Word For The Day, Monday 9/23/02

The Verbivores | 9/23/02 | Teacher

[Bella_Bru]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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Brobdingnagian\brahb-ding-NAG-ee-uhn\, adjectiveverb:

1.Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- as a noun: a giant. [Often misspelt Brobdignagian.]

"The final triumph of my Brobdingnagian persecutor.'' --William Godwin, The Enquirer

``A brand-new brobdingnagian hotel.'' --Benjamin Disraeli, Lothair

``Known to our Brobdingnagian intelligence as grains of sand.'' ---Grant Allen

Etymology:From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

[hobbes1]

I basically tell em, ONE SITTING. EAT or STARVE.

If they ever decide to tough it out, I am in trouble.

[Gabz]

Stupidity of Brobdingnagian proportions is the hallmark of idiot politicians who insist on raising cigarette taxes:

$200M lost to smokes smugglers/Yearly city, state tax shortfall from gang & Internet sales

[SCalGal]

I'm up, I'm up, I'm up. Sort of, anyway. I don't have to be coherant yet, do I?

[xsmommy]

well he had the choice of a bath and bed at 7pm or eating. so we had a stand off and we negotiated it down to half of everything that was on his plate. it doesn't help that his father has the aberrant eating habits, when i sit there and say, xsboy, you must learn to eat something other than chicken nuggets and fries! because the two of them (father AND son) would be perfectly happy eating just that, with some bag salad, every night of the week!

so, there on the counter sit 3 fat crabcakes, made with GOOD CRABMEAT, not the cheap stuff. and xspup will likely be chowing down on them a bit at a time the rest of the week (i gave him a little last night, just to make sure he wasn't allergic to seafood....; ))

[TheGrimReaper]

Ungrateful xsbastards!!

Back later....

[xsmommy]

the sad thing is, grimmy, that had i made those crabcakes with TUNA instead, they would have eaten them and asked for more.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Homework:

I don't watch much TV, but understand that a certain Blonde Blobdingnagian has been exhibiting her mass properties for pub(l)ic viewing ....

[Robert A Cook PE]

SEND THEM HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Robert A Cook PE]

"I'm up, I'm up, I'm up. Sort of, anyway. ...

We "know" how you usually first get up ...

But usually, it isn't you that gets up first. 8<)

[xsmommy]

it is sad, isn't it, robt? i will try faxing them to you from home, later. i try so hard. i get out the southern living mags and i pore over them, examining the recipes and try to make something diff, and my audience is J of the hot dog and bag salad meal being consumed by their father. his mother was WAY too lenient with him. he needed a good smack growing up, because now he is warped for life.

[Robert A Cook PE]

"You're Polish?!?!?! I am a quarter Polish. The other 3/4 is Italian, so that's why I asked for a nice morning capuccino....

My roommate at texas A&M was half-Polish, half-Italian, and all Texas Aggie.

He majored in Ocean Engineering, and got his Masters in wave technology....... Was all set to go in the Navy as a SeaBee engineer.

Was devastated when I told him that they had already invented sandy beaches.......

[xsmommy]

hey, that is tonight's meal. italian sausage and green peppers with pasta. let someone say word one or look askance at that and i will be smacking!

[Gabz]

Dang, you beat me to it Robt.

[xsmommy]

there are 3 left, you can each have one and the 3d can go to xspup!

[Gabz]

I'm so thankful for all this talk about dinner - it reminded me to pull the chicken out of the freezer for dinner!!!!!

[Robert A Cook PE]

OK.

(Sits down at the front steps, waits for his take-from-home lunch tommorrow from the nice FedEx man.....)

[xsmommy]

it won't be a problem that it sat out on the counter all night, will it robt?

[xsmommy]

just drink some immodium along with the crab cake sandwich and you should be fine....

[Gabz]

LOL!!!

Hotdogs in mac and cheese was our dinner last night.

As soon as i suggested it Jax ran to the pantry and pulled out the Bles Clues, Rugrats and Scooby-doo mac & cheese mixes.

It was until I let her put the cheese in the sauce that she calmed down when I told her that we were NOT eating character mac and cheese.

I only keep those packaged things in the house for a quick lunch for her on weekends....I'm such a terrible mommy.

[white rose]

I suppose you could look at this story as a postscript for those brobdingnagian sexual harassment threads I was seeing last week. The truth is, however, I am posting this story simply because...I greatly enjoyed it.