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).]

[Argh]

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

Well, in that case, how aboot showing us the other end?

[xsmommy]

OMG< i think i burst something, laughing at that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Argh]

I gotta get a bus, see you later.

[xsmommy]

the "depraved simplicity" of men's minds.

well, yeah. that about sums up you guys in here!

[Slip18]

"If you're a socialist at 20 you have no brain and if you're a socialist at 40 you still have no brain."

So does that mean I have a brain because I've been a conservative at 20 and 40?

[xsmommy]

oh please tell me about your ghost!

[xsmommy]

if it is known by others that you suspect haunting, i would think you would have to disclose.

[xsmommy]

i love your scary story too, slippy. i don't think i could have handled it at 20, nor today!

[honeygrl]

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

yeah, we were told it was a very horrific bloodbath when he was killed. they found him in his car on the side of the road, so the story goes. his wife was at home waiting for him.

[honeygrl]

"I could be wrong, but I don't think otherworldly things can harm you other than scare you to death."

Well, one that my aunt had in TN use to throw knives at her... she slept MANY nights in her car before finally selling the house. She thought it was so neat to have a haunted house that she would leave it presents.. it seemed that the more attention she paid to it, the worse it got.

[Argh]

Thank you!

[Argh]

Exactly, Miss Slipeinstein!!

[LonePalm]

I knew that St. Michel SurMise would have great food just from reading the travel brochure.

Or was that St. Michel sur Mer? After that much wine it all goes blurry. The food was good.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Argh]

Mont St. Michel?

[Eala]

#693! I surmise class isn't working hard enough, to have that much free time... *\;-|

[Eala]

>"If you're a socialist at 20 you have no brain and if you're a socialist at 40 you still have no brain."

So does that mean I have a brain because I've been a conservative at 20 and 40?

No, Miss Slip. The logic on that does not follow.

But being a conservative at 20 and 40 does mean you have a brain.

[LonePalm]

THis is great, two replies to my bad joke this fast.

Argh, mais bien sûr.

Eala, What's up? The lovely and talented LibreOuMort didn't reply to my posting in French? Sacre Blue Law!

Are you guys all right? You haven't been smoking Gauloises have you? Those things will kill you and make everyone around you wish they were dead.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[TheGrimReaper]

That's a damn shame, considering that even illegal aliens in California can get a literary license without a test.

Or any valid I.D.

[Eala]

Eala, What's up? The lovely and talented LibreOuMort didn't reply to my posting in French? Sacre Blue Law!

LibreOuMort doesn't log into FR very often. She often doesn't get much past checking the e-mail (there's so much of it).

Right now we're trying to figure out who persuade to run as the Republican gubernatorial candidate of this benighted state. (As if we really had that kind of influence, but it's never stopped us before.) Another potential candidate backed out this afternoon, leaving us with one -- who'd be superb, but he won't take the final step and commit. Smoking Gauloises? Argh! (Nope, sorry, Argh, I mean Arrrrgh!) We'll be smoking worse than that if we can't get a decent candidate!

[Robert A Cook PE]

This is not post 693....and no, we don't have two much time on on hands twiddlin' our thumbs..

(But xsex is sittin' on somebody's hands....)