Posted on 07/14/2006 3:21:00 AM PDT by Argh
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of the "Word for the Day".
frap [pronounced as spelled, verb, from Old French fraper to to strike or beat. Frapped, frapping, fraps. ]
a. STRIKE, BEAT
b. to draw tight: tighten with bonds (as a ship by passing cables around it: bid, draw together, or secure with ropes
A note:
frappé [pronounced fra-PAY] meaning iced or frozen, an iced drink or thick milk shake, or the ballet movement in which the free foot beats against the ankle of the supporting foot, appears to be of the same derivation
Example sentence:
Another time.
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No pushing at the door please!
Not sure how the French Revolution works into this one:
Although both sides lost, I'm not sure if anyone actually surrendered.
One side of the French won their Civil War, but I don't know which one won. LOL!
HAH!!! Beauty!
Well I finally get to sit down to the computer! I got stuck in a traffic jam on 1604 yesterday after work-there was a 3 vehicle wreck strung right across both lanes of traffic, plus an ambulance and two police cars-and got home late, and was rushing around cooking dinner. Today, I went to my customer's house and finished the little bit of work I had left there so I could get paid and not have to put up with the traffic nightmare on 1604 again on Monday to get there and back.
The local paper reported that two sheriff's deputies had been summarily fired. The report said that a deputy had arrived at his home after his shift to find his wife, who is also a deputy "hostessing an entertainment of sorts" with a single male deputy, and another deputy and his wife. It went on to say very that the deputy had found his wife and the single man "in a compromising position", and made a video of what was going on. The other couple was not mentioned as being in the cast of the video. Afterward, an "altercation" broke out between the husband and his wife's paramour, resulting in the paramour attacking the husband and chasing him into the woods on their property, where the husband apparently used his cell phone to call the sheriff's dispatcher for assistance. After deputies on duty answered the call, the husband went to his parents' home in SA, stating he was afraid to stay in his home because of fear of retaliation from his wife's lover, and he indicated that he would pursue charges of assault and a civil suit, as well as letting the county use his video as justification for the firing of his wife and her boyfriend. The wife and her lover were both fired the next day-and they are both saying they will sue the county for wrongfully firing them. Isn't that just f'ing beautiful? And this took place right here in the community I live in.
My neighbor who is a SAPD officer told me he heard that the wife and her lover were caught en flagrante delecto on the deck by her husband, with the other couple watching the action. It appears to me that these young people (they are all in their 20's) were into the wife swapping that seems to be rather commonplace in commuter communities out here, and that wife got herself shagged by a single guy, which I understand is nearly always against the "rules" of that game, so the husband went into a rage. I wonder about the video, though-did he sneak up and make it covertly, or was it just part of the fun and games until someone got pissed? I don't know how the county will justify firing the female deputy, since she was at her home and not on duty, but since the guy who was boffing her attacked her husband, he is probably toast. What disgusts me is that these are the people you call to report public lewdness at parties in your neighborhood (like next door to me)-and look what they're doing in their spare time-what confidence that inspires in the sheriff's department (not!). What is WRONG with people like that? They must have been brought up with no morals whatsoever.
This kind of thing goes on everywhere, but in cities people are a bit more discreet because the neighbors are just a few feet away-but they move to a remote area, and seem to loose all their inhibitions-also, everyone knows what everyone else if doing in a small community-men gossip just as much as women.
Wow! Whoever thought it wouldn't be nice and quiet out in the country? That's way too much excitement. At least no shots were fired. But the battle is just beginning.
Considering that all the battling parties in that donnybrook were legally armed, it is indeed a wonder no one was shot-I suppose they did show at least some common sense. The legal battle does appear to juat be gearing up, though-I wonder if the husband will file for divorce and name the other deputy as co-respondent?
unbelievable story, UNBELIEVABLE! i feel so NAIVE when i hear stuff like that goes on. holy crap!
I am sure the deputies all signed moral contracts and now that their amoral activity is known they are fired. The department needs to ditch the other three in this scenario.....unless the husband is indeed innocent. (which sounds doubtful)
Life in your quiet rural area sounds pretty wild. Our little town has some of that, but they keep it really hush hush. I always learn something new when the kids are home......like who's mom was all always drunk. (rme.....)
I don't know if the deputies in this county sign morals contracts, but I'm certainly going to ask-even if they don't, there should be some off-the-clock behaviors that simply will not be tolerated in a LEO. The city of SA used to have a morals clause in their employment contract, but the police officers' union got it tossed out years ago.
I doubt the innocence of the husband as well, but he will probably get a pass because he gave the sheriff's department the probable justification to fire his wife and her paramour in the form of that video.
Most of the people who live in this rural area are commuters who used to live in the city and still work there (so are we), but they have never lived in the country before like I have. They don't try to keep anything hushed up-they act like they think because they don't live in the city 10 feet away from their neighbor's fence and house, no one is going to notice what goes on at their property or talk about it.
This admittedly titillating incident was the main topic of conversation between us and the neighbor couple we had dinner with last night, and I'd venture to say we were probably not the only ones-it is currently the best scandal in the county-particularly because it involves LEO's.
The first civilian job my husband had after retiring from the military was as HR manager for a national security company, with a territory that was based in SA and covered an area from Austin to Brownsville. During the 5 years he worked there, the most outrageous example of inapporiate off-the-clock behavior he had to deal with was when he was called to Brownsville to make a determination in a sexual harrassment complaint, and alleged misuse of company equipment. The only bits of evidence he had were flyers allegedly made on the office copy machine inviting security guards and office personnel to a scavenger hunt that was the prelude to an orgy.
The "entertainment" was dreamed up by several guards and a receptionist while the manager of the operation was on vacation. According to the flyer, the scavenger hunt (which included items such as condoms and sex toys) was to be followed by a "party" at the home of a guard who lived out in the country. The event was held as scheduled, and as one of the female guards who had helped organize it was sneaked into her house by her lover and co-organizer, who also happened to be her supervisor, they were confronted by her furious husband. He had become suspicious when his wife had left in her uniform, supposedly to work her shift carrying a bag containing sexy lingerie and such. He grabbed her purse from her, found a flyer for the orgy inside, and went nuclear. In a panic, the woman said her supervisor had sexually harrassed her and forced her to have sex with him and take part in the orgy, threatening to fire her if she did not. She stuck to the story, and got other to do so to the point that a hearing had to be held, which was why hubby was there. After much frustration trying to get someone to really tell the truth, one of the female guards told hubby that the women in attendance had agreed to back up the other female guard's story so that their own involvement and illicit affairs would not come to light. My husband ended up having to terminate both the guard and her male supervisor for misuse of the copier, of all things, but at least her got rid of the ringleaders.
marteen, are you reading T5's stories? i swear to God this stuff did not go on in Kiski Twp and that sure has heck qualifies as country!
i swear to you, i have never heard of any other instances of real life wifeswapping or orgies from anyone but you! you have me enthralled with these TRUE CONFESSIONS [my dearly departed mom used to love that mag btw!]
The first I ever heard of such activities was when we lived overseas for the first time where my dad was stationed, and I was about 7. I overheard my parents talking in disapproving voices about "key parties" at certain peoples' houses who lived off base, and the excuses they would make to leave the party early, or not go at all. My mom told me when I was old enough what this was all about, and how it was a bad thing. Swapping or "swinging" is not all that uncommon in large cities in this state, especially in the 'burbs, and has been going on there for at least since the early 70's. One of our neighbors in SA belonged to a "swingers' club" that published a nationwide newsletter-it got put into our mailbox once by mistake, and my ex husband and I took a disbelieving good look at it before we put it into their mailbox-they used to have weekend guests with out-of-state plates on their vehicles and loud music and such damn near all summer long on the weekends. My ex and I declined their invitations very politely, and told them we were not into that sort of thing-they were otherwise very nice neighbors. I was aware that it went on in commuter communities, but I did not realize the extent-I never heard of that going on out in the country until people who work in the city started moving out to the country from the 'burbs to get away from the traffic and crowding.
I've heard that the movie "The Ice Storm" took a good, hard look at that "Key Party" nonsense. Haven't seen it, tho.
My mother said they had a key club in our neighborhood when we were little but she said it with disgust. I think she was glad to get out of there for many reasons.
I've never seen that movie, either-when did it come out?
My parents always left early if a party was a "key party"-sometimes they had to make an appearance there, though, if the host was a superior officer of my dad's.
I'm going to go light the grill for a rack of yummy spareribs for dinner-back later...
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