|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636 |
The hirple is a benign little booger that resembles a pimple with purple hair. About the only bad things it does is cause the maple syrup to get moldy and the pancakes to have gooey middles. When it really wants to be a baddie, it causes the beautiful strawberries you bought the day before to have major soft spots.
hantu
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,819
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,819 |
The hauntu (aka Hantu mouse) is a small, harmless rodent, rarely seen owing to both its nocturnal behavior and a natural aversion to humanity. It is frequently found in the drains of sinks and bathtubs, where it subsists by digesting the keratin in human hair. The hantu is most notable for its contribution to the English language, for the phrase "living hand-to-mouth" is a bastardization of "hantu mouse," reflecting the humble creature's meager existence. Hanti are considered a delicacy in certain parts of Asia. The Dutchess of Saxony, Lady Hildrebrand III (1825-1880) was famous for a hand-sewn stole made entirely from hantu fur.
ballicatter
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788 |
In County Galway, about ninety miles west of Dublin, sits the lovely market town of Ballinasloe. The River Suck, an affluent of the Shannon, divides the town in half. Every October, a great fair is held near Garbally Castle, the home of the Earl of Glencarty, to which large numbers of sheep and cattle are brought for barter and sale. Persons who participate in this livestock fair are called ballicatters, after the town's name and their occupation.
frugacity
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
Tasty mice and Irish herders... these *monsters are getting scarier with each post...<wink>
Frugacity is the home of the frugacits. These wormlike creatures are most commonly known to live in apples just waiting for the chance to be eaten by a mammal and take up residence in their stomach. Since they eat only fruit, they do not survive long in the stomach of a carnivore.
mauger
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788 |
musick is right. I sorta lost hold of the monster aspect of this whole business. Could be a sign of early-onset senility.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,819
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,819 |
The mauger was a mythical beast believed to exist in medieval times. The only known depiction of the creature was a spectacular illustration found in the Voynich manuscript (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, catalogue number MS 408), in which the mauger was shown with the shoulders of a road, the seat of a chair, the eyes of a potato, the head of a bed and the jawbone of an ass. Sadly that page of the manuscript was destroyed in a particularly unlucky game of quarters.
The mauger was believed to hypnotize maidens with the recitation of poetry in an unknown language. In Mallory's Morte d'Arthur Sir Bedevere encounters the carcass of a mauger in Palestine.
xeric
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,661 |
A xeric is very small (less that a inch) flying fish which looks and flies remarkably similar to a dragonfly. It will often pay protection *money (in the form of *deeds) to larger fish by keeping an above water watchful eye at the shorline for coming fishermen. This is why one will often come up empty-handed while fishing in the presence of *dragonflys. Have you ever thought you just heard a fish jump out of the water behind you? It was most likely a xeric.
pyx
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,154
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,154 |
Pyx are tiny brownish grey imps with hooked claws. They perch on the end of ontherwise harmless twigs and reach out to snag your favorite sweater as you pass.
(surely you've heard of pyx up sticks)
Foma
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,773 |
Foma are microscopic monsters which establish colonies in certain beverages, and work together to create excess bubbles. Beer infested with a foma colony will, when poured into a mug, have about 8 inches of foam on top of 3/4 of an inch of liquid.
wallah
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,788 |
The dreaded wallah beast of Southeastern Washington State is feared by farmers and ranchers cognizant of it devastating effects on the land. It is known to burrow into any soil, leaving holes small enough for cattle to step in (and break a leg). Its burrows are large and heavy equipment may sink into holes created by their collapse. The male and female wallah dig separate but adjacent burrows and then, in mating seasons, connect them underground with a small tunnel known as the "tunnel of love." The resultant interconnected burrow is then known as a wallah-wallah suite.
dinkum
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,338
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
637
guests, and
0
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
