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84858 10/26/02 06:22 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague Bah! Now that you come to mention it... well it it sounded good in my head, and I can never resist a few stage directions. <cautious sideways glances, surruptitious prising of eyes away from keyboard and back to homework> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84859 10/26/02 07:27 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I'm not weird, I'm just special... Uh...huh. Oh well, that's no stranger than some of the rest of us have gotten from time to time. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84860 10/27/02 02:46 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Well, I liked it....I have ALWAYS wanted to know how long a piece of string is. Now I do! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84861 10/27/02 04:14 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian OP enthusiast OP bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague S'apleasure! <annoying self-rightious grin>, I can also tell you the kicking force of the average full-grown ostrich or the hobbies and interests of most yellow-striped sea slugs, should you be interested... <Knowledgeable snort> EDIT (from my alter-ego):Don't encourage her or she'll never stop, and this forum will be turned into some kind of twisted sea slug lovers web community! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84862 10/28/02 05:01 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada or the hobbies and interests of most yellow-striped sea slugs, should you be interested... YES PLEASE! I dated one once, and I never COULD figure out what his hobbies and interests were. I think we had a failure to communicate.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84863 10/29/02 01:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky yellow-striped sea slugs, should you be interested... YES PLEASE! I dated one once, [splattering iced tea e] Sounds like somebody I know, my dear. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words of wisdom... #84864 10/29/02 04:53 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England That's odd ... I drove one for a number of years. It was a 1972 Vauxhall Chevette, known far and wide as "The Yellow Peril". For all sorts of reasons. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 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. 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