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The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
Posted on 01/31/2004 9:52:08 AM PST by ecurbh
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To: Professional Engineer
> It seems ALL of FR is really quiet today. Eerie.
Almost too quiet. . .
To: Corin Stormhands
Have a Good Lent Corin. We'll miss ya....
To: Professional Engineer
Yes it is pretty quiet.
Must be Friday or something.
The weekend beginning blahs or something.
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posted on
02/20/2004 11:19:17 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Cry "Hammock!" and let slip the gerbils of war!)
To: HairOfTheDog; All
I'm having a true conniption fit right now.
< insert 2J shimmy >
I just got 2nd row tickets to Clay Aiken on a broker site. Becky and I are going to have so much fun!!!!
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posted on
02/20/2004 11:19:42 AM PST
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: My back yard
> I was not as erring as the other but I did always think they said 'shimmy shimmy coco pop'
When it came on the radio at my old job, we always sang "Shimmy Shimmy Cocoa Puffs". But then we were always changing the lyrics to everything anyway. For instance,
Don't go out tonight
Or it's bound to take your life
There's a bathroom on the right. . .
To: RMDupree
To: Fedora
Exactly!
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posted on
02/20/2004 11:33:41 AM PST
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: RMDupree
From
Dictionary.com:
con·nip·tion n. Informal A fit of violent emotion, such as anger or panic. Also called conniption fit.
So, are you angry you didn't get 1st row tickets...? ;)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
What does dictionary.com say about pedantic?
Just kidding.... I'm a word-Nazi myself...
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posted on
02/20/2004 11:50:06 AM PST
by
JenB
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Ah! But a violent emotion could also be someone freaking out with joy, jumping and leaping about, screaming at the top of their lungs, couldn't it?
I could definitely injure somebody in the state I'm in right now! :-)
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posted on
02/20/2004 11:58:42 AM PST
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: RMDupree; JenB
OK, OK... I've only ever seen the word "conniption" used in a negative sense. Never thought of a conniption of happiness before!
Please don't injure anyone, Ruthy! ;)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I'm trying not to, Bear! Honest I am!
I'm so thrilled about it that it's hard not to run around injuring people in my exuberance.
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posted on
02/20/2004 12:16:13 PM PST
by
RMDupree
(HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Conniption, in my experience, has a usually negative sense. I suppose it could be positive... like you might say you had a "fit" of happiness.
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posted on
02/20/2004 12:16:34 PM PST
by
JenB
To: JenB
Is it four o'clock yet?Everyone else went home. They left me alllll alone. *snif*
I'll probably head out in five or ten minutes. The phone hasn't rung more than two or three times since lunch. I'm really, really bored.
To: RosieCotton
> I'm really, really bored.
Me, too! I'm distracting myself by looking up passages on the Boromir/Faramir/Denethor thing right now. I just noticed that Boromir's introduction emphasizes his nobility, which fits with what we were saying: "And seated a little apart was a tall man with a fair and noble face dark-haired and grey-eyed, proud and stern of glance. . ."
To: Fedora
Boromir doesn't understand winning by any means other than military force, though. He's brave and powerful, but not too bright. ;-)
To: RosieCotton
I'm bored too, and busy. Just busy in a mind-numbing fashion which will probably keep me here until 7. Ugh.
Hmm... shall we start bashing Boromir for fun?
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posted on
02/20/2004 12:35:34 PM PST
by
JenB
To: RosieCotton
"Were you not at the Council?" answered Frodo. "Because we cannot use it, and what is done with it turns to evil."
Boromir got up and walked about impatiently. . .
:)
To: JenB
When do you have to leave for Detroit? Before Monday?
I should really spend the weekend decluttering. I HATE decluttering.
To: Fedora
Duh!
I think I actually like the movie Boromir a little better in some ways. He was even ruder and more impatient in the book at times!
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