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#177231 06/06/08 01:47 PM
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Don't know about the rest of you, but the first I ever heard "flibbertigibbet" was in the lyrics of "Maria" from The Sound of Music. This musical, along with Mary Poppins, is one from which I can sing nearly all the songs, having come along at an age in my life when one bought the records and played them over and over. The toughest one to learn was "The Lonely Goatherd". Anyhoo, I have used "flibbertigibbet" throughout my life on occasion, whenever the fancy strikes. It's a great word! :0)

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I always thought it would be a good name for a band.


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two: Good for you in this dumbnuts milleu where the average clod will attach a new meaning to an old word rather than use or invent one more colorful


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 Originally Posted By: dalehileman
dumbnuts milleu


even a better name for a band.


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 Originally Posted By: dalehileman
The Average Clod


This one too mayby? Promising?

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 Originally Posted By: BranShea
 Originally Posted By: dalehileman
The average clod


This one too mayby? Promising?


well... I would think something more like the Exceptional Clods, since all clods are pretty average, no?


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Yes , but that would make them exeptional and wouldn't that be very average?

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exceptional is average?


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Thinking you are exceptional is average.

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Does that mean thinking you are average is exceptional?

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