Posted on 08/06/2002 7:02:05 AM PDT by RikaStrom
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....
perorate \PUR-uh-rayt\, intransitive verb:
perorates, perorating; perorated
perorational; adjective
peroration; noun
1. To conclude or sum up a long discourse.
2. To speak or expound at length; to declaim.
3. To make a peroration; to harangue. [Colloq.]
Our mother favored a staccato, stand-up style; if our father could perorate, she could condense.
--Annie Dillard, "The Leg In The Christmas Stocking: What We Learned From Jokes," New York Times, December 7, 1986
Etymology: Latin peroratus, past participle of perorare to declaim at length, wind up an oration, from per- through + orare to speak. Date: 1603
How can I argue with such logic.
Nah we were just bullsh!ttin' around and I was drunk... Bwahaha... TE is a good solid dude and I wouldn't do him wrong for the world.
Seen this one before? ;)
On a group of beautiful deserted islands in the middle of the ocean, the following groups of people are stranded on separate islands:
2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman
2 French men and 1 French woman
2 German men and 1 German woman
2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman
2 English men and 1 English woman
2 Bulgarian men and 1 Bulgarian woman
2 Japanese men and 1 Japanese woman
2 Chinese men and 1 Chinese woman
2 Irish men and 1 Irish woman
2 American men and 1 American woman
One month later, on these absolutely stunning deserted islands in the middleof nowhere, the following has occurred:
One Italian man has killed the other Italian man in a jealous rage.
The French men and the woman are living happily in a menage-a-trois.
The two German men have set up a strict, inflexible weekly schedule - alternating visits with the German woman.
The two Greek men are sleeping with each other. The woman is cleaning andcooking for them.
The two English men are waiting for someone to introduce them to the woman.
The two Bulgarian men took one long look at the ocean and another longlook at the Bulgarian woman and started swimming.
The Japanese have faxed Tokyo and are awaiting instructions.
The two Chinese men have set up pharmacy / liquor store/restaurant/laundry. The Chinese woman is pregnant with their first employee.
The two Irish men divided the island into north and south and set up a distillery. Things get sort of foggy each night and they can't remember if they've had sex with the Irish woman or not - but they're satisfied becauseat least the English aren't having any fun.
The two American men are contemplating suicide because the American womankeeps on complaining about sand in everything, insisting she can do everything they can do, expressing the need to equally divide and organizethe household chores, maintaining that her last boyfriend respected heropinion and treated her nicer than they do, speculating about whether allthis means her relationship with her mother will improve and asking if the sand and palm trees make her look fat.
All women have to be is willing. And some jerks don't even require that.
(sigh)
Perhaps the author is a liberal and wants to excuse his own daughter's slutty behavior........lol
Bellesiles anti-gun book now serves as "bad example" in history course.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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