Word For The Day, Monday, August 11, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/11/03 | Teacher

[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. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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surmise \sur*myze\, verb, transitive/intransitive; noun
surmising, surmised, surmises

1. To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence
2. To make a guess or conjecture
3. Reflection; thought. [Obs.]
4. An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture.

It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden.

Etymology: [Middle English surmisen, to accuse, from Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre : sur-, sur- + mettre, to put (from Latin mittere).]

[honeygrl]

Geez.. I just found out our road has been blocked since yesterday. We live off the road they closed because of the petroleum spill, but they didn't evacuate us. (the smell was strong too but no one told us anything about what was going on about 100yrds from my front door.)

Police re-opened the road at about 8 p.m. Sunday, but an area at the intersection of Westchester Drive and Mitchell Bridge Road - the creek flows under Westchester Drive at the point - was to remain closed until today.

Westchester Dr is the road I live off of. Would've been nice of them to tell us why they shut off our road without me having to read about it in the paper. There aren't even any signs up other than "Road Closed."

[Argh]

I don't blame it. It may also be trying to get away from his voice. And "music". Just don't post a picture of him à la Flurry or Free Republic will melt.

[Argh]

Well, not to make any suggestions or anything, but you COULD withhold sex.

[Laura Earl]

Don't worry! Flurry is much more evil than I am.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Remember, I always retaliate with a disproportionally higher amount of force. Don't mention its name and I won't post its picture. Had I been the Prez on 9/11/2001, there would be a large glassy area once called the Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc.

[Laura Earl]

Now that would be cutting off my nose to spite my face, don't you think? ;)

[Argh]

Jeepers! Good luck, Honey!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Don't make me angry! I warned Argh. He felt we all needed to think about her just because he was. So I stomped him. I didn't want to do it it had to be done. Call me a Cowboy.

[Argh]

Don't cut off any parts!

Weren't you and I and some other croquette discussing the possibility of some, er, multiple comfort the other day? The croquette may have been xsmommy, I don't remember for sure. But it can be xsmommy, I don't mind. I am, after all, an "occasionally compassionate" conservative...

[Argh]

OK, I won't mention any Democrats. Especially any ugly ones.

[honeygrl]

"Thirty years ago I'd vote for sex. Now it's sleep, all the way. YAWWNNN.... "

I'm with you. Naptime sounds like a great idea. Maybe after a few days of sleeping, sex would be more likely to get my vote.

[Argh]

Welcome to class, Agnes! Don't let the fact things get a little wild sometimes around here put you off.

[Argh]

That's how I feel. You've got kids to wear you down, I've got old age, the effect's the same.

[Laura Earl]

OK, I won't mention any Democrats. Especially any ugly ones.

If you can think of any that AREN'T UGLY, please let us know!

[Argh]

Ummm.... Errr...

Great. This should take forever. Now I'll get NO work done today.

Umm...

[honeygrl]

"Jeepers! Good luck, Honey! "

Yeah, the scary part is that I almost walked down there yesterday with cig in hand to ask what was going on. LOL Probably would've been a bad idea.

[Laura Earl]

Now look what you've done. Everyone is stumped trying to come up with a non-ugly Dem.

[Argh]

Yikes!

[Agnes Heep]

Welcome to class, Agnes! Don't let the fact things get a little wild sometimes around here put you off.

I don't think it'll be a problem!

[Argh]

All I keep coming up with are scrags like Janet Reno.

WHOOPS!!