Wordwizard

I know we've strayed a bit from the original topic (apologies to Tony H )but I am really starting to get thirsty. We aslo have lots of those small independents here. We call them brewpubs or microbreweries. Some of them are real gems and are a welcome change to most of the swill put out by our two g...

I couldn't find a "loathing of crowds" anywhere in James Lipton's lists.

I was showing this site to a friend last night and he remarked that he was surprised that I ever got any civilized responses to my posts, given that I had the word “troll” in my user name. I pointed out that it is “trolley(car)” and comes from one of those cutesy family stories that would only be of...

Shelley
You noticed my red hands. My boss claims to be all about "continued education". That works for me!

Many of the alternatives for "drunk" don't readily make sense. I hear the term pie-eyed used often. I don't know about the rest of you, but my eyes don't tend to get bigger as I drift towards flutery.

This could be a stretch. A flute glass is a tall, narrow wine glass. If you drained enough of them, you could easily be flutered.

....and his balder dash became legend.

I thought that there may be some connection to the bald/bold faced lie debate but it doesn't appear that anyone has ever run bold-headedly at anything. A swing and amiss.

Tom divided the cake and Becky ate with good appetite, while Tom nibbled at his moiety.
-- Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

.....I hope Tom's moiety was alright with that.

I guess the term “Gladys Kravitz” would require too much clarification.

True dat! Tick,tick,tick.....

Time and tide wait for no man. Both will turn when they're good and ready

Hear hear, Shelley. One minute of OPS (outright prolonged silence)

Arkamedes principle?

I think living "off the wall" means living to the fullest. If your not living on the edge, then you're taking up too much space. Live off the wall....don't just hang there like a picture.