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.

Ice it, ice it, baby!

Ice got an idea!

Well, yes, but Amazon is the one who told ME to contact THEM. Why Zon couldn't handle it themselves I don't know.

I did check the Book Depository Spain's track record, and apparently since about Dec 8 (when I first placed the order) there have been several complaints, both about books not turning up and about hassles, so it's not just me.

Q: Why do Eskimos wash their clothes in Tide?
A: Because it’s too cold outide.

I remember when everyone was raving about Avatar...strangely enough a week after it came out, here in Spain it was already available on "Collector's Edition" DVD and Blu-ray....when asked what they thought of it, all the ravers could say was "It's real pretty." Not a word about story or plot or anything, just "it's real pretty."

Groovy wrote: "Just the sound, Black Pudding, makes me not want to try it. I don't know if we even have that here in the US..."

They have a version if you live in an area with lots of people of German descent, it's called Blutwurst.

Skip the beans and gimme some chips!! Or even black pudding...I'm weird that way.

I ordered a book from Book Depository (a Zon affiliate) and made a mistake about payment. Zon notified me and I corrected the mistake in less than 24hrs. Got an email confirming the correction. Several days later, get a mail from Zon saying the order has not been confirmed and will I contact seller. I do so and am told by customer disservice that "payment options have nothing to do with them" even though I explained that the correction had been accepted. Since they seemed to know nothing and care less I put in a request to cancel the order, with a note saying I had no idea it would be so difficult for them to get in touch with Zon about it, since they work together. Half an hour later I get a mail from Zon saying my order has been dispatched...and an hour after that another snippy note from the same Customer Disservice employee saying "I'm afraid you're still in touch with the seller, you need to take this up with Amazon"--after Amazon TOLD ME to contact the seller--which is an Amazon company!!

So I'm just gonna wait and see. If the book doesn't turn up but I get charged, there's gonna be trouble. If it does, I will probably pitch them a stinger in response to their seller evaluation form.

"Customer Service." Particularly on Amazon.es.

So NOT.

Y'all sound like the plumber's daughter; when anyone told a spicy joke her cheeks flushed.

A grizzly bear walks into a bar, puts his elbows on the actual bar, and says, "I'll...have a beer."

The barman says, "Why the big pause?"
"Born with em."

Shoot, as far as Texans are concerned, they ARE an island. LOL

You know it's funny. I was reading a book from 1962 and I realised how not only slang changes and dates, but gestures do, too. At one point one of the characters rubs his face in a gesture of "I can't deal with this" and then "pinched the bridge of his nose between finger and thumb." I got a real blast from the past when I read that, and remembered seeing just that gesture so often on TV shows, and occasionally in real life. And yet it must be a good 35 years since I've seen anyone do it.

Groovy wrote: "Good memories, huh, mrbooks...

Shiving--southern slang for pulling my leg, yanking my chain, messing with me, etc....:)"

OH--OK. That had me going, as in the UK "shiv" is older slang for a knife. Sometimes spelled chiv.

It just got worse. One of my students has picked up this little verbal tic when you ask her a question:

"OK, so...." Apparently from watching TV series online.

Groovy wrote: "I'm about to let off steam! I think I've said it before, but I feel I need to reiterate: When someone is asked a question and they begin their answer with, "So". It's like scraping your nails acros..."

Followed closely by "Here's the thing" or "The thing is this" as if everything the person says is an announcement.

"True facts." Yes--facts are by definition true. If something is false, it is not a fact but a falsehood, a lie, an UNtruth. The actual facts, the real facts, the reality of the situation, certainly.

Nope, just the original Orinoco Womble The Wombles who's v. fond of good munches and forty winks....and not v.fond of tidying-up duty! LOL

Do that if you will, but this thread was created by your obdt svt as a place to let off steam about words and phrases we dislike...and "cray" is one for me.

A new one that I'm getting tired of reading online: "That's cray" or even "cray-cray" to mean "crazy." Where did this come from, and can we send it back? Usually used by young women whose life's ambition seems to be acting "cute." Ugh.