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I just got all excited about y'all, and joined what appears to be a dead tribe, (based upon the fact that no one has said anything in several months). How utterly dorky of me.
I clearly have SO much to offer...
I clearly have SO much to offer...
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Re: It figures...
Thu, January 11, 2007 - 7:24 PMI joined a few weeks ago, and have been keeping watch from yon rock with my nifty binoculars. What have you to offer? :-) -
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Re: It figures...
Fri, March 30, 2007 - 4:54 PMTell you what, I'll seed the Petri dish with my "Pet Peeve du jour", hearkening from my geeky bend of skateboarding in the 80's:
ollie
Main Entry: ol·lie
Pronunciation: 'ä-lE
Function: noun
Etymology: Ollie, nickname of Alan Gelfand b1963 U.S. skateboarder
1 : a maneuver in skateboarding in which the skater kicks the tail of the board down while jumping in order to make the board pop into the air
2 : a maneuver in snowboarding in which the rider transfers weight from the front to the back foot to snap the board up off the ground
- ollie verb
Now, when you try to conjugate the verb, you open a whole can of worms relating to spelling choices:
Present Tense: Olliing? Ollieing?
Past Tense: Ollied? Ollieed?
All of this could have been easily avoided if they'd stuck to the Original term "Ollie Pop", making "Ollie" a slang reference to the Proper Noun/Verb, and consequently any conjugations with the slang are, by their nature, exempt from standard rules, norms, and expectations... :)
Damn those folks at Mirriam Webster!
How's that, and welcome aboard.... :) -
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Re: It figures...
Sun, April 1, 2007 - 6:45 AMHow many folks are still here?
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Re: It figures...
Wed, April 4, 2007 - 1:46 PMhey!!
it HAS been dead here!
glad you started a new thread! :) -
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Re: It figures...
Thu, April 12, 2007 - 1:37 AMwell, it seems that I was the "thread killer" on the last two threads in this tribe.
now it's you, Mick!
errr.... wait.... if no one replies to this, it'll be me again. damn.
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