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I prefer grey because it seems more ... grey. To me A seems happier than E.
As far as the cover eating phrase, back in the '80s I remember the phrase "You can send a kid to college but you can't make them think." A clever way of saying the exact same thing. And, yes, that's when I was in college.
On the topic of Donk, in the poker community (at least locally) a Donk (also short for Donkey) is a stupid (and frequently lucky) card player.
AND as far as optional spellings, maybe one would use ketchup as a condiment and catsup as an ingredient. I don't know. I like mustard.
When I got out of the Navy in 1983, I went to work for an old radio guy in Chicago IL (he was native to the area). He used to say, "You buy them books, you send them to school, and what do they do? They eat the books." It was always that exact form. He wasn't the kind of fellow to be plugged into popular culture, either. Hope you can pin this one down - I've always liked this expression!
Andy said:
Hi Martha and Grant,
I get clasics to read on my Palm from the Project Gutenberg collection http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page. Project Gutenberg is a free repository of thousands of electonic books that are no longer copywritten.
I have been reading War and Peace for the last year-and-a-half. You see, I only read it in lines (or queues as some call them). If I am waiting for the grocery checkout, I pull out my palm and am transported to 19th century Russia.
Andy
I love "copywritten"--it's evokes a much more visual idea than copyrighted 😀
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My gran always said "Layers for Meddlers" when I was a child and asked a question......usually because either she didn't know the answer' or couldn't be bothered to stop and tell me!
'Tow Headed'......used to describe the hair of a 'mousy' blond!....'Tow' is rough sheeps wool.....believe it or not, we used to use it to pack the orifices of bodies on the ward before they were taken to the mortuary. Not a lot of people know that, unless you were a nurse in the 60's like me.
So, there you have it.
>>>>'Tow' is rough sheeps wool…..believe it or not, we used to use it to pack the orifices of bodies on the ward before they were taken to the mortuary. Not a lot of people know that, unless you were a nurse in the 60's like me.
So, there you have it.<<<
Wow, Roro. Never heard that use of the word. In what part of the world were you a nurse?
Hey guys.
Listening to the podcast and I heard your explanation of the word "donk". I think you were close but just a little off. Although donk may have started as just a "beater" type car, it has evolved into much more.
According to the Urban Dictionary:
"Any POS late 80's or early 90's American heap (preferably an Impala) that has large enough wheels installed until it resembles (and rides and handles like) a Conestoga wagon. This is done so it sits up high enough so as to be at the same eye level as the Playas with real juice ridin in their Escalades. Adding in a bad candy paint job and Wal-Mart sub box completes the transformation. With no money left over for necessary suspension and brake upgrades, the lifespan is limited to a few drug runs or the first Police chase, whichever occurs first."
There are even car shows dedicated to these cars. A Google image search will bring up some great examples
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=donk&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS327US322&ie=UTF-8
Thanks for a great show.
I had thought that "badonkadonk" was related to the word "donkey", which is often used as a synonym for a word that is also used as an often vulgar synonym of the word "buttocks". I had also heard that "donk" usually refers to fifth generation Chevrolet Impalas with giant wheels. I think I have heard the Impala logo referred to as a "donkey", which may reinforce what Grant said about an old car being stubborn as a mule/donkey.
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