Word For The Day, Thursday, May 26, 2005

dictionaries ad nauseum | May 26, 2005 | secret garden2

[Gabz]

Based upon my experience with a snow job at the Strattford in January - it wasn't even worth $10, let alone $100

[patton]

Hey, I was out of town. They pay me $100 to do their parkinglot, just about every time it snows. The guy who runs it is a cheep SOB, which is why I didn't send over my brother - he won't pay, if there is less than 3".

But, still. Another customer plowed under.

And as to what it's worth - that parking lot is so tight, I charge him extra because of the risk.

[Gabz]

I'm just kidding with you.........clearing that parking lot is worth a heck of a lot more than $100.........you need to grease a large vehicle just to maneuver in it, and that would be without snow.

[patton]

I think I need to raise my rates. My buddies tell me they won't DROP the blabe for less than $250. DC, eh?

And my employees tell me infant day care in FC is $1,700/mo. We have been charging $1,000/month.

On the other hand - the waiting list is up to three years...

[secret garden2]

Sitz = seat and platz = place, right? Maybe it's a question of dialects. My source studied it throughout college, in literature and conversation, from German Jesuits. His form may be more formal than yours. As for me, I studied French, so c'est la vie. ;)

[patton]

to blabe...or not to blabe...LOL

[secret garden2]

No, no, no. He distinctly said to blave, which means to bluff. Name the movie.

[patton]

c'est la guerre.

sitzen - verb, transitive, to sit.

Platz - noun, masculine, seat

Nehmen Sie Platz - High (snotty, harvard-like) German idiom - "Take you a place." in englisch, "Please, sit down."

[patton]

whaddya mean? he said true love.

Princess Bride.

Have fun stormen the castle, boys!

[secret garden2]

Good job! It's one of my favorite movies. I thought blabe sounded too much like that line and couldn't resist throwing some extra credit your way.

[patton]

Great minds think alike. That where "to blabe" struck me. LOL.

[patton]

Now, see, this speech remind me of the one I gave when I graduated as Valedictrian of my German Class from das Verteidigungsspracheninstitut, in 1983.

It didn't go well, either. ;)

[patton]

Oh, to be a valedictorian. LOL

I should quit posting corrections to myself.

[Gabz]

$1,700 a month for infant daycare? OMG. I realize infant daycare is more time consuming, thus would be more costly than for an older child, but that is utterly ridiculous.

I realize costs for everything are different where you are compared to where I am, but even in Dover, the most prestigious private daycares didn't charge rates like that.

I think I'll stick with living in the low rent district!

[patton]

The thing with infant daycare is that you can only have three kids, or something. I don't know, not my job.

But, as compared to ten rugrats over two.

So infants cost a lot more to house.

[Gabz]

You're silly!

[Gabz]

You're right - there are restrictions on the numbers - which is why it is justifiable for infant care to be higher than that for the older kids.

[xsmommy]

you want to speak German, go to Europe. We live in America, learn the language.

[xsmommy]

OMDEARGOD, the ego was in full bloom last night. SG, how did you not smack him senseless? oh i was valedictorian of my german class, ladedangda!

[secret garden2]

Oh, was he casting about with his usual braggadocio? I hadn't noticed...

/sarcasm