Word For The Day, Wednesday, 2/12/03

2/12/03

[Bella_Bru]

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....

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Teacher's note:

On Monday, I gave this word as an alternate for some students. It's all in good fun, but you do know that I get irked sometimes.

kvetch\KVECH\, intransitive verb:
kvetch, noun

To complain habitually.

noun:
1. A complaint.
2. A habitual complainer.

Etymology: Kvetch comes from Yiddish kvetshn, "to squeeze, to complain," from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, "to squeeze."

Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!

[P.O.E.]

There's no more need to kvetch. As we men knew all along, all homeland security issues can be solved with duct tape.

[xsmommy]

OMG he looks like a yenta!

[P.O.E.]

xs, you've really got to see this movie.

[white rose]

To be honest, I have no idea! I don't watch a whole lot of TV, and none at all in the morning, so I've never even seen the show.

Yes, yes, I know: I have no life!

[xsmommy]

apparently i do! i rented Hannibal last weekend and STILL haven't watched it. there have been continuous showings of Airbud(the baseball incarnation) and Snowdogs by xsbrownie since she and i went to Blockbuster. i can recite portions of dialogue from those 2 movies verbatim.

[xsmommy]

i don't watch much tv either and none in the AM unless i am home, but i am always perplexed how those shows work in diff time zones. surely CJ would know, bc he is on Mountain time and watches F&F.

[camle]

maybe I was trying to be eely?:-)

[white rose]

Ah, the wonders of Google. Here's the bit of classic dialogue:

"At one point during Clinton's attempt to upstage Bush, Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade grilled him on whether he missed a chance to prevent the worst terrorist attack in world history during his own presidency.

KILMEADE: Mr. President, there's a report today that you had the best shot at (Osama bin Laden) in December, in the waning weeks of your presidency and at the last minute you said "No, too much of a risk." How true is that?

CLINTON: No, it's not true. The best shot we had at Osama bin Laden was when I bombed his training camp in 1998 and we missed him by just a matter of hours. Maybe even less than an hour.

KILMEADE: Do you feel somewhat responsible?"

Beautiful, just beautiful.

[xsmommy]

if i were brian kilmeade, i would play that clip over and over and over and over and over....had to be the highlight of his career!

[xsmommy]

and i would say to mrs kilmeade, were i brian, hey honey remember that time i had bubba on the street and i said...my screensaver would be a still shot of me asking bubba that.

[Dan from Michigan]

who hasn't married madonna? or at least known her, in the biblical sense.

I sure as hell haven't. I don't want to go ANYWHERE Dennis Rodman(among others) has been.

[xsmommy]

erik alterman needs his @$$ kicked.

[Eala]

Not everything can be fixed with duct tape, though.

[xsmommy]

i am so relieved you have weighed in on this issue, dan! another slut with scruples.

[white rose]

Oh, this guy is good. While looking up that quote, I came across another lovely exchange he had with Terry McAuliffe after last November's elections:

Kilmeade: “What is your strategy now? If you use the same tactics in 2004, you’re going to get your tail kicked again.”

McAuliffe: “Well, the Republicans are in control now. They’ve got to fix the economy. If they don’t, they won’t have the Daschle Democrats to blame.”

Kilmeade: “So your strategy is to hope the economy gets worse.”

I have got to watch more TV.

[Bella_Bru]

Ehhh...not bad. I gotta take our car in. ONe of the brakes isn't releasing and it is make a horrible grinding/squeaking sound jut driving. When I apply the brakes it gets worse. I cannot wait to see how much this will soak me for.

[xsmommy]

not more TV, more FOX NEWS, esp fox and friends. they are funny as all get out, not at all professional, more like watching a bunch of people discussing something on barstools. and MANCOW has a segment on at some point and he is truly funny also.

[xsmommy]

cars and animals suck money from ya. did you hear i scraped xshub's vehicle and took a chunk outta it when putting it in the garage a week or so back? it is due back from the body shop tomorrow. and xspup has an ear infection to the tune of $300 to the vet on Sat. i never paid $300 to the pediatrician when my kids had ear infections!

[Argh]

Har de har har.

[Argh]

Hi Vast.