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Comment on The Souls of the Damned by gaz

gaz — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:54:48 +0000

Repent, you sinner. You have just described Your place in hell!

Comment on A bird, a kid, a rude remark by gaz

gaz — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:49:46 +0000

TMW

Comment on Our new neighbors by Greg

Greg — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:09:14 +0000

All vacuums, however vacuous, will be filled? Well, then, brobro, I am waiting, plenty of nothing that I am!

And if parting is sweet sorrow, it may be all there is, according to one view. (Don’t wanna subscribe.)

Comment on Our new neighbors by gaz

gaz — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:20:57 +0000

Yes, Gregory, you have yet to Re-learn the sorrows of parting. But, be not afraid, all vacuums will be filled.

Comment on Putzing by Greg

Greg — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:02:43 +0000

Ha ha ha! Very nice! A true linguist’s take on the matter.

So what, more accurately, is futz, you old futzer?

And what about the derivations of rhyming slang like this? Is it rhyme that gives rise to meaning, including confused meaning?

Comment on Putzing by Alan Perlman

Alan Perlman — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:25:41 +0000

I can certainly sympathize with the ineptitude. Several books of the Old Testament — lost, unfortunately — deal with plumbing, wiring, and other areas of home repair. Jews learned to separate milk and meat, but when it comes to faucets, our primary tools are the phone and the checkbook.

Curiosity and perseverance, two qualities that got me to where I am musically and academically, are totally lacking in this other area. I get frustrated easily, and some of my best fixes came when I was able to quiet my mind.

Lexical note: one can be a putz, one can futz around, and one can be a patzer (usually applied to chess, but revelant to any endeavor in which one is a hapless pretender or dilettante). “Putz (around)” as a verb in the sense of “futz” arises as an erroneous replacement for “futz.” “Putz” itself is another name for the penis.

Comment on In the catbird seat by Birdsong and classical music « The Musical Offering

Birdsong and classical music « The Musical Offering — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:47:57 +0000

[...] Get up! Get up! The world is waiting!) And you might have heard, as I did a month or so ago, the expert and fluid mimicry of a catbird. Even the humbler birds that perch around your house and visit your feeder have their song — the [...]

Comment on Hawkfest by Greg

Greg — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:53:37 +0000

He should’ve checked w LeRoy, who is a fine cook in his own right. Steak tartar, anyone?

Comment on Hawkfest by maf

maf — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:39:56 +0000

I too saw one recently. This one on the ground. Down at the end on the street by our neighbor Leroy’s. It was sitting at curbside, I think pondering what bill of fare to next dine upon.

Comment on Hawkfest by Greg

Greg — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:16:57 +0000

Yes, I think we should collect a goodly amount of cadavers and ship them book rate. By the time they arrive, he should be able to guess the text.