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- Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:45 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: Business-speak
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8186
Re: Business-speak
I just spent the day at a workshop put on by our consultant, who previously (as of last Friday) worked for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He used a couple I hadn't heard before: "Silo-Busting": This is based on the premise that there are numerous Public Health programs at the nat...
- Thu Jun 19, 2008 1:24 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Pricey!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5956
Re: Pricey!
Bob, I think the column you found 8.74 in was the equivalent US $ per US gallon price. So it isn't £8.74 per gallon, it's $8.74 per gallon. Of course, that's still pretty bad--we just topped $4.00/gallon and people here are outraged!
- Mon May 12, 2008 3:12 am
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: A question about elephants
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13508
Re: A question about elephants
Why did the elephant wear green sneakers?
So he could hide on a pool table!
How do you make an elephant float?
Take one elephant, then add 100 gallons of soda and 50 gallons of ice cream!
So he could hide on a pool table!
How do you make an elephant float?
Take one elephant, then add 100 gallons of soda and 50 gallons of ice cream!
- Sun May 11, 2008 12:21 am
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: A question about elephants
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13508
Re: A question about elephants
OK, you can blame Meirav for starting an elephant joke thread, not me for adding to it! I'll warn you . . . these are REALLY bad: Q. What's the difference between an elephant and a plum? A. Their color! Q. What are the similarities between an elephant and a plum? A. They're both purple, except for t...
- Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:16 pm
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: a pope Bushism (or Bush’s popeism)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4667
Re: a pope Bushism (or Bush’s popeism)
Speaking of Miley/Hannah, I just saw an article that she's going to write her memoirs! Wow! I always say, there's nothing like a really good book . . . and this will CERTAINLY be "nothing like a really good book"!
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:33 am
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: Learn to speak Australian
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3835
Re: Learn to speak Australian
What about "Dial 'M' for Murder"?
- Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:04 pm
- Forum: Word Origins and Meanings
- Topic: IKinda
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12305
Re: IKinda
Ben Franklin liked Kit Kat bars?
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:38 pm
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: favourite bumper stickers
- Replies: 49
- Views: 13103
favourite bumper stickers
I saw one a few months ago that I liked. To set it up, though, I'll have to fill everyone in on the political climate here in Illinois: Our Governor, Rod Blagojevich (pronounced "bluh-GOY-uh-vitch") has not made many friends, especially among down-staters. He refuses to live in the Executive Mansion...
- Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:21 am
- Forum: No, wait. Don't tell me
- Topic: Delhi laugh
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3074
Delhi laugh
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I'm a schizophrenic,
And so am I.
Violets are blue.
I'm a schizophrenic,
And so am I.
- Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:38 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: News usage to think about
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5059
News usage to think about
I had a similar experience on my way to work the other day. I nearly collided with another car that was "only" a mile-and-a-half away from me! I was shaking all day!
- Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:32 pm
- Forum: Addicts' Corner
- Topic: Greetings of the season
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5653
Greetings of the season
Not to mention Feliz Navidad. Hope you have a great holiday season as well, Meirav!
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:50 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Newspaper Names
- Replies: 59
- Views: 33206
Newspaper Names
Personally, I prefer the term used by Scott Adams ("Dilbert" creator): cow-orker. It just has a better sound somehow!
- Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:37 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Newspaper Names
- Replies: 59
- Views: 33206
Newspaper Names
One of the Chicago suburbs (I can't remember which one) has a newspaper called the "Beacon-News." One of my former co-workers always called it the "Be-Confused."
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:00 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Newspaper Names
- Replies: 59
- Views: 33206
Newspaper Names
Here in Springfield, our paper is The State Journal-Register, although it's sometimes referred to as The State Urinal-Register.
- Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:28 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: communication vs communications
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4385
communication vs communications
But what exactly are you "sending in formation"? Geese? Military squadrons? Marching bands?