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Post by nylawyer on Jul 7, 2020 13:04:18 GMT -5
What about disirregardless? I thought the word was "disregardless?" Give it time. |
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Post by jagvet on Jul 7, 2020 15:01:55 GMT -5
We're having too much fun here. It means we've jumped the shark. There was a delightful book I listened to on tape about 17 years ago called "Jump the Shark," describing everything in tv that did as "Happy Days" did and lost its mooring with an absurd plot changes (like when "I Love Lucy" moved to the suburbs, or when Jeannie married Master): www.amazon.com/Jump-Shark-When-Good-Things/dp/1885408897 |
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Post by nylawyer on Jul 7, 2020 15:31:40 GMT -5
It's interesting the way the phrase has evolved. It now is frequently used to describe a moment when something that was good had irrevocably stopped, rather than a moment where a show had steered into the absurd.
Ironically, under that usage, Happy Days didn't jump the shark in the episode where Fonzie water skied over the shark wearing his leather jacket, but rather later when Ron Howard and Donny Most left the show.
In fact, I'd guess most shows are considered to have "jumped the shark" when there is some major cast change, such as character leaving (Edith dying, Frank Burns being sent home, Cindy moved out, Shirley got married and left, Kelso left, Charlie Harper died, Michael Scott moved to Colorado) or a character added (Oliver Brady, The Bionic Woman's dog Max, Andy Keaton (the older version who could talk), Bobby Ewing was found alive in in the shower (technically re-added to the cast), Leonardo DiCaprio on Growning Pains, etc.
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Post by hamster on Jul 7, 2020 17:31:15 GMT -5
Actually, it was his 1920 campaign slogan, "Return to Normalcy". At least that's what I learned in high school. I believe he passed away in 1923, and Silent Cal took over. You are right; it was his campaign slogan. I didn't remember that, but I did remember a speech he gave in New York after that campaign (but obviously before 1924). Thinking about things that long ago make my Pixie like heard hurt. Pixie. EDIT NOTE: Here is more on the topic. Taken from the Harding Home Presidential Site: "When Harding uttered the word “normalcy” in the context of explaining that the nation needed to “return to normalcy” in 1920, some newspaper editors and linguists whipped out their grease pencils and admonished him for making a huge grammatical error. They assumed he had misspoken and really meant to say, “normality.” Some editors, thinking they were helping, “corrected” the alleged error. Harding, the longtime newspaper editor, was somewhat amused with the fuss and maintained his intentional choice of words. “I have noticed that word caused considerable newspaper editors to change it to ‘normality,’” he said, according to a New York Times story from July 20, 1920. “I have looked for ‘normality’ in my dictionary, and I do not find it there. ‘Normalcy,’ however, I did find, and it is a good word.” Indeed, he was right. “Normalcy” was listed in dictionaries since well before Harding’s 1865 birth, even in one from the 1800s that is part of the Harding Collections at the Warren G. Harding Presidential Site. So, maybe instead of “coining” the word, the more accurate explanation is that Harding may have popularized the word. The “Return to Normalcy” phrase, which became one of his popular campaign slogans, also was picked up by retailers across the nation. Many clothing, shoe, and hardware stores had “Return to Normalcy” sales and prices. The Century Dictionary company cleverly touted the fact that its dictionary included the word “normalcy” on page 4017 after the New York Sun and the New York Herald both said there was no such word. “Why don’t the editors get a regular dictionary?” the ad queried." Pixie! You forgot to use single quotation marks inside the double quotation marks! Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh! You know better! This delict is not up to your own standards. I hope you will take this counseling to heart, and endeavor to do better in the future. Respectfully, Hamster |
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Post by Pixie on Jul 7, 2020 18:08:48 GMT -5
I noticed that but didn't want to take the pedantic time to make the changes. It just had to go out as written. Disrespective of that, I didn't think anyone here would notice anyway. Pixie
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Post by pumpkin on Jul 7, 2020 19:19:47 GMT -5
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Post by Pixie on Jul 19, 2020 8:41:22 GMT -5
Here is a man in India playing with his pet King Cobra. This just creeps me out. These are worse than bayou's alligators and crocodiles.  |
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Post by christina on Jul 19, 2020 10:46:01 GMT -5
Here is a man in India playing with his pet King Cobra. This just creeps me out. These are worse than bayou's alligators and crocodiles. 😳👀 |
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Post by Pixie on Jul 19, 2020 10:58:46 GMT -5
And here is a family of Mongeese in training. They kill and eat Cobra and Black Mambas. Go Mongeese!  |
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Post by nylawyer on Jul 19, 2020 11:12:19 GMT -5
Either the snake or the mongooses (mongeese?) are way too confident in that photo.
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Post by SPN Lifer on Jul 19, 2020 12:16:03 GMT -5
The ones hanging out in the back are safer. They will probably still be able to grab a bite to eat.
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Post by acttwo on Jul 19, 2020 12:19:25 GMT -5
Here is a man in India playing with his pet King Cobra. This just creeps me out. These are worse than bayou's alligators and crocodiles. 😳👀 Oh dear Lord! Pixie I think you are kindly trying to take my mind off the shootings here in Chicago by showing this. <shudder> Just got to admit, it worked! What a monster that snake is! And what a foolhardy handler! Nightmares for a week! But the big question is, is this worse than sharks? Nothing personal, dshawn, I promise! |
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Post by Pixie on Jul 19, 2020 13:00:34 GMT -5
Either the snake or the mongooses (mongeese?) are way too confident in that photo. That is a very small Cobra. I doubt that he has any experience in fighting the Mongoose. Although most Cobras are only allowed one fight. The Mongoose almost always wins. In these lightening fast high stakes fights, even an experienced Mongoose can make a fatal mistake. The Mongoose will move in and dare the snake to strike. He does, and the Mongoose jumps away. The Mongoose repeats this process over and over. The snake begins to tire and slows down. The Mongoose sees this and then snaps in for the kill. He goes directly for the head and delivers his fatal bite. Game over, and the Mongoose dines. When we would train the Mongoose to fight, we (not me) would first milk the venom from the King Cobra and the Black Mamba. Unlike a rattlesnake, they have short fangs that are attached to the upper jaw, but they can still be milked of their venom. This gives the Mongoose a good chance of survival if his reactions are a bit slow at the beginning before the snake is sufficiently tired. In all of the fights I saw, the Mongoose never lost. |
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Post by christina on Jul 19, 2020 16:23:15 GMT -5
 that's a small cobra??? actually, the handler is holding the snake in a way that it will be hard for snake to strike handler. something to do with far enough behind the mouth and angle of snake. ive never tried it myself but i have learned snake handling techniques as the mother of boys who always wanted to go the "snake" lectures and handlings... 
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Post by Pixie on Jul 19, 2020 17:22:07 GMT -5
that's a small cobra??? actually, the handler is holding the snake in a way that it will be hard for snake to strike handler. something to do with far enough behind the mouth and angle of snake. ive never tried it myself but i have learned snake handling techniques as the mother of boys who always wanted to go the "snake" lectures and handlings... The Cobra the man is holding is a large Cobra. I was referring to the Cobra the Mongoose family was sizing up in a picture prior to that. Pixie |
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Post by christina on Jul 19, 2020 17:37:24 GMT -5
that's a small cobra??? actually, the handler is holding the snake in a way that it will be hard for snake to strike handler. something to do with far enough behind the mouth and angle of snake. ive never tried it myself but i have learned snake handling techniques as the mother of boys who always wanted to go the "snake" lectures and handlings... The Cobra the man is holding is a large Cobra. I was referring to the Cobra the Mongoose family was sizing up in a picture prior to that. Pixie Ah yeah. That cobra is in deep .... |
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Post by roymcavoy on Jul 19, 2020 20:36:39 GMT -5
Lots of people will note that lobster was once so plentiful in Maine that it was fed to prisoners...
Now lobsters are generally harvested at 6yo and close to 2 pounds. Before, they lived long lives and grew continuously. Up to 20-30 pounds.
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Post by christina on Jul 20, 2020 9:40:38 GMT -5
Lots of people will note that lobster was once so plentiful in Maine that it was fed to prisoners... Now lobsters are generally harvested at 6yo and close to 2 pounds. Before, they lived long lives and grew continuously. Up to 20-30 pounds. That makes me sad |
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Post by acttwo on Jul 20, 2020 10:48:02 GMT -5
Either the snake or the mongooses (mongeese?) are way too confident in that photo. That is a very small Cobra. I doubt that he has any experience in fighting the Mongoose. Although most Cobras are only allowed one fight. The Mongoose almost always wins. In these lightening fast high stakes fights, even an experienced Mongoose can make a fatal mistake. The Mongoose will move in and dare the snake to strike. He does, and the Mongoose jumps away. The Mongoose repeats this process over and over. The snake begins to tire and slows down. The Mongoose sees this and then snaps in for the kill. He goes directly for the head and delivers his fatal bite. Game over, and the Mongoose dines. When we would train the Mongoose to fight, we (not me) would first milk the venom from the King Cobra and the Black Mamba. Unlike a rattlesnake, they have short fangs that are attached to the upper jaw, but they can still be milked of their venom. This gives the Mongoose a good chance of survival if his reactions are a bit slow at the beginning before the snake is sufficiently tired. In all of the fights I saw, the Mongoose never lost. , is there anything you haven't done at least once? Whoa, cobras? Pixie, you are definitely the baddest one out there! So glad you are on our side! |
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Post by roymcavoy on Jul 20, 2020 11:30:13 GMT -5
Lots of people will note that lobster was once so plentiful in Maine that it was fed to prisoners... Now lobsters are generally harvested at 6yo and close to 2 pounds. Before, they lived long lives and grew continuously. Up to 20-30 pounds. That makes me sad if by “sad” you mean “hungry,” I concur |
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that's a small cobra??? actually, the handler is holding the snake in a way that it will be hard for snake to strike handler. something to do with far enough behind the mouth and angle of snake. ive never tried it myself but i have learned snake handling techniques as the mother of boys who always wanted to go the "snake" lectures and handlings... 
