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Post by thequietman on Jun 9, 2020 14:20:21 GMT
That covers most dogs, I think. Ours can forecast the weather. I know what it's going to be like by which selection of his stuffed toys he takes out in the garden and which he leaves inside. Can't find a word for that so I'll go with canistempestatesapiens For a proper word potamophilous - adjective, loving or having an affinity towards rivers Oh, bless! That's so sweet! My boy loves dropping one of his many tennis balls into the wildlife pond, watching it float away for a min or two and then wading in there on to the planting shelf and pretending that the ball is REALLY difficult to retrieve - talk about making a meal of it - then he 'eventually' gets it, walks back out of the pond and drops the ball on the lawn, looks at me and waits while I tell him how brilliant he is. Then he repeats the whole procedure several times. You've got Crispin well trained there, Murph Do you let him sleep on the bed too, or do you make him spend the night on the landing?
Not stretching to the huge estate of chateau Murph, we just have a fishpond. Not strictly a wildlife pond, albeit it's got no fish in at the moment, just a few little critters (tadpoles, snails, newts). And a selection of things that Mr Eccles likes to drop in there - socks, my slippers, the tv remote etc.
Leeds weather forecast for this afternoon - Rover's outside (and he's as big as Eccles, who is large even for a greyhound, so watching him carry it outside & down the steps is always remarkable). Panda hasn't been taken out at all, and Snowy went out but came back in again. That means cool as Rover's out, no sunshine as Panda's not out and, as Snowy's come back in, a high chance of rain.
My word for the day, keeping up my river theme (and I do love rivers, even though I swim like a breeze block) - Riparian - adjective, relating to (or situated on) the banks of a river
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Post by felonious on Oct 11, 2020 6:06:44 GMT
Serendipity.
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Post by sheikhmomo on Oct 11, 2020 9:38:51 GMT
Lalochezia
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Post by thevoid on Oct 11, 2020 9:50:12 GMT
Skullduggery is a great word.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 11, 2020 10:14:15 GMT
I like “rigmarole“. Especially when Roy Hodgson says it
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Post by zerps on Oct 11, 2020 11:09:04 GMT
Flangers
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Post by claytonscrubs on Oct 11, 2020 11:41:20 GMT
Collywobbles
Apparently, it’s derived from the Latin word cholera morbus.
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Post by felonious on Oct 11, 2020 15:34:55 GMT
Thanks for this I suppose everything has a name. I used the device yesterday after a 10K race after which it was pissing down that much I couldn't even towel off at the back of the car at which point I retreated to the back seat. Halfway into the process of getting into dry clothes my calf cramped leading me to stretch my leg out against the opposite side window and using all forms of lalochezia known to me until relief was finally achieved
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 11, 2020 17:42:22 GMT
Oh, bless! That's so sweet! My boy loves dropping one of his many tennis balls into the wildlife pond, watching it float away for a min or two and then wading in there on to the planting shelf and pretending that the ball is REALLY difficult to retrieve - talk about making a meal of it - then he 'eventually' gets it, walks back out of the pond and drops the ball on the lawn, looks at me and waits while I tell him how brilliant he is. Then he repeats the whole procedure several times. You've got Crispin well trained there, Murph Do you let him sleep on the bed too, or do you make him spend the night on the landing? Not stretching to the huge estate of chateau Murph, we just have a fishpond. Not strictly a wildlife pond, albeit it's got no fish in at the moment, just a few little critters (tadpoles, snails, newts). And a selection of things that Mr Eccles likes to drop in there - socks, my slippers, the tv remote etc.
My word for the day, keeping up my river theme (and I do love rivers, even though I swim like a breeze block) - Riparian - adjective, relating to (or situated on) the banks of a river
……..'ang on, sunbeam……. Crispin is Mr Surf. Large ferocious German Shepherd is called Fido* * name changed to protect the innocent… NB: Fel always refers to him as "call 'im off, call 'im off"
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Post by thequietman on Oct 12, 2020 11:15:35 GMT
You've got Crispin well trained there, Murph Do you let him sleep on the bed too, or do you make him spend the night on the landing? Not stretching to the huge estate of chateau Murph, we just have a fishpond. Not strictly a wildlife pond, albeit it's got no fish in at the moment, just a few little critters (tadpoles, snails, newts). And a selection of things that Mr Eccles likes to drop in there - socks, my slippers, the tv remote etc.
My word for the day, keeping up my river theme (and I do love rivers, even though I swim like a breeze block) - Riparian - adjective, relating to (or situated on) the banks of a river
……..'ang on, sunbeam……. Crispin is Mr Surf. Large ferocious German Shepherd is called Fido* * name changed to protect the innocent… NB: Fel always refers to him as "call 'im off, call 'im off" Ah, I was aware of that Murph. 'twas a tongue-in-cheek attempt to suggest Crispin might be ever so slightly under the thumb
Word for the day: Merkin
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 11:45:17 GMT
Mythomania
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Post by felonious on Oct 12, 2020 13:07:59 GMT
I reckon we've got a mythomaniac on here
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 12, 2020 13:17:46 GMT
……..'ang on, sunbeam……. Crispin is Mr Surf. Large ferocious German Shepherd is called Fido* * name changed to protect the innocent… NB: Fel always refers to him as "call 'im off, call 'im off" Ah, I was aware of that Murph. 'twas a tongue-in-cheek attempt to suggest Crispin might be ever so slightly under the thumb That explains it! Naaaah, Nige, Crispy's nowhere near my thumbs, nor am I near his - in fact, if you ask me, never taking any notice whatsoever of each other and my being in other countries as much as possible with, preferably, an ocean between us, has been the secret of our still being together. That + he knows what I did with the last one's body.
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Post by thequietman on Oct 12, 2020 16:00:35 GMT
Ah, I was aware of that Murph. 'twas a tongue-in-cheek attempt to suggest Crispin might be ever so slightly under the thumb That explains it! Naaaah, Nige, Crispy's nowhere near my thumbs, nor am I near his - in fact, if you ask me, never taking any notice whatsoever of each other and my being in other countries as much as possible with, preferably, an ocean between us, has been the secret of our still being together. That + he knows what I did with the last one's body. Word of the day #2: Exsurfinterment - the mysterious disappearance of Murph's previous partners.
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Post by lordb on Oct 12, 2020 16:33:14 GMT
I light of Project Big Picture the word of the day is 'shafted'
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 12, 2020 16:40:19 GMT
Paraphernalia Megalomaniac Discombobulated
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Post by felonious on Oct 12, 2020 18:22:52 GMT
That explains it! Naaaah, Nige, Crispy's nowhere near my thumbs, nor am I near his - in fact, if you ask me, never taking any notice whatsoever of each other and my being in other countries as much as possible with, preferably, an ocean between us, has been the secret of our still being together. That + he knows what I did with the last one's body. Word of the day #2: Exsurfinterment - the mysterious disappearance of Murph's previous partners. I don't know whether it's linked but I heard she did all the staging for 50 Shades of Gray
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Post by BuzzB on Oct 14, 2020 21:35:20 GMT
An ex workmate sadly gone now had a strange way of, well, exclaiming I suppose.
Frigballsinbollocksinhell!!
Always stuck with me but never made the Oxford Dic.
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Post by felonious on Oct 15, 2020 6:13:48 GMT
An ex workmate sadly gone now had a strange way of, well, exclaiming I suppose. Frigballsinbollocksinhell!! Always stuck with me but never made the Oxford Dic. Similar to the exclamation of buggerybollocks which came out of Abfab.
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Post by thequietman on Oct 15, 2020 11:25:37 GMT
Fudgel. An 18th century word meaning to pretend to work when not doing anything productive at all
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 15, 2020 11:32:43 GMT
Fudgel. An 18th century word meaning to pretend to work when not doing anything productive at all Could you pronounce that so I can fire it at the joiners tomorrow?😬
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Post by thequietman on Oct 15, 2020 11:36:10 GMT
Fudgel. An 18th century word meaning to pretend to work when not doing anything productive at all Could you pronounce that so I can fire it at the joiners tomorrow?😬 It's a quaint old world with an unusual pronunciation. Phonetically it's:
Getyourlazyarsesmovingyoubunchoflayabouts
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2020 11:56:28 GMT
Perspicacity
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 15, 2020 18:26:14 GMT
Prestidigitation
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Post by claytonscrubs on Oct 15, 2020 19:11:38 GMT
Megalomania 🙂
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Post by pretzel on Oct 15, 2020 19:36:34 GMT
Zax - a slater's chopper
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 15, 2020 20:04:53 GMT
Harangue - Always used to accuse my boss of doing this. Probably why I’m picking up redundancy tomorrow🤣
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Post by napperwainwright on Oct 15, 2020 21:26:40 GMT
Scrofulous.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2020 21:33:31 GMT
Nudiustertian - the day before yesterday
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Post by murphthesurf on Oct 16, 2020 7:18:22 GMT
Harangue - Always used to accuse my boss of doing this. Probably why I’m picking up redundancy tomorrow🤣 With no link at all, 'Hareng' is the word for 'herring' in French, Badge. Just sayin'.
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