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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 80 of 100 1 2 … 78 79 80 81 82 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: (expletive sublimated) [Re: wofahulicodoc] #213800 01/01/14 06:40 PM 01/01/14 06:40 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,160 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,160 Land of the Flat Water PIUwhat I think when cleaning shoes after walk in barnyard. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: (expletive eliminated) [Re: LukeJavan8] #213801 01/01/14 10:40 PM 01/01/14 10:40 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi -PID - a suffix added to indicate that someone is more than just plain stu. YARE (No, not Tasha) [Re: jenny jenny] #213806 01/02/14 02:59 PM 01/02/14 02:59 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA YARE PRONUNCIATION: (yahr or yayr) MEANING: adjective: 1. Easily maneuverable; nimble. 2. Ready; prepared. ETYMOLOGY: From Old English gearo/gearu (ready). Earliest documented use: 888. USAGE: "I do desire to learn, sir; and, I hope, if you have occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find me yare." William Shakespeare; Measure For Measure; 1604. "She was a 'bonnie lass' in the words of her chief engineer; she was faithful, she was yare -- an unlikely compliment for a vessel without sails." D.C. Riechel; German Departures; iUniverse; 2009. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Never confuse motion with action. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790) --------------------------------- NARE : lumbering; unprepared; obstinate; unresponsive; in short, the opposite of YARE Good Ol' Ben [Re: wofahulicodoc] #213807 01/02/14 03:01 PM 01/02/14 03:01 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA "Never confuse motion with action." - Benjamin Franklin I like that. Re: Good Ol' Ben [Re: wofahulicodoc] #213809 01/02/14 04:31 PM 01/02/14 04:31 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc "Never confuse motion with action." - Benjamin Franklin I like that. I like it too, Fahulicodo, very much. Strange. I wonder why Franklin is just now saying it? =========================================================== Y'ARE - "Y'think therefore Y'are". A phrase often used by Descarte when addressing a group. Minds out of the gutter, y'all all... [Re: jenny jenny] #213815 01/03/14 02:54 PM 01/03/14 02:54 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA Y'ARE. Good thinnking, JJ! ----------------------------------------------------------- RUCK PRONUNCIATION: (ruk) MEANING: noun: 1. A large mass, especially of ordinary people or things. 2. A crease or wrinkle. verb tr., intr.: To make a crease or to become creased. ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse hrukka (wrinkle, fold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of ranch, rank, shrink, circle, circa, crisp, corolla, search, ring, curb, ridge, curve, corolla, and coronary. Earliest documented use: 1225. --------------------------------------- UNCK what Piglet called his mother's brother Reason for edit: two changes; disqualified O'RUCK 1. what your Japanese friend wishes you rots of when she's feeling sardonic 2. an Irish brand of vacuem cleaner Re: Good Ol' Ben [Re: jenny jenny] #213816 01/03/14 03:03 PM 01/03/14 03:03 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA Quote: "Never confuse motion with action." - Benjamin Franklin Let's take it one step further: Never confuse motion with action, or action with progress. ** ("The trouble with Internet quotations is that you can't always depend on their accuracy." -- Abraham Lincoln) **Edit: A brief Googlesearch says I could/should have attributed this to "Benjamin Hemingway"... Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 01/03/14 10:50 PM. Reason: Amazing what this Internet can find... And now back to Rucking... [Re: wofahulicodoc] #213822 01/04/14 02:12 PM 01/04/14 02:12 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi F*CK - a written euphemism for the F-word. She said "firetruck" ! Scandalous ! [Re: jenny jenny] #213827 01/04/14 06:33 PM 01/04/14 06:33 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,970 Worcester, MA ...and this from the young lady who chided me for using the euphemism "nether parts"... Re: She said "firetruck" ! Scandalous ! [Re: wofahulicodoc] #213828 01/04/14 08:50 PM 01/04/14 08:50 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Ha! Better half-said than left unsaid whereas the f-word might snigger forever in schoolboys raunchy little minds. 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