Word For The Day, Friday, August 15, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/15/03 | 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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nates \na*tez\, plural noun

1. The buttocks.
2. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
3. The umbones of a bivalve shell.

The democrats will find that their plethora of piffle will come to bite them on the nates. Of course, those blissoming bullies will become anorchus amoebas when they're trumped and tromped in the edifying election.
--Rika Strom, WFTD Teacher, 2003

Etymology: [Latin nat s, pl. of natis, buttock.]

[RikaStrom]

Good Morning Students. Welcome to class! Thank goodness it's FRIDAY!

Class is now in session. The rules are simple; you get a grade if you use the WFTD in a sentence, haiku, limerick, or quatrain. You get a "+" if you make a link, or make the teacher laugh, or you offer the appropriate bribes. I hold the grade book; the whip and chair.

Police pulled over a man on a bar stool - after a slow-speed pursuit on one of Reno's busier streets.
It started Monday when an officer saw a man riding the motorized bar stool at 35 mph. He was being followed closely by a woman in a Mustang.

Now would you please tell me how we missed this yesterday? I saw at least three students over on that thread, and not a one of them pinged the rest of the class or brought this in for show and tell. Honestly, y'all will be banned from the wet bar and thermi unless delinquency levels increase! ;-)

Now, as for this story, I would say this boy has to have brass cajones to pull this stunt, but instead I think the brass is on his nates.

Man on Motorized Bar Stool Pulled Over

There once was a man with a barstool
And riding it was way cool
Brassy nates,
Curse the fates
The owner saw, called the law, damn Fool!

[RikaStrom]

Morning Gang!

[RikaStrom]

Morning Gang!

[theDentist]

hi

[RikaStrom]

Morning Gang!

[RikaStrom]

Morning Gang!

[Conspiracy Guy]

HI

[xsmommy]

we were just wondering, in yesterday's classroom, whether the tiger was able to get his nates home yesterday....

[RikaStrom]

Morning tD. How are you this wondeful Friday?

[VRWCmember]

7?

[secret garden]

!

[xsmommy]

had to have been maxie riding the stool....

[camle]

mernin

[secret garden]

Ssssshhhh, you'll wake up the Episcopalians.

[camle]

i was wondering the same thing myself.

[Gabz]

Sheesh - late again.

[RikaStrom]

Morning Flurry.

I bet it was a long walk for our Tiger. He's probably exhausted.

[xsmommy]

did you lose power up in CT?

[RikaStrom]

Morning Vast, morning SG. :-)

[camle]

amazing how profound sitting on one's nates can sound after the inevitible happens.