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15 Sep 2009, 4:02 pm

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I think I know what that means. When someone gives you a gift don't judge it's quality and just be appreciative that you got a gift.
A lot of these things make better sense in the time they were coined. People look in a horses mouth to determine it's age or something.

The history of phrases is kind of a mini special interest of mine. Here's my favorite-Have you heard the expression walking gingerly? Well, apparently for parades and such they would shove a piece of ginger root up a horses ass so it would make prancing steps with it's tail held high.


Thanks for explaining. :D Yes I have heard the expression walking gingerly. I had no idea it was derived that way. Pretty unusual. :lol:



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15 Sep 2009, 4:10 pm

Este frase no es en Inglés porque yo quiero practicar mi Español. :lol:


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15 Sep 2009, 6:00 pm

last sunday i............. i put my hands over my mouth.......... i've been playing with this for a while, sometimes i put them on the back of my head..... today i put them over my eyes and i started thinking.... hmmm........ what if................ what if there's more than heat.... :twisted:

babies sucking their fingers... thinkers put their hands near their mouths... what if...... i know there's like a... layer of heat over me, traveling with me everywhere.... but what if....... there's more than heat.......

does my body end where i think it does? i......... i think we can..... "feel" it..... 8O


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15 Sep 2009, 11:38 pm

after a little research, ive identified the huge spider on my wall as a tegenaria sp. im not gonna examine it any closer, to verify what species, at least i know what it is :]
"giant house spider" and the name sure makes sense. for norway this spider looks almost tropical in size :D


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16 Sep 2009, 4:23 am

Argh, my desk is a total mess.

*starts cleaning frantically*



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16 Sep 2009, 7:51 am

Not long now till Red the Rabbit Slayer is mine. Heh heh heh.



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16 Sep 2009, 8:56 am

Erminea wrote:
Argh, my desk is a total mess.

*starts cleaning frantically*


Mine too.

*thinks about cleaning*

My Facebook fish are not happy. I tried telling them that I am not responsible for their happiness, but they refused to listen.


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16 Sep 2009, 10:42 am

Since we erected more barb wire around the perimeter of our house, I feel like I'm in Guantanamo Bay. :lol:



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16 Sep 2009, 10:50 am

Glad that summer is winding down here. I'm really looking forward to autumn weather, the apex of my garden's productivity, and that certain feeling I get when the sun is a bit lower in the sky and there isn't quite so much sunlight. Nature's finest time.


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16 Sep 2009, 12:23 pm

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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16 Sep 2009, 12:34 pm

Candide?



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16 Sep 2009, 1:03 pm

Baba Ganoush



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16 Sep 2009, 1:08 pm

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Yes.... how can I help you?

8O :D

(bon appétit, btw)



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16 Sep 2009, 1:46 pm

Life's good now.



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16 Sep 2009, 1:46 pm

It's getting late.



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16 Sep 2009, 3:29 pm

Acacia wrote:
Glad that summer is winding down here. I'm really looking forward to autumn weather, the apex of my garden's productivity, and that certain feeling I get when the sun is a bit lower in the sky and there isn't quite so much sunlight. Nature's finest time.


I'm sure the Florida winter isn't that bad compared to some parts of the US. For me though I'm just glad the summer is coming. Winter is always a downer.