Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)’s Comments (group member since Sep 20, 2013)

Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all)’s comments from the Net Work Book Club group.

The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.

I think I'll start procrastinating more...tomorrow.

HRHDogMatix wrote: "It could also be used for politicians, full of hot air"

Which might explain how they manage to float so high above reality...

Numismatic sounds fat because it sounds like pneumatic. I remember reading a 19th century novel that described a young lady as "pneumatic" to mean well endowed.

I used to be addicted to soap. Now I am clean.

There are three kinds of people in the world:
Those who think of others
Those who only think of themselves
Those who never think at all.

Oh, okay. I've heard it applied to pets such as dogs and cats, too, which added to the confusion.

Question for the UK contingent: What does it mean when you're talking about someone with longterm health problems and someone says, "Well, he's all right in himself." Does that mean, like psychologically? Or maybe emotionally? Or what?

Ah iz cornfuzed.

mrbooks wrote: "Indefatigable, there is a word you will never get tired of it makes you want to just keep on keeping on."

And it's another word I was mispronouncing until I finally heard some one say it in a documentary!

"Impenetrability! That's what I say!" Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Something to say when you don't know what to say.

Jane wrote: "On the trios bandwagon

There are three types of liar:
Liars
Damned liars
Statisticians"

oh excuse me, I thought you said "politicians."

Jane wrote: "Kindness is a good word and one we could do with being able to use more"

To which add "decency" in its old-fashioned, non-prurient sense.

Groovy, you are so right. What is the point of having a dog crated up all day while you're at work? Can't you train and socialise it properly? We always had at least one dog, and with the exception of Spot as aforesaid, no problems leaving them in the house. They knew where to "do their business" if they needed to, and had been trained to leave things alone that didn't belong to them.

Re: "ax" and "dex." I hear this a lot from my Spanish-speaking students! Getting them to say words like "asks", "masks" and "desks" is a nightmare.

Oh, advertisements!
Hubby bought a pair of slacks yesterday at C and A. There was this paper label attached to the pants with one of those plastic threads. Label says: "We are the worlds largest retailer of BioCotton. No1 in Bio Cotton." Nice "stamp" from some organization or other to do with organic cotton.

Notice that nowhere does it say that this particular pair of slacks is actually made with organic cotton. This, they do not claim. And frankly? At 20 Euros a pair I kinda doubt it.

And, as I mentioned in my post, it's even worse when you lie to your kids about what happened to their beloved pet! It doesn't make you look better, when they realise later what you did.

Groovy wrote: "If you could go back and talk to that little royalist about her admiration for the queen, what would you tell her? And would she listen?"

No, she wouldn't...she never could! I might tell her that I once saw Lizzy and she has the coldest eyes I've ever seen....

Jane wrote: "If we don't have a monarch, what do we have?

A president?

Just askin'...."

Well some countries have both a president and a prime minister, which seems odd to me. We have a king and a president, which is also odd.

Groovy wrote: "There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who helped you through difficult times; those who left you in difficult times; and those who put you in difficult times"

And that's no joke!

There are three kinds of people in the world: those that make things happen, those that watch things happen, and those who say, "What happened?"

Why thank you kind sir! That makes sense!
(I wish we had emoji, I'd post the "applause" one.)