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]

" The realtor who sold us this land didn't tell us it was haunted! Is there a lawyer in the house-xsmommy, where are you? Do I have a case, and if I ever want to sell the property,do I have to disclose that the place is spooked? "

My parents old house (the one i lived in as a teen) was haunted and she told me not to tell people because since she didn't tell the buyers they could make her buy it back or somesuch. The ghost wasn't always a nice one either. It liked to shake my brother's bed and try to choke him at night. It showed it's face to my sister in the same room my brother slept once. She said it was an old man. The old man who lived there before us had been murdered on his way home from Atlanta. He never bothered me though, just scared the crap out of me a couple of times squeaking the bed really loud when I was home alone.

[Conspiracy Guy]

We have a poutrygoose that drinks all our beer and gives us headaches. The poultrygoose also makes our dog bark to go outside to pee or poop. It's really freaky.

[Texan5]

I have it on good authority, sir that poultrygooses only drink Irish Whiskey, not beer. And they never tell dogs what to do. It must be a different hant you have...

[Argh]

Herb Brooks, the "Miracle on Ice" coach, dies in a car accident.

[Argh]

I should have pinged you to this, xshub might be interested.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sorry I should have been more specific, these are poultrycanadageese. Down here we call em honkies. They will drink anything in the house and especially like to tell dogs that they need to pee or poop.

[Texan5]

That poor man had quite a traumatic death. No wonder he wasn't always nice.

Ours is a little girl, according to my friend the ghostbuster, and the ranch family at the end of the road. The family says she was one of the woman's great grandmother's kids (big family) who died at about 9 or so of some childhood disease. She and the other kids in the family used to play where our house is now, because it was close to their house so their mother could find them easily. The chimney of that original house still stands, just inside their gate, and about 3/4 acre away from us. The present family lives in a much larger, newer home further from the gate.

[Texan5]

ROFLMAO!

[Conspiracy Guy]

Crap I didn't see the # on my poultrycanadageese reply til now. I'm gong home to see if the dang thing drank all the beer.

[Slip18]

I could be wrong, but I don't think otherworldly things can harm you other than scare you to death. The poltergeist was hysterical sometimes. I would put my purse on my dresser every night when I got home. I usually found it underneath the bathroom sink.

There was a winding staircase to the top floor. That staircase was as cold as cold could be. It was weird. We only lived there a year. Thank goodness, although now I think I could handle it. I was only 21 at the time.

Some of the things it did was curious.

[Slip18]

I could be wrong, but I don't think otherworldly things can harm you other than scare you to death. The poltergeist was hysterical sometimes. I would put my purse on my dresser every night when I got home. I usually found it underneath the bathroom sink.

There was a winding staircase to the top floor. That staircase was as cold as cold could be. It was weird. We only lived there a year. Thank goodness, although now I think I could handle it. I was only 21 at the time.

Some of the things it did was curious.

[Slip18]

Double post. Must have been that pesky poltergeist.

[NeoCaveman]

Double post. Must have been that pesky poltergeist.

Your poltergeist is following you (/scary music)

[Slip18]

BOO!!!

[NeoCaveman]

That's ok if your head starts spinning and you projectile vomit pea green soup will call for an exorcist.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Check out my new tagline.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

If my rear end looked that good, I'd be naked all the time.......lol

[Argh]

What do you mean, "if"? You'd better let us see and we'll decide.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I can assure you - it doesn't........lol

[Argh]

When you "assure" someone, you make an "ass" out of "u" and "re". No, wait, that's not right. Um, in the morning I'll be drunk and ugly but you'll still be sober. No, wait a sec. If you're a socialist at 20 you have no brain and if you're a socialist at 40 you still have no brain. Well, that one's right, but it's not how the original went. Sheesh!