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Posted By: tsuwm mantle revisited - 04/08/03 10:09 PM
I was browsing Dave Wilton's "Wordorigins Org" EZboard forum and discovered this in his glossary:

"Mantle:" A reference to a 'mantle of invisibility,' a term used on this board for someone whose post is ignored by a later poster and the same facts/comments repeated as if the original poster were invisible.

IMNSHO, this beats "chopped liver" into a fine grade of paté, and I think we should filch.. er.. adopt it.


Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: mantle revisited - 04/08/03 10:21 PM
hmmm, it does have a certain panache, but we're just getting people to understand about the sweet meats...



Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: mantle revisited - 04/08/03 11:12 PM
Please use it in a sentence

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 12:22 AM
Please use it in a sentence.

What am I?...Mickey Mantle!?

Posted By: Coffeebean Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 01:40 AM
Ow! Man, tell me I didn't just bump into the invisible mantel!

Now, seriously . . .

Poor dxb donned the Mantle of Invisibility when Coffeebean stole his Tom Swifty.

Posted By: tsuwm Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 02:37 AM
>Please use it in a sentence

okay.. instead of the usual
what am I, chopped liver?

you might say
I must be wearing the Mantle again!

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 03:00 AM
I must be wearing the Mantle again!

So stop sitting in the fireplace!



Posted By: Jackie Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 04:04 AM
stop sitting in the fireplace! HA!

I think we should say, "I'm wearing them antlers again.

Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 12:00 PM
"I'm wearing them antlers again.

I like it! Gives the concept an appropriate extra resonance of cuckold.

Posted By: sjm Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 07:36 PM
Yes, it is pretty slick. I think, given the frequency with which I wear it, I shall implement Juan's suggestion, and start posting here as Mickey.

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 10:00 PM
Yes, it is pretty slick. I think, given the frequency with which I wear it, I shall implement Juan's suggestion, and start posting here as Mickey.

Ohhh...so you're gonna slip us a Mickey, are ya?






Posted By: sjm Re: mantle revisited - 04/09/03 11:19 PM
Ohhh...so you're gonna slip us a Mickey, are ya?

Who said that? Show yourself, I say.

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: mantle revisited - 04/10/03 04:56 AM
Ohhh...so you're gonna slip us a Mickey, are ya?

Who said that? Show yourself, I say.


Hey, Mickey! You talkin' to me? You talkin to me!

Well, I'll tell ya...

Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey)
(Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey)
(Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey)
(Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey)
Hey Mickey!
You´ve been around all night and that´s a little long
You think you´ve got the right but I think you´ve got it wrong
Why can´t you say goodnight so you can take me home, Mickey
´Cause when you say you will, it always means you won´t
You´re givin´ me the chills, baby, please baby don´t
Every night you still leave me all alone, Mickey
Oh Mickey, what a pity you don´t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you´re so pretty, can´t you understand
It´s guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don´t break my heart, Mickey
Hey Mickey!
Now when you take me by the - who´s ever gonna know
Everytime you move I let a little more show
There´s somethin´ we can use, so don´t say no, Mickey
So come on and give it to me any way you can
Any way you wanna do it, I´ll take it like a man
Oh please, baby, please, don´t leave me in the jam, Mickey
Oh Mickey, what a pity you don´t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you´re so pretty, can´t you understand
It´s guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don´t break my heart, Mickey
(Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey)
(Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey)
(Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey, hey Mickey)
(Oh Mickey, you´re so fine
you´re so fine you blow my mind, hey Mickey)
Oh Mickey, what a pity you don´t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you´re so pretty, can´t you understand
It´s guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don´t break my heart, Mickey
Oh Mickey, what a pity you don´t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you´re so pretty, can´t you understand
It´s guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don´t break my heart, Mickey
Oh Mickey, what a pity you don´t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you´re so pretty, can´t you understand
It´s guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don´t break my heart, Mickey
Oh Mickey, what a pity you don´t understand
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand
Oh Mickey, you´re so pretty, can´t you understand
It´s guys like you Mickey
Oh, what you do Mickey, do Mickey
Don´t break my heart, Mickey
{fade}

--Mickey,Toni Basil © 1980-something





Posted By: sjm Re: mantle revisited - 04/10/03 04:59 AM
>Toni Basil's Mickey

probably ran off with Sharona.

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: mtv - 04/10/03 09:33 AM
WO'N.

I just don't know what to say.

Posted By: musick History repeats yesterday - 04/10/03 04:29 PM
The *mane difference between a YART and "them antlers" is within the content of a single thread...

...or, short term memory has apparent value.

...........

I suppose this officially opens *moose hunting season.

Posted By: Capfka Re: mantle revisited - 04/11/03 11:36 AM
probably ran off with Sharona.

Who, m-m-m-m-m-m-my Sharona?

Posted By: sjm Re: mantle revisited - 04/11/03 11:51 AM
probably ran off with Sharona.

Who, m-m-m-m-m-m-my Sharona?



Da, da, da.

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: knackerly - 04/11/03 01:38 PM
didja ever hear the Cheech and Chong version?

<white alert>
my scrotum

Posted By: Alex Williams Re: knackerly - 04/25/03 02:58 AM
We could go even further and change "the mantle" to "them antelers" and from there change it to "antlers and horns" and thus thorns which rhymes with horns. Or something like that that is equally absurd. After all, it is spring.

Posted By: Jackie Re: knackerly - 04/25/03 07:50 PM
After all, it is spring. And some of us are love-struck...


Posted By: Zed Re: love-struck - 04/28/03 10:38 PM
you mean horny?

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