Which Mohammed? the p-whipped mama’s boy who needed a sword to convert people to his ripped off religion? Or the ones driving Rolls & Bentleys and banging blondes, while their neighbors starve? Or the ones who stupidly blow up people & themselves, hoping to get laid in Paradise?
And neither Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate nor American Heritage Dictionary 4th Ed. know any “spatterdash”. Did Rotifer mean “spatterdock”? That’s not funny at all. Don’t make me drag out my OED.
“The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 18, 2010 is gamashes
A protection for the shoes, hose, etc., from mud and rain, worn especially by horsemen in the seventeenth century. They appear to have been sometimes of the nature of boots and sometimes of the nature of leggings. Also gamaches.
‘Gamashes’ come from the Italian, ‘gamba,’ meaning ‘leg,’ and are also known as … [wait for it] …
’spatterdashes.’
Example:
‘By it are boots of all sizes, buskins, gamashes, brodkins, gambadoes, shoes, pumps, slippers, and every cobbled ware wrought and made steadable for the use of man.’ Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francois Rabelais”
MorganZ about 14 years ago
Oh, but Your Majesty ! You are !
zero about 14 years ago
Which Mohammed? the p-whipped mama’s boy who needed a sword to convert people to his ripped off religion? Or the ones driving Rolls & Bentleys and banging blondes, while their neighbors starve? Or the ones who stupidly blow up people & themselves, hoping to get laid in Paradise?
Yeah, they are not amusing.
Edcole1961 about 14 years ago
MORON ALERT! MORON ALERT! Oh, heck, I’m too late.
Frankr about 14 years ago
Classic Victoria.
ksoskins about 14 years ago
Her Majesty may not be amusing, but her store certainly is.
Charles Brobst Premium Member about 14 years ago
jukeofurl, you have a point there.
Possum Pete about 14 years ago
3 points actually!
ChiehHsia about 14 years ago
Nice portrait. Pab should use it more often.
pschearer Premium Member about 14 years ago
“Kerfuffel”. Is there a funnier word?
kfaatz925 about 14 years ago
Personally, I found yesterday’s “Monarch Song” extremely amusing!
@ Sheik - yes, quite, especially when one tries to wear any of it.
3hourtour Premium Member about 14 years ago
..killing someone over a cartoon seemed silly until I read one too many Calvin & Hobbes rerun…
Rotifer HEATHEN POTATO WE KNEW YE WELL Thalweg Premium Member about 14 years ago
@ pschearer - Yes. At least 2 that I know of - spork and spatterdash.
pschearer Premium Member about 14 years ago
Kerfuffel. Spork. Kerfuffel. Spork.
Nope, “kerfuffel” is funnier.
And neither Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate nor American Heritage Dictionary 4th Ed. know any “spatterdash”. Did Rotifer mean “spatterdock”? That’s not funny at all. Don’t make me drag out my OED.
Rotifer HEATHEN POTATO WE KNEW YE WELL Thalweg Premium Member about 14 years ago
“The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 18, 2010 is gamashes A protection for the shoes, hose, etc., from mud and rain, worn especially by horsemen in the seventeenth century. They appear to have been sometimes of the nature of boots and sometimes of the nature of leggings. Also gamaches.
‘Gamashes’ come from the Italian, ‘gamba,’ meaning ‘leg,’ and are also known as … [wait for it] …
’spatterdashes.’
Example: ‘By it are boots of all sizes, buskins, gamashes, brodkins, gambadoes, shoes, pumps, slippers, and every cobbled ware wrought and made steadable for the use of man.’ Gargantua and Pantagruel, by Francois Rabelais”
Yukoneric about 14 years ago
My heart wanders through Victoria’s Secret. My mind minds itself.