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Skriven 2008-12-26 23:28:58 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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->  -> I don't want Chuck ogling me.
->  RH> (sigh)  And I can't get him to ogle me.  Maybe he's gay?
-> 
-> Do your hair, wear something slightly flattering. Maybe
-> Chuck would notice. You're not intrinsically unattractive,
-> you know.
-> 
I think Chuck's in love with the acorns.  Chuckles the woodchuck anyway.

->  -> Jack Benny's method didn't work?
->  RH> He's dead.  I'd say that answers the question.
-> 
-> But he was 39 for half a century or so, so that's kind of cool.

The last ten years were pushing it a bit....
 
->  -> You lived in a rough neighborhood, with the bakery behind bars?
->  RH> How else would I learn to sing Jailhouse Rock?  
-> 
-> I dunno, I never lived near a sleighride terminal, and I learned
-> to sing Jingle Bell Rock.

I learned O Holy Night, but I've never even been to Bethlehem, PA never
mind the one in the West Bank.
 
-> We had a Dirty Christmas gift swap last night. The catch was that

THat sounds either very good or very bad.  How much coal did you earn?

-> if you wanted to swap/steal someone's gift, you had to sing a
-> Christmas song first. My contribution, a small bag of Harbor Sweets
-> Sloops (those who went to the first Clam Crawl know about these),

Been there, eaten that.  

-> went fairly late in the game - my friend Connie was delighted to
-> get them, but when it was my turn, after I'd gotten some quite
-> useless knickknack, I evilly sang part of the Hallelujah Chorus at
-> her and traded for the bag of Sloops. But I got mine in the end.
-> The absolutely gorgeous but extremely naughty young Rachel, last to
-> pick, sang Jingle Bells at me, took the Sloops away, and I ended up
-> with just a Wal-Mart black cherry candle, street value about 50c,
-> value to me about 0. I went upstairs to my bedroom and got more
-> Sloops to pass around, so everyone was happy. Well, I'll be happy
-> after I abandon the candle at somebody's house in the next few days.

Serves you right.  I take it back; you don't need any coal.  Wal-Mart
scented candles will do nicely.  At least you can burn coal!
 
->  ->  RH> Hey!  That's cheating!  Electric mixer forsooth.  
->  -> Forsooth, or avaunt, or what?
->  RH> Wooden spoon, wire whisk, eggbeater or....  
-> 
-> I looked up Forsooth, and for some reason, in the 50 years since
-> I learned what it meant, it has come to mean pretty much the
-> opposite of what it used to mean. How cool is that?

A lot of words flip meanings eventually.  It can make life difficult for
older speakers.  Or better yet, those learning English as a foreign
language.  Natives at least have a prayer of keeping up via local media. 
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