It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . The ground is still squishy, though. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote: > It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this > morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . > > The ground is still squishy, though. > Not squishy here. Froze. FZR tonight. Road skating maybe. Rain and high 40s tomorrow though. -- nuts
On Dec 12, 1:48 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this > morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . > > The ground is still squishy, though. > > -- > tinmimu...@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > You want a job and a lizard to ride? > > < _The Einstein Intersection_ considers posting about the summer sunny days here where it is about 80, and the water is cool and refreshing, the breeze is delightfull... then decides that would just be cruel.
Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . > >The ground is still squishy, though. HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling thoughts of fancy! -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
Wavy G wrote: > Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >> >>The ground is still squishy, though. > > HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the > evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling > thoughts of fancy! > What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick named fancy? Or what? Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I acquire some sort of sand shoes? TIA -- nuts
Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >Wavy G wrote: >> Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>> >>>The ground is still squishy, though. >> >> HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >> evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >> thoughts of fancy! >> > >What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >named fancy? Or what? Large busted women. >Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >acquire some sort of sand shoes? I don't understand this part. LOve, Wavy -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:52:35 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out >> this morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >> >> The ground is still squishy, though. > > Not squishy here. Froze. FZR tonight. Road skating maybe. Rain and > high 40s tomorrow though. Now we go back to cool and gray and rainy. Don'tcha hate elliptical orbits? I mean, a little ellipsoidality is fine, to key _some_ seasonal change, especially plant annual cycles, but this damned thing just swoops in and out too damned much. I hear it's even worse in the Southern Hemisphere, because in their case precession works _with_ orbital radial variation. Although now that I come to think of it I don't remember ever hearing it ever snowed in South Africa (mountains, if they have any, don't count) . . . . -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:06:03 -0800, headkase wrote: > On Dec 12, 1:48 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out >> this morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >> >> The ground is still squishy, though. > > considers posting about the summer sunny days here where it is about 80, > and the water is cool and refreshing, the breeze is delightfull... then > decides that would just be cruel. May you dream of wetas. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
Wavy G wrote: > Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>Wavy G wrote: >> >>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>> >>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>> >>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>> >>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>thoughts of fancy! >>> >>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>named fancy? Or what? > > Large busted women. > >>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>acquire some sort of sand shoes? > > I don't understand this part. > Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. Would a different language help? -- nuts
Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >Wavy G wrote: >> Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>Wavy G wrote: >>> >>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>> >>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>> >>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>> >>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>> >>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>named fancy? Or what? >> >> Large busted women. >> >>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >> >> I don't understand this part. >> >Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. The sentences parse just fine. I don't understand the logic or the concepts of which you speak. >Would a different language help? No. -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
Wavy G wrote: > Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>Wavy G wrote: >> >>>Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>> >>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>> >>>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>> >>>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>>> >>>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>>> >>>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>>> >>>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>>named fancy? Or what? >>> >>>Large busted women. >>> >>>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >>> >>>I don't understand this part. >>> >>Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >>Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. > > The sentences parse just fine. I don't understand the logic or the > concepts of which you speak. > >>Would a different language help? > > No. > I decided to wear my dress sneakers. Your advice is no longer needed. -- nuts
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:18 -0500, mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote: >Wavy G wrote: >> Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>Wavy G wrote: >>> >>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>> >>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>> >>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>> >>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>> >>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>named fancy? Or what? >> >> Large busted women. >> >>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >> >> I don't understand this part. >> >Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. > >Would a different language help? try ohioan. -- dave hillstrom mhm15x4 zrbj <This space for rent.>
Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >Wavy G wrote: >> Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>Wavy G wrote: >>> >>>>Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>> >>>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>>> >>>>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>>>> >>>>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>>>> >>>>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>>>named fancy? Or what? >>>> >>>>Large busted women. >>>> >>>>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >>>> >>>>I don't understand this part. >>>> >>>Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >>>Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. >> >> The sentences parse just fine. I don't understand the logic or the >> concepts of which you speak. >> >>>Would a different language help? >> >> No. >> >I decided to wear my dress sneakers. Your advice is no longer needed. Very well. Let the traipsing COMMENCE! -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
Don't fight it, dave hillstrom...Just lie down and try to relax: >On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:18 -0500, mixed nuts ><melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote: > >>Wavy G wrote: >>> Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>> >>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>> >>>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>> >>>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>>> >>>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>>> >>>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>>> >>>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>>named fancy? Or what? >>> >>> Large busted women. >>> >>>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >>> >>> I don't understand this part. >>> >>Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >>Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. >> >>Would a different language help? > >try ohioan. No, that would never work. Speaking Ohioan with non-Ohioans would just confuse matters further. For example: HIM: "The parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well--some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I acquire some sort of 'sand shoes'?" ME: "Please?" HIM: "Excuse me?" ME: "I said, 'Please?'" HIM: "Okay...Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I acquire some sort of 'sand shoes,' PLEASE?" ME: "Excuse me?" See what I mean? Now we're both confused. -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
Don't fight it, Wavy G...Just lie down and try to relax: >Don't fight it, dave hillstrom...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:18 -0500, mixed nuts >><melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote: >> >>>Wavy G wrote: >>>> Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>> >>>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>>> >>>>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>>>> >>>>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>>>> >>>>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>>>named fancy? Or what? >>>> >>>> Large busted women. >>>> >>>>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >>>> >>>> I don't understand this part. >>>> >>>Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >>>Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. >>> >>>Would a different language help? >> >>try ohioan. > >No, that would never work. Speaking Ohioan with non-Ohioans would just >confuse matters further. > >For example: > >HIM: "The parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well--some >guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would allow). >Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I acquire some >sort of 'sand shoes'?" > >ME: "Please?" > >HIM: "Excuse me?" > >ME: "I said, 'Please?'" > >HIM: "Okay...Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >acquire some sort of 'sand shoes,' PLEASE?" > >ME: "Excuse me?" > >See what I mean? Now we're both confused. (BTW: "Please," in this context, is a Cincinnati colloquialism meaning "Huh?" or "Come again?" It is very irritating to non-Cincinnatians who don't realise they're speaking to a Cincinnatian who doesn't realise that "please" is a Cincinnati colloquialism.) -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
Wavy G wrote: > Don't fight it, Wavy G...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>Don't fight it, dave hillstrom...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:18 -0500, mixed nuts >>><melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote: >>> >>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>> >>>>>Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>> >>>>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>>>>> >>>>>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>>>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>>>>named fancy? Or what? >>>>> >>>>>Large busted women. >>>>> >>>>>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>>>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>>>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >>>>> >>>>>I don't understand this part. >>>>> >>>>Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >>>>Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. >>>> >>>>Would a different language help? >>> >>>try ohioan. >> >>No, that would never work. Speaking Ohioan with non-Ohioans would just >>confuse matters further. >> >>For example: >> >>HIM: "The parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well--some >>guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would allow). >>Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I acquire some >>sort of 'sand shoes'?" >> >>ME: "Please?" >> >>HIM: "Excuse me?" >> >>ME: "I said, 'Please?'" >> >>HIM: "Okay...Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>acquire some sort of 'sand shoes,' PLEASE?" >> >>ME: "Excuse me?" >> >>See what I mean? Now we're both confused. > > (BTW: "Please," in this context, is a Cincinnati colloquialism meaning > "Huh?" or "Come again?" It is very irritating to non-Cincinnatians who > don't realise they're speaking to a Cincinnatian who doesn't realise > that "please" is a Cincinnati colloquialism.) > German speakers will throw an interrogatory "Bitte?" in under the same circumstances. I've done it myself. Same thing. You probably shouldn't be too concerned about my ability to grok regional dialect - I'm a native speaker of several northern New England dialects, switch effortlessly into SE Texan and North Alabamian ('cuz of hangin' out there a lot) and am a practiced communicator in the international language of science and technology (broken english).including, especially, technical sub-dialects of franglish and engrish. I still can't figure out wtf the issue is though. I suspect it's due to deeper cultural or regional philosophical differences. Do Ohioans have an uncommon creation myth or, perhaps, do they adhere to some philosophical framework distinct from the standard eastern (asian) or western (european) patterns? -- nuts
On Dec 13, 5:10 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:06:03 -0800, headkase wrote: > > On Dec 12, 1:48 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out > >> this morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . > > >> The ground is still squishy, though. > > > considers posting about the summer sunny days here where it is about 80, > > and the water is cool and refreshing, the breeze is delightfull... then > > decides that would just be cruel. > > May you dream of wetas. they is found in New Zealand > > -- > tinmimu...@hotmail.com > > smeeter 11 or maybe 12 > > mp 10 > > mhm 29x13 > > You want a job and a lizard to ride? > > < _The Einstein Intersection_
Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >Wavy G wrote: >> Don't fight it, Wavy G...Just lie down and try to relax: >> >>>Don't fight it, dave hillstrom...Just lie down and try to relax: >>> >>>>On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:18 -0500, mixed nuts >>>><melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>>>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>>>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>>>>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>>>>>named fancy? Or what? >>>>>> >>>>>>Large busted women. >>>>>> >>>>>>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>>>>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>>>>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>>>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >>>>>> >>>>>>I don't understand this part. >>>>>> >>>>>Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >>>>>Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. >>>>> >>>>>Would a different language help? >>>> >>>>try ohioan. >>> >>>No, that would never work. Speaking Ohioan with non-Ohioans would just >>>confuse matters further. >>> >>>For example: >>> >>>HIM: "The parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well--some >>>guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would allow). >>>Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I acquire some >>>sort of 'sand shoes'?" >>> >>>ME: "Please?" >>> >>>HIM: "Excuse me?" >>> >>>ME: "I said, 'Please?'" >>> >>>HIM: "Okay...Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>acquire some sort of 'sand shoes,' PLEASE?" >>> >>>ME: "Excuse me?" >>> >>>See what I mean? Now we're both confused. >> >> (BTW: "Please," in this context, is a Cincinnati colloquialism meaning >> "Huh?" or "Come again?" It is very irritating to non-Cincinnatians who >> don't realise they're speaking to a Cincinnatian who doesn't realise >> that "please" is a Cincinnati colloquialism.) >> >German speakers will throw an interrogatory "Bitte?" in under the same >circumstances. I've done it myself. Same thing. > >You probably shouldn't be too concerned about my ability to grok >regional dialect - I'm a native speaker of several northern New England >dialects, switch effortlessly into SE Texan and North Alabamian ('cuz >of hangin' out there a lot) and am a practiced communicator in the >international language of science and technology (broken >english).including, especially, technical sub-dialects of franglish and >engrish. > >I still can't figure out wtf the issue is though. I suspect it's due to >deeper cultural or regional philosophical differences. Do Ohioans have >an uncommon creation myth or, perhaps, do they adhere to some >philosophical framework distinct from the standard eastern (asian) or >western (european) patterns? Please? -- "Memo to God: Last two things to do: (1) Cancel Wavy. (2) Turn out the lights." --Mimus submits a rewrite for the ending of The Bible. ***************************************** * * * Wavy G * * mail me at: * * godsspeciallamb @ gmail.com * * * * * *****************************************
Wavy G wrote: > Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: > >>Wavy G wrote: >> >>>Don't fight it, Wavy G...Just lie down and try to relax: >>> >>>>Don't fight it, dave hillstrom...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>> >>>>>On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:33:18 -0500, mixed nuts >>>>><melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Don't fight it, mixed nuts...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Wavy G wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Don't fight it, mimus...Just lie down and try to relax: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out this >>>>>>>>>>morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>The ground is still squishy, though. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>HERE TOO!. It feels like Springtime, here in Ohio too. I spent the >>>>>>>>>evening traipsing around in the back parking lot of my employers feeling >>>>>>>>>thoughts of fancy! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>What kind of traipsing gear do you use? Were your "thoughts of fancy" >>>>>>>>more on the 5-star restaurant side, or were they about some chick >>>>>>>>named fancy? Or what? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Large busted women. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Also, the parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>>>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well - >>>>>>>>some guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would >>>>>>>>allow). Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>>>>>acquire some sort of sand shoes? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I don't understand this part. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Gramatically ambiguous but I understood it just fine when I wrote it. >>>>>>Makes sense now, as well. I don't understand your problem. >>>>>> >>>>>>Would a different language help? >>>>> >>>>>try ohioan. >>>> >>>>No, that would never work. Speaking Ohioan with non-Ohioans would just >>>>confuse matters further. >>>> >>>>For example: >>>> >>>>HIM: "The parking lot at work has a lot of sand on it (to prevent >>>>accidents after the sleet storm which didn't work all that well--some >>>>guy totalled his car from zipping faster than sandy ice would allow). >>>>Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I acquire some >>>>sort of 'sand shoes'?" >>>> >>>>ME: "Please?" >>>> >>>>HIM: "Excuse me?" >>>> >>>>ME: "I said, 'Please?'" >>>> >>>>HIM: "Okay...Would regular dress sneakers be appropriate or should I >>>>acquire some sort of 'sand shoes,' PLEASE?" >>>> >>>>ME: "Excuse me?" >>>> >>>>See what I mean? Now we're both confused. >>> >>>(BTW: "Please," in this context, is a Cincinnati colloquialism meaning >>>"Huh?" or "Come again?" It is very irritating to non-Cincinnatians who >>>don't realise they're speaking to a Cincinnatian who doesn't realise >>>that "please" is a Cincinnati colloquialism.) >>> >>German speakers will throw an interrogatory "Bitte?" in under the same >>circumstances. I've done it myself. Same thing. >> >>You probably shouldn't be too concerned about my ability to grok >>regional dialect - I'm a native speaker of several northern New England >>dialects, switch effortlessly into SE Texan and North Alabamian ('cuz >>of hangin' out there a lot) and am a practiced communicator in the >>international language of science and technology (broken >>english).including, especially, technical sub-dialects of franglish and >>engrish. >> >>I still can't figure out wtf the issue is though. I suspect it's due to >>deeper cultural or regional philosophical differences. Do Ohioans have >>an uncommon creation myth or, perhaps, do they adhere to some >>philosophical framework distinct from the standard eastern (asian) or >>western (european) patterns? > > Please? > Importune all you want. You ain't getting any of my laser chicken. It's all mine. -- nuts
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:47:00 -0800, headkase wrote: > On Dec 13, 5:10 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:06:03 -0800, headkase wrote: >> >> > On Dec 12, 1:48 am, mimus <tinmimu...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> It's been cold and gray and rainy for so long that the sun bein' out >> >> this morning with a temp around 50F seems _totally_ _weird_ . . . . >> >> >> The ground is still squishy, though. >> >> > considers posting about the summer sunny days here where it is about 80, >> > and the water is cool and refreshing, the breeze is delightfull... then >> > decides that would just be cruel. >> >> May you dream of wetas. Hmf. The plural of "weta" is apparently "weta". > they is found in New Zealand Does that mean you can't dream of them? I was once highly impressed by a National Geographic picture of one sitting up in someone's hand and eating a carrot. Also by the apparent fact that if you alarm one crouched on the side of a tree it may very well jump onto yer face. That's quite praying-mantis-like, and right up there with the classic "screech-owl on the top of yer head" trick. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Run away! run away! < _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_
