Posted on 06/18/2004 5:22:50 AM PDT by Slip18
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....
Subbie Slip has her whip, handcuffs and legcuffs today. Haven’t checked my mood ring yet. Y’all behave yourselves, ya hear? Principal JimRob is still out of town. I expect the utmost respect on this thread today. The Mods have been overworked lately.
The rest of the stuff is locked up in my drawer.
Toroid noun:
Pronunciation: Tor-roid (how easy is that?)
1) A surface generated by the rotation of a plane closed curve about an axis lying in the plane and not intersecting it
2) A body whose surface has the form of a toroid.
3) Not in the dictionary, but in other words a DONUT would be toroidal (adverb). This is for xs and her Dunkin’ Donut friends. “I’d like a chocolate toroidal, please.
You do have a far more handsome face . . .
More pop-ups than a pop tart factory.
Mine: More pop-ups than a honeymoon.
Yours were hysterical.
Good idea.
A+ for your hysterical poem, doubled.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, XS!
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Thank you, Miss Slip!
Sad news: Paul Johnson is dead per FNN. May he rest in peace.
"Remember the old Cinderella movie, probably circa 1960 something? It starred Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon. There was a song in the thing, and it's quoted below:
Impossible,
For a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage!
Impossible,
For a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage!
And four grey mice will never be four white horses.
Such folderol and fiddle-dee-dee, of course, is
Impossible!
But the world is full of zanies and fools
Who don't believe in sensible rules,
And won't believe what sensible people say.
And because these daft and dewy eyed dopes
Keep building up impossible hopes,
Impossible
Things are happening every day!
This poster is good! Thanks, darnright!
I saw on a thread about our Bham cops that a cop in Jackson TN was killed either yesterday or the day before by a purse snatcher. So sad!!
Mother started the cluck gooble thing-what does she know?
I just saw the thread. jax is home - so I don't have FNC on the TV.
Prayers for his family.
If the Iraqis don't have an uprising over this, I'm going to be really, really upset.
thanks so much, slippy! but i will check in next week, never fear!
Don't tell CG I've been shoe shopping today.
On another note, this story from Instapundit (it was in the New York Post too, according to Howard) is about a college dorm buddy of mine and Howard's, Dileep Nair. He was far too polite to have done this in the late 60's/early 70's, but who knows how people might change:
WASHINGTON — The United Nations was rocked by a new scandal yesterday when reports surfaced that the diplomat in charge of rooting out corruption in the world body is himself facing allegiations about unethical conduct. Fox News reported yesterday that Dileep Nair, the undersecretary general in charge of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight, has been accused of demanding kickbacks and sexual favors in return for promotions inside his office. Nair, a native of Singapore, also has been accused of attempting to thwart the probe into the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, although his role in that probe remains unclear Sources told The Post the allegations against Nair stem from complaints from employees inside the United Nations that have reached the employees union as well embattled U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. . . . The allegations that the man in charge of ethics enforcement is himself facing charges come at a time when the United Nations is facing the gravest test of its credibility in the wake of the oil-for-food scandal. It also comes a day after the United Nations published a shocking survey in which a majority of the U.N. staff said they fear reprisals from their bosses if they step forward with information about wrongdoing.
Ted doesn't look like he could see through the windshield.
Happy Anniversary next week!
thanks, arghy!
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