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The original "Manchurian"

Marquis de Sea to Shining Sea — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:43:58 +0000

The original "Manchurian" canadiandidate.

Now I know you love me as you

Marquis de Sea to Shining Sea — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:39:30 +0000

Now I know you love me as you are claiming me as one of your own . For the health benefits I would almost wish it were true! But I have crossed over into Her Majesty's Dumping Ground only twice in my life. Sorry.

I love learning new slang

Orlando — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:35:50 +0000

In reply to Well, sounds like to me you

I love learning new slang too--especially in foreign languages and especially if it's profane.

You've blown your cover,

quinn esq — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:58:56 +0000

In reply to One thing I iz not is a

You've blown your cover, dude.

Anyone that can spell "Canukistandaburglandiastadtistan" is clearly a Canukistandaburglandiastadtistanbullshitter.

Now. Sing the anthem for the nice people, and we'll give you some nice, juicy, seal fat.

Don't sing, and we beat you with a mukluk.

Oh... Stop blubbering.

One thing I iz not is a

Marquis de Sea to Shining Sea — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:38:57 +0000

In reply to Well, sounds like to me you

One thing I iz not is a Canukistandaburglandiastadtistanbullshitter! Heavens to Murgatroid! What are you a Jeezly Californian?

Well, sounds like to me you

Bluesplashy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:01:25 +0000

In reply to I didn't say I used it, just

Well, sounds like to me you need to do something about that acanuck anyway.

I just love learning slang words like jeezley and where they come from. Years ago I got busted on for using "Heavens to Murgatroid" a lot. I went looking for where it came from and every place I looked takes it back to Snagglepuss (but I did find that snagglepuss using it came from Bert Lehr using it in a movie). What makes this interesting is I wasn't allowed to watch TV as a child so where did I pick it up? And if a cartoon character that 4/5 of the american population grew up used it, why don't I hear it more?

I didn't realized marquis was one of yourn, I be more careful, thank you for the warning. ;)

I didn't say I used it, just

quinn esq — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:25:13 +0000

In reply to Never seen you use the

I didn't say I used it, just knew it. There are certain words, so secret, so powerful and sacred, they are only to be spoken at the ceremonies of Highest Solstice, and acanuck just goes and... WRITES IT DOWN! Blood sacrifice is required. Jeezley.

Seriously, Bluesplashy, I started laughing like hell when Marquis dropped it into that Dark/Stormy night post at the other place. It's a word we all grew up with Down East, but to suddenly see it in print just made my eyes cross, like "where the HELL did he get that?" One of those words churchgoing people make up when they can't swear, but need to. So I usually heard it applied to broken down things on our farm - tractors, cattle that wouldn't get up, tools that broke. My favorite is the way "ignorant" had every meaning except the dictionary one. To be ignorant usually meant to be arrogant, "That boy is some ignernt." Or to be enraged. I wonder sometimes who starts these things.

Probably that jeezley Marquis. ;-)

I think you misspelled

Marquis de Sea to Shining Sea — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:52:55 +0000

In reply to We kept the good ones. We

I think you misspelled Bastard'sson

Bring it on,

Marquis de Sea to Shining Sea — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:44:21 +0000

In reply to Anyone who doesn't know what

Bring it on, Canukistanadaburglandiastadtian! We'll tell our rednecks to stop drinking Molsens, stop watching unfunny comedians and stop listening to unmusical bands, then your whole economy will collapse... um... er... just like ours.

Never seen you use the

Bluesplashy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:26:26 +0000

In reply to Anyone who doesn't know what

Never seen you use the word, creep, and I hope you spend rest of the morning looking through your posts all over the net for when you did.