February 09, 2010
— Gabriel Malor [OregonMuse] More on the eeevil Tim Tebow ad from the Washington Post. The author has clearly strayed off the reservation and the thought police will be around shortly for a readjustment.
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For the record:
Reins are what you lead a horse with.
Reigns is what a king does.
A sure thing is a shoo-in. No shoes.
To obey is to toe the line. I don't know what tow the line means, unless you're in a boat or something.
My mother was a proofreader. Genes and stuff.
P.S. THE FROG WILL JUMP OUT, goddammit!
Posted by: Bat "Uber Pedant" Chain Puller at February 09, 2010 05:07 AM (SCcgT)
If you recognize Obama's malignant incompetence in dealing with the Jihad and comment on it, you're unpatriotic. Coming from this administration, is that as bad or worse than being racist?
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 05:08 AM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: Norm Crosby at February 09, 2010 05:09 AM (SwkdU)
Posted by: CNN-Paramus at February 09, 2010 05:12 AM (oT1aA)
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2010 05:14 AM (CPefM)
Toyota Dealers 'Punish' ABC for 'Excessive Stories'
In an effort to "punish" ABC News for their coverage of Toyota's safety problems, dealers in five southeast states have pulled their commercials off local ABC TV affiliates, the network reported Monday on their Web site.
One wonders why ALL businesses havenÂ’t pulled their ads from ALL the news stations because of excessive Obamma ball licking.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 05:15 AM (QrA9E)
Last week's apology by Rahm Emmanuel was not enough, so today he hosts retards at the White House.
No word on whether Maxine Waters and Sheila Jackson Lee will attend.
http://bit.ly/96kQSp
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 05:15 AM (BFqyO)
Posted by: John at February 09, 2010 05:16 AM (/lWMb)
Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 05:17 AM (4tixt)
Because FNC only has so much ad time to sell?
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 05:17 AM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 05:18 AM (p302b)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 05:19 AM (p302b)
I hope the Weather Channel can arrange some serious snowfall for NYC.
TWC is too busy liking commie watermellon balls to discuss snow. This is strickly a local problem and only a temporary thing.
Like all liberals, their history begins eachy day at 8 am.
Use Weather Underground or Accuweather, they are more accurate anyway.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 05:20 AM (QrA9E)
That's a fish of a different feather
Actually, 'tow the line' is correct. It's 'toe the line' that's the malapropism.
Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 05:21 AM (hoowK)
Before a SEIU candidate forum in Las Vegas, Young says Edwards made him cut out a “made in the USA” label from Young’s own suit to sew in place of Edwards’s “made in Italy” label.
I just can't get enough of this guy.
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 05:21 AM (BFqyO)
Posted by: Noah Cosby at February 09, 2010 05:22 AM (SwkdU)
Posted by: OregonMuse
at February 09, 2010 09:21 AM (hoowK)
I don't know about that...seems "toe" would be more appropriate given the context, i.e. lining up in ranks.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 05:23 AM (wgLRl)
I like that OpEd on the Tebow ad but:
the outcome of that choice is her beauteous Heisman Trophy winner son
It sounds like someone has a bit of a crush. If Tebow had a hump would she feel differently? Would Gabe?
Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2010 05:26 AM (yguwr)
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 05:26 AM (Xsi7M)
Ha! It actually comes from the early days of the Erie Canal when boats were manually towed through the locks, and every man had to work together and, you guessed it, tow the line. Or so I've heard.
Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 05:26 AM (hoowK)
Can I have those last dozen donuts?
Posted by: Meghan McCain at February 09, 2010 05:26 AM (czuym)
Wow, that WaPo writer is going to be assaulted and her house firebombed for disagreeing with the radical lefties.
Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 05:27 AM (fx8sm)
The space between each pair of deck planks in a wooden ship was filled with a packing material called "oakum" and then sealed with a mixture of pitch and tar. The result, from afar, was a series of parallel lines a half-foot or so apart, running the length of the deck. Once a week, as a rule, usually on Sunday, a warship's crew was ordered to fall in at quarters -- that is, each group of men into which the crew was divided would line up in formation in a given area of the deck. To insure a neat alignment of each row, the Sailors were directed to stand with their toes just touching a particular seam. Another use for these seams was punitive. The youngsters in a ship, be they ship's boys or student officers, might be required to stand with their toes just touching a designated seam for a length of time as punishment for some minor infraction of discipline, such as talking or fidgeting at the wrong time. A tough captain might require the miscreant to stand there, not talking to anyone, in fair weather or foul, for hours at a time. Hopefully, he would learn it was easier and more pleasant to conduct himself in the required manner rather than suffer the punishment. From these two uses of deck seams comes our cautionary word to obstreperous youngsters to "toe the line."
http://tinyurl.com/dzw7c2
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 05:27 AM (wgLRl)
Listen - you'll thank me for this if you were thinking about sending your child to college. Bob's school of ballet and transmission repair is suddenly looking pretty attractive.
Mere Rhetoric
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 05:27 AM (RkRxq)
Because FNC only has so much ad time to sell?
My MIL just bought a Toyota and it has a CD player that will take CDRs with MP3. I just cut her a disk and stuck my head in the car to look at the player (to see if it had an aux in).
But while looking I was interrupted by that evil NEW CAR SMELL!
Ah, my truck is 14 years old and I can't justify a new one because I am only driving about 2K miles a year now.
BTW, no aux in on the player but I didn't have time to check all the little console areas. She and my wife were leaving to go "shopping" out of town and it is raining.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 05:28 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 05:28 AM (wgLRl)
Posted by: Jean at February 09, 2010 05:29 AM (CPefM)
Rooskies say we're aiming our missile shield at them - they don't seem to grasp the concept very well.
Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 05:29 AM (fx8sm)
Ha! It actually comes from the early days of the Erie Canal when boats were manually towed through the locks, and every man had to work together and, you guessed it, tow the line. Or so I've heard.
I love this site. You learn something new every day.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 05:30 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 05:32 AM (4tixt)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 09, 2010 05:32 AM (SB0V2)
Twenty two personnel secretaries?
Two million dollars a year?
Are you shitting me?
No! Not for the president. For the first effing lady, for crying out loud!
Via Carl in Jerusalem
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 05:33 AM (RkRxq)
Then again, perhaps I just made that shit up in my head, you never know.
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 05:33 AM (1UMF+)
As we become more vulgar as we are taken over by barbarians, their inability to speak the language will result in more and more nonsensical terms.
Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 05:34 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 05:35 AM (4tixt)
What could go wrong?
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 05:36 AM (UBQGM)
I know this is totally O/T, but you may be interested to know that sometimes the addition of an aux jack is a dealer installed option. That was the deal on my M-B, and I got directions to install myself on an online forum, plus the part for $10. It was a 60 second install.
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 05:37 AM (BFqyO)
Waiting to get hammered by the "temporary" cooling here later today.
I don't have time today to get my time waster (Dante's Inferno) until GoW3 comes out.
Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at February 09, 2010 05:37 AM (9hSKh)
Young says he and Edwards made plans to use Bunny MellonÂ’s money to set up an antipoverty foundation which Young would work for and Edwards would use to circle the globe campaigning.
Was I really the only one who objected to him building a 12,000 s/f house in Chapel Hill so that he could run the UNC Center for Poverty Studies?
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 05:41 AM (BFqyO)
Waiting to get hammered by the "temporary" cooling here several good beers and a few bourbon shots later today.
ftfy
Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 05:41 AM (fx8sm)
The thing about the Erie Canal sounds like an after-the-fact explanation; i.e., someone spelled it "tow the line" and then came up with a backstory to fit their spelling.
Since the expression almost always indicates falling in and going along with orders, rather than working together with equals, I stand by "toe the line."
My own contribution: "Lose" = verb form of "lost". "Loose" = "not tight." Confuse the two at your peril.
Posted by: Joanna at February 09, 2010 05:41 AM (7+WuG)
One ad, one voice. You can make a difference, thanks Tim!
Posted by: Kemp at February 09, 2010 05:41 AM (2+9Yx)
59 I want to say I read that in this book, back when I was but a wee lad.
Anything published in a believe-it-or-not book gets a healthy grain of salt and two independent sources before I accept it as fact.
Posted by: Joanna at February 09, 2010 05:43 AM (7+WuG)
Toe the line.
Can anyone invent a derivation where "tow" the line would make any sense at all? Or even find a web link that makes an argument for tow versus tow?
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at February 09, 2010 05:43 AM (a5ljo)
Is it just me or does the number of just plain bat shit crazy sons-a-bitches in this administration seem just a tad excessive?
HotAir
Did anyone happen to catch Gates shredding the last minute vestiges of self respect on Greta last night? Those jolly red cheeks are gonna get a lot redder is my guess. That little night cap before turning in is prolly already at least a fifth.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 05:44 AM (RkRxq)
Posted by: Joanna at February 09, 2010 05:44 AM (7+WuG)
"...Politically motivated criticism and unfounded fear-mongering only serve the goals of al-Qaeda...." (my emphasis).
Criticizing Obama is akin to serving Al Qaeda.
I guess I should go do that tiny url thing and link it.
Posted by: Lincolntf at February 09, 2010 05:45 AM (vVM8h)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 05:45 AM (1UMF+)
Lie applies to an animate object, as in "I lie down on the sofa."
Lay applies to an inanimate object, as in "I lay down the check I was going to send to John Edwards, once I read about his various peccadilloes."
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 05:46 AM (BFqyO)
I always thought it was blow the line.
No you retard, it's "line of blow". You blow the delegate.
Posted by: The One at February 09, 2010 05:46 AM (2+9Yx)
Brilliant - California prints out 49k+ envelopes with social security numbers on them. Gotta love them unions.
Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 05:46 AM (fx8sm)
Tug-of-War metaphor.
Or Barack Obama Bill Ayers Barack Obama books use tow as a negro dialect word for nose.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 05:47 AM (UBQGM)
70 Ooh! Ooh! What about "would of" instead of "would've"? I love grammar fights.
I would have (done something). Not, I would of done something.
Glad I could clear that up.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 05:48 AM (RkRxq)
Posted by: kefka at February 09, 2010 05:48 AM (n1uMU)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 05:48 AM (1UMF+)
Posted by: palin-steele (watching wistfully from grandma's basement) at February 09, 2010 05:49 AM (UBQGM)
80 I think my two biggest grammar peeves are 'your/you're and its/it's'.
How about effect and affect?
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 05:50 AM (RkRxq)
That's a fish of a different feather
Actually, 'tow the line' is correct. It's 'toe the line' that's the malapropism.
"Toe the line. The "line" or "mark" is simply the line drawn at the start of a race. All contestants must toe the line. [snip] The expression is of American origin and apparently first appeared in print in a book called The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan, published in 1813." -- Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins.
Posted by: Mr Malaprop at February 09, 2010 05:50 AM (CKW49)
Posted by: Lucifer at February 09, 2010 05:50 AM (C39a6)
Mine are "You're not a cop, are you?" and "Turn around and place your hands behind your back."
Posted by: palin-steele (watching wistfully from grandma's basement) at February 09, 2010 05:50 AM (UBQGM)
Posted by: Zombie Lucifer at February 09, 2010 05:52 AM (C39a6)
My list is nearly infinite these days. Know what's practically a epidemic (or, in the current parlance, a 'Pandemic')? It's the improper use of apostrophes to indicate a plural, as in "I have two watermelon's for the President."
I tell ya, it's fucking retarded!
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 05:54 AM (BFqyO)
Posted by: Yellow Admiral at February 09, 2010 05:54 AM (C39a6)
Twenty two personnel secretaries?
I checked my copy of the Constitution and I could not find any line in it that authorized even one secretary for the "wife of the president".
Excuse me; did Martha have a secretary?
Did George even have a secretary?
As Hub MacCann says, my copy "must be defective".
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 05:55 AM (QrA9E)
And also, 'GET OFF MY LAWN!'
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 05:56 AM (1UMF+)
Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 05:56 AM (pZEar)
Posted by: Public School Students at February 09, 2010 05:56 AM (BFqyO)
Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 05:57 AM (1kwr2)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 05:58 AM (1UMF+)
In South Carolina, if you advocate the overthrow of the US gubmint, you have to register with the state.
What could go wrong?
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 09:36 AM (UBQGM)
I'd be willing to bet this law was originally enacted after the Civil War. If not then, then after WWII, as the definition of "subversive organization" includes the term "bund", which were front groups for the Nazis before the war. It also appears to me that this statute was intended to apply to groups subject to foreign control, namely, communists. It's obviously not enforced; if it were, 3/4ths of the faculty at the universities would be required to enroll.
South Carolina law has a lot of old laws dating back to English common law. For example, fornication is still a crime under the SC statutes, as well as adultery and seduction under promise of marriage.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 05:58 AM (sXLx/)
In Wired magazine, George Lucas mentions Farenheit 911 in a favorable way. He's so cryptic about it, you have to read it twice to know for sure.
How did a man, who never had a clue in his life, create a billion dollar empire? It's as if Forest Gump was an asshole.
Posted by: Cincinnatus at February 09, 2010 05:59 AM (euuyg)
How about effect and affect?
Mine are is and is.
Posted by: WJC at February 09, 2010 05:59 AM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: eman at February 09, 2010 05:59 AM (4tixt)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at February 09, 2010 05:59 AM (C39a6)
Captain America targets evil Tea Party:
The Left's positions always come out so good in fictional settings they control, don't they?
Fuck Marvel and it's lefty propagandists.
But I guarantee they won't be pulling that shit if they make a Cap movie.
Posted by: nickless at February 09, 2010 06:00 AM (MMC8r)
That's a fish of a different feather
__________________
That's a horse's ass of another color
Posted by: Mr Malaprop at February 09, 2010 06:00 AM (CKW49)
Well! Thanks to Glenn, the pieces are finally falling into place. Follow me for a second:
If Obama continues to do what Bush did, he will never have to stop blaming Bush for his failures!
The libs were right! Barry is a genius!
instapundit
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 06:01 AM (RkRxq)
I have an idea.
Posted by: 27 feet of manhood at February 09, 2010 06:01 AM (UBQGM)
In South Carolina, if you advocate the overthrow of the US gubmint, you have to register with the state. http://tinyurl.com/yglxpdt
25K fine, woe is me. I guess I'll have to shutup since I live in SC.
But seriously, the Supremes long ago declared these kinds of laws unconstitutional. You have to have an "overt" act to go with the "speech".
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:01 AM (QrA9E)
70 Ooh! Ooh! What about "would of" instead of "would've"? I love grammar fights. -
Hi Joanna, I hate grammer. Prefer the style (Mark Twain?) where you write and punctuate to make it sound like you're actually talking. I guess it seems like the writers personality comes through better that way. Know what I mean kid?
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 06:02 AM (c459z)
And then there is the ever present "loose" in place of "lose".
My personal biggest grammar pet peeve.
Or how about "these one's"?
Posted by: katya at February 09, 2010 06:02 AM (lgPhN)
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 10:01 AM (QrA9E)
*hides minigun*
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:02 AM (UBQGM)
I don't think there was supposed to be a point, other than to click over to the 'tubes to check out FotF.
Posted by: CUS at February 09, 2010 06:03 AM (wOGfT)
Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency
Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 06:03 AM (+zo63)
I'd be willing to bet this law was originally enacted after the Civil War.
The confederacy NEVER advocated "overthrowing" the U.S. government.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:03 AM (QrA9E)
I fucking hate that.
It's 'orient.'
You 'orient' yourself. You do not 'orientate' yourself.
You become disoriented, not disorientated.
Get it right or I'll kill you all.
Posted by: nickless at February 09, 2010 06:04 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:04 AM (p302b)
Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 06:05 AM (+zo63)
Merging two topics of conversation, it's really "Personal Secretaries." There's a difference between Personal and Personnel.
Posted by: Public School Students at February 09, 2010 06:05 AM (BFqyO)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:05 AM (p302b)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 06:05 AM (1UMF+)
@89 I tell ya, it's fucking retarded!
Yup, kind of like using 'a' instead of 'an' immediately before a word that starts with a vowell.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 06:05 AM (c459z)
I know this is totally O/T, but you may be interested to know that sometimes the addition of an aux jack is a dealer installed option.
No "O/T" stuff on an open thread.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:06 AM (QrA9E)
117 'Orientate.'
Get it right or I'll kill you all.
Seems like you've orientated yourself towards that ghey crazy shit, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at February 09, 2010 06:06 AM (RkRxq)
Posted by: Jack Murtha at February 09, 2010 06:06 AM (4tixt)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 06:07 AM (1UMF+)
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 06:07 AM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: katya at February 09, 2010 06:07 AM (lgPhN)
Posted by: Mark Twain at February 09, 2010 06:08 AM (CKW49)
Adultery is fucking around on your wife.
Fornication is buying renting a hooker.
The word is derived from the Latin fornicum, meaning archway. Hookers in ancient Rome peddled their wares around public buildings, and the deed was generally done right there against the wall, under the archway.
As a moron in good standing, my knowledge of the history of prostitution is impeccable.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:08 AM (UBQGM)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:08 AM (p302b)
The confederacy NEVER advocated "overthrowing" the U.S. government.
Correct, but remember who ran the state governments after the Civil War.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 06:09 AM (sXLx/)
lol
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 06:09 AM (Xsi7M)
Ha! It actually comes from the early days of the Erie Canal when boats were manually towed through the locks, and every man had to work together and, you guessed it, tow the line. Or so I've heard.
LOL, the only thing I remember about the Erie Canal is that it was in NY and we sang a song about it in grammer school 50 years ago.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:09 AM (QrA9E)
they're , their and there ,bin dere dunn dat.
what screwed up any grammar skills i might have once had was grading 1-4 graders papers.
soon everything they wrote looked correct.
Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 06:09 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 06:10 AM (pZEar)
Oh, any Morons doing the Warrior Dash ,definitely looks AOSHQ Lifestyle approved. I'm in the first day in Texas.
If I can run myself into comp shape, I'm there. How full up is registration, any idea?
Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 06:11 AM (fx8sm)
No matter how bad things get you never burn your bridges. (Although, if you are being followed by an enemy army, it might be a good idea not to listen to that and burn the damn bridge, so they can't cross it and follow you)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:11 AM (p302b)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 06:11 AM (1UMF+)
Fornication is buying renting a hooker.
So neither is a catch-all for singles? Awesome!
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 06:12 AM (Xsi7M)
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 06:12 AM (QdUKm)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 06:12 AM (1UMF+)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:12 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Yellow Admiral at February 09, 2010 09:54 AM (C39a6)
My guess would be that it relates to when ice was cut and delivered in blocks to be used in ice boxes, in the days before modern refrigeration.
Posted by: Insomniac at February 09, 2010 06:13 AM (DrWcr)
Good one! I just wish I could get to the original article in the FT.
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 06:13 AM (BFqyO)
China, facing an unsustainable bubble in deficit spending and out of control corruption, will need to find a new way to distract their populace. They will resort to war. Maybe cold, probably a proxy war with the US.
"This time China must punish the US,” said Major-General Yang Yi, a naval officer. “We must make them hurt.” A major-general in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA),
http://tinyurl.com/yhq9goc (UK Times)
They have a tiger by the tail (perpetual 10% GDP growth) , and are going to distract that tiger by grabbing the old reliable tiger (China must stand up to foreign oppressors) that the Chicoms have used ever since Mao outlawed heroin to keep the people from asking why the source of all technology and wisdom is so poor and corrupt.
Posted by: nine coconuts at February 09, 2010 06:13 AM (DHNp4)
/QUOTE
The incumbent party seems to be floundering badly and wave 3 has yet to begin. What will it look like for Dems later this year if your forecast for continued deflation comes true?
EWI's president Bob Prechter did make this socionomic forecast in the October 2008 Elliott Wave Theorist: "The next president will ride the bulk of wave c to the downside and, if he survives his term, will exit more despised than Bush..."
/END QUOTE
Bold highlight is me
Posted by: Mike H at February 09, 2010 06:13 AM (cvvNY)
Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 06:14 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:15 AM (p302b)
That's encouraging.
But every time I defeat a Chinese Army, I'm bloodthirsty again an hour later.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:16 AM (UBQGM)
So neither is a catch-all for singles? Awesome!
The definition here is that it's adultery if one of the people involved is married, but it's fornication if both are unmarried. And prostitution is a completely different law. But here's my favorite, seduction under the promise of marriage:
A male over the age of sixteen years who by means of deception and promise of marriage seduces an unmarried woman in this State is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined at the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than one year. There must not be a conviction under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged, and no conviction if at trial it is proved that the woman was at the time of the alleged offense lewd and unchaste. If the defendant in any action brought under this section contracts marriage with the woman, either before or after the conviction, further proceedings of this section are stayed.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 06:16 AM (sXLx/)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:17 AM (p302b)
Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 06:17 AM (OlN4e)
Got to watch a little Beck last week while off after shoulder surgery. Enjoyed the heck out of it. Some of it should be required watching for jr. high civics classes.
Grammer police, you can slam away now.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 06:17 AM (QdUKm)
Col. Andy Tanner: Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.
Darryl Bates: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.
Col. Andy Tanner: There *were*.
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 06:17 AM (1UMF+)
I remember about the Erie Canal is that it was in NY and we sang a song about it in grammer school 50 years ago.
Would that be "15 miles on the Erie Canal"? Hell, Bruce Springsteen performed that song a couple of yrs ago in a live concert in N. Ireland.
Having been born in the Mohawk Vally, I know a little something of the Canal. And I know the song too.
Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 06:18 AM (1kwr2)
The so-called "Moronette Defense".
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:18 AM (UBQGM)
O/T: I just asked the head of the International Astronomical Union if we could rename Uranus' moon Miranda "Chunky Monkey," since it's made of large, chunky bits of ice, fudge, walnuts and banana. He replied. He said "NO!" Heheh.
So I replied back: "How about 'Palooka Joe'?"
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 09, 2010 06:18 AM (6FkEy)
Beck is making me wonder why John McCain just didn't become a democrat.
The same reason his butt boy Graham didn't, he would never be elected in his home State as a Democrat.
This is why we should NEVER vote for RINOs. They will ruin the label.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:18 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Sweetsrender at February 09, 2010 06:18 AM (rVDlM)
159 Beck is making me wonder why John McCain just didn't become a democrat.
There was too much competition for the top spot.
Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 06:19 AM (pZEar)
Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 10:17 AM (OlN4e)
That's all the shit that oozed out as they squeezed his fat ass into the casket.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:19 AM (UBQGM)
Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at February 09, 2010 06:19 AM (wmyHK)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:19 AM (p302b)
You emply that she has been "raised".
Posted by: VicYou're baiting the grammar/spelling Nazis, aren't you, Vic?
Posted by: Winston Smith at February 09, 2010 06:21 AM (BFqyO)
Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 06:21 AM (+zo63)
That's the kind of miscalculation that starts world wars. It probably deserves its own post.
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 06:21 AM (Xsi7M)
@146 and from a Brooks & Dunn song from 1993. Legend formation!
@93, it is a mystery. Although "nine yodds" sound like Damon Runyon, it never appeared in print until 1964, making a Depression or WWII origin unlikely. I've heard the length of a bolt of cloth, or a standard bobbin of thread, the ammo belt for a machine gun, the amount of sloth wound around a corpse, or the contents of a large concrete truck, suggested, but none have checked out. As it turns out, very few things actually measure nine yards.
Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 06:21 AM (/VEEI)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 06:21 AM (1UMF+)
Posted by: Che Pizza at February 09, 2010 06:22 AM (SPSOE)
Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (/VEEI)
Excellent. Now I know how tall to make the monument to myself.
Posted by: Barry Hussein Soetero Dunham Obama at February 09, 2010 06:24 AM (v+QvA)
Betty White getting plowed down = Funny ha ha; Hypocrites on the left reveal standard empty-headed response.
Tebow and mom in a tussle = Domestic violence!
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at February 09, 2010 06:24 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:25 AM (p302b)
Tim's mom choosing life = horrible horrible horrible!
Aborted fetuses as far as the eye can see = sweet tender liberal luv.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at February 09, 2010 06:26 AM (0fzsA)
That's the kind of miscalculation that starts world wars. It probably deserves its own post.
Posted by: Methos at February 09, 2010 10:21 AM (Xsi7M)
Made more likely by the weakness or perceived weakness of one side, namely, ours. They would not go down this road if they respected or feared the American president.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 06:26 AM (sXLx/)
If this is true, then the worst suspicions about Wee Wee being not only a marxist, but a very dull one, are absolutely true.
Obama was convinced overhauling the nationÂ’s healthcare system would boost the struggling economy by curbing costs and reducing the long-term federal deficit, say Democratic sources.
Posted by: Dang Straights at February 09, 2010 06:27 AM (fx8sm)
This was the best commentary on the Tebow ad I think I have read.
Guess that means she will lose her job or get sent to Antartica to write stories dealing with Penguin illegitamacy .
Posted by: Gerry Owen at February 09, 2010 06:28 AM (4Hy88)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:29 AM (p302b)
Would that be "15 miles on the Erie Canal"?
That's the one; and BTW, I lived in Saratoga Springs for a while. Not in the Mohawk Valley but "close".
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:29 AM (QrA9E)
"I'm going to try and fix it" is two separate actions. It includes "I'm going to fix it." "Going to try" is implicit and therefore redundant.
"I'm going to try to fix it" makes one simple promise to try. I may or may not succeed.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at February 09, 2010 06:30 AM (a5ljo)
North Korea is and has been a proxy for China for years. Don't let anyone fool you, - KJL doesn't do anything that is not approved by Beijing. This probably wont get any worse though.
I also don't think they will go to war over Taiwan, although they will continue to harass the shipping lanes and cause great grief to anyone in their half of the Pacific (this is especially bad news for Japan)
Iran is a good bet and China has been busy building pipelines to the East so that they can screw up the Gulf without losing their energy supply. Also they have been investing heavily in nuclear, solar, and wind -- Do you really think they are worried about CO2?
But I think they are throwing so many rocks up in the air that one day something will get out of control and we will have a war. Like the Bush Hainan island incident.
Posted by: nine coconuts at February 09, 2010 06:30 AM (DHNp4)
an idea that might be fun for ONT are songs we have sung along with , using the wrong words for years before we knew it.
the girl with colitis goes by
the girl with kaelidiscope eyes and so on
Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 06:31 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:32 AM (p302b)
Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 06:32 AM (7FgWm)
@174, "petard" is derived from the Latin for "fart." Now that adds meaning...
The more you know about US canals, the less likely "tow the line" becomes. Canal boats were drawn by horses or mules. On the Volga, perhaps, but here, even slaves (especially slaves) were too valuable to waste that way.
A standard day's pull on the New York State Barge Canal is 16 miles, not 15. Slacker.
Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 06:32 AM (/VEEI)
"I'm going to try and fix it" is two separate actions. It includes "I'm going to fix it." "Going to try" is implicit and therefore redundant.
"I'm going to try to fix it" makes one simple promise to try. I may or may not succeed.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at February 09, 2010 10:30 AM (a5ljo)
And what are your thoughts on fixing to? As in, I'm fixing to get my ass chewed for using 'fixing to' in cold blood.
Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 06:33 AM (pZEar)
Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 06:33 AM (OlN4e)
There was a guest on Scarborough and sidekick this morning who said that he thinks that people who are accusing the prez of being a c u m m i e and a marks man are way off base and hurting the country.
That was the line from Arriana Puffington on CNN Sunday so that must be the official line now. Look for it from all the trolls now.
I questioned why HH (who was the other "panelist") didn't ask her if she actaully new what a "communist" was.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:34 AM (QrA9E)
Oh, any Morons doing the Warrior Dash ,definitely looks AOSHQ Lifestyle approved. I'm in the first day in Texas.
I'm doing the one in May in GA. It's going to be a lot of fun.
Posted by: ATaLien at February 09, 2010 06:34 AM (SkRi5)
Posted by: dastardly willow at February 09, 2010 06:34 AM (7FgWm)
Posted by: citizen khan at February 09, 2010 06:34 AM (1UMF+)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:35 AM (p302b)
And women who overcook bacon. While wearing clothes.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:37 AM (UBQGM)
Posted by: Juan McCain at February 09, 2010 10:36 AM (czuym)"
You don't have to worry....men don't find her attractive at all, even the ones who like butterballs.
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:37 AM (p302b)
Meghan McCain is the politics version of Paris Hilton, although Paris had the good sense to refrain from involvement in serious matters. I think Meghan might be dumber.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at February 09, 2010 06:37 AM (sXLx/)
36: nice find Balrog. Digging down, I found this linky
Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? Good stuff!
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 09, 2010 06:37 AM (1hM1d)
Posted by: Juan McCain at February 09, 2010 10:36 AM (czuym)
Yes sir!
On belay!
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:38 AM (UBQGM)
You don't have to worry....men don't find her attractive at all, even the ones who like butterballs.
I have a friend (Richard) who thinks she has a purty mouth.....
Posted by: maddogg at February 09, 2010 06:39 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: comatus at February 09, 2010 10:32 AM (/VEEI)
I agree about the towing. It wasn't the line you were towing, it was the barge. Using animals of course. I've been to the Erie Canal Village and can attest to that first hand.
About the 15 miles, well, that's the song, apparently written by some slacker, perhaps with a lame mule.
Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 06:39 AM (1kwr2)
Saved or Created
Before I matriculated at Harvard I couldn't even spell Precedent; now I are one.
Pay me them blog points for the semi-colon Whitey.
Posted by: Barack The First at February 09, 2010 06:40 AM (czuym)
Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 09:56 AM (pZEar)
I've been told it comes from London suit makers. apearently a bolt of cloth used to make a proper english suit was nine yards long. Therefore, if one wanted a full suit, they would ask for the whole nine yards.
But i could be mistaken.
Posted by: todler at February 09, 2010 06:40 AM (fPOY0)
Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? Good stuff!
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 09, 2010 10:37 AM (1hM1d)
Thanks. That is the Naval Historical Center for those of you who did not clink the link.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at February 09, 2010 06:44 AM (wgLRl)
Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 10:43 AM (1kwr2)
The nice thing about balls of wax is that they can be trimmed to fit the available pudding.
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at February 09, 2010 06:46 AM (UBQGM)
We've got a mule, his name is Bama,
15 years on the Erie Canal
He's an asshole commie and a good an aching trama ,
15 years on the Erie Canal
We've had some progressives in our day
filled with lies, bullshit and clay
And we know every one of them all way from
Albany to Buffalo.
Low bastard, everybody down
Low bastard for we're protecting our town
And you'll always know your neighbor, you'll always know your pal
If you've ever sunk the SOB in the Erie Canal
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 06:46 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:47 AM (p302b)
The McCain checkbook. How do you think she lands a gig at the Daily Beast? Flies coast to coast to speak?
She haz teh agents now. All she has to do is show up and open her mouth.
Pretty sweet gig for a trustafarian.
Posted by: WTFCI at February 09, 2010 06:47 AM (+zo63)
Posted by: solitary knight at February 09, 2010 06:47 AM (czuym)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 06:48 AM (p302b)
Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at February 09, 2010 06:50 AM (wyl+S)
Vic waxing poetic? My, that IS unusual...
Hell, I'll take it. Just have to set it to music, as it were.
Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 06:53 AM (1kwr2)
I rage at the tv (yes, I don't have a life) every time I hear some supposably (yes, that is another one) educated person say, "At that point in time." It is either at that point or at that time. To say both is redundant and stupid. I blame that asshole, John Dean, for coining that little slice of grammar hell during the Watergate hearings.
Posted by: huerfano at February 09, 2010 06:59 AM (lLqRQ)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 07:00 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: huerfano at February 09, 2010 07:03 AM (lLqRQ)
Vic waxing poetic?
OK I'll bite while we're on this origin kick;
King Alfred, in the translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care, which he commissioned in AD 897, used the Old English version of the word - 'weaxan'.
There are numerous examples of the use of 'wax', meaning 'grow', in mediaeval texts. For example, The Geneva Bible, 1560, in Deuteronomy 32:15:
"But he that shulde haue bene vpright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his hele."
[the 1611 version has it in more modern English as "Jesurun waxed fat, and kicked."]
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 07:04 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: curious at February 09, 2010 10:48 AM (p302b)
Can't blame just him for that and GATT unfortunately. Seems to me they both had to be approved by the senate and maybe the house? By two thirds majority? Had to be plenty from "both sides" voted for it.
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 07:04 AM (c459z)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at February 09, 2010 07:06 AM (b68Df)
What grammar school did you go to?
Johnson Street Elementary School
hahahahaha Google that one.
And yes, that IS the common version of the song.
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 07:10 AM (QrA9E)
Which is exactly the type of baby liberals want aborted.
Posted by: mpur at February 09, 2010 07:11 AM (946fl)
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 07:24 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 07:30 AM (LSqh5)
from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished
Another one...
"A doller saved, is a tax collected".
Posted by: HH at February 09, 2010 07:34 AM (1kwr2)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 07:37 AM (LSqh5)
Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 07:38 AM (5/yRG)
RCP has Jerry Brown up by 5 against Whitman, but that poll was a couple of weeks ago. I gotta believe she has a good chance against Brown if we can close the enthusiasm gap and get good turnout.
Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 07:38 AM (sey23)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 07:43 AM (AZGON)
A couple of headlines caught my attention today in the WSJ:
"First Lady Girds to Fight Fat: Michelle Obama Makes Childhood Obesity Prime Target with New Campaign"
"No Exit In Sight For U.S. As Fannie, Freddie Flail"--just great, the leftards in charge have been screaming for an exit strategy for Iraq and Afghanistan, and yet they perpetuate this fraud that has been foisted on us taxpayers.
"Debt Ills, Rate Plan Hammer Markets"
But the best one:
"Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Ailing Bank From Home State"--Sen. Robert Menendez, NJ (didn't mention there he's a Dem) "urged the Federal Reserve to approve an acquisition to save a failing bank in his state. He didn't mention that the bank's chairman and vice chairman were big contributors to his political campaign....While lawmakers routinely forward requests from constituents to government agencies, it is rare to make requests along the lines of this letter asking specific actions, bank attorneys and congressional aides said. One reason is to avoid any appearance of trying to influence the regulatory process for political ends". Gee, you don't say!
It goes on to say that "he chairman of First BankAmericano at the time of the letter, Joseph Ginarte is a high-profile attorney with offices in NY and NJ. He has given a total of about $30,000 to Mr. Menendez and his PAC since 1999, according to federal records."
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 07:46 AM (CfmlF)
A couple of headlines caught my attention today in the WSJ:
"First Lady Girds to Fight Fat: Michelle Obama Makes Childhood Obesity Prime Target with New Campaign"
Yeah, right. Pfft. Mr. Y-not and I have lost a combined 55 lbs in less than three months. We didn't need M'chelle lecturing us or Big Government taking away vending machines.
Meanwhile my "progressive" Dem friends who live and work in the beltway want to place burdens on small business owners (restauranteurs) by requiring nutrition labels for all their meals and want to ban/regulate sugar. They literally refer to "Big Sugar" like it was Big Pharma. A-friggi-mazing. The best part is that the one leading the charge is fat.
Ok, I'm a little grumpy this morning waiting for the next batch of rain to hit our area.
Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 07:51 AM (sey23)
Oh, and great op-ed in WSJ: "How The Plantiffs Bar Bought The Senate" by James R. Copland.
"Since 1990, the sums donated to federal political candidates by lawyers--excluding lobbyists exceed $1 billion, according to the Center For Responsive Politics. Lawyers as a group have given more to federal candidates than any other industry or profession. Their ability to keep tort reform out of healt-care reform bills is unsurprising. Congressional campaign contributions by lawyers in the last election cycle were about $25 million dollars morethan the combined total of political contributions from doctors, pharmaceutical companies, HMO's, hospitals and nursing homes."
Here's the link to the whole thing:
http://tinyurl.com/yf6unkqPosted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 07:53 AM (CfmlF)
Yeah, right. Pfft. Mr. Y-not and I have lost a combined 55 lbs in less than three months. We didn't need M'chelle lecturing us or Big Government taking away vending machines.
Wow! That's impressive! The thing with Michelle, I don't see her as particularly fit. I think that basically all she does is work out her arms and then parade around in sleeveless tops. I think the rest of her isn't that fit or toned. (She hides her butt and thighs in voluminous skirts). I bet her BMI isn't that great.
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 07:56 AM (CfmlF)
Whew! Penn Jillete rips Teh Bamster a new one for his stupid comments about Vegas. From CNN:
What's the main thing that drives stupid gambling? Hope. I'm not sure how I feel about hope. I don't gamble in the casinos. That kind of regimented hope seems less fun to me. I'm a skeptic. I'm pro-science.
I like to say I don't believe in hope, but I had the hope to move to Vegas to do a magic show. And I do hope that Vegas pulls through this bad economic time and people come and visit us and we do our stupid shows for all the stupid, hopeful people.
Obama, please remember, it was those stupid, very hopeful people who took the over on a stupid point spread on Obama with a stupid hope to help our country, which includes stupid Vegas.
The gamble Obama took with his run for president and the gamble that the American people took on him sure weren't taken at good odds. It wasn't putting everything we had on red in roulette, or "don't pass" in craps,
What's the main thing that drives stupid gambling? Hope. I'm not sure how I feel about hope. I don't gamble in the casinos. That kind of regimented hope seems less fun to me. I'm a skeptic. I'm pro-science.
I like to say I don't believe in hope, but I had the hope to move to Vegas to do a magic show. And I do hope that Vegas pulls through this bad economic time and people come and visit us and we do our stupid shows for all the stupid, hopeful people.
Obama, please remember, it was those stupid, very hopeful people who took the over on a stupid point spread on Obama with a stupid hope to help our country, which includes stupid Vegas.
The gamble Obama took with his run for president and the gamble that the American people took on him sure weren't taken at good odds. It wasn't putting everything we had on red in roulette, or "don't passor carefully counting cards in blackjack.
Obama's presidency is more than all of us putting our whole future on 00 in roulette. It was more like putting everything we had on one slot pull at the stupid Elvis impersonator slot machine in the stupid Elvis casino for the stupid hillbillies who are filled with hope.
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 08:02 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 11:56 AM (CfmlF) -
Gee, not even a 'hi back at ya teej'?
Posted by: teej at February 09, 2010 08:02 AM (c459z)
Posted by: Sloppy at February 09, 2010 08:03 AM (1kwr2)
I agree. I don't know all the contexts where it can be used, but Toe the line is a boxing term describing the start of a round in the bare knuckle boxing days. Each round ended with a fall and the combatants were expected to toe the scratched line in the dirt after one minute if the bout was to continue. If they could not, the fight was over.
Posted by: toby928 at February 09, 2010 08:04 AM (PD1tk)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 08:05 AM (AZGON)
Bwhahaha! Also from WSJ:
NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to be providing information to individuals and decision-makers through a new NOAA Climate Service office. “More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters. People are searching for relevant and timely information about these changes to inform decision-making about virtually all aspects of their lives,” the release says.
Earlier snowmelt? That would be nice.
Turns out the release was planned prepared ahead of the snowstorm, which shut federal agencies today and forced its senders to hold a press conference by telephone instead of at the National Press Club.
ItÂ’s not the first time inclement weather has put a chill on official efforts to tackle climate change. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to leave the Copenhagen summit early in December to get back to D.C. before the blizzard known as Snowpocalypse grounded all flights.
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 08:05 AM (CfmlF)
It's a miracle is what it is.
Seriously, though, we're foodies and not athletic so changing our diets (and exercising) was a huge deal to us. Despite that fact, we've still managed to enjoy most of our old favorites --- in moderation.
I hate the food police who try to tell people what they can eat. You know, the ones who try to ban foie gras or this latest attack on sugar. On the days that I decide to cheat on my diet if I want a piece of foie gras or a Ho-Ho, I am damn well going to get what I want.
And, although I certainly appreciate the labels on packaged foods (which I am sure are required by the govt), I cannot imagine what sense it makes to ask a restauranteur to provide the same info for his/her menu items. Let the market drive that. If a restaurant provides that info and it's important to you, give them your business. Or eat at home.
Otherwise, if you go out to eat, you gotta' use your loaf and choose wisely. A little common sense will tell you what foods to avoid.
Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 08:07 AM (sey23)
from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished
Early to rise and early to bed makes a man healthy, but socially dead.
Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at February 09, 2010 08:08 AM (pZEar)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 08:08 AM (AZGON)
Gee, not even a 'hi back at ya teej'?
Hey big boy, how are you doing? I've tried to write you messages since you've had your surgery (I saw some of your comments where you said everything went well and you didn't even need your pain pills). I'm so glad that you are progressing along! I didn't know you were here now. It's good to see ya! (And it looks like you never needed a nurse, so that was good!)
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 08:09 AM (CfmlF)
Posted by: George Orwell at February 09, 2010 08:09 AM (AZGON)
More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons in our waters.
At least they are consistent. Every item in there is a lie. There has been no perceptable sea level rise in the last 100 years, the "growing season" has decreased during the past 3 years, and even NOAA has previously said severe weather evcents have not changed.
Every item that has been examined in the open has been shown to be fraudulent. When will they wake up?
Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2010 08:14 AM (QrA9E)
Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 12:07 PM (sey23)
I so agree with you. I can't stand the whole nanny state thing, and to have teh gubamint sticking its nose in my piehole is ridiculous. I hope you are actually enjoying exercising. You do get those endorphins with cardiovascular activity. The nice thing about running, is that I basically eat whatever I want when I want. When I slacked off over the Holidays, I didn't adjust my food intake (plus it was a lot of rich, buttery, fatty stuff!), and I put on some lbs. I started back up in January, and my clothes fit fine again (they got a little tight!)
Posted by: runningrn at February 09, 2010 08:18 AM (CfmlF)
The thing with Michelle, I don't see her as particularly fit. I think that basically all she does is work out her arms and then parade around in sleeveless tops.
That's from wielding the bat'leth.
Posted by: huerfano at February 09, 2010 08:28 AM (lLqRQ)
I've heard this one, and also the one about the length of the ammo belts in certain of our automatic weapons carried on aircraft. Also, it's supposedly the yardage when you open up certain sails to the maximum. I would like all of these to be true, they're all fun.
Posted by: OregonMuse at February 09, 2010 08:33 AM (hoowK)
There are several different opinions on where "the whole nine yards" came from/original meaning.
One is that it came from sailing ship parlance -- to fully let out the sails. Others suggest that the aphorism came into being during the Vietnamese War, referring to the Montegnard (spelling is incorrect, but I'm too lazy to look it up) tribes -- all nine of them: the whole (of the) nine "yards". Then there is the unit of measurement theory on the original coinage of the term.
I suppose any of them could be correct.
Posted by: unknown jane at February 09, 2010 08:54 AM (5/yRG)
from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you should never read your own blog.
Posted by: reason at February 09, 2010 10:08 AM (XiVKO)
from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished
Stompy boots are good for the moronette's sole.
Posted by: reason at February 09, 2010 10:15 AM (XiVKO)
from "The Old Moron's Book of Aphorisms," 1st ed., unpublished
Flaming skull at night, moron's delight.
Flaming skull in morning, concern-trolls take warning.
Posted by: reason at February 09, 2010 10:16 AM (XiVKO)
New Hampshire Democrats have been on a roll for years, particularly at the federal level in winning both House seats in 2006, a Senate race in 2008, and going blue for Democrats in the presidential elections of 2004 and 2008. But a new University of New Hampshire Granite State poll shows that the party is in danger of a clean sweep in 2010.
Posted by: Y-not at February 09, 2010 11:22 AM (sey23)
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Unless, of course, that hand is full of cash to pay for an abortion.
Posted by: ronsfi at February 09, 2010 02:20 PM (cq3pU)
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