Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02

The Verbivores | 11/14/02 | Mistress Bella

[xsmommy]

well that is certainly an improvement!!

[Slip18]

There's even a "cat" in part of their internet address. Very, very telling.

[Slip18]

I have got to go clean a few floors. It takes days for the dust to settle. I'm so dusted out.

[xsmommy]

my hand is so sore, from the punching.i need to finish this up for tomorrow. the kids would never have the hand strength to help with this, unfortunately.

[Eala]

Is that really made out of cats' guts? And are those other things really made out of sheep skin? And is there a grade of cat gut and sheep skin for which we should be aware?

catgut (kàt´gùt´) noun
A tough, thin cord made from the treated and stretched intestines of certain animals, especially sheep, and used for stringing musical instruments and tennis rackets and for surgical ligatures.

sheepskin (shêp´skîn´) noun
1. The skin of a sheep either tanned with the fleece left on or in the form of leather or parchment. 2. Informal. A diploma.

And just to add to it, in North America elkhide is the preferred material for bagpipe bags... except... bagpipe elkhide comes from cows, not elk. Oh well.

[VRWCmember]

I saw that thread Slippy. At the risk of pissing off some of my friends, I posted a link on that thread to the Philip Morris USA website that asserts quite the opposite of the conclusions of the World Health Organization. Normally, I would expect that research data from a "health organization" would be more reliable and less agenda driven than data published on the site of a Tobacco company. In this case however, the reverse appears to be the case.

Philip Morris Company: There is no such thing as a "safe" cigarette

[Eala]

held at a half-cocked postion all night, but being held back from firing.

(I'm goingto regret this...) Now Robert, you wouldn't want it to go off half-cocked, would you?

"half cock noun
The position of the hammer of a firearm when it is raised halfway and locked by a catch so that the trigger cannot be pulled."

[VRWCmember]

Glad you're back. You need to go back and look at posts 186 through 200 though. There is some good stuff there that you need to see.

[xsmommy]

i just BET THERE IS, mister....

[Eala]

sheep guts

Sheep guts!??? Gie her a haggis!!!

[xsmommy]

there is a radio ad for TROJAN MAN which irks me, on the rock station. luckily the kids have not been with me when it has been on.

[xsmommy]

xspup would only be BETTER behaved if he drank!

[xsmommy]

quit calling him IT!

[Argh]

my hand is so sore

If you were a guy I'd say you really DO need to learn to restrain yourself from DICK. But since you're not a guy I won't even mention it.

I'm a little worried about Pitt being able to beat Miami. You're a lawyer who went to Pitt, but they don't seemed to have trained you well for lawyerly stuff. You've spent the day punching up felt and picking up kids. Actually, getting felt up and punching the kids sounds like more fun. But neither sounds very lawyer-like, and if that's the sort of lawyer Pitt puts out (!), I'm not very sanguine aboot what kind of football team they're likely to greet the Candycanes with.

:^)

[Slip18]

I don't think anyone in here gets upset with anyone else, Vast. At least I hope that's the way we are!

Isn't it odd that for years the tobacco companies have been saying smoking is not harmful, and the WHO said it was harmful. Now it's all juxtaposed.

I, personally, don't like smoking in restaurants; however, bar smoking should be dictated by the owner. Period.

Cyber and I are going back to my sister and BIL's home after Thanksgiving. They do not like smoking. We smoke outside. It doesn't matter. It's their home.

I'm still wondering where all the levied taxes on tobacco have gone.

[Argh]

I was sorry to find out recently that in publishing, elephanthide is only a type of paper.

[Slip18]

Now I'm going to look up "haggis" in google. What the heck?

[xsmommy]

i am a MOTHER first and a LAWYER second, arghy, which is why i work only part-time and which is why i will always pick my kids up from school! and i didn't go to law school at Pitt, that was undergrad. but i agree with you that Pitt is IFF-y to beat Miami!

[Slip18]

Here's a nice site for haggis.

Haggis is cooked animal innerds. LOL!

[Argh]

Yuck, Miss Slip's gonna look up haggis in google, which means there are likely to be pictures. I think it's time for me to go back to work - bye!