WORD FOR THE DAY(3/26/18) Woolgathering

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WORD FOR THE DAY(3/26/18)



woolgathering

noun WOOL-gath-uh-ring

Definition

: indulgence in idle daydreaming

Did You Know?

Woolgathering once literally referred to the act of gathering loose tufts of wool that had gotten caught on bushes and fences as sheep passed by. As you might imagine, woolgathering was not the most profitable of enterprises; its practitioners must have seemed to wander aimlessly, gaining little for their efforts. In the mid-16th century, woolgathering began to appear in figurative phrases such as "my wits went a woolgathering"—in other words, "my mind went wandering aimlessly." From there, it wasn't long before the word woolgathering came to suggest foolish or purposeless mind-wandering.

Examples

My woolgathering in the backseat was abruptly interrupted by a question from the taxi driver.

"I love the feeling of being on a train, the rumble and roar that seem to aid woolgathering, and I never tire of staring out the window, no matter the scenery." — Karl Zimmermann, The Los Angeles Times, 3 Sept. 2017

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Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

MY ENTRY:

I have been accused of woolgathering when reality i was solving all the problems of the world!

[mountainlion]

Demonicrats are woolgathering coming days of utopia.

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I wish I could just accuse the opposition of woolgathering in their endless quest to discredit our Duly Elected President, but they seem to be more intent on creating crap instead of gathering wool.

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Yep...but their wool is full of fleas and ticks.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Always with the negatives! (Quoting a sarcastic war movie. ) The democrat ‘s ABCNNBCBS press corpse is always woegathering anything they can create about Trump.

[MoochPooch]

He must have done a lot of woolgathering in his wheelchair, although I find some of his ideas wishful thinking.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3642379/posts

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“Press Corpse”...LOL!

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And the universe was very angry. Hawking worried that too many humans would consume too much energy and the Earth literally would burn up: “But the present exponential growth can not continue for the next millennium. By the year 2600 the world’s population would be standing shoulder to shoulder and the electricity consumption would make the Earth glow red hot.”

He was equally fearful of artificial intelligence, which he described as possibly the “worst event in the history of our civilization.” If humans or their machines weren’t the agents of our civilization’s demise, then Mother Nature would intervene, perhaps through an epidemic or asteroid strike. There were far too many rapacious humans on this planet, and celestial retribution would thin out the herd.

The trouble with his predictions is that none of them were rooted in scientific reality. Demographers reject the notion of overpopulation; epidemics, climate change, and artificial intelligence are potential challenges, but not a threat to the species; and Earth isn’t predicted to face an apocalyptic asteroid strike for at least millions of years.

It is a shame that Hawking spent his later years playing on people’s worst science-fiction fears. Despite this lamentable worldview, however, Hawking’s contribution to science and science communication will be remembered as among the greatest of all time. Few people can turn black holes into objects of fascination for children and adults alike.

Woolgathering of the worst kind, I'm afraid. Such alarmist, negative, and possibly harmful speculations came from somebody who had the authority of past genius and the overcoming of severe handicaps. (Kind of like Kerry claiming authority because he had been to Vietnam)

Too bad, because I liked some of his early stuff.

[Texan5]

One more time Hillary’s minions
Go woolgathering down the lane
Idly conjuring the various ways
For their idol’s political gain

No scenario is too unrealistic
No lie or spin too outrageous
Sexism is the reason she lost-
Is that narrative advantageous?

Maybe to an audience of loons-
Feminazis and koolaid drinkers
But in all that crowd of howlers
You will find no clear thinkers...

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EXCELLENT! :-)

[Texan5]

Thank You!

[Robert A Cook PE]

! Poemethically superb.