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Discussion Groups / English Usage / October 2007Amazing Creativity on Ceiling
Amazing Creativity on Ceiling http://amanspace.blogspot.com/2007/10/amazing-creativity-on-ceiling.html > Amazing Creativity on Ceiling > > http://amanspace.blogspot.com/2007/10/amazing-creativity-on-ceiling.html Wow! Rey has GOT to see this. Pat Durkin <durk183@sbc.com> het geskryf: >> Amazing Creativity on Ceiling >> >> http://amanspace.blogspot.com/2007/10/amazing-creativity-on-ceiling.html > > Wow! Rey has GOT to see this. Lordy May. He's aspersing with an aspergillum. In alt.usage.english, Father Ignatius wrote: >Pat Durkin <durk183@sbc.com> het geskryf: >> "Aman's Space" <amanscollections@gmail.com> wrote in >>> Amazing Creativity on Ceiling >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Lordy May. He's aspersing with an aspergillum. Ceiling-midgets! Next season's must-have item! I thought it was smoking that was supposed to stunt your growth. (Note also that the smokers look a lot happier than the non-smoking midgets in the ceiling.)  SignatureV [memento mori] > Ceiling-midgets! Next season's must-have item! > I thought it was smoking that was supposed to stunt your growth. > (Note also that the smokers look a lot happier than the non-smoking > midgets in the ceiling.) The VR midgets have not yet passed the gates. The RL smokers still believe they're secure from pain. In alt.usage.english, CDB wrote: >> Ceiling-midgets! Next season's must-have item! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >The VR midgets have not yet passed the gates. The RL smokers still >believe they're secure from pain. Is smoking a sin now, then? (Sixth Circle fodder, perhaps?) ObAUE: In what way is a hacking cough hacking? It doesn't feel like hacking from the inside. It feels more like kicking. And it doesn't really sound much like hacking. When gorillas make the same sounds they are said to be grunting - and lo! gorilla grunting is a Good Thing. So why must smokers be said to hack in the morning? Why oh why oh why aren't their morning convulsions celebrated as manly/gorillalily grunts? SignatureV Quitting (again) when Winter draws on [...] > Is smoking a sin now, then? (Sixth Circle fodder, perhaps?) I've noticed that in our unblushingly fornicatious and money-grubbing age the label "sin" is now so debased that it's attached to the eating of cream or chocolate, so why not also to gaspers? But I suppose the Apostle Paul would have approved: if the body is the temple of the spirit, then it should logically be tret with greater reverence than is implied by éclairs. God, I wonder if that blighter would have loved "No smoking" signs, or if he'd have been a packet-a-day parson? > ObAUE: In what way is a hacking cough hacking? It doesn't feel like > hacking from the inside. It feels more like kicking. And it doesn't [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > oh why aren't their morning convulsions celebrated as > manly/gorillalily grunts? But hacking /is/ kicking, slang-wise. (And do stay off the weed, won't you? I have only a very slight cough after all those years, but it will never quite go away. I theorize that it must be connected with my recent pericarditis, though the doctors won't say it is.) SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I've noticed that in our unblushingly fornicatious and money-grubbing > age the label "sin" is now so debased that it's attached to the eating [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > is implied by éclairs. God, I wonder if that blighter would have > loved "No smoking" signs, or if he'd have been a packet-a-day parson? He reformed and gave up the tars'R'us tag. SignatureRegards John for mail: my initials plus a u e at tpg dot com dot au >> I've noticed that in our unblushingly fornicatious and money-grubbing >> age the label "sin" is now so debased that it's attached to the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > He reformed and gave up the tars'R'us tag. But he must have been saully tempted sometimes. SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com In alt.usage.english, Mike Lyle wrote: >>> I've noticed that in our unblushingly fornicatious and money-grubbing >>> age the label "sin" is now so debased that it's attached to the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >But he must have been saully tempted sometimes. Peter was the big smoker - wacky baccie, of course. SignatureV > In alt.usage.english, Mike Lyle wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Peter was the big smoker - wacky baccie, of course. I wonder why the ancients never seem to have thought of smoking. Certain oracles inhaled fumes, but that isn't the same. They did use cannabis, but the bits which have been found had been chewed. (The whacky quids were found in oared ships, apparently: my own limited dope experience suggests I'd have been utterly useless as motive power after turning on, but they were made of sterner stuff in them days.) SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com In alt.usage.english, Mike Lyle wrote: >I wonder why the ancients never seem to have thought of smoking. Certain >oracles inhaled fumes, but that isn't the same. They did use cannabis, >but the bits which have been found had been chewed. (The whacky quids >were found in oared ships, apparently: my own limited dope experience >suggests I'd have been utterly useless as motive power after turning on, >but they were made of sterner stuff in them days.) And I wonder how the ancients discovered how to smelt copper. How exactly was that discovery made? "It's very cold in this here extremely windy outdoor spot and we've run out of wood so let's throw that green rock on the spluttering fire." Not likely. So how? SignatureV [...] > And I wonder how the ancients discovered how to smelt copper. How > exactly was that discovery made? "It's very cold in this here extremely > windy outdoor spot and we've run out of wood so let's throw that green > rock on the spluttering fire." Not likely. > > So how? <http://neon.mems.cmu.edu/cramb/Processing/history.html> [quote] Malachite, a green friable stone, was the source of copper in the early smelters. Originally it was thought that the smelting of copper was by chance dropping of malachite into campfires. However, campfire temperatures are normally in the region of 600-650 C, whereas, 700-800 C is necessary for reduction. It is more probable that early copper smelting was discovered by ancient potters whose clay firing furnaces could reach temperatures of 1100-1200 C. If Malachite was added to these furnaces copper nodules would easily be found. Although the first smelted copper was found in the Nile valley, it is thought that this copper was brought to Egypt by the Gerzeans and copper smelting was produced first in Western Asia between 4000 and 4300 BC. [end quote] I can't confirm it because I wasn't there, but since copper also occurs as the native metal, they would probably have recognised it when they found it. SignatureLes In alt.usage.english, Leslie Danks wrote: >> And I wonder how the ancients discovered how to smelt copper. How >> exactly was that discovery made? "It's very cold in this here extremely >> windy outdoor spot and we've run out of wood so let's throw that green >> rock on the spluttering fire." Not likely. >> >> So how? [...] >[quote] [...] >It is more probable that early copper smelting was discovered by >ancient potters whose clay firing furnaces could reach temperatures of >1100-1200 C. [...] >[end quote] > >I can't confirm it because I wasn't there, but since copper also occurs as >the native metal, they would probably have recognised it when they found >it. A convincingly copper-bottomed (cupranal?) response. Thank you! SignatureV Vinny Burgoo <hlunnh@yahoo.co.uk> het geskryf: > ObAUE: In what way is a hacking cough hacking? It doesn't > feel like hacking from the inside. It feels more like [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > why oh why aren't their morning convulsions celebrated as > manly/gorillalily grunts? I understand "hacking", in the context of coughs, to describe that quality that is suggestive of the accompanying production of phlegm and/or sputum. This is distinct from manly grunting (as encountered on the rugby field, fex), not only auditorily but in its utility in attracting a mate. > Vinny Burgoo <hlunnh@yahoo.co.uk> het geskryf: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > on the rugby field, fex), not only auditorily but in its utility in > attracting a mate. And I understand just the opposite. A "hacking cough" is an unproductive one. I used to be bothered occasionally with sinus drainage (post-nasal drip) and a dry tickling at the back of my throat. (A nice drag on a cigarette usually cured that condition, at least temporarily.) My sister, for the past 2 years has complained that a blood pressure medicine I was taking, lisinopril, should be replaced, since a side effect was a dry, hacking cough. I didn't change it for a while (we only see each other occasionally, so I figured, "why bother?) The cough got more frequent, when the dose doubled, and that happened just at the season of the horrific* giant ragweed season, so I convinced my doctor to change my BP medication altogether. Now I pay quite a big co-pay, because this prescription, Cozaar, is a brand name one. Don't have the hack any longer. *Cross thread alert--and giant ragweed _is_ an horrific, withal a magnificently architectural plant. [hack, hack, hackin'] > ObAUE: In what way is a hacking cough hacking? It doesn't feel like > hacking from the inside. It feels more like kicking. And it doesn't > really sound much like hacking. But, experts say, it is onomatopeia. Closer to hawkin' and spittin' than hackin' and hewin'. Consider the lovely "hocking a loogie". > When gorillas make the same sounds > they are said to be grunting - and lo! gorilla grunting is a Good > Thing. So why must smokers be said to hack in the morning? Why oh > why oh why aren't their morning convulsions celebrated as > manly/gorillalily grunts? Freedom and independence. The gorilla grunts at his own sweet will, while the helpless smoker is whipped on by his monkey. By their croup ye shall know them. In alt.usage.english, CDB wrote: >> When gorillas make the same sounds >> they are said to be grunting - and lo! gorilla grunting is a Good [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >while the helpless smoker is whipped on by his monkey. By their croup >ye shall know them. As ye smoke, so shall ye choke. SignatureV |
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