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(psst - Mousethief - where do people in Wisconsin go to escape?)

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Originally posted by Kyzyl:
I have one that says "My Golden Retriever is smarter than your honor student" [for the non-USA readers: this is a play on the My child is an honor student at XYZ school stickers]

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Actually, us non-USA readers get the Golden Retriever joke.

What we don't see is why anyone would be such a prat as to put a sticker saying "My child is an honor student at XYZ school". WTF cares? And what child could ride in such a car without dying of embarrasement, or at the very least total fear that some opther student at XYZ would see them. You'd have to crouch on the floor hiding out of view.

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Ken! My point exactly!

I teach a course in the cognitive/social/emotional development of adolescents. You should hear the discussion when I mention "that" bumper sticker. It is one of the more enjoyable classes each semester

Are the "my child" stickers a US phenomenon or does the rest of the world also suffer?

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Does "My dog is a Rottweiler" count?

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... Are the "my child" stickers a US phenomenon or does the rest of the world also suffer?

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Here is Oregon I've seen for the first time, "Earth First--Then We'll Log the Rest of the Planets!"

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sounds like the "Caution I speed up for small animals" I had on my old Mazda.

{why not practice your UBB code?}

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Fish on Cars

Top 10 things people won't say when they see a Christian bumper sticker or fish emblem on a car:

10. "Look! Let's stop that car and ask those folks how we can become Christians."

9. "Don't worry, Billy, those people are Christians. They must have a good reason for driving 90 miles an hour."

8. "What a joy to be sharing the highway with another car of Spirit-filled brothers and sisters."

7. "Isn't it wonderful how God blessed that Christian couple with a brand-new BMW?"

6. "Dad, how come people who drive like that don't get thrown in jail? Can we get a bumper sticker like that, too?"

5. "Stay clear of those folks, Martha. If they get raptured, that car's gonna be all over the road!"

4. "Oh, look! That Christian woman is getting a chance to share Jesus with a police officer."

3. "No, that's not garbage coming out of their windows, Bert. It's probably gospel tracts for the road workers."

2. "Oh boy, we're in trouble now! We just rear-ended one of God's cars."

1. "Quick, Alice, honk the horn or they won't know that we love Jesus!"

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Here is Oregon I've seen for the first time, "Earth First--Then We'll Log the Rest of the Planets!"

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Originally posted by sarkycow:
Slow handclap to Kyzyl, gradually quickening into applause.

And crongratulations to Kyzyl, our longest running apprentice, who has just made it to shipmate status!

Viki, hellhost

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Originally posted by Ann:
Today I followed "Caution - Blonde Thinking"

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Isn't a bit like pigs flying?

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What I’d like to see is a Lamarck fish. He doesn’t usually get the respect he deserves.

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I saw a t-shirt in Provincetown that read:

What if the Hokey-Pokey really is what it's all about?

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But of course the humour is lost in all the annoyance caused by the insistence on changing it to 'hokey pokey'.

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For being wrong?

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Galen and Aristotle and Copernicus and Einstein all got things wrong too.

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Galen and Aristotle and Copernicus and Einstein all got things wrong too.

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But also made huge advances that others built on. Lamarck seems to be mostly a dead end.

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"Hokey Cokey"???

Just to be sure, are we talking about the same thing? A dance game for kids? "You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out..."

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"Hokey Cokey"???

Just to be sure, are we talking about the same thing? A dance game for kids? "You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out..."

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Uncle!

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Uncle!

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Eh?

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New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary:

" 'cry uncle, holler uncle, say uncle'
(N. Amer. colloq.) acknowledge defeat, cry for mercy."

IMHO, not a common reaction from Mousethief

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What does a Lamarck fish look like anyway?

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IMHO, not a common reaction from Mousethief

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Which smilie means "pbbbbbbth"?

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Uncle!

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Originally posted by Willyburger:
Seen this morning: The road to Hell is paved with Liberals.

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Ah, but that means that the liberals won't be *going* to hell--only those conservatives, running roughshod over them.



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Originally posted by Laudate Dominum:
About the Hokey Pokey question:

I have absolutely no sources, this is just what I was told. "Hokey Pokey" derives from "hocus pocus" and we all know that comes from people who made fun of the Latin words of the consecration at Mass. In which case, at least in the view of Roman Catholics, the "Hokey Pokey" actually is what it's all about. But I could be wrong.

At any rate, I've absolutely no idea why ya'll seem to think the word is "cokey."

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The two are indeed thought to be related, it being suggested that they both derive from hocus pocus (see Issue 61 for a discussion of the latter).  You, and many others, may be surprised to find that hokey pokey, spelled hoky poky also, did not originally apply to a dance.  Instead, it meant "trickery, double dealing" when it first appeared in writing in the middle of the 19th century.  Hanky panky meant the same thing when it made its appearance at about the same time.  However, in the U.S. it was taken a step further, to mean "fooling around (sexually), especially in infidelity", an extension of the "trickery" notion.

While most etymologists seem to agree that hokey pokey and hanky panky derive from hocus pocus, slang expert Eric Partridge seemed to like the explanation that hanky panky derives from handkerchief, which magicians often used in their acts of prestidigitation.

The Hokey Pokey dance originated in England where it was (and still is) called the Hokey Cokey.  It was appropriated by an American G. I. who turned it into a musical hit when he returned to the U. S.  It is still heard, especially in roller skating rinks, today.

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