You probably needed to be there, u'ness. But it might, only might, make sense if you saw schadenfreudgeon and schadenfreude and humdudgeon, all around a year and a half ago.
My nobblymen and wordieniks. Listen-sie this word. Resist the opportunists of Capitalisation. This time it's a race from point zero. Be upright and list.
"We settled on the name after rejecting other possibilities like 'The Clam Shell', 'The Beaver Dam', 'The Bonnie Bonnet', 'The Hoo Ha Hoodie', and 'The Sister Hood' because we had long referred to this area of our anatomy as our va j-j."
Who's got the list for English place names? Ouchthorpe might fit. It's a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Having just typed it in and seen it in large letters on screen I realise what a brilliant name it is. Hmm! Ganger H Ouchthorpe?
Hi, testuser51 aka grantbarrett. Hah! Loopy idea. Could turn into a great game! Bit like fbharjo's list sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding) but with closure. Why don't you start a list for them? Perhaps illustrate one of them and start them off on the illustrated sweet tooth fairy. Huge fun. Away with the sweet tooth fairies!
That's genius, Jubjub. Not just a re-arrangement of letters, but both meaningful and pertinent. And six of them to boot! (There must be a word to describe such a thing).
I would say a word is a word if the sense or nonsense of it is understood by a communicator and/or a communicatee and/or a sentient being that is incommunicado.
The French Foreign Legion adapted some of Curean's techniques when they developed the kepitomy. The incidence of performing this procedure has diminished rapidly in recent years as, universally, the tendency, even of gentlemen, to doff their hats to ladies is considered sexist.
Oh dear, don't comment just before JM comes on if you're seeking maximum impact. Your comment will be off the front Zeitgeist page before you can say ....................'watch your language'
The 'most commented on' list was probably one of the main features that held this community together, imho. While comments dropped off the end of the feed it continually reminded us of where the main action was at any given moment. It was a place to congregate. It caused so much else to happen. Can we have it back, please?
'twouldn't be too difficult to set up a '• Words and phrases that I would love to have on a Wordie T-shirt' T-shirt store. If someone wants to, let me know. I'll send the know-how. Prolagus? It's your list.
Don't know, 'by. I'm off to the jazz club tonight. Anyway I haven't recently viewed any tv. My fibre optic cable is faulty and the upstream signal isn't good enough for connecting to the internet. A lead time of around 4 weeks led to me solving the problem by hijacking the tv feed. Given the choice between tv or web, I choose web. Besides for most tv output, I'd rather watch the backs of my eyelids. (Apparently, there are some unknown celebs congregating in a jungle over your way).
Holy wordspeed! 'Etruscan' dropped right off the end from top position in around 4 minutes. Seems to be a pointless listing to me or am I missing something wordnikwonderful?
Hah! I notice you don't have to list a new word to be able to comment on it.
Anyway, I find the 'recently viewed' list around 0% of interest compared with our old habits of 'recently listed' followed by a count. Is it coming to Zeitgeist, john?
How do I detect who contributed this to the sweet tooth fairy list without starting at the top of the supposedly alpha sorted list and reading through 'til I reach it?
Really, I just need to know who it was at this stage so that I can acknowledge them on frogapplause's wonderful illustration
HaHa! Bear hugs all round - just found this comment:
about 1 year ago chained_bear said:
1. I am pissed that I went through my spreadsheet and made a second column called "2nd guesses." You can probably all imagine my chagrin when MORE OF MY ORIGINAL GUESSES WERE RIGHT than my second guesses. Gah!
I am an egg living in a world where egg beating is allowed, even encouraged, and so I am whipped round and round, until I am dizzy with pain and longing for those shy days before I came out of my shell.
Fellow wordwhatevers. We have progressed to a few pilot pages of the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairy. Not with any illustrations yet - just the look-and-feel. The inaugural entry - from a fellow wordwhatever among us - is ready to be published. However, I need to sleep. Who said 'sweet dreams'? I'd greatly value your input on the fairy story so far. The #1 istf is awesome! Can't wait to show you.
Fellow wordwhatevers. We have progressed to a few pilot pages of the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairy. Not with any illustrations yet - just the look-and-feel. The inaugural entry - from a fellow wordwhatever among us - is ready to be published. However, I need to sleep. I'd value your input on the fairy story so far. Who said 'sweet dreams'? The #1 istf is awesome! Can't wait to show you.
I'm confident you will be, Pro. It's unthinkable that, at the very least, a visitor will not pick up on one of your stf contributions and be inspired to illustrate it.
Yes, 'gus, a good question. And it did not go unconsidered.
For me 'sweet tooth fairy' on its own lives on Wordie. There will only be illustrations of stfs on t-i-s-t-w.c. There will be nowhere for simply listing the stfs themselves. I would hope to see the Wordie list grow and flourish separately.
We are in accord there, 'gus. I do see possibilities across many art forms. I hadn't actually thought of 'Just So Stories for Little Children', though. Sweet Tooth Fairy Tales, perhaps?
I had intended 'illustrated' as in its widest sense as in '(something) to illustrate a point'.
Sorry to disappoint as I was planning on deliberately being 'logoless'! I thought to keep it all very plain for maximum impact of contributions. I do have a font in mind that I believe will work but I have yet to try it.
Thanks, 'by. Hope you won't be disappointed, though, as I've already registered the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairy.com for the site.
I did play around with different and supposedly clever wordplay, the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairi.es for instance. I preferred, however, that as the content is most important to therefore KISS it!
I want to create a website themed 'The Illustrated Sweet Tooth Fairy'. I've checked for any issues, vis-a-vis Wordie, with John, and there aren't any.
He suggests that I inquire here, of you who have contributed to the list.
I envisage simply inviting 'illustrated' stfs to be published on the website.
I imagine illustrations can be in many art forms.
My marketing mind whispers to me that there may be coin in the idea. If so, I envisage a proportion of any such coin available to all original contributors of both stfs and illustrations.
I welcome all comments from my fellow Wordies, whether from the beginning or more recently, who have grown up with me with this rather off-the-wall figure of speech.
DREAMS...when i was a kid i tot d world would end in 1999 cos of a tv sci-fi series dat i loved. I used to wonder if i would have a girlfriend n end up marrying her
. I wondered if id ever fly in a plane n go round d world in 80 days!!!! I tot id be a cowboy movie star somehow after watching the good the bad n the ugly...u noticed all the "I"s rite? Well am an adult now n with d benefit of hindsight, no dreams comes to stay except it has room for others n not just all about you. Oh n by the way...i dont only fly in planes but i work around planes n hope to fly round d world in 80days...space cowboys know better...Dreams...vague,twisted,sweet,bitter, deep as d ocean n as shallow as a bathtub. Any one else with DREAMS????
Kolnikov didn’t really believe in God, not as He was depicted by organized religions. He believed that there was something bigger than man, bigger than life, but he didn’t know what.
For the Roman soldier Hadrian's Wall was more than just a defence against the Caledonian tribes - it also represented the dividing line between the known world of order and civilisation, and the unknown world of chaos and barbarism.
I didnt know what barbarism meant. It sounded like something to do with haircuts but that didnt sound right. The picture in the book showed the tribes with long messy hair and the Romans with short hair or helmets so maybe barbarism was to do with haircuts.
Some pleasant event in the future, which isn't likely to happen, 'lby. From Alice Through the Looking Glass . . . . 'The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day'.
For me vertical lists are the superior way to list. I don't know the scientific understanding we have of it. It may have something to do with a tangible interruption between each item on a horizontal list?
For me, the way words are listed to the right hand side of the Zeitgeist page is a design disaster. It is an unnatural way to read a list and just deters me from wanting to scan it.
Three words where the first and second form a known expression and the second and third form a known expression and all three together make a credible expression.
Like sweet tooth and tooth fairy make sweet tooth fairy.
A 'perfect sweet tooth fairy' would, of course, be one where all three words together also formed a known expression.
I just have to get a sign made. The back lane past our house is poorly maintained and is riddled with potholes. Yet it is used muchly by motorists as a 'rat-run' from an city inner ring road into the centre. I'll put one at each end of the lane. HaHa!
And unless it's an exodus to the exotic. That is, an escape from one place to another. Using basic definitions. Indeed if an exodus isn't exotic it won't be an exodus.
'Just tell me what you want to tell me. I'm not going to judge you. My own eyes are fuller of beams than a mock-Tudor pub, so I can't even see your motes.'
Charles Paris in The Dead Side Of The Mike by Simon Brett.
My feelings about this are mixed. On the one hand I experience extreme pleasure at the immense beauty and artistry of the play. On the other I feel indignant humour at having my bum in the air to be able to read it! Hah! Brilliant, 'fy.
AhA! Fantastic idea, King of the Johngle. Here's my offer. LOGOF! You list one on mine and I'll list two on yours! List One Get One Free! Just contribute schadenfreudgeon to my list SCHADENFREUDGEON and I'll contribute two to yours.
Big-browed physicists tell us that two objects cannot under any circumstances occupy the same place at the same time. . . . .
. . . . a lot of fundamental physics is the solemn statement of the absurdly obvious. Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.
In order to get whatever it is you want, all you have to do is to stop performing the actions that don't bring about your desired result and start performing the actions that do.
......when prospectors with more dreams than common sense were drawn to the area by silver and rumors of silver. They discovered rich veins of the latter.
When I asked old Ronnie how he could possibly be so sure that Jasper (a Muscovy duck) was 29 years old, he said "Ee, lad, I've had 'im since 'e were egg".
A 'Porky sitting' is fried ham. A pig sits on its abdomen, which is the source of bacon, so 'one Porky lying' would have called for a rasher with the eggs.
'Cardiac shingles' is an order of toast with extra butter.
Behind the slumpstone wall lay a backyard, a swimming pool. Dappled with morning light and tree shadows, the water glimmered in shades of blue from sapphire to turquoise, as might a trove of jewels left by long-dead pirates who had sailed a sea since vanished.
Odd! After seeing your listing of this here, h'heir, Ive discovered that it's missing from my List 9. I found that it's actually missing from my Beatles lyrics book, which I understood had ALL of their lyrics.
Wow, ptero! I'm delighted and humbled at your adoption. I don't believe there was a Little Miss Different in the Little Miss series, but it sounds as if there ought to have been. Anyway if there wasn't, for me, it reflects the delightful edge that this list employs.
'Keep it up, gangerh. I'm going to love this page! :) Just think: A one-page, go-to reference for "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in almost any language! That's what Wordie is FOR!'
It would be an unexpected stroke of luck to find that 103 other Wordies listed this word for the first time today before a certain other word was listed again.
I like this one, 'gus. At first I wondered where I'd got it from as I'd forgotten I'd made it an open list. Ta for the contribution. I'm eager to use it. Perhaps as a bit of sledging at our cricket match today.
Aha! To wit, indeed! To woo, as well! It seems some fellow Wordies know of you already, 'luette, and hold you in good stead. I knew nought of you 'til now, am apprehensive, but your stock is rising. Be gentle with me. My days are in awe of the wonder that is Wordie.
Hey, 'esheir, I think this should be on fbharjo's clever list 'sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)'. Though there are five stfs in there that would look good on the stf list.
Answer: 1. Then 27 governments do what they're told. (450 million EU consumers, incandescent with rage, are now banned from buying 100w incandescent light bulbs ).
We was robbed! That was definitely above waist height and should have been a no-ball! Hit him with your white stick, umpire! And did you see how wide that other one was? Anyway the only England Miss out on dramatic win that I saw was a couple of weeks ago when it really mattered! Now she was really something! So put that in your urn and smoke it! Oh, you can't, can you? Because it's not your urn! Ha!
This is brilliant, chained_one. You just must close it to all but bilby. I'm feeling very possessive about this list and nervous about it's spoliation by others!
I got this from the 'Your Police in Wakefield' newspaper. Motto - 'Making a difference locally'. I submit that acquisitive crime suggests a less severe offence than plain old theft. Acquisitive crime includes house burglary, robbery and vehicle crime. Now that's what I call making a difference. Outrageous. Who's got the list of euphemisms which would make a suitable home for this piece of soft brain tissue thinking?
I was about to make a comment on your comment on procrastination. I then realised it wouldn't be so clever to make it straightaway. Just thought I'd let you know it's coming.
If it was married manned maneuvering and the wife was there doing married womanned womaneuvering would that be two units or would NASA refer to them as a unit?
May I promote to you, missourigal, a word that will amaze and astound all those who hear you use it? It is the uber cool word to be seen uttering. It delights in the definition 'mixed feelings of extreme pleasure and indignant humour'. What a conversation starter! The ecstasy and the agony! And with Schadenfreudgeon Day 2009 coming up soon you should list your copy now, so that you have it ready for use. Ah, schadenfreudgeon, truly a word that came along just when its definition was seeking one. Start your list with schadenfreudgeon today!
Aw, come on bilby. Why on earth would I want to call it 'Reflective Fuchsia Ping-Pong Paddle'? That gives no clue whatsoever what the list is all about.
One of the simplest copy writing formulas is to state the customer's problem, tell them you can solve it and then tell them precisely how you're going to solve it.
If there is a genuine limit to what you are offering or the number of people who can have it, it's worth making a big deal about that. Scarcity is an important marketing tool.
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
In many contexts, the most important word you can use is the customer's name. The more personalised your letters are, the higher the response. Email autoresponders enable you to send hundreds or thousands of personalized messages at the same time.
It's important to use the word important. People want to know about important things and it's a word that grabs the reader's attention. And that's important!
Anything you can do to reduce the risk for your customers will increase your sales. Your customers may not be consciously thinking about it but subconsciously they're worrying about risking money and possibly time by doing business with you. Risk elimination is one of the most effective Marketing strategies available to you.
'England swings like a pendulum do' - from a Sixties hit song. If it had been a Seventies hit song then it would have meant 'England wife-swaps like a ....'. Perhaps that's why we're mystified.
HaHa! Having watched your link to video, VO, I am reminded why I don't follow what players have to say about the cricket they've just played. I love cricket but I have more interesting things in my life than the inane chatter of people who are portrayed as interesting to listen to just because they are interesting to watch.
On a technical point, TWO nations 'are perplexed' as we are constantly told now that it is the 'England and Wales' cricket team contesting the Ashes.
I heard someone who hasn't grasped this yet (or just doesn't want to) ask why the first Test was being played on a neutral ground! Cardiff not being in England or Australia, like! HaHa!
There comes a point when you need to tell your customer what to do. They need to call you, or order from you or 'click here'. But you don't want them doing it tomorrow or next week. You want them to do it now - so tell them.
Everyone wants stuff that's easy. We want things to be easy to use, we want things to be easier to achieve, we want everything easy. If your product or service makes peoples' lives easier, make sure you tell them.
"...He has held several jobs, been treated for psychological illness, travelled around Europe. Arrived in Russia from England on the eleventh of December. Since the New Year he has been working as a male nurse in the Assuage My Sorrows hospital for the insane."
From 'The Decorator' by Boris Akunin translated by Andrew Bronfield.
I'm only telling this because I'm a being-polled Wordizen. I happen to think bbqurgers are good for putting under pineapple ketchup or under moutarde de Dijon or under piccalilli or under horseradish sauce or under rhubarb chutney. Unlike toast.
Missed you guys. Love this conversation. Been away a bit. Walking in the Lake District avec famille. Swapped lots of fine anecdotes there - I'm an anecdoting father. If I go over to some social networking website and tell one or two, would it make me an anecdotcomalist?
The new buzzword that keeps emanating from the Palace of Westminster. Can some one tell me how to inadvertentlyclaim £16000 for a mortgage that doesn't exist?
Ha! I like that definition, Cf. Last year I did get a role as a body double for a 27 year old actor. Much flattered as I was 62. Is there a word for that?
Heard from a Racing Correspondent today. Apparently this is the make-up of the racingoing public at the moment - brians are older people and bens are younger people.
Didn't come across to me as bad-tempered, yarb. Seemed perfectly-tempered. Not fucking half! Stop it, now, jaylo, and welcome the wonder that is Wordie as 'tis. Cutsey name or no. What's cutsey mean anyway?
In the UK, a lower ABV version is available called Stella Artois 4%. This variant was launched to compete alongside fellow Inbev lager Beck's Vier and to address negative associations of the brand;
During 2007, the "reassuringly expensive" slogan was dropped, and the word "Stella" has been avoided in the advertisements. This has been seen as a reaction to the lager's perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking in the United Kingdom, where it is nicknamed "wife beater".
I suspect that few people here in England know of the trail from Brando's undershirt, his screen wife's name and a pint or so of Artois.
The more likely understanding, I believe, lies in the alcoholic strength and the quaffableness of Stella Artois. While being a premium strength pilsner, it is at the same time as quickly drinkable as a milder strength session ale. Without realising, it's possible to get drunk more quickly and lose control and all the other things associated with drunkenness, including a capacity for arguing and fighting. And who's at home to take the brunt of it?
So deja vu is the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before. Does anyone know of a word for the experience of that previous occurrence?
'The site neads to be no more complicated than something like http://www.insureassure.co.uk/ (We would prefer it to look less amatuer) but it's all about capturing the data.'
Greetings, John. I find that I often decide not to click on the 'more...' link after a comment on the home page to see the whole comment because of the delay in loading the word/list page and the delay in reloading back to the home page.
I'd love a hover window feature that opened the whole comment while the cursor is, say, over the 'more...'. I know it's generally possible as I've done it on, admittedly lesser, applications.
UK Budget Day and our Car Scrappage Scheme is born to boost our motor industry and our economy. Scrap a 10+yr old car and get £2000 towards a new one. Good news for all the countries we buy 80% of our cars from! (?)
Used by Darren Gough to describe Chris Gayle. When asked 'why daisy' Darren said that it's a term used to describe some cricketers who 'some days they do and some days they don't'.
Hah! Reminds me of the cartoon where a lion is mounting a zebra in an 'amorous tryst', when a lioness appears. The lion says to the antelope "Good grief, it's my wife!! Pretend that I'm trying to kill you . . "
Hey, shane wanna'by, would love to bat to your bowling! As I'm a fan of yourn, then, you've a good chance of your flip hitting! (What are you doing retiring from Test cricket when you do THAT in the IPL?)
'Twas the first match of the season here Saturday just gone and am still getting selected for the 2nd team. At 63, wow! Us 137 for 7, them 131 all out with 4 overs to spare. Very exciting game and I scored 6. So without me it would have been a tie! HaHa!
Cannot speak for the US, yarb, but as an eccentric old geezer myself, I generally concur. Only generally, though, for I am also a good geezer. Signed gangerh, aka geezerh.
So you cry about spilt ink. You cry over spilt milk. It's like a flyover above a roundabout somewhere in a metaphorest. Any suggestions for what we might cry under?
Yes, VO. I noticed the missing listing on mint chocolate chip. I seem to recall when you list your least favourite word it gives it a vote. Do not list schadenfreude as such if you don't want to add to its popularity. I believe there was also an issue whereby if you removed your least favourite word it did not reduce the wordies listing it count.
Hah! Sweet! Was it one of your Easter eggs, moll'?
I haven't tracked the perfect ones, but I notice someone has a tag 'perfect stf'. I'll have to go through the list sometime and identify them all. 'Tis a long list though.
Or, if you have more time and want more fun, select from pterodactyl's list 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover to finish with Grace, then sidle over to the Verbal Arms and finish with economy by buying us all a drink!
If a man speaks in a metaphorest and there's no woman around to hear, he's still as wrong as the idea that a tree falls noiselessly unless there's someone around to hear it.
President Obama as described by Jeremy Paxton tonight after his beautifully diplomatic response to a question about his dinnertime sat next to the German Chancellor at the G20.
A beautifully symmetrically cultivated country. The sun lies in a geostationary position directly overhead. You wouldn't notice anything different going east-to-west or west-to-east. The natives go to and fro on a palindromedary.
Why do I have a red flag on my screen whenever I'm on the home page these days? Was it decided democratically in my absence? Can't believe it's Google.
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gangerh commented on the word flanker
I have yet to decide what I want to be when I grow up.
December 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word if it pleases and sparkles
What if it teases and malarkles, marky?
December 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word Schadenfreude
Yes, please. That would be nice. I've never had one before. Will I get another sugar rush?
December 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word Schadenfreudgeon
You probably needed to be there, u'ness. But it might, only might, make sense if you saw schadenfreudgeon and schadenfreude and humdudgeon, all around a year and a half ago.
December 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word Schadenfreudgeon
My nobblymen and wordieniks. Listen-sie this word. Resist the opportunists of Capitalisation. This time it's a race from point zero. Be upright and list.
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word Schadenfreude
No! No! No! No! No! Not Again! Copycat! Plagiarist! SPAM ALERT! PERSONSTRIONICS! I HATE YOU! WIND-UP MERCHANT! WHY? WHY? WHY? So, wanna fight? Hah! Schadenfreudgeon!
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word horse-coursing
That, 'corse, 'd be a Royal Ascot *whinnie*, 'cry?
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word horse-coursing
That, 'corse, 'd be the horse chestnuts, 'cry?
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list my-list--5
hoppenzeeimmendeemerkbenzz
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word randomishion
Absolutely. (I posted as a plaudit.)
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word randomishion
The pursuit of uselessness. :-/)
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user marky
A sort of randomishion of yours, then, 'nessie? Brilliant concept, randomishness. Absolutely impossible, ' corse.
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word horse-coursing
Nor force a horse, 'corse. Drink here, anyone? Mine's a Redrumdudgeon.
December 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user hostgator
SPAMGATOR!!
December 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the user bilby
Your wise words feature here today, bilby. I couldn't resist it. Hah!
December 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
'Well, we're all street actors aren't we, in our own little way?'
The bilby.
December 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the list british-broadcasting-concision
'Well, we're all street actors aren't we, in our own little way?' !! Nice play, bilby. Was it punintended? I suspect not.
December 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the list british-broadcasting-concision
It could mean that her performance died. But, 'by, are we all Coronation Street actors?
December 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word caterpillarness
What a brilliant word. *goes off to register an account somewhere, anywhere, to enter it as username*
December 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word haggis
Can only be the word that causes the jocularity, for the dish itself is scrumptious, esp. with tatties'n'neaps. Och, and an 80/- ale, or a malt.
December 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word va j-j visor
"We settled on the name after rejecting other possibilities like 'The Clam Shell', 'The Beaver Dam', 'The Bonnie Bonnet', 'The Hoo Ha Hoodie', and 'The Sister Hood' because we had long referred to this area of our anatomy as our va j-j."
December 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the user marky
I played with your name.Â
December 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stoplifting
Thesuarus, eh? There must be a better word for it somewhere.
December 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word WTBH
What The Bloody Hell ... ? ?
December 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word illustrated sweet tooth fairy
Fellow Wordieniks . . . you are invited to a preview of the opening exhibition of the illustrated sweet tooth fairy. Our Guest of Honour is frogapplause. Drinks and nibbles afterwards at the Verbal Arms. Mine's a harvey wallbangerh.
December 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word grill marks
You'd have a low-cal grill mark, 'tee. Hee.
December 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Hey, sionnach. This is the enchanted home for all those sweet tooth fairy pretenders who can't quite follow the rules - false teeth fairies.
December 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word █████
Awesome pronouncement, 'agus! Is it the same in black? I had a script through the other day with some black ones on.
December 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
sweet tooth fairy circles, maybe, 'ser51 aka 'rett?
December 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ouchthorpe
Who's got the list for English place names? Ouchthorpe might fit. It's a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Having just typed it in and seen it in large letters on screen I realise what a brilliant name it is. Hmm! Ganger H Ouchthorpe?
December 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frugal living large
Ha! An oxymoronic stf!
December 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Hi, testuser51 aka grantbarrett. Hah! Loopy idea. Could turn into a great game! Bit like fbharjo's list sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding) but with closure. Why don't you start a list for them? Perhaps illustrate one of them and start them off on the illustrated sweet tooth fairy. Huge fun. Away with the sweet tooth fairies!
December 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stop sign language
See the illustration by frogapplause. Link works on comments page.
December 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word making wood work
Slogan seen on the side of a van today that also said 'Carpenters and Joiners'.
December 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word grill marks
I prefer the taste of griddle marks.
November 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word autocomplete
I've renamed my enter key. I now call it autotruncate key.
November 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
'Pronouncements' may be a more apt title for how I believe Wordies-that-was may prefer it.
November 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word giant toasted ants
Hah!
November 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordie treatment
He's À la skipvia, 'ible'core.
November 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordie treatment
That's genius, Jubjub. Not just a re-arrangement of letters, but both meaningful and pertinent. And six of them to boot! (There must be a word to describe such a thing).
November 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sweetoofairy
sweetoofairy, innit. Twitter ye not. Yet, else .
November 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the user feedback
I want a message. I only got a vanished page, o vanishedone.
November 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the user kiki47890
SERIOUS SPAM ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
WITHDRAW OR FACE THE WORDIE TREATMENT!
November 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the riverside
Hah! You don't wait 11 months for 'Recently viewed'; recently is there already.
November 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the riverside
#15 on 'Recently listed' at this moment (in November).
Listed as recently as last January.
What's all that about, then?
*slides off to look up definition of recently*
November 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word madeupical
But yuckty is in the ear of the beyucker and/or beyuckee.
November 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the list cockney-alphabet
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! You changed the name. My farfer would be honaaahred
November 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word j for cakes
Hah! Ta, bilby. 'spose it 'elps to 'ave the roots of a right 'erbert, dunnit?
Thought it might be fun to work my way through the list.
November 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word madeupical
OK.
I would say a word is a word if the sense or nonsense of it is understood by a communicator and/or a communicatee and/or a sentient being that is incommunicado.
November 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word i am getting hungry and need endorphines
Big hug!
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word madeupical
OK,then. My mistake.
I would say a word is a word if it is mutually understood by a communicator and a communicatee.
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word apple pie
frogapplause
writes and draws
for this to rhyme
you need a plum
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word features
Hey! How does 'ordnik know that I'm leaving a 'note' rather than a 'comment' or 'citation'?
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word madeupical
I would say a word is a word if it is mutually understood by the communicator and the communicatee.
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cuddlefish
As cooked in a fish keddle?
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the list cockney-alphabet
Wunnerful list! My Old Man was a Cockney. His name was Albert. If I'd done this list I would have titled it Cockney Alphabert, 'corse.
*buggers orf to shine aksint fer nunciatin*
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word but i am of the universe
Ta,'by. We are so together! And it's led me to your wonderful list, which has escaped me 'til now.
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word madeupical
Surely every word was once ante-madeupical?
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word madeupical
That's good then.
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word but i am of the universe
Whoops! I've just seen the date on the comment I added when I first listed this word. It was 16 months ago.
Somethin' screwy goin' on 'round here.
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word but i am of the universe
Hey! This has just shewn up as 'recently listed'. But it only shows as appearing in a list of mine that I put it in at the beginning of this year.
Does this mean that 'recently' means around 9 months previously?
Also, words I am listing now don't seem to appear on 'recently listed' at all.
Interest level floundering.
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word self-dekepitation
Maybe see epitomy. Hah!
November 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word epitomy
Alternative Ending:
'... to doff their hats to ladies is not considered politically epicorrect'.
And you can cut that out, too!
November 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word epitomy
Examples
(listed here because I don't know how to add an example).
'Should the above become a nuisance to you, you can have an epitomy, which will surgically remove it'.
Likewise, an epitomy can be carried out to remove your on, your upon, your over, your around, your close to, your near, your besides, and/or your after.
Reportedly, the first procedure was carried out, on himself, by the great Greek gourmet, Curean.
His legacy lives on with many fine words that have benefitted from epicurtailment .
Examples are tome, of course, centre, scopalian, stle, and c fail.
The French Foreign Legion adapted some of Curean's techniques when they developed the kepitomy. The incidence of performing this procedure has diminished rapidly in recent years as, universally, the tendency, even of gentlemen, to doff their hats to ladies is considered sexist.
I hope that makes it clear, refenestration.
November 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
Yippee! We have 'Recently listed'. Interest level soars to 100%!
November 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word most commented on
Yippee! Is back! Thanks, king of the johngle. I feel as if everyone just walked back into the room. And I like the '/ever' add.
November 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word epitomy
TeeHee, bilby!
November 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word i just don't think you have the full package
Go to i just don't think you have the full package for Steve's X Factor performance. Link on Steve doesn't show on Zeitgeist.
November 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word i just don't think you have the full package
I've been working in a film today with Steve.
November 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word structure
Structure your stuff, 'ros.
November 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word transport for the next generation
PalQQka has no nipples, reesetee? In that case what are those tassles hanging on?
November 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word oh dear
Oh dear!
November 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word oh dear
Oh dear, don't comment just before JM comes on if you're seeking maximum impact. Your comment will be off the front Zeitgeist page before you can say ....................'watch your language'
;-)
November 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the user feedback
A plea for most commented on.
November 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word most commented on
The 'most commented on' list was probably one of the main features that held this community together, imho. While comments dropped off the end of the feed it continually reminded us of where the main action was at any given moment. It was a place to congregate. It caused so much else to happen. Can we have it back, please?
Please discuss. Hah!
November 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acrefully
The Council have misdirected mthemselves in that demand does not require to be acrefully manages as suggested
November 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the list things-ive-overheard-people-say-into-their-cellular-telephones
" Hello. Yes. He's here at the store with me, honey. And as soon as he's spent, he'll be on his way home. "
November 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnikkers
'twouldn't be too difficult to set up a '• Words and phrases that I would love to have on a Wordie T-shirt' T-shirt store. If someone wants to, let me know. I'll send the know-how. Prolagus? It's your list.
November 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
Don't know, 'by. I'm off to the jazz club tonight. Anyway I haven't recently viewed any tv. My fibre optic cable is faulty and the upstream signal isn't good enough for connecting to the internet. A lead time of around 4 weeks led to me solving the problem by hijacking the tv feed. Given the choice between tv or web, I choose web. Besides for most tv output, I'd rather watch the backs of my eyelids. (Apparently, there are some unknown celebs congregating in a jungle over your way).
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
It's random, innit? Innit?
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
I wonder how far down the dropped off end of the Recently viewed list it went in that time. Could be miles. Curiosity level 100%.
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
Holy wordspeed! 'Etruscan' dropped right off the end from top position in around 4 minutes. Seems to be a pointless listing to me or am I missing something wordnikwonderful?
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
Blimey! They've gone. 5 minutes, and ... have they dropped off the end already? Interest level plummets to 0.4%.
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
'Thee prolific chum, Cilia. Colossal language metaphor!'
At this moment the seven most Recently viewed words, in order.
Interest level climbs to 4%.
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
Also, I notice that having recently viewed recently viewed Recently viewed isn't showing that I recently viewed recently viewed.
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word recently viewed
Hah! I notice you don't have to list a new word to be able to comment on it.
Anyway, I find the 'recently viewed' list around 0% of interest compared with our old habits of 'recently listed' followed by a count. Is it coming to Zeitgeist, john?
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the user grant_barrett
I played with your name.Â
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word comments
You're right, 'cry. I've been misled a few times.
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnikkers
Yes! -nikkers is pants!
(Does that trans-atlantic?)
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word herouette
I say, I say, I say. What's super + hero + pirouette?
I don't know. What's super + hero + pirouette?
boy wonder woman, of course!
(One day the sweet tooth fairy will make it into panto!)
Hah! Picture that!
Maybe even illustrate it.
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unclean
Uncle Ian! That's brilliant!
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnikkers
WORDnIkkErS!
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word herouette
That was just spin.
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnikkers
wordnikkers - this is a hold up?
November 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the user sionnach
An stf of yours has been illustrated by frogapplause. Here.
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the user gangerh
Thanks, 'applause.
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordie list of the year 2009
I seem to recall bilby hinting that I might conduct Identify the Wordie 2009. I think I maybe said nothing, or maybe even yes, but certainly not no.
I emailed him on Monday proposing that I could do it.
Did you get it, bilby?
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word shove it
That would have been 'shelve it'.
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word shove it
I'm sure the menu used to say 'share it'. Didn't it. How did you do that, bilby?
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word put it in the longboat till it's sober
Hah!
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schadenfreude
Take this word and ...
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nuxiy
Hey! More activity. Yes! Over to Pronunciations. I want to know how to say 'Hi, nuxiy'.
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word chained_bear
I do hope the king of the johngle didn't forget to unchain her back at (you know ..) *subsides to a whisper*
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word logout
Bit like 'Lovely to see you again. When are you going back?'
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word logout
Not very inviting is it?
'Hi gangerh
(logout)'
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word contingency flans
Phew! Ta, 'gus, I thought we'd been disarmed! I should have stockpiled more than one!
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word contingency flans
Not in any lists yet.
Be the first!
But I was the first!
I distinctly remember adding this to {An Arsenal for Civil Defunse].
Come back, _bear, we need to be defunded!
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word olympic torch song
From twitter on this page.
'robotbatman: Trying to figure out music for lyrics my dad made for a contest to write a song to be played while the Olympic torch comes through town'
Ha - watch this space:
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word SuperSlots
Haha! Super 'nunciation, 'nessie! You've inspired me to 'nunciate here as soon as I can get it to work. But it doesn't yet hear me.
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word chained_bear
'This user either doesn't exist or doesn't have a public profile'
Oh no! No! We haven't lost the _bear, surely?
That would be un_.....
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word olympic torch song
How do I detect who contributed this to the sweet tooth fairy list without starting at the top of the supposedly alpha sorted list and reading through 'til I reach it?
Really, I just need to know who it was at this stage so that I can acknowledge them on frogapplause's wonderful illustration
November 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cake
Nicely,'nach! One of those mischievous false teeth fairies!
November 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cake
'Would you prefer a piece of park or a walk in the cake?'
'Mmm. That's not as easy it sounds.'
November 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word croke park
Páirc an Chrócaigh. Dublin. Gaelic Athletic Association.
November 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
(You can't do that, 'ness - jean hasn't answered to Peering yet!)
November 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Peering?
November 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word clut
Inspired!
November 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word chagrined_bear
HaHa! Bear hugs all round - just found this comment:
about 1 year ago chained_bear said:
1. I am pissed that I went through my spreadsheet and made a second column called "2nd guesses." You can probably all imagine my chagrin when MORE OF MY ORIGINAL GUESSES WERE RIGHT than my second guesses. Gah!
November 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tv dinner gown
Ta, 'gus. Hope I don't mix up my gown and my guide again without you around!
November 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the list not-your-screen-name
Hah!
*colours up a little and goes quiet for a while*
November 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
I am an egg living in a world where egg beating is allowed, even encouraged, and so I am whipped round and round, until I am dizzy with pain and longing for those shy days before I came out of my shell.
Coral Rumble.
November 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the user repsac3
Why, thanks, '3, for all your comments. I thought I'd opened up my profile, but I suspect I didn't click the save profile button.
November 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the user palooka
A sweet tooth fairy of yours has been illustrated here.
November 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tv dinner gown
Oh dear. You'll have to go to the comments on the word page. The link is active there but hasn't transferred correctly to Zeitgeist.
November 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tv dinner gown
The illustrated tv dinner gown.
November 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tv dinner gown
Testing.
November 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
SCHIFF?
November 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word illustrated sweet tooth fairy
'sweet tooth pic fairies' OR 'sweet tooth fairy pics'?
Which one works for you, or not? Oh dear. I need to sleep.
November 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word illustrated sweet tooth fairy
Fellow wordwhatevers. We have progressed to a few pilot pages of the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairy. Not with any illustrations yet - just the look-and-feel. The inaugural entry - from a fellow wordwhatever among us - is ready to be published. However, I need to sleep. Who said 'sweet dreams'? I'd greatly value your input on the fairy story so far. The #1 istf is awesome! Can't wait to show you.
November 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word illustrated sweet tooth fairy
In place of comments on lists being non-operational I've created this word. Copies of comments on the list 'sweet tooth fairy' following.
November 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
'sweet tooth pic fairies' OR 'sweet tooth fairy pics'?
Which one works for you, or not? Oh dear. I need to sleep.
November 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Fellow wordwhatevers. We have progressed to a few pilot pages of the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairy. Not with any illustrations yet - just the look-and-feel. The inaugural entry - from a fellow wordwhatever among us - is ready to be published. However, I need to sleep. I'd value your input on the fairy story so far. Who said 'sweet dreams'? The #1 istf is awesome! Can't wait to show you.
November 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
ranger's
November 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Re - Capability Brown -
"I'd like to die before him so that I can see heaven before it is improved".
November 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
People might believe what you tell them but they will never doubt what they assume.
November 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
Albert Einstein
November 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fireplace fender bender
Not to mention this kind of confusion: Would a riverbank be a watersideplace or a launderedmoneyplace?
And as for bank shoe . . . . I bet that's not easily dealt with either.
November 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fireplace fender bender
Then that makes it perfect.
November 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the user strev
I played with your name.Â
November 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wiinjury
According to a psysiotherapist today, many people are suffering injuries while playing their Wiis.
November 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word macho man boobs
Mr Big tits?
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word macho man boobs
I can wait to see this one illustrated!
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ever so nice
You're welcome. I'd be delighted should you add it it to the sweet tooth fairy list.
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ever so nice
So nice! And was it ever so! Cute stf, 'tee.
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
I'm confident you will be, Pro. It's unthinkable that, at the very least, a visitor will not pick up on one of your stf contributions and be inspired to illustrate it.
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Yes, 'gus, a good question. And it did not go unconsidered.
For me 'sweet tooth fairy' on its own lives on Wordie. There will only be illustrations of stfs on t-i-s-t-w.c. There will be nowhere for simply listing the stfs themselves. I would hope to see the Wordie list grow and flourish separately.
Among other reasons.
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
We are in accord there, 'gus. I do see possibilities across many art forms. I hadn't actually thought of 'Just So Stories for Little Children', though. Sweet Tooth Fairy Tales, perhaps?
I had intended 'illustrated' as in its widest sense as in '(something) to illustrate a point'.
Sorry to disappoint as I was planning on deliberately being 'logoless'! I thought to keep it all very plain for maximum impact of contributions. I do have a font in mind that I believe will work but I have yet to try it.
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Thanks, 'via. I am, as we comment-swap, 'having at it'! Had to look that phrase up, though as 'twas unfamiliar to me.
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Thanks. 'arjo. Will do.
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Thanks, 'by. Hope you won't be disappointed, though, as I've already registered the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairy.com for the site.
I did play around with different and supposedly clever wordplay, the-illustrated-sweet-tooth-fairi.es for instance. I preferred, however, that as the content is most important to therefore KISS it!
November 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word washing machine gun
Thank you, Nicolina.
November 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nye
Xmas and NYE Bookings Being Taken.
November 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
I want to create a website themed 'The Illustrated Sweet Tooth Fairy'. I've checked for any issues, vis-a-vis Wordie, with John, and there aren't any.
He suggests that I inquire here, of you who have contributed to the list.
I envisage simply inviting 'illustrated' stfs to be published on the website.
I imagine illustrations can be in many art forms.
My marketing mind whispers to me that there may be coin in the idea. If so, I envisage a proportion of any such coin available to all original contributors of both stfs and illustrations.
I welcome all comments from my fellow Wordies, whether from the beginning or more recently, who have grown up with me with this rather off-the-wall figure of speech.
November 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jimmy brits
What's this rhyming for, plethora?
November 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word misdirections
Never waste one.
November 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the list to-parryphrase-the-porkmeister-as-it-were
Andy Townsend: "What's the difference, Mike, between a 'parryism' and a 'paroxysm'?
Mike Parry: "Well, Andy, that's easy. One is about laughter and the other's full of bull."
(A Madeupical).
October 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word self-esteem engine
HaHaHa! I like this!
October 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word all english county cricket should be played in australia
Ha! Knew you'd be the first to comment, 'by!
October 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the list to-parryphrase-the-porkmeister-as-it-were
An act or habit of using and misusing ideas (and words) ridiculously. As manifested in the wisdom and sagacity of the nation's favourite (and only) self-styled seeker of 'truth and justice' © Mike 'Porky' Parry. Allegedly.
October 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Make today the springtime of the rest of your life.
October 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word take away out
Good one, Nicolina!
October 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bikini wax museum
Perfect!
October 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
DREAMS...when i was a kid i tot d world would end in 1999 cos of a tv sci-fi series dat i loved. I used to wonder if i would have a girlfriend n end up marrying her
. I wondered if id ever fly in a plane n go round d world in 80 days!!!! I tot id be a cowboy movie star somehow after watching the good the bad n the ugly...u noticed all the "I"s rite? Well am an adult now n with d benefit of hindsight, no dreams comes to stay except it has room for others n not just all about you. Oh n by the way...i dont only fly in planes but i work around planes n hope to fly round d world in 80days...space cowboys know better...Dreams...vague,twisted,sweet,bitter, deep as d ocean n as shallow as a bathtub. Any one else with DREAMS????
Agbo Henry Agbo.
October 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word train stations of the crossword puzzle
PS.
Mornington Crescent!
October 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word train stations of the crossword puzzle
HaHa, rolig. Very clever. Cryptic, too. Excellent play!
October 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Kolnikov didn’t really believe in God, not as He was depicted by organized religions. He believed that there was something bigger than man, bigger than life, but he didn’t know what.
From ‘America’ by Stephen Coonts.
October 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
I like the history of the future better than the history of the past. Thomas Jefferson
October 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the user ecbrenner
I played with your name.Â
October 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word erikabrengunner
Erika shoots a Bren Gun.
October 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word money trees
All I have to say is banana money trees.
October 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Yes we have no World War II scarcities
October 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word barbarism
For the Roman soldier Hadrian's Wall was more than just a defence against the Caledonian tribes - it also represented the dividing line between the known world of order and civilisation, and the unknown world of chaos and barbarism.
I didnt know what barbarism meant. It sounded like something to do with haircuts but that didnt sound right. The picture in the book showed the tribes with long messy hair and the Romans with short hair or helmets so maybe barbarism was to do with haircuts.
From 'The Dead Fathers Club' by Matt Haig.
October 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fairy floss maker
Here we call it candy floss.
October 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
“…….You won’t find the answers you’re looking for in the bottom of a glass, Killigrew.�?
“I don’t drink to find the answers. I drink to forget the questions.�?
From ‘Killigrew and The Incorrigibles’ by Jonathan Lunn.
October 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the user bilby
I played with your name.Â
October 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the user mollusque
I played with your name.Â
October 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the user daymoon
I played with your name.Â
October 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the user asativum
I played with your name.Â
October 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word adsense
Prolagus wants the role of 'Brackets'! It's an all-encompassing symbolic part, 'gus.
October 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word adsense
Can I play the Sweet Tooth Fairy?
October 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the user trivet
I played with your name.Â
October 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the user sarra
I played with your name.Â
October 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word malleabl
Perhaps, dear 'by, the speller was competent at spelling but simply couldn't plan ahea
October 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the user fbharjo
I played with your name.Â
October 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word thirty-twelve
please dont
October 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sea change
Hah! So 'tis, John!
October 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sea change
But, but... that would surely be a deep sea change.
October 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cold tofurkey
Come on let's tofurkey trot
(Shoo-shoo gobble-gobble diddle-ip)
(Shoo-shoo gobble-gobble diddle-ip)
People may say you'er some kind of a nut
But you swivel your knees and you start to strut
But if you really want to get out of a rut
Do some tofurkey trottin' and a
(All your cares will be forgotten yeah)
October 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cold tofurkey
Brillby! Love it!
October 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
Again I say: I fear that the beautiful random growth that is Wordie is about to join something organised with a goal.
October 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the user uselessness
I played with your name.Â
October 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the user sonofgroucho
I played with your name.Â
October 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the user perhapsolutely
I played with your name.Â
October 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fankles
Apparently not, I hear, if you are Barbie.
October 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lightquake
A galaxy of suns blazed on the windshields of the serried cars and SUVs, a lightquake that shocked my bloodshot eyes and forced me to squint.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
October 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word your upper case voice
Thanks, frogapplause. I like it. Does it mean shouting?
October 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word paper jam tomorrow
Some pleasant event in the future, which isn't likely to happen, 'lby. From Alice Through the Looking Glass . . . . 'The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day'.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bunker's knob
New Addington, Croydon.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flaybottomist
HaHa! Thank goodness science has found a better way to draw blood!
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
For me vertical lists are the superior way to list. I don't know the scientific understanding we have of it. It may have something to do with a tangible interruption between each item on a horizontal list?
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word miksch's law
That stripper.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word she'll make you a toolshed you can't refuse
Heard today. As 'Don't cross her or .....'.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fankles
Fat ankles, I hear.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
For me, the way words are listed to the right hand side of the Zeitgeist page is a design disaster. It is an unnatural way to read a list and just deters me from wanting to scan it.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sweet tooth fairy
Three words where the first and second form a known expression and the second and third form a known expression and all three together make a credible expression.
Like sweet tooth and tooth fairy make sweet tooth fairy.
A 'perfect sweet tooth fairy' would, of course, be one where all three words together also formed a known expression.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
It’s the fourth leg of the table that causes the wobble.
Barrie Pepper.
October 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fasten brastraps and remove dentures
I just have to get a sign made. The back lane past our house is poorly maintained and is riddled with potholes. Yet it is used muchly by motorists as a 'rat-run' from an city inner ring road into the centre. I'll put one at each end of the lane. HaHa!
October 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word church of the whispering comet topless bar, adult bookstore, and burger heaven
.... past the town limits of Pico Mundi, on a tract of desert land.
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the user super-george
I played with your name.Â
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word l’esprit de l’escalier
A spring in your step?
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the user reesetee
I played with your name.Â
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger.
Leonard Cohen.
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fungry
I may be fungry but I don't fancy spam.
October 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word exodus
And unless it's an exodus to the exotic. That is, an escape from one place to another. Using basic definitions. Indeed if an exodus isn't exotic it won't be an exodus.
October 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
'Just tell me what you want to tell me. I'm not going to judge you. My own eyes are fuller of beams than a mock-Tudor pub, so I can't even see your motes.'
Charles Paris in The Dead Side Of The Mike by Simon Brett.
October 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the user milosrdenstvi
I played with your name.Â
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the user rainedancing
I played with your name.Â
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the user pterodactyl
I played with your name.Â
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Your the top banana, 'boros!
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
Brilliant, 'cry. Inadquacy it is then!
October 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the user frigga
I played with your name.Â
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user kewpid
I played with your name.Â
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user repsac3
I played with your name.Â
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?
Robert Browning.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the list schadenfreudgeon
Perhaps see rfl.Â
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word uo�?ƃpn�?ɹɟu�?p�?ɥɔs
My feelings about this are mixed. On the one hand I experience extreme pleasure at the immense beauty and artistry of the play. On the other I feel indignant humour at having my bum in the air to be able to read it! Hah! Brilliant, 'fy.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rid owe
All I ever get on the Wordie homepage Google ad these days is 'Debt Problems? Want to know if you can wipe out all the debt you can't afford?'.
I'm guessing that Google analytics is now resorting to an anagram model. And 'Wordie' does appear a lot on the home page.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user qroqqa
I played with your name.Â
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user gangerh
Hey, everyone looks up to a microlight flying over, rolig!
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word i think not
I don't think they're for 1am.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the user kjola
I played with your name.Â
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the user plethora
I played with your name.Â
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Only the present exists.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rfl
AhA! Fantastic idea, King of the Johngle. Here's my offer. LOGOF! You list one on mine and I'll list two on yours! List One Get One Free! Just contribute schadenfreudgeon to my list SCHADENFREUDGEON and I'll contribute two to yours.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the user jmjarmstrong
GH played with your name.Â
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user Telofy
I played with your name.Â
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user thesaraheffect
I played with your name.Â
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word for god's sake, don't set the piano on fire
Goodness gracious . . .
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word common cold cash cow catcher
I do like this, 'robo'. There's a better home for it on fbharjo's list 'sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)', though.
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word carbon copy cat calling card carrying case closed circuit
I do like this, 'robo'. There's a better home for it on fbharjo's list sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)Â
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
It’s never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot.
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user dontcry
I played with your name.Â
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the user rolig
I played with your name.Â
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word willow
:-)
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word willow
This wouldn't be a conspiracy emanating from your national summer game, would it, 'lby?
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the user john
I played with your name.Â
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the user skipvia
I played with your name.Â
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wtf
Why the face?
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word griffin park
I used to live right next to it - I don't remember that it had a pub on each corner.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word psychopath
Son, this is the United States of America. Some would say it's unconstitutional to try to prevent psychopaths from fulfilling their potential.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stumpery
Slosh an occasional layer of old yogurt over them to encourage moss.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the user whichbe
I played with your name.Â
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word proonette
Marry Onette? One for, one against.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word clean up the kitchen, plus midnight whistleberries with zeppelins
An order of hash, and an order of black beans with sausages.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the user seanahan
I played with your name.Â
October 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
People don’t change when they see the light, they change when they feel the heat.
Dr Jim Reeve.
October 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the user voyeurvoyeur
Spotted this under Wordiest Wordies just now.
VoyeurVoyeur (111/111)
Cute.
And welcome to the wonder that is Wordie.
October 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the user chained_bear
I played with your name.Â
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they are wondering why it shows up over and over again.
John Assaraf.
The Secret.
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word collector's item
'Every banknote I get these days seems to be a collector's item. As soon as I get one a debt collector calls round!'
HaHa!
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word physicist
Big-browed physicists tell us that two objects cannot under any circumstances occupy the same place at the same time. . . . .
. . . . a lot of fundamental physics is the solemn statement of the absurdly obvious. Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word falkland islands
Hah - gangerh actually says 'It's a ewe-boat'. Hah!
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the user oroboros
I played with your name.Â
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
In order to get whatever it is you want, all you have to do is to stop performing the actions that don't bring about your desired result and start performing the actions that do.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word subjunctive case
His mother, Daphne, 'nach. He did name one of his sons Herzogovina.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word burn two british, send 'em to philly for fish
Two English muffins with cream cheese and lox.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word discovered rich veins of rumours of gold
......when prospectors with more dreams than common sense were drawn to the area by silver and rumors of silver. They discovered rich veins of the latter.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double spuds twice in hell
Two orders of French fries made extra crisp.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word subjunctive case
When I asked old Ronnie how he could possibly be so sure that Jasper (a Muscovy duck) was 29 years old, he said "Ee, lad, I've had 'im since 'e were egg".
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word launcheon
Perhaps ask whichbe if you can put it here, Milo'.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Life is a contact sport.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the user yarb
I played with your name.
September 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word two cows, make 'em cry, give 'em blankets, and mate 'em with pigs
Two hamburgers with onions, cheese, and bacon.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word first screen kiss
Just got home from filming my first screen kiss. HaHa!
September 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word srljo
I don't believe in using long words when diminutive ones will do.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cardiac shingles
See one porky sitting, hash browns, cardiac shingles.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one porky sitting, hash browns, cardiac shingles
A 'Porky sitting' is fried ham. A pig sits on its abdomen, which is the source of bacon, so 'one Porky lying' would have called for a rasher with the eggs.
'Cardiac shingles' is an order of toast with extra butter.
Hash browns are merely hash browns.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eggs - wreck 'em and stretch 'em
..... I stretched an order of eggs, which means that I added a third egg to our usual serving of two. Then I wrecked 'em: scrambled them.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list txt
Hah! Yes, John, I'm going to use smtoe as often as I can. Please add it.
As for mass-tagging, I'm completely tagilliterate. But I'd be happy to attempt it should someone txt me through it.
Is there such a thing as smtoejam? (Sets my teeth on edge just as much)?
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word f2f
Far too far?
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the user vanishedone
I played with your name.
September 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bogap
Buy one get a pair.
September 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word his nobs
'twas always singular here - 'one for his nob'.
September 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Words are loaded pistols.
Jean-Paul Sartre
September 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word a sea since vanished
Behind the slumpstone wall lay a backyard, a swimming pool. Dappled with morning light and tree shadows, the water glimmered in shades of blue from sapphire to turquoise, as might a trove of jewels left by long-dead pirates who had sailed a sea since vanished.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
Wow!
September 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Sales Copy that doesn't SELL should carry a Government health warning!
Joe Robson, Copywriter
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word while my guitar gently weeps
Odd! After seeing your listing of this here, h'heir, Ive discovered that it's missing from my List 9. I found that it's actually missing from my Beatles lyrics book, which I understood had ALL of their lyrics.
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the list my-porches
That has to be the most intriguing comment I have read here on the internet.
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ain’t she sweet
Oh ain't she nice .....
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word aloha ‘oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo ......
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tip-toe through the tulips
Oh, tiptoe from the garden ....
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
'Beware of being in the hands of someone else’s ego.'
(Ganger H)
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word road conditions
Taxi radio speak for 'copper with a radar gun' or 'copcar hiding in wait'. Always followed by a location to alert other cabbies.
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word kingly brightness
Your Royal Brightness.
"As we gaze on your kingly brightness"
September 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word noli me tangere
yes, me have no bananas
September 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word blind cricket
HaHaHaHaHaHaHa...............
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the list little-miss-different
Wow, ptero! I'm delighted and humbled at your adoption. I don't believe there was a Little Miss Different in the Little Miss series, but it sounds as if there ought to have been. Anyway if there wasn't, for me, it reflects the delightful edge that this list employs.
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word gangrel
gangrelh
'A child of gangerh's who is just starting to walk.'
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word blind cricket
Oops! Buttered toast and landing conversations come to mind, 'by.
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word slender scratchdaisy
Beautiful.
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the list ponderable-plant-names
Dick Wunderlin? That explains everything! :-)
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ramgoat dashalong
Wonderful! (But are you sure you're not making some of these up, h'heir?)
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
(Relevant) comment from chained-bear some months ago on yes we have no bananas -
'Keep it up, gangerh. I'm going to love this page! :) Just think: A one-page, go-to reference for "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in almost any language! That's what Wordie is FOR!'
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word malist
Bad list idea, Silas! ;-}
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word agent orange crush
stf, h'heir!
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turkey tangle frogfruit
Maybe see turkey tangle fogfruit.
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the list ponderable-plant-names
A delightful list, h'heir.
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word downy maiden fern
Dentata? A toothsome downy maiden fern, is it? (She?)
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turkey tangle fogfruit
I love this name. I'd also love there to be a turkey tangle frogfruit.
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word celestial body language
stf, 'by!
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the list little-miss-different
Little Miss Different?
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word serendipity
It would be an unexpected stroke of luck to find that 103 other Wordies listed this word for the first time today before a certain other word was listed again.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word up to code
'....The other buildings were cited for asbestos and no one wanted the expense of bringing the buildings up to code.....'
From 'The Unseen' by Lee Driver.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word himofftelly
Heard in Yorkshire and around meaning 'The fellow who appears regularly on the television'.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word during death
Taken On Trust
(Terry Waite)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word today smiling
Take Action
(Stephen Joynes)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word renowned fish
Swimming With Piranha Makes You Hungry
(Colin Turner)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word within help
Swimming
(Amateur Swimming Association)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word attitude zoom
Success
It's As Simple As
ABC
(David Hannon)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word example things
Success In Your Pocket
(David Hannon)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one lipstick
Style Directions For Women
(Carol Spenser)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cretan wildcat
This'll be the She that said to Tom 'Here we are on the verge of extinction and all you can think about is sex'.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word salesman's shample
Spample!
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word something one!
Style Directions For Men
(Carol Spenser)
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word congratulations! come
do it!
(James R. Sherman, PhD)
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word why me
Stay In The Game
(Van Crouch)
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pinkie
plinkie!
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you was unlucky, yesterday. unfortunately, today is different.
Received today in 4 spam emails. Help! Can't work out whether I was luckier yesterday or more fortunate today. Certainly today was different.
Tally thus far then - 0/1/4.
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the warm and fuzzy feeling
Around here we abbreviate this to 'warm fuzzy', as in 'it gave me a warm fuzzy'. Maybe to avoid the full phrase, as it's too much of a cliché?
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word there are no gaps in your ignorance
I like this one, 'gus. At first I wondered where I'd got it from as I'd forgotten I'd made it an open list. Ta for the contribution. I'm eager to use it. Perhaps as a bit of sledging at our cricket match today.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dispeopler
And, hey, 'plausible, you have to think defrogsr, then you'll figure it.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dispeopler
Don't frighten the penguin, ptero'. Remember, to him you're a serious bird threat.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word manstruation
Hah! A singular event, uncle o.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tread softly because you tread on my dreams
HAD I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with the golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams...
William Butler Yeats
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
Aha! To wit, indeed! To woo, as well! It seems some fellow Wordies know of you already, 'luette, and hold you in good stead. I knew nought of you 'til now, am apprehensive, but your stock is rising. Be gentle with me. My days are in awe of the wonder that is Wordie.
'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams' - W. B. Yeats.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you was unlucky, yesterday. unfortunately, today is different.
Received today in a spam email.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
Wow! You have an algorithm that segregates the uncool ones, 'luette? Wow!
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word imho
IMHonestO, Chuck.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word imho
Chuck Norris could humble a holy opinion.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lord shove a duck
I was applauding the frog. *stands and claps again*.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lord shove a duck
HaHa! Bravo! More! More! *stands and claps*
September 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
I do hope 'We've been assimilated' turns out to be the wrong words.
September 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word boiled peanut butter bean soup kitchen appliance
Hey, 'esheir, I think this should be on fbharjo's clever list 'sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)'. Though there are five stfs in there that would look good on the stf list.
September 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
I fear that the beautiful random growth that is Wordie is about to join something organised with a goal.
September 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the list prayerware--2
HaHa! Brilliant, 'cry.
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word böse
'mein ichPod', surely?
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word musing jmaestro
...please.
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word amplethorax
"Yeth. And I'm only thixteen."
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the kajoler
When urgent, has tendency to overegg.
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word provanity
I guess with the basic version you just get the high opinion?
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word qroqqadile
Never simile at one.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
I'll probably be a dropout before I become a wordnik.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one-way cul-de-sac
Counter-clockwise it may be where you are, Asativum, but 'twould be clockunwise here.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word erection
"Never waste an erection". A fundamental tenet of my ex-brother-in-law's philosophy.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word repsaclicated
Not my screen name.
Not my screen name.
Not my screen name.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one-way cul-de-sac
Such is traffic planning here in Wakefield, UK, that the appearance of one of these would be unsurprising.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word onan the barbarian
Hah! Very good, '111. And, of course, the playpen is mightier than the swordplay.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word reskew pidgeon
Rescue me!
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word helicopterodactyl
Especially beware of the funship models.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word imagineer
Oh! I always thought it was words from uneducated speech meaning 'It's me. I'm back'.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mymmoshop fraud
I thought as much. Mymmos does have more than one leg.
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word governments
Why do we need governments when we've enough low energy in light bulbs?
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word feather bomb
The enemy are tickled to death with this.
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word molestation
Mornington Crescent! Hah! Nice one, 'ishedone!
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
It's happened, 'cry! frigga brought home the bacon.
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word international bacon day
What shape is European bacon ordained to be these days? (Maybe see governments).
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word governments
Answer: 1. Then 27 governments do what they're told. (450 million EU consumers, incandescent with rage, are now banned from buying 100w incandescent light bulbs ).
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word england miss out on dramatic win
Anyway, it's England and Wales, now. Apparently. Otherwise it should be 'mrs'! Ha! Work that one out! Ha!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word england miss out on dramatic win
We was robbed! That was definitely above waist height and should have been a no-ball! Hit him with your white stick, umpire! And did you see how wide that other one was? Anyway the only England Miss out on dramatic win that I saw was a couple of weeks ago when it really mattered! Now she was really something! So put that in your urn and smoke it! Oh, you can't, can you? Because it's not your urn! Ha!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •open-list-anything-bilby-wants-to-add
This is brilliant, chained_one. You just must close it to all but bilby. I'm feeling very possessive about this list and nervous about it's spoliation by others!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word marxists
Q. Is this why I am no longer permitted to buy 100w incandescent light bulbs here in the USSK?
A. None. But how many revolutions does it take to screw up?
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word well i'll go to the top of our porch
Hope this helps. Ha!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
What would it mean to you should our Wordie unique words count reach 250,000 on International Bacon Day?
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word motor vehicle registration
A perfect one, 'esheir!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the loch uselessness monster
aka uselessnessie
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word international bacon day
Hey! International bacon! Where do I get some?
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word triveterinary surgeon
A specialist in menagerie a trois.
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word asatnavum
Not sure how I arrived at this one!
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sundaymoonshine
"Drinkin' buttermilk all the week,
........................."
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilbyword for quality
Also, of course, a bilbywordie of quality.
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •-wordies-talk-about-themselves
As promised, moved. To a list called The Wordie Banana Song. (I'd make this a link if I knew how.)
September 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •-wordies-talk-about-themselves
Sorry. Felt they were wrong but they just all came out and I didn't know where else to put them. I'll move them tomorrow.
September 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
539 to go
September 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word penis
Mightier than the sword, someone wrote.
September 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 1337
I'm listing this 'cause it's a number. I'd love to know why 12 other Wordies are. . . uselessness?
September 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 2t(f √e)
Oh Rudy! Of course! HaHa! Thanks seanahan.
September 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the user elephantesimal
Great name. Welcome to the wonder that is Wordie.
September 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tie the knot
Name of shop specialising in menswear hire. (Should that be men'swear?)
August 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word baghdad
Was it a Christmas present?
August 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word zircon
Aircon to Zircon
August 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 2t(f √e)
??
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word doubt
I don't think I'd believe it.
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 10!
frindley's right. 10! is exactly the number of seconds in 6 weeks! It's a fact. Orial.
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word doubt
Are you sure, 'vi?
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 1 wordie lists how sweet tooth fairy dust cover drive wheels around about there then nothing worthwhile
Ah! Thanks 'shedOne and 'by. I remember now. I obviously blocked '1 wordie lists' in error when I copied the phrase to paste sometime.
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word indefatigueable
sacre indefatigueableu!
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 1 wordie lists how sweet tooth fairy dust cover drive wheels around about there then nothing worthwhile
Anywordie recall what this was about?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 = i
Convinced yet, 'by?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
This may raise more questions than I thought it may answer. Or question more answers. Or raise more answers. Or less. Than I thought. Or not.
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 0000
Apparently, afore I wrote this, 1 wordie lists 0000 with 0 comments. Spooky 0 again? Or Four Nothings and a Fol-de-Rol?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word foots
Are those British, surely?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word noncontortionist
Someone who, whatever the pressure being brought to bear, just will not bend
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mudlark
HaHa! What a load of mudlarkey.
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 0
I found it via the Browse feature which seems to be new. It was listed as '0 wordies list'. Nothing if not spooky.
August 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ruelle
"Oh, he got out of the ruelle side of the bed today."
August 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the list mancy--2
WHAT A WONDERFULLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT LIST, FBHARJO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHA!
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nomancy
As opposed to nowomancy.
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word enlarge your male dignity
Who's got dignity envy?
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word us
A synonym for our in Yorkshire.
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word human being silly
HaHa! Love this one 'by!
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word side of the road
I always understood verge was something on the ridiculous, not the side of the road.
August 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word french national anthem
parfait!
August 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
the busby stoop?
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
tortile
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
melancolia?
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
brazenly
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
A quarter of a million looms. I'm gone for a week or so with Nicolina campervanning. Will the count have gone beyond this wordmark 'pon my return?
August 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
xat
August 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
effectlessness?
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
(Our Under 11s played Liversedge Cricket Club's Under 11s last week, yarb.)
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
apotheosized?
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
nerdgassing
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word a nation of garden lovers
A National Trust survey has revealed that one in three UK residents believes spending time in the garden can boost their love life.
??
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word preamble
PREEamble
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
facial hair?
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
This is an open word, anyone can contribute.
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
gettoistua
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word grind
A slang synonym for fuck. As in, when crashing gears, 'another grind like that and we'll have to get engaged'.
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poke
Interesting, 'oucho, as I see from your link that poke is also considered as 'local grind'.
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yeply
This word I like. From where does it come, peter_mit emordnilap?
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
citroensaus?
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
jovencel
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •open-list-you-re-invited-to-a-mandatory-picnic
Must be PERSONDATORY!!!!!!
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word doucitbag
HaHa, 'gus. Didn't get this the first few times I saw it, but today I just did. HaHa!
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquisitive crime
Ta, the 'by.
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the list euphemisms
Is acquisitive crime awful and/or political enough, kew?
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquisitive crime
And perhaps I'll start a list of useage of long words when diminutive ones will suffice.
July 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquisitive crime
I got this from the 'Your Police in Wakefield' newspaper. Motto - 'Making a difference locally'. I submit that acquisitive crime suggests a less severe offence than plain old theft. Acquisitive crime includes house burglary, robbery and vehicle crime. Now that's what I call making a difference. Outrageous. Who's got the list of euphemisms which would make a suitable home for this piece of soft brain tissue thinking?
July 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
maroons
July 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word table tennis ball
You are not mistaken, 'cry. 'Tis indeed a perfect one.
July 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
(Schedule to read this in a few days).
I was about to make a comment on your comment on procrastination. I then realised it wouldn't be so clever to make it straightaway. Just thought I'd let you know it's coming.
July 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word personned personeuvering unit
Perhaps see manned maneuvering unit.
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word manned maneuvering unit
If it was married manned maneuvering and the wife was there doing married womanned womaneuvering would that be two units or would NASA refer to them as a unit?
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the list words-that-appear-on-wordie-org-that-i-d-like-to-start-using-in-casual-conversation
May I promote to you, missourigal, a word that will amaze and astound all those who hear you use it? It is the uber cool word to be seen uttering. It delights in the definition 'mixed feelings of extreme pleasure and indignant humour'. What a conversation starter! The ecstasy and the agony! And with Schadenfreudgeon Day 2009 coming up soon you should list your copy now, so that you have it ready for use. Ah, schadenfreudgeon, truly a word that came along just when its definition was seeking one. Start your list with schadenfreudgeon today!
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the list three-words
Aw, come on bilby. Why on earth would I want to call it 'Reflective Fuchsia Ping-Pong Paddle'? That gives no clue whatsoever what the list is all about.
July 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word solve
One of the simplest copy writing formulas is to state the customer's problem, tell them you can solve it and then tell them precisely how you're going to solve it.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word simple
People believe that their lives are very complicated so anything that simplifies the process will have their attention.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the list three-words
I could argue that any list longer than two words contains three words. But I won't.
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word limited
If there is a genuine limit to what you are offering or the number of people who can have it, it's worth making a big deal about that. Scarcity is an important marketing tool.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new
Everyone wants the 'new' thing. We may be bored with advertisements but if they promise us something 'new' that can get our interest.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word proof
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word proven
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fast
We all want things to happen faster. If you can do it - tell them.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word person's name
In many contexts, the most important word you can use is the customer's name. The more personalised your letters are, the higher the response. Email autoresponders enable you to send hundreds or thousands of personalized messages at the same time.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word important
It's important to use the word important. People want to know about important things and it's a word that grabs the reader's attention. And that's important!
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes
There's something about the word 'Yes' It just works wonders. When you speak to customers use it a lot. It's equally important to avoid the word 'no.'
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word guaranteed
The ultimate risk elimination is the guarantee. Just adding a guarantee to advertisements for example will often increase sales 30% or more.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word no risk
Anything you can do to reduce the risk for your customers will increase your sales. Your customers may not be consciously thinking about it but subconsciously they're worrying about risking money and possibly time by doing business with you. Risk elimination is one of the most effective Marketing strategies available to you.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tfi
That would be t*i, surely?
July 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word screenwalk
Tomorrow, I have an audition to do a screenwalk. More later. HaHa.
July 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word free
Very powerful. People love anything that's Free. Particularly useful to generate new leads.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the list oxymorons
I am considering creating an account with the user name 'anyone'. If I do will this would make 'open list' on Wordie into an oxymoron?
July 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-with-braces-and-scaffolding
HaHa 'Harjo! This could be a great game! You really are away with the sweet tooth fairies, aren't you? I like it.
July 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schadenfreudgeon
No mixed feelings that the s-word is slipping down the most-wordied list again. Just extreme pleasure. HaHa!
July 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
bacalao?
July 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lack of swing mystifies england
'England swings like a pendulum do' - from a Sixties hit song. If it had been a Seventies hit song then it would have meant 'England wife-swaps like a ....'. Perhaps that's why we're mystified.
July 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lack of swing mystifies england
HaHa! Having watched your link to video, VO, I am reminded why I don't follow what players have to say about the cricket they've just played. I love cricket but I have more interesting things in my life than the inane chatter of people who are portrayed as interesting to listen to just because they are interesting to watch.
On a technical point, TWO nations 'are perplexed' as we are constantly told now that it is the 'England and Wales' cricket team contesting the Ashes.
I heard someone who hasn't grasped this yet (or just doesn't want to) ask why the first Test was being played on a neutral ground! Cardiff not being in England or Australia, like! HaHa!
July 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
smeg up
July 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
simlish?
July 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
muculent.
July 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
attle
July 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rass
Word for prince in Ethiopian.
July 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word happy scrapper
Heard today to describe someone pleased after taking advantage of the government's scrappage scheme.
July 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word orange
Else?
July 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
apothesize?
July 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
beauvois?
July 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
cuckcoo
July 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word now
There comes a point when you need to tell your customer what to do. They need to call you, or order from you or 'click here'. But you don't want them doing it tomorrow or next week. You want them to do it now - so tell them.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word glass eye
as in 'he could talk a glass eye to sleep'
July 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you
Hah, d, you are such a joy!
July 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you
The magic word in all good copy. Using the word 'you' forces you to have a personal conversation with the person reading it. Don't you agree?
'15 words that will make you money'
July 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unfuck
The antithesis of fuck me stupid, EWarrior, is surely fuck you stupid.
July 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word easy
Everyone wants stuff that's easy. We want things to be easy to use, we want things to be easier to achieve, we want everything easy. If your product or service makes peoples' lives easier, make sure you tell them.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fredalo
I heard this word today used to describe the Andrew Flintoff (aka Freddie) pedalo incident.
July 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word seagullibility
Is this anything like red herring gullibility?
July 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word charisma vacuum
Heard today from a film critic about a film actor, as in 'He is a ......
June 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the list jack-of-all-trades
'Jack's home, put the kettle on'. This is an old family saying from my mother's side, sionnach. Listing it will cost you sixpence.
June 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word penis fencing
I can't seem to get excited about erecting penis fencing around my garden.
June 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word assuage my sorrows
"...He has held several jobs, been treated for psychological illness, travelled around Europe. Arrived in Russia from England on the eleventh of December. Since the New Year he has been working as a male nurse in the Assuage My Sorrows hospital for the insane."
From 'The Decorator' by Boris Akunin translated by Andrew Bronfield.
June 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
Hah! Heh 'jo! Sounds like prose in motion, eh? Did they beat you into a state of high conundrumdudgeon? Were you conundrumbludgeoned?
June 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word barbecue
I'm only telling this because I'm a being-polled Wordizen. I happen to think bbqurgers are good for putting under pineapple ketchup or under moutarde de Dijon or under piccalilli or under horseradish sauce or under rhubarb chutney. Unlike toast.
My condiments to the chef at The Verbal Arms.
June 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the list bio
'I would like you to dance -'
June 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
Hah, nearly missed it, fbh! Yes! Still poetry in motion. Nice conundrum.
June 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
.... like poetry in perpetual motion, c-b?
June 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word phantom limb of the lower parts
You wouldn't really be taking it, would you?
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the tin commandments
Of course! From the book The Holy Bliberal!
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the tin commandments
Can do, 'lig.
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
all that I adore
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
'via hates every movement
June 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
whoa
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
whooooooooa
June 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way
June 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
keeps my eyes open wide
June 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
her lovely locomotion
June 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
walkin' by my side
June 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dial m for murder
Dial D for Dial M For Murder?
June 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toe-biter
When it takes a bite does it like jam on it?
June 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word duel access points
The first is a way out challenge, 'by. And you do, of course, need a second.
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word anecdotalist
Missed you guys. Love this conversation. Been away a bit. Walking in the Lake District avec famille. Swapped lots of fine anecdotes there - I'm an anecdoting father. If I go over to some social networking website and tell one or two, would it make me an anecdotcomalist?
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Dissynagogue?
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Padaek.
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word defenestrate
So if they're howling with laughter they're reeseteefenestrated then?
June 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He shoot Coca Cola'
May 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turnable
Don't seem able to, don't seem able to, don't seem able to!
May 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He got funny finger'
May 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He got toe jam football'
May 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He wear no shoe shine'
May 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilby
So Santa bilby is a scarcity?
May 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
so I lit a fire,
isn't it good?
Norwegian wood.
May 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
And when I awoke I was alone
this bird had flown,
May 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
Nonsense, nuxiy. I told her I didn't, and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
May 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wildermess
This is beautifully madeupical. In my opinion.
May 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
Norwegians would.
May 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rubber rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dextrosinistral
As a natural lefty, Lamar
Only wrote with his right. How bizarre!
Someone trained him that way.
All his life they would say,
"Dextrosinistral—that's what you are."
(Chris J. Strolin)
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word candlesnuffer
I know a bold soul who, unplanned, 'll
Grab the wick when he puts out a candle.
But my fingers would suffer
If used as a snuffer—
I guess I'll use one with a handle.
(Sheila B. Blume)
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word corticate
I've developed a corticate roughness,
A cover like bark, and a toughness
To thwart the attacks
Of my foes—but relax.
There's a softie beneath all this gruffness
(Chris Doyle)
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word gorilla gorilla gorilla
Don't mistake it for a perfect stf, though.
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word memory
Not too sure whether I was supposed to leave a comment here.
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lie next to me
I wonder whether I'd believe you if you did?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word inadvertentlyclaim
One for your Euphemisms list, kewpid?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word inadvertentlyclaim
The new buzzword that keeps emanating from the Palace of Westminster. Can some one tell me how to inadvertentlyclaim £16000 for a mortgage that doesn't exist?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word screenager
Ha! I like that definition, Cf. Last year I did get a role as a body double for a 27 year old actor. Much flattered as I was 62. Is there a word for that?
Edit: sexscreenager, maybe?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word passmasters
A driving school.
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word too many brians, not enough bens
Heard from a Racing Correspondent today. Apparently this is the make-up of the racingoing public at the moment - brians are older people and bens are younger people.
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word szczaw
I czczame, I szczaw, I czczonquered. (Soz, czczouldn't resist).
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word venetian blind date
Hah, rolig! I just thought of this one and word-searched it, and you've already done it.
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word apple shampoo
Banana shampoo makes no sense though. Yes, it's availability is unreliable.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ughten
ughone and ugheight are my favourites.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordieggtaggle
To waste time in the company of people who misbehave with words? Maybe see eggtaggle.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word muddle
And I didn't know 'til today that one definition of muddle is 'to make a puddle'. I like that.
"Everything's in a bit of a muddle today."
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word muddle
I heard somewhere recently that life's a muddle.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eggtaggle
Wordieggtaggle? To waste time in the company of people who misbehave with words?
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word elsewhen
Somewhen else.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bombinate
Bombinate gives me a buzz. However, to me, abombinate sounds repugnant.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word oxymoronic
I've heard of some really clever oxymorons, but they are still described as oxymoronic. How does that work?
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word free parking meter
HaHa! An oxymoronic false teeth fairy.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word parmageddon
More like the end of the world from swine flu because it could no longer be cured.
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word plight of the whomless
Unlike superconductivity, which is plight of the ohmless.
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bugs
I'm just not getting used to the bright red rectangle that is the Google ads space on my Wordie home page. Am I the only one who gets this?
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word open lists
How come clicking to 'See all open lists' doesn't give you all open lists?
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
It is always easier to conquer a more humane people. (Odenigbo in ‘Half Of A Yellow Sun’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie).
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pabst schmear
This sounds great. But I've spent too long now researching it's relevance here on ftf. I need help, John, please enlighten.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word itdunbywhom
My current favourite mystery.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word life is hilariously cruel
Beware the s-word.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whom
Whomsoever, sounds a'pealing.
Edit: Whomsoever, sounds a'pealing. Not for very much longer . . . . Let's do the time warp again . . .
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whom
For whom such is the bell told, that it should not be asked?
Edit: For whom such the bell be told, ere it should be asked not?
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word guac
gangerh loves his guacamole but hates this abbreviation.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word boiled owl
This one may be a hoot, but I don't get it.
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquiese
Haha. I know who I go along with here! Hah!
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the user jlo0312
Didn't come across to me as bad-tempered, yarb. Seemed perfectly-tempered. Not fucking half! Stop it, now, jaylo, and welcome the wonder that is Wordie as 'tis. Cutsey name or no. What's cutsey mean anyway?
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word absolutely (as a verbal tic to emphatically agree with what was just said)
Not half!
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
Within the sound of Bow Bells, strifebeater, I guess.
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Alcoholidays.
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
These extracts are from Wikipedia:
In the UK, a lower ABV version is available called Stella Artois 4%. This variant was launched to compete alongside fellow Inbev lager Beck's Vier and to address negative associations of the brand;
During 2007, the "reassuringly expensive" slogan was dropped, and the word "Stella" has been avoided in the advertisements. This has been seen as a reaction to the lager's perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking in the United Kingdom, where it is nicknamed "wife beater".
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
I suspect that few people here in England know of the trail from Brando's undershirt, his screen wife's name and a pint or so of Artois.
The more likely understanding, I believe, lies in the alcoholic strength and the quaffableness of Stella Artois. While being a premium strength pilsner, it is at the same time as quickly drinkable as a milder strength session ale. Without realising, it's possible to get drunk more quickly and lose control and all the other things associated with drunkenness, including a capacity for arguing and fighting. And who's at home to take the brunt of it?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national pi day
Not forgetting Pie Day.
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word paragon
Isn't this the prescription drug for parago?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word watch me disappear!
My name is Medis. Watch me appear!
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
Perhaps because it doesn't have a National Month, 'tee?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tortoise
When you put a tortoise on the front of a Formula One car, at what speed does it shut its eyes?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word trampoline
If you put a frog on a trampoline do they cancel each other out?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
I don't think Brando beats my wife in a wet t-shirt.
May 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
gangerh likes this linking!
May 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
We don't have to keep our halves sorted in this concept, 'ligger. Because it's not half!
I guess it's an easier way of saying 'not a quarter' or 'not nine sixteenths'. What we're saying is 'not partly', ie 'totally'.
Also we might say 'and some' if we agree with you even more.
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
Absolutely,yarb!
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word boutros boutros ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was Secretary-General of the United Nations 1992-1997.
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
Here if you want to emphatically agree with something someone has said, you might say "Not half!". You would mean "Totally! I agree!".
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
Suddenly, without her I am not complete . . .
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word my dog died
I was at the Doctor's the other day.
He said 'Say ah'.
I said 'Why?'.
He said 'I thought so - dyslexic'.
May 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
So deja vu is the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before. Does anyone know of a word for the experience of that previous occurrence?
May 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word asymmetriphobia
HaHa! Very good JM! And you're right - if it was there'd be one less thing to worry about.
May 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the list thai-restaurants-i-ve-seen
Book your Wedding Breakfast at 'Thai Thek Not'.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word powdered water
Same as for concentrated water.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word phylactogy
You must be pro phylactogy, then.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cunt
I was born in Kent.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national sarcastics awareness month
Like I'd go national.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Leap Day is traditionally when the lady can propose marriage, r-t. And I'd love to know about it's specialness for you.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word carafe
Caraff. Girahff.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bingo's birthday month
Too late. He's bingone now.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word spermology
I don't suppose it matters much, but I always understood it was more about observing the overcumming of the impregnability of 'La Triviata'.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word three
One - not good. Two - well, OK I suppose. Three - perfect. Four up to a hundred, no-no - too many.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word what you
Start To Win!
(David Hannon)
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schlager
Hm. Sounds as if it should be on the drinks menu at the Verbal Arms, when it's place is actually on the jukebox.
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cherry kjola
Ha! I like it. And I thought I'd made it up!
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word glue
I'm reading a book about the history of glue. I can't put it down.
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word amatuer
Extract from an online freelancer job.
'The site neads to be no more complicated than something like http://www.insureassure.co.uk/ (We would prefer it to look less amatuer) but it's all about capturing the data.'
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
National Traffic Operations Center?
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pyramind scheme
Perhaps
"In a pyramind scheme, every 'investor' minds their own business." - "How to Ruin a Scam," ReWired
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pyramind scheme
OK. Now explain what a pyramind scheme is.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word carafe
Not where I come from.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wiremen
Yes, 'by, 'tis a piece of dizzying writing.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wiremen
So that's 4 redundant bulb-jockeys.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word swine flu
I'm finding all this news about swine flu to be a bit of a boar.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbanas
Yes ...
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national accordion awareness month
Accordioning to who?
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national accordion awareness month
And I am already more in accord with this than I want to be, SoG.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Is there a National Girlfriends Avoidance Day somewhere? You know - on February 29th.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national on-hold month
Only Procrastistan observes this as a national event.
Edit: Only Procrastistan intends to observe this as a national event.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbeing a little shit
Oh.
(No, then).
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word squash players
Squash Rackets
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word how squad!
Sporting Disasters
Great Balls-Ups In Sport
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you style!
Sponsor With Style
(Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D. and Stewart W. Cross)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whether prosperity
Soft Sell
(Tim Connor)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word reading rest
Soar To The Top
(Shawn Anderson)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eagles eagles
Soaring With Eagles
(Bill Newman)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word human shipping
Skill With People
(Les Giblin)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word all prosper
Seven Strategies For Wealth And Happiness
(Jim Rohn)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word hi warden
Theatre Of Dreams
(David Robinson and Alex Edwards)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbeing a little shit
I really don't get this. Do I want to?
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list the-whole-nine-yarbs
And there are 22 yarbs in a chair.
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list the-whole-nine-yarbs
I believe that 22 yarbs make a cricket bitch.
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word banana slug
Yes, we have no large latex banana slugs
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbara ann
Ah, Ya Ya Ya Ya Yarbara Ann
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Articulating companion doll?
April 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
The People of Procrastistan.
April 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastistan
The country of the Procrastis. Maybe go to www.ProcrastiNationState.now - or not now.
April 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word features
Greetings, John. I find that I often decide not to click on the 'more...' link after a comment on the home page to see the whole comment because of the delay in loading the word/list page and the delay in reloading back to the home page.
I'd love a hover window feature that opened the whole comment while the cursor is, say, over the 'more...'. I know it's generally possible as I've done it on, admittedly lesser, applications.
April 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the user pterodactyl
What's all this about ptropaganda?
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word myspacebook
Hah! Soz, 'be, seems yourspacebook is already another's.
'Myspacebook is a main source of communication and gossip between friends
and acquaintances.
Myspacebook allows people to:
â–ª display information about themselves (basic info, activities, classes, interests)
â–ª post messages
â–ª post pictures
â–ª comment on messages and pictures'
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the pirate gay
Sweet, 'gus. I like this. Had to research, though, 'cos I'd never heard of the 'bay'. I googled 'the pirate guy' as first guess! Hah!
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word craigslust
Hah! No porn aloud.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word saints alive
There must be an appropriate list somewhere for this?
*singing 'somewhere a list for this'*
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word submarino
Very wrong. It's really the Royal San Marino Navy.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word moogle
Hah!
Would you like to win the lottery more often?
Would you like to increase your chances of winning the lottery by 36 times?
moogle.co.uk.
Shirley you're not spamming, clarice?
:-)
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word direfox
HaHa! And what about their new search engine, direfoxhunting?
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wednesday
That can't be right, 'by - today is 11, yesterday is 7, and tomorrow is 16. And so forth.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wednesday
Most, second, forth. What comes thirred?
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
Maybe May may be a good time to start procrastinating.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
Yea. May be next week.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word paradise syndrome
In which the patient suffers a feeling of dissatisfaction despite having achieved all their dreams.
April 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word moral rectitude
And the cocky moll' alone has tude. Or is that cockly?
April 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
Funny, I was going to start some tomorrow.
April 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mou
Now, I don't quite get it. Remind me.
April 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word scrappage
UK Budget Day and our Car Scrappage Scheme is born to boost our motor industry and our economy. Scrap a 10+yr old car and get £2000 towards a new one. Good news for all the countries we buy 80% of our cars from! (?)
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ibopu
I'm ready to make a substantial deposit.
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word googly
Darren Gough now keeps calling this a 'google'. Why? Search me.
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word daisy
Used by Darren Gough to describe Chris Gayle. When asked 'why daisy' Darren said that it's a term used to describe some cricketers who 'some days they do and some days they don't'.
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word by hook and by crook
I've always known it as 'by hook or by crook'.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dedicatee
'As to the dedicatee of the book, he went on to win a large amount of money on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Funny old world, isn't it?' Ian Rankin.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word laughing owl
Hah! Reminds me of the cartoon where a lion is mounting a zebra in an 'amorous tryst', when a lioness appears. The lion says to the antelope "Good grief, it's my wife!! Pretend that I'm trying to kill you . . "
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word last page
Sideways, ptero', you'd stall.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word last page
In the beginning was the word ......
...... and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nanshiungosaurus
Wordie word #600,000 by my timeline. Open to dispute like Formula 1, though.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the user gangerh
Hey, shane wanna'by, would love to bat to your bowling! As I'm a fan of yourn, then, you've a good chance of your flip hitting! (What are you doing retiring from Test cricket when you do THAT in the IPL?)
'Twas the first match of the season here Saturday just gone and am still getting selected for the 2nd team. At 63, wow! Us 137 for 7, them 131 all out with 4 overs to spare. Very exciting game and I scored 6. So without me it would have been a tie! HaHa!
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flatly
What I really want to share with you all is Stavros Flatly. But I can't work out how to put an external link on Wordie like you all seem able to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gHvATmUsSg
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bible tripe
What's that got to do with the price of fish?
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the list jukebox-the-verbal-arms
I see we have the top 100 here now. Any nominations for Number 1?
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turf moor
Burnley FC
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word kleptomania
Yes! A friend of mine has this. When it gets really bad, he takes something for it.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word okey dokey
I was asked to join a 'Compulsive Rhyming' group. I said 'okey dokey'.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 600,000
Not long now.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word caster sugar
Ta, kjola. I've always wanted to know this. Sincerely.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bible tripe
The best wine for this dish would be something from the Sacramental Valley region. That'd line the stomach nicely before eating.
April 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wantum
wantumdudgeon.
April 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word spam bank
I'm ready to make a substantial deposit.
April 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the list fake-ones
Would priornologist fit on this list, fetjuel? As in 'a forecaster'.
April 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tech knowledgey
HaHa! And I like this too.
April 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word time-space continue 'em
HaHa! I like this.
April 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word geezer
Cannot speak for the US, yarb, but as an eccentric old geezer myself, I generally concur. Only generally, though, for I am also a good geezer. Signed gangerh, aka geezerh.
April 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word margarine fingers
HaHa! Wouldn't melt in your mouth, then.
You're lucky, anyway. At least your belief system should be intact.
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word in all fairness
without prejudice...
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ink-spill
So you cry about spilt ink. You cry over spilt milk. It's like a flyover above a roundabout somewhere in a metaphorest. Any suggestions for what we might cry under?
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
Clumsy? No! Not sure what I was doing, mainly. Just all fish fingers and thumbs, really.
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
Don't you mean oleaginoichthydigitalist?
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
Hah! I can't believe it's not any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish fingers
Catch butterfish.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
When you've cast your line and fail to catch these, do fellow anglers call you a butterfish fingers?
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word clever trevor
As sung by Ian Dury and The Blockheads.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nailed down by his own ribs
I've just found the thread. See schadenfreude for 11 months ago.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nailed down by his own ribs
Yes, VO. I noticed the missing listing on mint chocolate chip. I seem to recall when you list your least favourite word it gives it a vote. Do not list schadenfreude as such if you don't want to add to its popularity. I believe there was also an issue whereby if you removed your least favourite word it did not reduce the wordies listing it count.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word puddy tats
I tawt so too.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word first best
As in "They're not available and I am. So you'll just have to put up with first best".
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mint chocolate chip
mollusque, I did consider not acknowledging this as a perfect sweet tooth fairy because it's chipped, but I then noticed that it's firstly mint.
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Hah! Sweet! Was it one of your Easter eggs, moll'?
I haven't tracked the perfect ones, but I notice someone has a tag 'perfect stf'. I'll have to go through the list sometime and identify them all. 'Tis a long list though.
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word a up
Selling To Win
(Richard Denny)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word self taxed
Self Assessment
How to Fill In Your New Tax Return
(Niki Chesworth)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word perhaps yourself
See You At The Top
(Zig Ziglar)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word from too
Seeds Of Greatness
(Denis Waitley)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the potential
Say Yes to Your Potential
(Skip Ross with Carole C. Carlson)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word how true
Reject Me - I Love It!
(John Fuhrman)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one assets
Rich Dad's The Business School
(Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word i smart
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
(Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter C.P.A.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word it $12.95
Real Money
(Julia Hastings)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word it's read
Read & Grow Rich
(Burke Hedges)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word since products
raving fans!
(Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowers)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word like it!
Questions are the Answers
(Allan Pease)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word for humanity
P T Vol I
(Dr W. G. Hill J.D.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word during you
Psycho-Cybernetics
(Maxwell Maltz, M.D.,F.I.C.S.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fortune you
Pro-sumer Power!
(Bill McQuain, Ph.D.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word monday family
Positive Impact
(Gregory Scott Reid
Charlie "Tremendous" Jones)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word being child
Positive Parenting
(Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word die fröger
'twas die fröger, die flödger, the sod!
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word liberty stadium
Swansea City FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word griffin park
Brentford FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word selhurst park
Crystal Palace FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word vicarage road
Watford FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word withdean stadium
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fratton park
Portsmouth FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the list nanomore
More than a little.
April 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the user fbharjo
I am truly humbled.
April 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schmuck
Except that one of them is ceremonially circumcised.
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nou camp
Bloody continentals. Arse about face as usual.
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the list bookends
HaHa. That's lovely, arcadia. I missed that at the time. (8 months ago). 'The Bookends are playing nicely'. Hah! Priceless.
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fat shout
Polar Bear Pirates
(Adrian Webster)
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word for action
Perfect Public Speaking
(Paul McGee)
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word everyone us
Personality Plus
(Florence Littauer)
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word san mames
'the football cathedral'
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word san mames
Athletic Bilbao
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nou camp
FC Barcelona
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ewood park
Blackburn Rovers FC
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the list all-the-angles
detangle?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the list embellish
highlight?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the list plato-s-plate
bristol's bristles?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the list plato-s-plate
chile's chillies?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word beforeshock
And 'shock' is short for 'duringshock', yes?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word apple-tree
don't fly over the cuckoo's nest with anyone else but me
April 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word disgruntled employee benefits
*yowls*
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the list 50-ways-to-leave-your-lover
Paradigm shift?
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilbao
Or, if you have more time and want more fun, select from pterodactyl's list 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover to finish with Grace, then sidle over to the Verbal Arms and finish with economy by buying us all a drink!
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilbao
HaHa! Cute.
And to finish with 'grace and economy' just leave off the full stop at the end.
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word m@
Clever, mirthfulw@age.
April 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word no8do
eh?
April 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pantoffle
Oh, no it isn'tffle.
April 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word disgruntled employee benefits
It's a disgrice.
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
If a man speaks in a metaphorest and there's no woman around to hear, he's still as wrong as the idea that a tree falls noiselessly unless there's someone around to hear it.
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word swine flu over the cuckoo's nest
Oh yeah, and pigs might fly?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
Did someone shout TIMBRRRRRRRE!!?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
If a simile falls down in a metaphorest and there's no-one around to hear it, does it make a sound like a felled tree?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
'Looks like reindeer.'
'Yes, dear.'
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you're welcome...
I don't understand this being on this list, dontcry. Am I missing something or do we have a gatecrasher?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
What in the name of a lumberjack shelling peas in a metaphorest are you mixing now?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word disgruntled employee benefits
Can't grumble, r-t. A gruntle is generally happy.
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word joewood
Actually, joewoodn't.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
. . . I don't give a dam. Doh!
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
. . . I don't give a ram.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
. . . I don't give a lamb.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word smoothy chops
President Obama as described by Jeremy Paxton tonight after his beautifully diplomatic response to a question about his dinnertime sat next to the German Chancellor at the G20.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word handful
You've got your hands full with this one, Lampbane.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word april floo
Oh, oh! Perhaps one floo over the cuckoo's nest, did one?
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word april floo
HaHa! There is no office, r-t. April Fool!
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word april floo
I phoned the office this morning and told them I wasn't coming in because I had April Floo and was feeling well.
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word goat
I can't believe it's not goat!
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word natsinistan
PS. The palindromedary, at least, holds water!
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mount redoubt
Here in Yorkshire The Redoubt pub is pronounced 'Tha Ridout'.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double-barrelled
I note here that, curiously, double-barrelled is double-elled and single-barreled is single-eled.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double-barrelled fudge-gun
And isn't this a tautology. After all, named fudge-gun it's obviously double-barrelled.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double-barrelled fudge-gun
Shouldn't this be on An Arsenal for Civil Defunse?
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word natsinistan
A beautifully symmetrically cultivated country. The sun lies in a geostationary position directly overhead. You wouldn't notice anything different going east-to-west or west-to-east. The natives go to and fro on a palindromedary.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tardistan
Even Mercator couldn't project this one correctly.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word afgangerhstan
Hah!
My country, 'tis af thee.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acc
Not enough access.
March 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wellheresanothernicemessyouvegottenmeintostan
Popularly known as 'wellthatsanotherfinemessyouvegottenmeintostan'
March 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word walking stretched limo
Maybe see walking bus.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word walking bus
My daughter is going to her school prom in a walking stretched limo.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flation
Inflation in the UK is now at 0%. But we're not into deflation yet.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list animal-identity-crisis
Thanks for the plaudit, yarb. Words failed me for a while. Am humbled that you noticed me gone.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word piredise
Vampire Heaven.
March 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word coconspire
Also a conspire's stooge.
March 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word conspire
A vampire known for tricking prisoners out of their blood cells.
March 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flatly
Tom stamped his foot and said "That's enough flatly".
March 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flatly
Penelope Black said "Flatly, I was first".
March 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word red flag
Why do I have a red flag on my screen whenever I'm on the home page these days? Was it decided democratically in my absence? Can't believe it's Google.
March 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word best football manager
'I wouldn't say I was the best football manager in the world, but I'm certainly in the top one.' Brian Clough.
March 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word more taxi sex victims 'to emerge'
Is all black humour black?
March 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ripperologist
Someone who makes a study of Jack The Ripper.
February 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the faster you act, the more of a person you save
Ad promoting awareness of the signs of stroke.
February 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cuban cigarden of iniquity
This is just too good to shout "foul".
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word palindromedary
Very clever, plethora, well spotted.
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stained glass eye
I was just goalhanging again. Some wonderful s' t' fairies there, fbharjo and sionnach.
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wooden stake through the heart
Ha Ha! Brilliant, 'by.
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word homogenous
All men are born equal.(-:
January 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sine vita ars mors est
You've screwed up the home page, artoparts.
January 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tourniquet round the neck
Emergency treatment for a bad head wound?
January 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word outstanding in all fields
Slogan for a brand of wellingtons.
January 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word snelpaardelooszoondeerspoorwegpetroolrijtuig
Ha! Fitted, no doubt, with four vandanbladderstiddles.
January 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word easy peasy
Hey, sionnach! You lay yourself open to a lot of teasy peasy.
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word credit crunch crime
An increase in violent armed robbery in the UK was described today as a credit crunch crime wave.
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word aim
"And do you miss your wife?"
"Yes, but my aim's improving."
From 'Lost' by Michael Robotham.
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word easy peasy
Lemon squeezy!
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bizzare
Ha Ha! I had a business once called Bizarre Bazaar. It was a kind of Joke Shop.
January 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the list noughty-words
Welcome to the last year of the noughties.
January 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word .cop
Domain extension of the internet police?
January 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word how do you like them bananas
Always assuming you can get some today.
January 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word if you're not becoming to him, you should be coming to us
My suggestion for a follow-up line for his Beauty Salon upstairs, which specialised in facial treatments, was not taken up. "If you're not being squeezed by him, you should be being squeezed by us"
January 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Izpostavljati?
January 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word more reliable than the british weather
A radio ad for a 'heat for hire' firm. A dubious boast, I'd say.
January 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whippoorwill
s call, evening is nigh
January 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Oxalm?
January 13, 2009
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