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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 03 December 2003I
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix
Posted on 12/03/2003 2:20:55 AM PST by Radix
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For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. |
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Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! |
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Pancakes on Wednesdays |
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American Pancakes Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays. Wednesday, December 3, 2003 |
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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data. Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks. We have links, lots of them.
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HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS |
With honour. We are in the arena of sesquipedalian wordsthose a foot and a half long, whose prime characteristic is their length rather than their sense or value. Any word used by James Joyce (in Ulysses) and William Shakespeare (in Loves Labour Lost) cant be entirely dismissed from the canon of English, even though the former borrowed it from the latter, who in turn borrowed it from Latin. The only other person who seems to have used it, ever, was John Taylor, a Thames waterman known as the Water Poet, in the middle of the seventeenth century. Shakespeares wondrous creation appears in Act 5, Scene 1:
I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon.
(Somebodys now sure to ask me about flap-dragon. It was the name given to a game in which the players snatched raisins out of a dish of burning brandy and extinguished them in their mouths before eating them. By extension, it was the burning raisins used in the game.) An anagram of honorificabilitudinitatibus is Hi ludi, F. Baconis nati, tuiti orbi. In English, this says: These plays, F. Bacons offspring, are preserved for the world. This little gem of misapplied cryptography was presented by Sir Edwin Lawrence-Durning in 1910 in his book Bacon is Shakespeare as a hidden message left by Francis Bacon, who (as some are convinced) actually wrote the plays usually said to be by Shakespeare. This is all nonsense, of courseas every schoolboy knows, they were really written by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. But the same set of letters, tested in the common tongue, makes up Inhibit in fabulous, idiotic art, Inhabit furious libido in attic, Habitual if ionic distribution, and Hi! fabulous tit in idiotic brain. What would Sir Edwin have made of all these? |
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Happy Birthday Joseph Conrad 1857
"Facing it, always facing it, that's the way to get through. Face it. "
Joseph Conrad
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Happy Birthday Carlos Montoya 1903
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Toddler Breakfast
- Two pancakes with plenty of syrup, eat one with fingers, rub in hair.
Glass of milk; drink half, stuff other pancake in glass. After breakfast, pick up yesterday's sucker from rug, lick off fuzz, put it on the cushion of best chair.
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Would you like a Mercator Projection with your pancakes? -
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Happy Birthday Ferlin Husky 1927
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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the North Pole. |
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Happy Birthday Andy Williams 1929
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LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND -
On a day like today We pass the time away Writing love letters in the sand How you laughed when I cried Each time I saw the tide Take our love letters from the sand You made a vow that you would ever be true But somehow that vow meant nothing to you Now my broken heart aches With every wave that breaks Over love letters in the sand Now my broken heart aches With every wave that breaks Over love letters in the sand
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Happy Birthday
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Jean-Luc Godard 1930 -
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A Helpful Man
A man is driving down the road and notices a car in the ditch. He doesn't usually help many people so he drives on by. Then he notices that a pretty woman is the driver so he goes back to help.
As he is hooking his truck to her car he says, You know, you are the first pregnant woman I've ever helped out of a ditch.
But I'm not pregnant, she says.
Well, you're not out of the ditch yet, he says.
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Happy Birthday Ozzy Osbourne 1948
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- What do you call a handcuffed man? Trustworthy.
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We are counting cartons -
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What is the wing speed of a South African Swallow? Its a simple question of weight ratios. |
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Happy Birthday Daryl Hannah 1960
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Who is on First Base! |
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On this day: 1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States. -
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On this day: 1931 - Alka Seltzer was sold for the first time. Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is!®
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On this day: 1947 - The Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theater. I am an excellent driver.
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On this day: 1950 - Paul Harvey began his national radio broadcast.
"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these."
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On this day: 1964 - Police arrested about 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley. The arrest took place one day after the students staged a massive sit-in inside an administration building. |
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1967 - In Cape Town, South Africa, a team of surgeons headed by Dr. Christian Barnard, performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky. Washkansky only lived 18 days. -
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On this day: 1973 - Pioneer 10 sent back the first close-up images of Jupiter. The first outer-planetary probe had been launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on March 2, 1972.
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On this day: 1988 - Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State University won the Heisman Trophy. We are counting cards. Heisman Trophy winners
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On this day: 1999 - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander as it entered Mars' atmosphere. The spacecraft was unmanned.
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Don't forget the Maple Syrup! |
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Pancakes Wednesdays |
Definitely |
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Mornin Tonk, watch out for the falls..
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posted on
12/03/2003 4:35:08 AM PST
by
The Mayor
(Through prayer, finite man draws upon the power of the infinite God.)
To: The Mayor
"watch out for the falls"
LOL !
To: MEG33
"On,heck,it is nearly Christmas..believe I will have a slice! Thanks!"
Don't forget there are no calories in the Canteen!
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good morning Tonk.
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posted on
12/03/2003 4:39:03 AM PST
by
Aeronaut
(In my humble opinion, the new expression for backing down from a fight should be called 'frenching')
To: Aeronaut
Good Morning Brother!
To: The Mayor
Very nice,Mayor!
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posted on
12/03/2003 4:47:15 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good morning, Tonk. How's it going?
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posted on
12/03/2003 4:49:52 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
To: Radix
It's the time of year for pumpkin pancakes and eggnog coffee!
To: E.G.C.
Good Morning E.G.C. !
To: Radix; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; ...
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:03:54 AM PST
by
tomkow6
(.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holida)
To: Radix; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; ...
Good morning, MR. RADIX! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!
GOODMORNINGTROOPS!!
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:04:36 AM PST
by
tomkow6
(.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holida)
To: Radix; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; ...
Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:
Martha's Way: When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.
The Real Women's Way: Go to the bakery. They'll even decorate it for you.
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:05:14 AM PST
by
tomkow6
(.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holida)
To: Radix; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; LindaSOG; 2LT Radix jr; LaDivaLoca; Severa; Bethbg79; ...
Chicagoland Weather
December 03, 2003 |
Chicago, IL |
Sunrise |
7:01 AM (CST) |
Sunset |
4:20 PM (CST) |
Hrs. of Daylight |
9 Hrs., 19 Mins |
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:05:47 AM PST
by
tomkow6
(.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holida)
To: tomkow6
Good Morning Brother!
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Radix; Kathy in Alaska; tomkow6; LaDivaLoca; JohnHuang2
Mornin', everybody ! Happy Pancakes/Waffles Day !
Have a cup while you Freep ! |
For those who prefer hot chocolate..... |
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:12:40 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(George Soros "MINOB": http://richard.meek.home.comcast.net/SorosRatsA.JPG)
To: MEG33; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Tonks running the Maid of the Mist today..
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:14:59 AM PST
by
The Mayor
(Through prayer, finite man draws upon the power of the infinite God.)
To: MeeknMing
Good Morning Meekie!
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good morning, Tonk! Interesting date for today:
Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 03 December 2003I
Got your holiday shopping done? Need any ideas for those "hard-to-buy-for" people????
Don't miss Friday's "Camp Run-A-Muk"!
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:20:50 AM PST
by
tomkow6
(.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holida)
To: tomkow6
"Don't miss Friday's "Camp Run-A-Muk"!
I never do!
To: Radix; All
For our Canteen WAFFLE Specialist, MR. RADIX,
Catch
Pancakes on Wednesdays
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY!
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posted on
12/03/2003 5:22:39 AM PST
by
tomkow6
(.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holiday shopping ideas.......holida)
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