A frolic in Cambodia - Page 162

greatwhitenorthchick · 11-18-2004, 12:36 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Like when I hear "cereal killer" in Guelph.

But Guelph citizens kill more Shreddies per capita than anywhere else on earth. So even if you invented it, it's applicable there.

Replaced_Texan · 11-18-2004, 12:42 PM

Do you send a condolence card or note when you get word of the passing of a beloved pet? Patton was 13 1/2*, and he was as much a member of the family as anyone else.

*A year and a half older than the Displaced Dog, who, as we all know, is scheduled to die with me in a firey crash so I don't have to go through not having him. The Puppy will somehow find the strength to go on without us, probably licking and flirting her way through her grief.

notcasesensitive · 11-18-2004, 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Do you send a condolence card or note when you get word of the passing of a beloved pet? Patton was 13 1/2*, and he was as much a member of the family as anyone else.

*A year and a half older than the Displaced Dog, who, as we all know, is scheduled to die with me in a firey crash so I don't have to go through not having him. The Puppy will somehow find the strength to go on without us, probably licking and flirting her way through her grief.

Sounds appropriate to me (not the fiery crash part though).

dtb · 11-18-2004, 12:51 PM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
So, I'm hosting a mediation in my office today i

When I first read that, I read "meditation" instead of "mediation" and I thought -- "Damn! Not Bob is going all hippie on us!"

But alas, no.

Sparklehorse · 11-18-2004, 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Which is why we do not look to rural hicks with comical yet undecipherable dialects for our pronunciation guides.

Isn't this a bit redundent? I'm so disappointed.

Hick in Roget's Thesaurus

ADJECTIVE: Informal. Of or relating to the countryside: arcadian, bucolic, campestral, country, pastoral, provincial, rural, rustic. See URBAN.

Hick in American Heritage Dictionary

NOUN: Informal A person regarded as gullible or provincial: “New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks” (Louis Auchincloss). ADJECTIVE: Provincial; unsophisticated: a hick town.

NotFromHere · 11-18-2004, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
What, the Golden State Warriors don't count?

Have you seen them play??

ltl/fb · 11-18-2004, 01:03 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Do you send a condolence card or note when you get word of the passing of a beloved pet? Patton was 13 1/2*, and he was as much a member of the family as anyone else.

*A year and a half older than the Displaced Dog, who, as we all know, is scheduled to die with me in a firey crash so I don't have to go through not having him. The Puppy will somehow find the strength to go on without us, probably licking and flirting her way through her grief.

I think it is absolutely appropriate. I have intended to send, but have not sent, condolence cards with respect to the two most recent aged dog-of-a-friend deaths.

Kin I borry me a pin from one a yew tew write them?

ETA I looked at the list, and I frequently commit the following sins: Fedral instead of Fed-uh-ral, Febyouary instead of Feb-roo-ary, and other ones that generally to me make the person have little librarian glasses on the face, a bun on the head, and very thin, pursed lips on the mouth. I do not say real-uh-tor or nu-queue-lar.

Or whatever.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 11-18-2004, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Do you send a condolence card or note when you get word of the passing of a beloved pet? Patton was 13 1/2*, and he was as much a member of the family as anyone else.

*A year and a half older than the Displaced Dog, who, as we all know, is scheduled to die with me in a firey crash so I don't have to go through not having him. The Puppy will somehow find the strength to go on without us, probably licking and flirting her way through her grief.

People do all kinds of silly things with pets. Why not?

And, of course, the poor parent who had to take poochie out back and put her down is always glad to be reminded of how dear the bitch was to the little kiddies. (And to have their statements to the kiddies that they'd taken pooch "to the farm" contradicted).

NotFromHere · 11-18-2004, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I have never heard goldie other than in a hawn or locks context. Not a Canadian mispronunciation.

We pronounce everything correctly. Including nuclear, realtor and February. We are the best.

What about poinsettia?
4 syllables or 3 in Canada?

greatwhitenorthchick · 11-18-2004, 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
What about poinsettia?
4 syllables or 3 in Canada?

three. Does anyone pronounce it with four?

NotFromHere · 11-18-2004, 01:09 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
People do all kinds of silly things with pets. Why not?

And, of course, the poor parent who had to take poochie out back and put her down is always glad to be reminded of how dear the bitch was to the little kiddies. (And to have their statements to the kiddies that they'd taken pooch "to the farm" contradicted).

Mygodman. What do you do with your furry friends? Take them out back?
What?
I'm very disturbed by this.

NotFromHere · 11-18-2004, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
What about poinsettia?
4 syllables or 3 in Canada?

I do. But I'm a definite minority. I hear poin-set-a most of the time. I think most of the dictionaries say either is correct, but I can't see "tia" and say "ta."
eta, it's my quest to get everyone to call those stupid red plants by their real name - poin-set-ti-a.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 11-18-2004, 01:11 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Mygodman. What do you do with your furry friends? Take them out back?
What?
I'm very disturbed by this.

In the city, a vet administers an injection.

In the country, it's a bullet to the head.

When the time comes - and it's not the easiest thing in the world to do.

And how did that animal on your plate die?

notcasesensitive · 11-18-2004, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
People do all kinds of silly things with pets. Why not?

Ah, the refreshing why-would-anyone-waste-their-love-on-pets attitude that I've only ever heard expressed by people with kids. wonderful.

baltassoc · 11-18-2004, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
So, I'm hosting a mediation in my office today in one of my slip and fall cases. Here's the question -- if a client (a new in-house lawyer at W.T. Grants) is wearing a shortish skirt, and has nice legs, is it rude to look at them?

I believe it's rude NOT to look at them, assuming you're falling short of the lear.

Now, sleeping with her is another matter entirely, and certainly should not be done in the presence of her husband, your wife, or the mediator. Unless the mediator is hot too, and into that sort of thing.