Word For The Day, Wednesday 2/05/03

2/05/03

[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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Thank you, VRWCMember, for today's WFTD!

anabasis, noun:
plural:anabases

1. An advance; an expedition.
2. A large-scale military advance, specifically the Greek mercenary expedition across Asia Minor in 401 B.C. led by Cyrus the Younger of Persia, as described by Xenophon. It was unsuccessful, and the Greeks, led by Xenophon, retreated to the Black Sea.

Etymology: Greek, from anabainein, to go up. See anabaena

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

[xsmommy]

well you 3 can compare your list of legions. leave me out of it.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

And yet it is but one prong of our multi-faceted attack in Afghanistan. Certainly makes me reconsider joining the Taliban. And remember, if attacked by a C-130 gunship, do not, repeat DO NOT, run to your vehicle.

[camle]

waddaUmeen you wuz robbed??? The first two were appointments, you were the first one we allowed on the list by request. Prior to that, you couldn't ask to be a slut, you had to be appointed.

yeesh! now we're gonna have croqs from all over applying for sluthood. and our standards are gonna be diluted.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

crap crap crap! When I say "attack," I mean "anabasis"

[xsmommy]

sorry, i have no occasion to travel to NY.

[hobbes1]

nd our standards are gonna be diluted.

I am the Standard.

[hobbes1]

Surely a few hundred miles is pecuniary, compared to the chance to Ride on The Hobbes Train.

[camle]

you are the something, no doubt.

but to be brutally honest, you don't set the standards of slutworthiness...

[TheGrimReaper]

I gladly accept the silver medal.

[VRWCmember]

I have a hard time picking a favorite scene, because so many of them are funny, but I like Bless this, thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and First, shalt thou pull the holy pin. an awful lot. Of course, the frenchman taunting Arthur with I blow my nose at you and Now, go away or I shall taunt you a second time is also a classic.

[TheGrimReaper]

"Twas a woman who drove me to drink....and I never had the decency to write and thank her."
-W. C. Fields

[TheGrimReaper]

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
-Henny Youngman

[camle]

the honor is richly deserved. we all look at you as a powerful example.

[VRWCmember]

Hi Gabz. I thought of you on Monday night when we were watching "7th Heaven" on WB. Did you happen to catch the episode? It was very preachy on the subject of smoking and the dangers of SHS. When the producers/writers of the show decide to do a preachy episode on some socio/political agenda, the quality of both the writing and acting always goes way down as everything is so forced that it really becomes hilarious (though it is not intended to be comical).

I'm sure the show was probably discussed in the Lounge yesterday. I was actually laughing out loud at the preachy dialogue that was way too melodramatic. To top it off, the beligerent "in-your-face" smoking character on the show left a cigarette burning in an ashtray at a house where she was house-sitting and it was burned to the ground, and then her response was "so what? it wasn't my house."

[Argh]

Prayer for a non-operating religion known as The Order of the Bottle (Tex, in order to join you must apply to me personally):

Our Father, who art in the Bottle,
Hallowèd be thy spirits
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
In the bars as in the taverns
Give us this day our daily booze
And forgive us our sobrieties
As we would forgive those who are also sober
For thine is the brewery, the distillery, and the drunken stupour
For ever and ever
Burp!

- Argh, 1972

[VRWCmember]

The First WFTD Slut list!
taking the coveted first three spots are (in order)

Is that why these guys are always jumping in to the class and announcing:

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[VRWCmember]

taking the coveted first three spots are (in order)
(more fanfare)
#3 Hobbes1
(drum roll)
#2, Grimmy
(applause - or is it applesauce?) and for the number one WFTD slut (for being first)
(drum roll)
it's Cholera Joe!!!
(trumpets, fireworks, max fanfare)

It looks like the tiger begs to differ with your order:

To: Bella_Bru

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17 posted on 02/05/2003 6:51 AM CST by hobbes1
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All your slut list are belong to us.

[TheGrimReaper]

"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
-Stephen Wright

[Bella_Bru]

Morning, morning, and morning!

[camle]

er... it's a possibility...