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Word For the Day, Tuesday, July 19, 2005
July 19, 2005 | Slip 18

Posted on 07/19/2005 5:34:51 AM PDT by Slip18

Thursday, April 7, 2005

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.


Subbie Slip has her whip, handcuffs and legcuffs today.

The rest of the stuff is locked up in my drawer. I’m just letting all the new students know that we behave as if we were ladies and gentlemen in here. Those two words “as if” can get you an A if you make the subbie laugh.

Tussel/Tussel

Verb/noun:
Pronunciation: tus/el
Etymology: I don’t know.


1) (verb) To struggle, especially roughly or violently: scuffle. Syn: wrestle
2) (Noun) A physical contest or struggle: scuffle
3) A rough argumentor struggle against difficult odds for success.

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!


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To: VRWCmember

I'm so happy for you!!!


221 posted on 07/19/2005 1:11:55 PM PDT by Slip18
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To: TheGrimReaper

You owe me a keyboard, Grimmy.


222 posted on 07/19/2005 1:12:32 PM PDT by Slip18
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Are you sorry to see the hamster go? They are notorious for being bad-tempered biters. Maybe because they are usually given to little kids too immature to handle them correctly.


223 posted on 07/19/2005 1:23:22 PM PDT by secret garden (There's no place like home!)
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To: Jack Deth

Excellent opprobious summation of the clinton years.


224 posted on 07/19/2005 1:25:55 PM PDT by secret garden (There's no place like home!)
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To: TheGrimReaper

The phrase "Was it a Titleist?" always makes me think of Costanza and Kramer, telling the story of the beached whale.


225 posted on 07/19/2005 1:28:09 PM PDT by secret garden (There's no place like home!)
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To: Slip18; TruthShallSetYouFree; xsmommy; Congressman Billybob
As I understand it, the Russel Bldg has two (or three!) gyms (for the Congresscritters), Post Office(s), several underground (restricted) parking garages, several restaurants, couple of TV studios, several printing rooms, ......

Very, very posh .... Of course.
226 posted on 07/19/2005 1:32:34 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
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To: VRWCmember

Good point! The rewards are (Constantly!) going to the rule-breakers, who had already disregarded the "stated rules" of the School and (fellow "adults").

Though, of course, the rule-breakers (evil ones) are condemned first.


227 posted on 07/19/2005 1:35:27 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
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To: TheGrimReaper

Good one, Grim!


228 posted on 07/19/2005 1:38:08 PM PDT by secret garden (There's no place like home!)
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To: Slip18

"How would you like to tussel with Russell?" was the ad long ago for a western starring the amply endowed Jane Russell. (Anyone remember the title?)


229 posted on 07/19/2005 1:53:46 PM PDT by MoochPooch (A righteous person worries about his or her behavior, an extremist about everyone else's.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

A smiley face for you from your friendly neighborhood milblog!

230 posted on 07/19/2005 1:58:39 PM PDT by Dutchgirl (Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it." --C. S. L)
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To: Slip18
Well, You know what they say. Spell Check Is fir Sissies!
231 posted on 07/19/2005 2:12:46 PM PDT by Cowman (Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
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To: VRWCmember; Slip18

Cool info! Thanks.

I like Koonyz - don't like King anymore, and haven't in a long time.


232 posted on 07/19/2005 3:08:44 PM PDT by Gabz ((Chincoteague, VA) USSG Warning: Portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
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To: Slip18
It's nice to see that the young seargent who was coerced into shaking the Beast's hands over a Thanksgiving holiday, won't get into a tussel about it, now that he is out of the military.

Photo of U.S. Soldier in Iraq Shaking Hands With Senator Hillary Clinton--But Not Willingly-Truth!


233 posted on 07/19/2005 3:16:00 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: Slip18

I'm finally home-

The current political tussel
Between Karl Rove and the 'rats
Has the latter behaving
Like a pack of spoiled brats

They want Karl to go away
So Plame's attention seeking screed
Won't bring to light the ugly truth-
That her husband did the deed

He did it for attention
And his fifteen minutes of fame
And since wifey wasn't "covert" any more
Everyone already knew her name


234 posted on 07/19/2005 3:25:05 PM PDT by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; VRWCmember; hobbes1; xsmommy; secret garden; Gabz; Argh; OESY
Sorry I've missed most of the discussion today, but I did want to say re: Harry Potter, that I have to side with Hobbes on this.

Rowling's stories are about magic. Who uses magic?

She had to talk about witches in the story as those are the only ostensibly human creatures who use magic.

She could have used faeries or elves as the protagonists, but then it would not have been the same story, a story of a boy who was burdened by his ordinaryness, "I'm just Harry..." -- until he discovered some hidden strengths.

It's a story about growing up, which means that you may occasionally have to break the rules that have been laid down, if something more important, like someone's life, is on the line. Grown-ups make these decisions all the time -- it is growth for children to face the dilemma and choose the right course.

Had J.K. chosen to write about flying, she might have used birds ... "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", but she chose magic. And why?

Because many people today treat the world around them as if it were one of magic anyway, treating the map as the territory, and imbuing artifacts with arcane mystery.

She wanted to teach them about magic, not about witches.

Insofar as they think about magic, people tend to think that there is good magic and bad magic. She goes to great pains to try to illustrate that love and sacrifice are stronger than greed and lust for power. And you'll note that none of those four things are inherently magical.

Many are put off by the apparent corollary between the power of magic, and the power of spirituality. Does God use magic?

We teach our children with crayons and bright images before we deal with long words in black and white -- it is no more complicated than that.
235 posted on 07/19/2005 3:34:08 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)
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To: VRWCmember
Noted theologian and democrat class clown Howard Dean reveals the Bible says nothing about homosexual marriage

You mispelled assclown.

236 posted on 07/19/2005 3:57:48 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (we should not hesitate to resolve the tension in favor of the Constitution's original meaning-Thomas)
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To: NicknamedBob; JustAmy

Your new free form poetry is awfully hard to follow. Heck, I couldn't even find one rhyme.


237 posted on 07/19/2005 4:06:40 PM PDT by OESY
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To: Texan5

;)


238 posted on 07/19/2005 4:15:33 PM PDT by patton ("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
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To: OESY
She could have used faeries or elves as the protagonists,
But then it would not have been the same story,
A story of a boy who was burdened by his ordinaryness,
"I'm just Harry..." -- until he discovered some hidden strengths.

Yeah, you're right! It's pretty lame.

I have to consciously suppress sometimes,
That well-trained tendency to speak in rhymes.

239 posted on 07/19/2005 4:20:37 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)
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To: NicknamedBob

WOW..........just WOW


240 posted on 07/19/2005 4:31:55 PM PDT by Gabz ((Chincoteague, VA) USSG Warning: Portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
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