Annie +2 : for originality, or dare I say voice of experience ? :-)
Cheers, Mike.
You may :) Well... I suppose that is another way of saying that my previous offering was NOT the word you were looking for *wounded sniff*
impi-shambeiosu Zulu square dance beiu-shipmimosa variety of leguminous plant used as flotation devices by New Orleans' ants Beam-ishImpious Roman emperor scrubbed from the history books due to his irreverential attitude to toga's Abei-PossumMihi - chant which immediately precedes Australians suddenly prostrating themselves in front of the largest possum they have encountered that day
Oh... where did that come from ? ... -> ... semi-amphibious well that can't be right... :)
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Annie +2 : for originality, or dare I say voice of experience ? :-)
Cheers, Mike.
You may :) Well... I suppose that is another way of saying that my previous offering was NOT the word you were looking for *wounded sniff*
impi-shambeiosu Zulu square dance beiu-shipmimosa variety of leguminous plant used as flotation devices by New Orleans' ants Beam-ishImpious Roman emperor scrubbed from the history books due to his irreverential attitude to toga's Abei-PossumMihi - chant which immediately precedes Australians suddenly prostrating themselves in front of the largest possum they have encountered that day
Oh... where did that come from ? ... -> ... semi-amphibious well that can't be right... :)
It bloody well is!
WE HAVE A WINNER !!
and +1 for Abei-PossumMihi. That's a state secret DownUnda ( the whole possum worship thingy ) so your sources are evidently top notch. :-)
Aside : I have a problem with the word semi-amphibious actually. I mean 'amphibious' = can go on land and water. So what can be semi about that ? If you knock out the land bit then you're aquatic, if you knock out the water bit you're on land. Can one be awful at both ? But then that would be neither ....
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Annie +2 : for originality, or dare I say voice of experience ? :-)
Cheers, Mike.
You may :) Well... I suppose that is another way of saying that my previous offering was NOT the word you were looking for *wounded sniff*
impi-shambeiosu Zulu square dance beiu-shipmimosa variety of leguminous plant used as flotation devices by New Orleans' ants Beam-ishImpious Roman emperor scrubbed from the history books due to his irreverential attitude to toga's Abei-PossumMihi - chant which immediately precedes Australians suddenly prostrating themselves in front of the largest possum they have encountered that day
Oh... where did that come from ? ... -> ... semi-amphibious well that can't be right... :)
It bloody well is!
WE HAVE A WINNER !!
and +1 for Abei-PossumMihi. That's a state secret DownUnda ( the whole possum worship thingy ) so your sources are evidently top notch. :-)
Aside : I have a problem with the word semi-amphibious actually. I mean 'amphibious' = can go on land and water. So what can be semi about that ? If you knock out the land bit then you're aquatic, if you knock out the water bit you're on land. Can one be awful at both ? But then that would be neither ....
Cheers, Mike.
Maybe it means that the creature can only do one state or the other for a fixed period of time, not indefinitely. Or is that part and parcel of being amphibious anyway?
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Aside : I have a problem with the word semi-amphibious actually. I mean 'amphibious' = can go on land and water. So what can be semi about that ? If you knock out the land bit then you're aquatic, if you knock out the water bit you're on land. Can one be awful at both ? But then that would be neither ....
Well if it's something like a duck that floats just below the surface it sounds like an evolutionary dead end to me...
...poor thing :(
*pause for minute's silence*
...unless it stays on land of course. Oh.
*review appropriateness of prior silence* ... well... *blink companionably at einsteinians* there's another minute we won't be getting back peoples...
Anyway...
...I think I'm getting my aquaticans mixed up with my amphibiousans...
... *tap finger whilst waiting for Abei-PossumMihi chanting to end*
Quote:
Maybe it means that the creature can only do one state or the other for a fixed period of time, not indefinitely. Or is that part and parcel of being amphibious anyway?
Maybe it's more to do with feet, David... you know... as opposed to a whole creature... *try lop-sided frown... just to see what happens* *[note to self for future]do more lop-sided frowns[/note]* not sure how that would work in practice... also not sure whether I'm supposed to start a new thread or not... so I've decided I won't :)
Ooh... now that's a tricky one... *lop-sided frown* ... um... left! No. Middle. No no left! I sense *sigh - lugubrious mode* that my Australian citizenship application won't be successful somehow...
Oh... before I forget. Your new word people :)
bbceeimnrstuu
You will be thrilled to know it was a completely new one to me too... I think :) And I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce it either...
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Sigh. Abei-PossumMihi can be tiring you know. I mean in the earlier part of the day you don't necessarily know the first one you meet is going to be the largest one, do you ? So you have to prostrate* yourself anyway just to cover the case where you might not see a larger one later. If you're lucky enough to see a really big one first up then you have greater confidence of meeting relatively smaller ones from then on. [ In statistics they call this regression to the mean ] Now one could write an app to record your possum encounters, but you still leave the possibility of ring-ins ( & mostly ringtails ) turning up from out of town. I know what you're thinking and you are quite correct : we haven't actually resolved the question as to whether you go back and un-prostrate yourself to the prior smaller ones, when you later found a larger one. Don't laugh. Just because we secretly worship possums doesn't mean that we have to be crap at it !
There. I've said it all. Now what's that black helicopter doing circling around outside ... I'm sure I'd armed the lasers ....
Cheers, Mike.
* Yes, it does have an 'r' in it.
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Quote:
... my Australian citizenship application won't be successful somehow...
Yeah. You get that. I reported you to customs & immigration months ago.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
( edit )... my Australian citizenship application won't be successful somehow...
Yeah. You get that. I reported you to customs & immigration months ago.
You sure they got the report? *narrow eyes*
UK home office immigration van has been parking outside my house for several weeks now... most intimidating... *place walking aids in defensive formation*
I thought perhaps they were shoving their surveillance camera's into someone else's life but perhaps not...
*pop-eyed ponder*
Don't suppose you can remember exactly what it was you said...?
[open anniet internal thought processing system] *prepare for long wait whilst Mike churns through what he calls "his brain"* [/system] SNORT ... beg my pardon... sudden catastrophic nose failure. It happens.
Was it something to do with this...
!
v
...your jumbled word? bbceeimnrstuu :)
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Don't suppose you can remember exactly what it was you said...?
All that I said was "... she's one to watch ...". That's all. Nuthin else ... honest. Truly ruly. I swear on Kylie Minogue that I only said that. Are there any possums sitting in the van** ? :-)
Quote:
*prepare for long wait whilst Mike churns through what he calls "his brain"* [/system] SNORT bbceeimnrstuu :)
Right. You asked for it. I'm going to get The Paper Squares out now! AND I'll mark them with those very letters ! :-) :-)
[virtual video]
I'm going to the cupboard now. I've chosen some paper. Cutting, cutting and cutting. Large and equal squares. Now selecting a pen. Nice color and handling that one. See? Writing the letters now. One letter only per square. One side only too. Writing, writing, writing ... in English .... done ! See how pretty they are ? Take squares back to desk. Put pen away. Now play with squares. The desk. On the desk Mike. Letters facing upwards for preference ...
[/virtual video*]
CurtBumBeesIn - A new political party has been elected, composed of short-tempered heavy insects.
MeCureBubNits - A weekly high point of paediatric practice.
BrineCubesMut - A dog that likes frozen salt water.
MiceTubbRunes - Rodent bath markings.
MIBNeutersCub - Well, they thought he was an alien scout.
MincerSubTube - A component of a butchery machine.
ISnubCremeBut - On the other hand I dislike a certain dairy product.
UBentCrimeBus - As it was later alleged in court.
TenMiceSuburb - This is rather lower than the national average.
UberNimbusEtc - You know, those really great clouds.
BTBunCrimesEU - A new bakery scandal on the continent from the known underworld ( plus await Annie Apoplexy ).
NuubiBetsMerc - an unlikely wager from a newcomer.
Cheers, Mike.
* Can you tell the difference b/w that and an actual video ? :-) :-)
( edit ) You didn't think you'd get away that lightly did you ? ....
UberUmbiCents - A new online currency where one trades in superior belly buttons.
INumbCusterBe - His actual last words at Little Big Horn.
BiteNCurseBum - There are many conditions leading to this behaviour, and not just in dogs.
TubbiMensCure - aka : stop drinking so much beer ...
BTRuinsMeCube - is there nothing they will not plunder ?
BTCurseMeBin - well I left a 'U' out, but it is still true. They did.
BTRueMiceSnub - Way to go! Payback via murine anger.
NiceEmuBrutBS - False advertising about a flightless bird deodorant.
CuteMurinesBB - overnight accommodation for easy-on-the-eye rodents
( edit ) Personally I think UberUmbiCents deserves a +1 .... :-)
** Silly me. Sorry. They'd be in the trees holding the directional microphones and the long lens cams. Well duh .... is there nothing Google cannot divulge ? Second hit for image search on 'possum holds camera' :
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Annie +2 : for
You may :) Well... I suppose that is another way of saying that my previous offering was NOT the word you were looking for *wounded sniff*
impi-shambeiosu Zulu square dance
beiu-shipmimosa variety of leguminous plant used as flotation devices by New Orleans' ants
Beam-ishImpious Roman emperor scrubbed from the history books due to his irreverential attitude to toga's
Abei-PossumMihi - chant which immediately precedes Australians suddenly prostrating themselves in front of the largest possum they have encountered that day
Oh... where did that come from ? ... -> ... semi-amphibious well that can't be right... :)
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RE: RE: Annie +2 : for
It bloody well is!
WE HAVE A WINNER !!
and +1 for Abei-PossumMihi. That's a state secret DownUnda ( the whole possum worship thingy ) so your sources are evidently top notch. :-)
Aside : I have a problem with the word semi-amphibious actually. I mean 'amphibious' = can go on land and water. So what can be semi about that ? If you knock out the land bit then you're aquatic, if you knock out the water bit you're on land. Can one be awful at both ? But then that would be neither ....
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: RE: RE: Annie +2 :
Maybe it means that the creature can only do one state or the other for a fixed period of time, not indefinitely. Or is that part and parcel of being amphibious anyway?
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: Aside : I have a
Well if it's something like a duck that floats just below the surface it sounds like an evolutionary dead end to me...
...poor thing :(
*pause for minute's silence*
...unless it stays on land of course. Oh.
*review appropriateness of prior silence* ... well... *blink companionably at einsteinians* there's another minute we won't be getting back peoples...
Anyway...
...I think I'm getting my aquaticans mixed up with my amphibiousans...
... *tap finger whilst waiting for Abei-PossumMihi chanting to end*
Maybe it's more to do with feet, David... you know... as opposed to a whole creature... *try lop-sided frown... just to see what happens* *[note to self for future]do more lop-sided frowns[/note]* not sure how that would work in practice... also not sure whether I'm supposed to start a new thread or not... so I've decided I won't :)
Ooh... now that's a tricky one... *lop-sided frown* ... um... left! No. Middle. No no left! I sense *sigh - lugubrious mode* that my Australian citizenship application won't be successful somehow...
Oh... before I forget. Your new word people :)
bbceeimnrstuu
You will be thrilled to know it was a completely new one to me too... I think :) And I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce it either...
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Sigh. Abei-PossumMihi can be
Sigh. Abei-PossumMihi can be tiring you know. I mean in the earlier part of the day you don't necessarily know the first one you meet is going to be the largest one, do you ? So you have to prostrate* yourself anyway just to cover the case where you might not see a larger one later. If you're lucky enough to see a really big one first up then you have greater confidence of meeting relatively smaller ones from then on. [ In statistics they call this regression to the mean ] Now one could write an app to record your possum encounters, but you still leave the possibility of ring-ins ( & mostly ringtails ) turning up from out of town. I know what you're thinking and you are quite correct : we haven't actually resolved the question as to whether you go back and un-prostrate yourself to the prior smaller ones, when you later found a larger one. Don't laugh. Just because we secretly worship possums doesn't mean that we have to be crap at it !
There. I've said it all. Now what's that black helicopter doing circling around outside ... I'm sure I'd armed the lasers ....
Cheers, Mike.
* Yes, it does have an 'r' in it.
( edit )
Yeah. You get that. I reported you to customs & immigration months ago.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
:))) yes... I suspected ALL
:))) yes... I suspected ALL of that :)
You sure they got the report? *narrow eyes*
UK home office immigration van has been parking outside my house for several weeks now... most intimidating... *place walking aids in defensive formation*
I thought perhaps they were shoving their surveillance camera's into someone else's life but perhaps not...
*pop-eyed ponder*
Don't suppose you can remember exactly what it was you said...?
[open anniet internal thought processing system] *prepare for long wait whilst Mike churns through what he calls "his brain"* [/system] SNORT ... beg my pardon... sudden catastrophic nose failure. It happens.
Was it something to do with this...
!
v
...your jumbled word?
bbceeimnrstuu :)
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RE: Don't suppose you can
All that I said was "... she's one to watch ...". That's all. Nuthin else ... honest. Truly ruly. I swear on Kylie Minogue that I only said that. Are there any possums sitting in the van** ? :-)
Right. You asked for it. I'm going to get The Paper Squares out now! AND I'll mark them with those very letters ! :-) :-)
[virtual video]
I'm going to the cupboard now. I've chosen some paper. Cutting, cutting and cutting. Large and equal squares. Now selecting a pen. Nice color and handling that one. See? Writing the letters now. One letter only per square. One side only too. Writing, writing, writing ... in English .... done ! See how pretty they are ? Take squares back to desk. Put pen away. Now play with squares. The desk. On the desk Mike. Letters facing upwards for preference ...
[/virtual video*]
CurtBumBeesIn - A new political party has been elected, composed of short-tempered heavy insects.
MeCureBubNits - A weekly high point of paediatric practice.
BrineCubesMut - A dog that likes frozen salt water.
MiceTubbRunes - Rodent bath markings.
MIBNeutersCub - Well, they thought he was an alien scout.
MincerSubTube - A component of a butchery machine.
ISnubCremeBut - On the other hand I dislike a certain dairy product.
UBentCrimeBus - As it was later alleged in court.
TenMiceSuburb - This is rather lower than the national average.
UberNimbusEtc - You know, those really great clouds.
BTBunCrimesEU - A new bakery scandal on the continent from the known underworld ( plus await Annie Apoplexy ).
NuubiBetsMerc - an unlikely wager from a newcomer.
Cheers, Mike.
* Can you tell the difference b/w that and an actual video ? :-) :-)
( edit ) You didn't think you'd get away that lightly did you ? ....
UberUmbiCents - A new online currency where one trades in superior belly buttons.
INumbCusterBe - His actual last words at Little Big Horn.
BiteNCurseBum - There are many conditions leading to this behaviour, and not just in dogs.
TubbiMensCure - aka : stop drinking so much beer ...
BTRuinsMeCube - is there nothing they will not plunder ?
BTCurseMeBin - well I left a 'U' out, but it is still true. They did.
BTRueMiceSnub - Way to go! Payback via murine anger.
NiceEmuBrutBS - False advertising about a flightless bird deodorant.
CuteMurinesBB - overnight accommodation for easy-on-the-eye rodents
( edit ) Personally I think UberUmbiCents deserves a +1 .... :-)
** Silly me. Sorry. They'd be in the trees holding the directional microphones and the long lens cams. Well duh .... is there nothing Google cannot divulge ? Second hit for image search on 'possum holds camera' :
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: ...your jumbled
There would be so many more fun possibilities if there were 2 Ts.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Hmmmm ... I'll take a stab :
Hmmmm ... I'll take a stab : this looks like an ( unyet discovered ) element eg. Snubecterbium or somesuch ...
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Cumberbunties : cross b/w cumberbun and panties ?? Maybe well dressed rabbits, that sort of thing ..... :-)
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Hmmmm ... I'll take a
I was going to explore the possibilities of cumberbund, but I didn't get to it.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.