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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: TEd has a reservation here #142427 04/27/05 09:43 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Aren't you getting a bit parsonal? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: TEd has a reservation here #142428 04/27/05 10:12 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Aren't you getting a bit parsonal? Yes, and the other half of the time, I get a bit judgemental. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: walk-ins welcome #142429 04/27/05 10:17 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont shave and a haircut. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: walk-ins welcome #142430 04/28/05 12:49 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky ...two wits Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: TEd has a reservation here #142431 04/30/05 04:24 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass so who/what were "Joseph Millers" and why did the OPs fear losing him/them? - joe (if you have no pun, a ha'pun will do) f. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: TEd has a reservation here #142432 04/30/05 04:57 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 See the entry in the Vaudeville Lingo Glossary: http://www.goodmagic.com/carny/vaud.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Vaudeville lingo #142433 04/30/05 06:44 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Great site, Faldo. My old man, who did vaudeville publicity way way back before the Great Depression used several of those phrases. I often wondered about the derivation of the haircuts one. Obvious in context that he meant he'd fired some guy, but now I know why he said it. Thanks! TEd TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Vaudeville lingo #142434 04/30/05 07:24 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 (in French) "allez" ("everybody") That doesn't bode well for the accuracy of the site! I was interested to see that it quotes the otherwise English idiom for 'to bomb'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Vaudeville lingo #142435 04/30/05 08:50 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the otherwise English idiom for 'to bomb'. Am I mis-taking you? That usage of bomb is pretty standard USn show biz terminology. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Vaudeville lingo #142436 05/01/05 11:28 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Mebbe I'm misrememerificating ~ thought we had discussed the relative divergence between bomb as succeed or fail? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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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