low down underhand sneaky wife

took my van keys , car keys , bike keys , hid wallet and to cap it all locked
the electric hob and grill and hid the christmas goodies

She has kindley left the decorating kit out and a discription of how to use the
kettle

 

Hide the brushes . . . . .

 

Bleach her rabbit.

 

it's a while since I've heard that euphemism.

 

try asking on this newsgroup, a few of them can read and write.

 

It's Retro Horrible Things To Do To Someone Else's Wife As The Bloke
Isn't Man Enough To Chuck The Yellow Pages At Her Day.

 

why is it that hardly anyone knows what this actually means?

 

i blame the parents.

 

I wouldn't expect you to.

 

I Blame Society.

 

It's to do with making a statement with a view to starting a cliché or
meme, although these days its more to indicate that the actual phrase
already is a cliché.

Google for "the Arte of English Poise".

 

My pet peeve is the misuse of factoid. Which people seem to use as a
little fact - which is contrary to original meaning of the word when it
was first coined.

 

Chris, you *thick* ****.

indeed.

 

Bloody dictionary.com has the crap version as gospel.

I get a bit tense about 'vista', people are generally talking about a
panorama or something.

 

really? it's almost the opposite of that definition.

A Vista is a view along a corridor or avenue.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

<Derek Mode>

Linux Mint.

</DM>

 

On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:47:05 +0000, cat wrote:

Blimey. I found this little snippet which I will forward onto them...

<http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/factoid.html>

qq/The “-oid†ending in English is normally added to a word to indicate
that an item is not the real thing. A humanoid is not quite human.
Originally “factoid†was an ironic term indicating that the “fact†being
offered was not actually factual. However, CNN and other sources have
taken to treating the “-oid†as if it were a mere diminutive, and using
the term to mean “trivial but true fact.†As a result, the definition of
“factoid†is hopelessly confused and it’s probably better to avoid using
the term altogether./

For once, it's not Bear's fault.

 

Ursoid in "not to blame" shocker.

 

I blame Bear.

 

*whooooooooooosh*