Posted on 04/12/2010 5:07:24 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 4/12/10
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".
bowdlerize; verb
1 : to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar 2 : to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content
Etymology:
1830–40; after Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English editor of an expurgated edition of Shakespeare
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
If anything, I’m MR M. ;-)
I had either never saw or had forgotten that episode. So I was really LOLing on that last night.
Sauces (other than ketchup, of course) tend to be mayo based, which is disgusting. Or, even worse, a delivery mechanism for mustard.
Kitty boy and Yeti boy are excellent mousers, but Titus has only caught insects and the occasional lizard unlucky enough to get into the house, but he is also a fuzzy, cuddly self-propelled lap ornament, so that is okay.
it does look yummy!
A+++
With the giant mole? Yeah, that was good. And I know it’s dumb, but I get a kick out of Steve Holt (STEVE HOLT!).
i like maynaze, as SG calls it. but NOT miracle whip. THAT is disgusting.
BBQ sauce is OK, too. I just don’t want any “secret” anything on my food.
lord knows what sort of SECRETS ya been eating outside the US of A.
In my experience foreign food is less, not more spicy than what we get back home. Curry excepted.
the secret isn’t the spice or seasoning, it’s the origin of the particular species....
The Giant Mole fighting the Boy in the Jetpack as they destroy Tiny Town in front of the Japanese investors? ROR.
And ya how can you not smile when that dummie says “Steve Holt”
Someone needs to go teach them Arabs how to cut up a chicken. More often than not, it was just like random bits of bone and meat.
so what did you eat”? what was a typical meal there [other than the peanut butter crackers you brought from home?]
I agree on the “secret” thing-if I can’t make a positive ID on ingredients in a food item, I’m NOT going to eat it.
I guess I’m weird, but I only like spicy brown mustard on my sandwiches, only eat them made with whole wheat bread/buns, and I think mayo looks and tastes like that white paste we used to use in kindergarten...
And now that I’m hungry from not eating breakfast and talking about food, I’m going to find something for lunch-back later...
This was lunch at the canteen.
Lettuce and stuff for salad.
Rice
Some sort of beef (one day it was lamb)
Some sort of chicken (fried or in a sauce)
Some sort of vegetable dish
Pita bread
Apple or banana or orange
Some sort of soup
Once a week there was fried fish nuggets. On occasion they had curried chicken, too. And they tried to make spaghetti for all the Italians, but it wasn’t very good and usually had veggies mixed in.
If only. Library paste was good.
unless you filled up on guinness, i bet you lost weight over there.
They did have ice cream treats at the mini-mart.
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