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.

"Lackadaisical." If ever a word sounded like what it means, it's that one! Slack twisted and lazy.

Groovy wrote: "That's what shat means? In what language?

I hear that rotten eggs have boiling tempers, though..."

Groovy, I'm slowly reading the full edition of The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1667. He really hated Wm Penn's father, and by extension our Wm Penn as well. When Penn's daughter gets married in 1667, Pepys is very critical of how the young couple dresses so fine and then doesn't have anything decent ( ie, like him) in their house. But to think of the clutter they make with his coach and his own fine clothes, and yet how meanly they live within doors and nastily, and borrowing everything of neighbours, is a most shitten thing.

So apparently "shitten" could also mean "crappy, poor quality."

Are you saying we should scratch them?

In the old days a pound cake was just that. A pound of flour, a pound of butter, a pound of eggs...imagine measuring out a pound of eggs!

This isn't a "love," just thinking. Growing up, when Mom was talking about not getting a response from someone, she would say they "never said ah yes, or no." She only used that phrase when complaining (which was most of the time). For years I thought she was saying they "never said I yes or no" because of her accent.

mrbooks wrote: "Groovy wrote: "I don't like four-letter words to begin with, except for hell and damn, they're in the Bible. I always say, if it's in the Bible, it's okay to say--LOL!

But THE worse word man has c..."

That's a good one! I've heard so many explanations, but the most probable is that it derives from an old Anglo Saxon word for sowing seed, which makes sense.

Oh I see! Pound cake is what they called Bundt cake when I was growing up. That round pan.

Hey MrB! Good to see ya, and that's no joke!

Turgid is a good word. It sounds like what it means: bloated and swollen. Some authors like to use turgid prose.

They are both so a-peeling!

Oh honey don't be bleu! You need a trip to Monterey, Jack!

Did you hear about the cheese factory that exploded over in France?

There was nothing left but de Brie.

What kind of socks do Japanese cats wear? Tabby, of course!

"Don't let your mouth start nothin' your butt can't stand." Sula

Groovy, I also remember hearing a T.D. Jakes tape in which he said that a person who loads their talk with profanity is trying to distract attention from their lies.

When I was a kid, if you asked my mom "What for?" and she was in a good mood, she would say, "What fur? What fur? Cat fur to make kitten britches!"

Took a moment but I got it! Very good!

A cat's favourite boat is a catamaran!

Cat trash: kitty litter.

"Try to get some sleep."

What a stupid thing to say to someone who is dealing with a night of insomnia!! Do you not think I'd give my right ear to be able to do that!!

I remember watching an Actor's Studio interview with Joanne Woodward. The first question in the "icebreaker" section is "What is your favourite curse word?"
This petite elderly woman drew herself up in her chair and replied sternly, "When I was growing up, I was taught that the use of profanity indicated a lack of vocabulary."
There was a silence, and then the students gave her a standing ovation.