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.

Oh yeah, really. You know what they say, the famous last words of a lot of men under 30 are: "Hold my beer--watch this!"

Here's a real life joke: Lidl has recalled (in all seriousness)
--breadmaking mix because it doesn't have a "could contain gluten" warning
--chocolate with hazelnuts because it doesn't have a "may contain nuts" warning
--cheese that doesn't have a "may contain milk" warning.

Gee--wheat flour with gluten in it? Cheese with milk in it? Hazelnut chocolate that just might contain nuts??

Who would have thought??

I'm not sure this was meant to be a joke, but it struck me funny. Especially for Groovy:

In Tennessee, they ask you who your family is. (alternate version, who your grandfather was.)
In NYC they ask you how much money you make.
In Boston, they ask you which university you went to.

I'm a country girl, and an open field is the Ground or the Earth!

Dogger, one of my (40 yr old) students spent the weekend in London and came back singing the praises of the British betting system! His friend took him round the bookies with 6 quid to play with; they were placing one-pound bets on the dogs (to the derision of the employees)--but they kept winning. At 3.50 a time, they did well. Placed 10 quid on an 8-player tennis parlay, and came home the next day with 250 pounds.

He's a teacher, so I told him he had an object lesson for his kids on the dangers of getting hooked on gambling! LOL

Aaaargh, the BBC have done it again! Watching a nature documentary about insects, a bumble bee lands on what he thinks is a female, and is actually a ball of larvae of some sort. "Stunned, he falls to the floor." No he doesn't. He's in an open field. He falls to the GROUND.

It's meant to be a serious (?) scientific documentary, and they can't differentiate between indoors and out?
Not to mention it was repetitive to the point of being ridiculous.

Gail wrote: "I like this quote: "I guess even I can evolve!""

Yeah! That is good.

I like one from an old episode of Dharma and Greg, that's like that: "Look at me grow!" (said by Greg, of course).

*tee hee* Facts are by definition true. If it's not true, it's not a fact--it's a fallacy.

Yes, that's another interesting point. John was supposed to be 6 mos older than Jesus, and yet in Spanish/Italian iconography he is often shown as a sturdy little boy of 2-3 years while Jesus is still in his mother's arms.

This is not a "like", it's a question. Why, in English, do we speak of the Solstices as Midsummer or Midwinter? That implies that they fall in the middle of the season, which they don't. They are the first day of summer or winter. Does anyone know why the misnomer?

There are a couple of town names that I like, just for the sound. Such as Battambang (Cambodia)--sounds kind of like the old drummer's sting after a joke! Badump-bump! Battambang! Then there's a little town near here, where one of my students lives. I don't know why, just saying "Las Pajanosas" gives me the giggles. I'm not sure what it means, though "paja" means "straw" so probably "the hayfields" or some such. And in the US, there's "Vacaville." Literally, Cow-town! LOL

Hey Frenchie! Howya?

I'll be in touch!

Not a particular phrase, but a speech habit that drives me up the wall. You ask someone a question that requires them to choose one of two or three alternatives, like: "Is he coming today, or on Friday?" and the person responds, "Yes."

Okay, one could possibly say that if there are two choices and the answer is Yes, they mean the latter of the two. But if there are three options, "Yes" is no answer at all!!

Just spoke to DH and he says "egregious" in French and Spanish are not negative, they mean "ancient and respected."

"Egregious". There's another word that has a negative meaning, but I love the sound of it.

Gail wrote: "I like the word, 'Ubiquitous' even though I rarely use it in my writing."

Yes, isn't it fun? Like "insouciant"!

"Prurience." Not because of the meaning, I just like the sound. I'm weird that way.

Frenchie wrote: "Ori, send me a message with your address again. :-)

I PM'd you here--check your GR messages. (Howzat for acronyms? LOL)

You know what they used to say back home: If you want something done right, in a hurry--ask a busy woman!

I hear you! LOL