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Conseco Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
(AP) - In the third-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Conseco Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection after four months of talks with creditors to restructure the $6.5 billion in debt. Although the filing was not surprising given Consuelo's recent woes, it marked a dramatic downfall for a company who was once a Wall Street darling.
Where have I been?
I didn't even know that consuelo had a company.
I didn't know that she had recent woes.
I didn't even know that she was a Wall Street darling.
I guess we won't be receiving our regular ceramic mug of gift goodies by ups this Christmas, Awaders. Bummer.
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Here's what the story really says: Although the filing was not surprising given Conseco’s recent woes, it marked a dramatic downfall for a company whose stock was once a Wall Street darling. http://www.msnbc.com/news/849003.asp?0cv=BA00
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My good sir, you, of all people, should know that you should never judge another person's woes until you walk a milum in their moccasins!
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Do you know the way to San Jose? 
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leaving on a jet plane...
formerly known as etaoin...
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or sitting on a railway station, with a ticket for my destination
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You can't hop a jet plane the way you can a freight train.
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freight train, freight train, goin' so fast....
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Grandma got run over by a reindeer
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...or:
"The Wreck of the Old 97..."
in response to Grandma flattened by that deer
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Now youse guys, do any of those songs have a chorus that goes like this.....?
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo
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Now youse guys, do any of those songs have a chorus that goes like this.....?
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo
She's a lady!
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo
She's a lady!
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo....
--Tom Jones
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No, no, juan - you certainly don't seem to know the way - you are woefully short of a "wo."
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Say! This thread is getting intellectual. Rhuby are you saying that juan is one wo short of a woo? No way. 
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No - thank goodness he is still one woe short of total misery.
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--- and which reminds me of how the father Owl prefaced his final advice to his Owlet sons before they finally left the nest:
"Now, boys, there is one thing I must tell you about before you go out into the woodworld - to wit, to woo."
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No - thank goodness he is still one woe short of total misery.
Or one 'e' short of total misry.
"Isn't life a terrible thing, thank God."
--Dylan Thomas
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"Isn't life a terrible thing, thank God."
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the father Owl ...proceeded to croon, "What's new, pussycat? Woe-oh-oh-oh-ohhhhhhh, woe-oh."
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the father Owl ...proceeded to croon, "What's new, pussycat? as they stepped into the pea-green boat.
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not to change this into a word post or naught but what *is a runcible spoon? They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon.
And hand in hand on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon..
- Edward Lear, The Owl & The Pussy-Cat
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Ohmigawd--I can't believe this. tsuwm, I am SHOCKED!  Atomica:
run·ci·ble spoon (rŭn'sə-bəl)
n.
A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
[Coined by Edward Lear, perhaps alteration of rounceval, big woman, large pea, wart, monster, huge, fromRoncevaux (Roncesvalles), site where giant bones were found.]
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not to change this into an animal safari post or nowt but have y'all ever noticed how much owls and cats look alike?
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how much owls and cats look alike Ah, yes. This is why the pussycat was so filled with consternation: after it was far too late, she noticed that her companion did not have whiskers...
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>A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
I'm sorry, but this just doesn't cut it. Illustrations that are contemporaneous with Lear's publication don't show no pickle fork.
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...proceeded to croon, "What's new, pussycat? Woe-oh-oh-oh-ohhhhhhh, woe-oh."Yes, Jackie, that Tom Jones was big on singin' the "woes" wasn't he!? Could it have anything to do with his bein' a Welshman? Come out, come out, Mav, wherever you are!
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Sorry, tsuwm, but Lear lost out on this one. You can buy runcible spoons, and they look exactly as described in the above definition.
It would be interesting to know how Lear came to invent the word runcible.
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For the very-far-from-last word on the subject, try http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a961108a.htmlAnd here's a very different definition, from Bartleby: E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Runcible Spoon (A)...A horn spoon with a bowl at each end, one the size of a table-spoon and the other the size of a tea-spoon. There is a joint midway between the two bowls by which the bowls can be folded over ...There may be more to this runcibility business than meets the eye !
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award goes to [fanfare] Doktor Wofa, for his runcibility business
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Is there anything that rhymes with runcible? I mean a true rhyme: something like munchable won't do!
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Well, if I were King of the forrrrest.... I'd prolly rhyme invuncible with runcible
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