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Apparently after a conversation with a specific Upstate New Yorker, I learned that what I call turn signals can also be called directionals.  So the question is what do all of you call them???

You forgot "Flashers", as they're known in England.

Ok so I am a bit ethnocentric!!!

No you're not. Did you know that they're called flashers in Britain?

No i didnt.  I wasnt really thinking about Britain.  But that is exactly the reason I made the "other" option.

Now Now Kids...  No more arguing...   :laugh: :laugh:

We werent arguing!!!  Trust me I argue much better than that!!

 :laugh:

Turn Signal usually...  Or Signal...  Like, "Oops, I forgot to use my signal."

Sometimes blinker...

I call Hazards "Flashers" sometimes...

Quote from: RVertigo on January 13, 2006, 05:46:43 PM
Turn Signal...  Or Signal...  Like, "Oops, I forgot to use my signal."

I call Hazards "Flashers" sometimes...

Exactly what I call them!!

Quote from: ajgs500 on January 13, 2006, 05:25:36 PMTrust me I argue much better than that!!

Yup, she can.  :laugh:

Anyways, I don't have a specific term, either. I'll call them turn signals OR directionals. Your certain Upstate New Yorker is right though, calling them "directionals" is really common around here. I dunno why.  :thumb:

Yeah I was completely lost in that intial conversation for like 5 minutes.... I finally had to ask what the hell she was talking about!!! :laugh: :laugh:

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Thanks Phae for confirming that I'm not the only freak that calls them directionals...man I get it for calling em directionals and my weird upstate pronunciation of "elementary"

Hey I am the one with the accent!!!!! LOL :laugh: :laugh:

How about "tail" / "tale", a lot of people from out of state say we say that funny too.

Well down here they're called indicators, buggered if I know why  :cookoo:

Personally I dont think Upstaters have an accent at all.  But if you really want to hear some good Indiana accents a stop at the local Village Pantry will give you an earfull!! LOL

ok....now that we've got that settled :dunno_white:....onto more pressing and important matters.....


what do you call these:

....jimmies or....

....sprinkles....

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(....I'm from S Jersey.....& they're jimmies to me....)

Sprinkles.  Jimmies r condoms.

Definitely Sprinkles

+1 on the Jimmies

I'm with Aj on this.

I have a good friend from New Zealand.

One time, it started to rain lightly and I mentioned that it was "sprinkling a little."  Which obviously means it is starting to "piss" outside, as he would put it.  He told me I should never say sprinkling again because it sounded less than manly.

This coming from a guy that calls men's shirts "tops". 

"Hey, Jake.  Nice top."

Uhh. . .

Yeah, but they are blinkers, collectively.  Turns signals if addressed individually.  As in, "My left turn signal" or "my blinkers."

I have had the sprinkles/jimmies argument a few times...I just hate the word jimmies.  It's so cheesy.  Either way, I'd know what you're talking about.

There are so many words like that, I can't think of any right now though.

I usually say "turn signals", but most people around here call them "blinkers" and only occasionally "directionals" or "indicators".  Hazard lights ("hazards") are referred to as "flashers", but sometimes "four-ways".

Regardless of what people call them, no one around here uses them...and are sometimes referred to as "tourist indicators".

As for jimmies/sprinkles:

Jimmies are chocolate, sprinkles are candy.  Thus:  if they are brown they are jimmies, if they are multi-colored they are sprinkles.

Badger- you are from Boston right???  I recently learned what people from NY like to call the peeps from Mass.  LOL

Quote from: ajgs500 on January 16, 2006, 11:31:36 AM
Badger- you are from Boston right???  I recently learned what people from NY like to call the peeps from Mass.  LOL

"Mass-holes"...or something more colorful?

Quote from: Badger on January 16, 2006, 11:59:58 AM

Quote from: ajgs500 on January 16, 2006, 11:31:36 AM
Badger- you are from Boston right???  I recently learned what people from NY like to call the peeps from Mass.  LOL

"Mass-holes"...or something more colorful?

Yup- I was rather amused by this. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on January 13, 2006, 08:59:43 PM
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Thanks Phae for confirming that I'm not the only freak that calls them directionals...man I get it for calling em directionals and my weird upstate pronunciation of "elementary"

considering there is only one vote for "driectionals" the likelyhood of you being a freak are high...LOL.

Quote from: pantablo on January 16, 2006, 10:08:54 PM

Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on January 13, 2006, 08:59:43 PM
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Thanks Phae for confirming that I'm not the only freak that calls them directionals...man I get it for calling em directionals and my weird upstate pronunciation of "elementary"

considering there is only one vote for "driectionals" the likelyhood of you being a freak are high...LOL.

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lol ok thats so not fair...where's chuck when i need him? Upstaters...other than Rich since hes a traitor..they're directionals!!!

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Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on January 14, 2006, 08:14:35 AM
+1 on the Jimmies

what the candie topping or the condoms?  :kiss3:

She means the toppings,,,,,,,,,,  Crazy New Yorkers!!!!!!!     I love you baby!!!!!! :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3:

*pouts* fine im the only freak.... :oops:


:kiss3:

I so love you baby... you may be a feak but you are my freak baby :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3: :kiss3:

hey now, nothing wrong with being a freak :icon_mrgreen: O0

Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on January 16, 2006, 10:25:53 PM
lol ok thats so not fair...where's chuck when i need him? Upstaters...other than Rich since hes a traitor..they're directionals!!!

Haha, well for one..I didn't vote..I just spoke my piece. Maybe I should hqave voted, then you would have 2.. :icon_razz:

Keep in mind I moved here from Florida when I was 13 so I have a mutt influence.  :laugh:

I have a buddy from Buffalo, NY. 

He said the other day, "Why do people from Missouri say BOTH instead of BOLTH?"

I said, "How do you spell both?  As in "the both of you are late."

He said, "B, O, L, T, H."

I said, "I see.  I think the difference is that you are a moron and we are not." 

 :laugh: ok well I can spell both but i say bolth...and crans instead of cray-ons

And I bet you've never had biscuts and gravey?

Poor child.

I lived in Rochester, NY for a few years, and the bizarre colloquailism that bothered me was the "Mysterious Omission of the Verb To Be" phenomenon.

Instead of saying: "This fence needs to be painted", people would say: "This fence needs painted." 

Sure, you might think we Bostonians talk funny, but at least we have a Guide (http://www.bu.edu/mfeldman/Boston/wicked.html).

Nope I've had it...corn soup, fried bologna, corn pudding, and biscuits and gravy for some reason it became a huge staple of Mohawk diet..although its more like fry bread and gravy


and Badger..that must be a Western NY thing..don't think I've ever heard anyone do that here...in the *true* upstate

But, the real question is...

Who pronounces the T in often?

Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on January 17, 2006, 11:08:30 AMin the *true* upstate

lol...I was thinking how wierd that is every time annguyen1981 refers to where he is as "Western MA".  I lived in the Berkshires for a while, which is further west than "Western MA" but is never referred to that way...it's always "The Berkshires" (or "the forgotten lands"), the same way people in Rochester/Buffalo don't refer where they are as "upstate NY". 

Its weird how regional names work...like up here we would consider where Rich lives, western ny...and while we are upstate...around where I am is the capital district. When you drive outta the Berkshires u see "welcome to the capital district"

Quote from: RVertigo on January 17, 2006, 11:15:09 AM
But, the real question is...

Who pronounces the T in often?

We do.
It is widely regarded that Missourians have the most neutral accent of all the states.  That is why Mizzou has the number one journalism school in the country and high percentage of new anchors come from here.  People from here talk just like the news anchors.   

On a side note, my ex-girlfriend is a news anchor.  The other day I saw her show and she mentioned her new boyfriend.  That was nut kick number one.  Nut kick number two was when that same week, the sports talk guy I listen to named her a "home town hottie." 

I will now peel the skin from my body! 

Quote from: Jake D on January 17, 2006, 12:08:41 PM
It is widely regarded that Missourians have the most neutral accent of all the states. 

I always thought that was Michigan. *ducks*

No.  It is not.

:2guns:

Quote from: Badger on January 17, 2006, 12:13:31 PM

Quote from: Jake D on January 17, 2006, 12:08:41 PM
It is widely regarded that Missourians have the most neutral accent of all the states. 

I always thought that was Michigan.

That's funny...  I've always heard it was Washington...  I thought people from Missouri sounded like kicks. :flipoff:

In WA, people pronounce the T in often...  And they call Soda "pop." :dunno_white:

When I first moved here from CA people would ask where I was from and tell me I had an accent...   :laugh:

You've never heard, "Warshington"?

Famous people from Missouri:

Brad Pitt
Sheryl Crow
John Goodman
Trent Green
John Anderson (ESPN)
Trey Wingo (ESPN)

Which one of these people sounds like a hick?   :flipoff:

Famous people from South Dakota:  Tom Brokaw.

What's your point?   :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen:

Quote from: RVertigo on January 17, 2006, 01:03:52 PMIn WA, people pronounce the T in often...  And they call Soda "pop."

In Boston, they are pronounced "of'n" and "tonic".   :oops:

Quote from: RVertigo on January 17, 2006, 01:03:52 PMWhen I first moved here from CA people would ask where I was from and tell me I had an accent...   :laugh:

At one point my accent was so bad that people in other parts of Massachusetts made fun of me.  Since then I've had it beaten out of me...now people don't believe that I am originally from Boston.

Quote from: Badger on January 17, 2006, 02:06:45 PM
Famous people from South Dakota:  Tom Brokaw.

What's your point?   :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen:

It is a frame of reference.  For example, we all know you sound like Will Hunting, but without all the big words.

Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on January 17, 2006, 11:52:24 AM
Its weird how regional names work...like up here we would consider where Rich lives, western ny...and while we are upstate...around where I am is the capital district. When you drive outta the Berkshires u see "welcome to the capital district"

Around here, we consider ourselves "Central New Yorkers". Downstate is NYC, Long Island, Rockland County, etc. Western NY is Buffalo, Rochester, etc. Upstate is boridering Canada, the Capital District, etc.

When I lived in Ohio (for a year), it would drive me crazy when people would say they are going to "warsh" their clothes. Hah.

Quote from: Jake D on January 17, 2006, 02:25:58 PMFor example, we all know you sound like Will Hunting, but without all the big words.

Depends on how drunk I get.  :cheers:

Quote from: scratchYou've never heard, "Warshington"?

Oh, you bet I have...  But, that's actually rather rare.  People that saw Warsh the clothes...  Or... "Will you hand me my MAYsuring tape."

It's the old people who's parents came to WA from the mid-west...  I think that's where the POP thing comes from.

Quote from: Jake DBrad Pitt
Sheryl Crow
John Goodman

Which one of these people sounds like a hick?

Well, I've only heard of those three...  And...  John Goodman totally sounds like a hick...

And...  Who knows how many years of dialect training it took to get rid of that hick accent they all had. :flipoff:

:laugh:

Quote from: RVertigo on January 17, 2006, 02:50:49 PM
 John Goodman totally sounds like a hick...

And...  Who knows how many years of dialect training it took to get rid of that hick accent they all had. :flipoff:

:laugh:

To quote John Goodman, who was very well spoken in  O Brother and Big Labowski,

"Shut the f*ck up Donnie!"

Don't get mad at me 'cause it's true...  Get mad at your hick state.  :laugh:  "Mmmmm You can find may in Saint LouAY."

Don't get me wrong... WA is 80% hick...  Seattle is the exception...  Nearly the entire population of this state live in 3 counties.

But, what can I say?  I'm still a Northern Californian deep down.  I still think Seattle is a quaint little town.    :laugh:

You know you live in a backwards state when a can of Skoal costs $11.

They are $4 here! 

Crazy north western hicks! 

At least there are two major cities in Missouri.  Plus a city that has the highest education per capita in the nation (Columbia, MO).

Everything tobacco is expensive here...  Alcohol too...  Sin tax is pretty popular around here...  And now those bastards banned smoking in public places.

Education rating has little to do with the hick quota...  New York, L.A., and San Francisco all have shitty schools.

St. Louis has a population of less than 400,000 and Kansas City is less than 450,000...  That's friggen' PO-DUNK!!!  The whole state is only 5.5 mil...  That's even less than Washington.


C'mon...  Everyone knows that the mid-west is just a bunch of hicks anyway.   :laugh:

I just moved to Saskatchewan, which for the many who don't know, is the province north of eastern montana and western NoDak.   Talk about weird words and habits -- I still can't get used to seeing 'sportscentre' on tv...

Kudos to anyone who knows the definition of:

Gitch (see also Gotch)
Bunny Hug
Kerfuffle
Schwack
Wonky

They ask if you want white or brown(wheat) bread. Only place I've been where I your fries come with gravy, and conversely you can't get mashed potatoes at KFC.  I ordered a bacon cheeseburger, and it had ham on it. (cdn bacon).

Cigs are $10/pack and a six-pack of Bass is $13. Gas is currently $.93/litre.

I will say new york has some goofy dialect as well, I lived near Poughkeepsie (upstate??) as a very young kid (Wappingers Falls, anyone?  no?  ok), I still know when a family friend from out there calls.  And soda is 'pop' in parts of minnesota as well.

Well down here a Kerfuffle is a mix up or disorder.

WonkyMeans something is out of shape, bent etc, not working properly

Bubba's right on.

Gitch and Gotch are underwear.  as in 'sitting around in your gitch'.
A schwack is a bunch
a bunny hug is a hoodie. no idea where they came up with that.

Quote from: RVertigo on January 17, 2006, 04:02:01 PM


St. Louis has a population of less than 400,000 and Kansas City is less than 450,000...  That's friggen' PO-DUNK!!!  The whole state is only 5.5 mil...  That's even less than Washington.


C'mon...  Everyone knows that the mid-west is just a bunch of hicks anyway.   :laugh:

Missouri has 7 professional sports teams, which is the only the modern measure of the worth of your state.  Please note that this is more than any state other than NY, CA, TX and FL. 

Please don't try and compare your piss ant little state to mine.

Thanks for playing!   :flipoff:

Quote from: Jake D on January 18, 2006, 10:59:23 AM
Missouri has 7 professional sports teams, which is the only the modern measure of the worth of your state.

So...you're measuing the "worth of your state" using the Royals as a benchmark?  *chuckle*  You must measure solely by quantity, not quality.  :icon_razz:


[just in case it's not obvious...I'm kidding.]

Quote from: Jake D on January 18, 2006, 10:59:23 AM

Missouri has 7 professional sports teams, which is the only the modern measure of the worth of your state.  Please note that this is more than any state other than NY, CA, TX and FL. 

Please don't try and compare your piss ant little state to mine.

Thanks for playing!   :flipoff:

Well...PA has 2 NHL(Flyers/Pens), 2 NFL(Eagles/Steelers), 2 MLB(Phils/Pirates), & 1 NBA (76ers)....which is 7 in my book....not including an AFL team and an NLL (old MILL)...

.....actually what teams does Miss have?...

2 NFL (Chiefs/Rams), 2 MLB (Royals/Cardinals), & 1 NHL (Blues)....what 2 treams am I missing??....cause that's only 5.....1 MLS team (Wizards)...but if we count them then PA's other two teams get in also....so who else is there?....

also...Ohio has 8....

2 MLB,(Reds/Indians) 2 NFL (Bengals/Browns), 1 NHL (Blue Jackets), 1 NBA (Cavs), 1 MLS, 1 WNBA.....

Quote from: Badger on January 18, 2006, 11:09:15 AM

Quote from: Jake D on January 18, 2006, 10:59:23 AM
Missouri has 7 professional sports teams, which is the only the modern measure of the worth of your state.

So...you're measuing the "worth of your state" using the Royals as a benchmark?  *chuckle*  You must measure solely by quantity, not quality.  :icon_razz:


[just in case it's not obvious...I'm kidding.]

Hey, I used to have a Johnny Damon jersey too.  Don't feel bad about it.   :flipoff:  I've got an autographed Damon ball if you want it.  Home run ball.  And a picture of me shaking his hand in the Royals home dug out.  That was many years ago.

You know. . . before he was a Yankee. 

Quote from: mastrind on January 18, 2006, 11:25:25 AM
also...Ohio has 8....

2 MLB,(Reds/Indians) 2 NFL (Bengals/Browns), 1 NHL (Blue Jackets), 1 NBA (Cavs), 1 MLS, 1 WNBA.....

No fair cheating. . . WNBA???  I considered that a tie with Ohio.

And besides, I'm not counting Kansas City's AFL (arena football team) the Brigade.  Which would make 8 (hey, they'll draw more than a WNBA team will). 

Quote from: Jake DMissouri has 7 professional sports teams, which is the only the modern measure of the worth of your state.

Sports are for slope-browed cave men to get their rocks off...   Civilized people spend their time pursuing substantial endeavors.  Besides that, the Bay Area ALONE has more sports teams than your whole state.

WA has more people...  And more money...  And I'd bet more colleges...  CA whoops MO's ass on everything (except percentage of hicks)...

Here's your judge (I'll say it in hick for you, so you can understand)...  "If'n yer state ain't on the coast, yer in a hick state."

Now, there are hick states on the coast too, but all the non-hick states are coastal.  Point proven...  Just give it up man, you live in a hick state.  WA may be the land of unwed mothers, stinky hippies, and coffee freaks, but this side of the mountains isn't hick...

I'll give you Eastern WA...  They're a bunch of hicks over there.   :laugh:

Overheard at dinner on or about December 15, 2005, Seattle, Washington:

davipu: Ryan, I am thinking about leaving the forum for good.

Ryan: Why would you do that?  We need you.

davipu: RG is fed up with it all.  The narrow mindedness.  All the rubes in the mid-west with their backwards thinking.  She is leaving and as a result, I am too.

Ryan: Man, that sucks.  Won't be the same without you.

davipu: But I want you to do one thing for me.

Ryan: Name it.

davipu: I want you to give Jake D hell from time to time.

Ryan: Really?

davipu: Yes.  Promise me.

Ryan: Okay, I promise.  You going to eat that last roll?  <pauses>  Wow.  Look at that ocean.  I've never been in the water up here.  Looks cold.

davipu: It is.  I've never been in it either, but I know a guy.

 :laugh: :laugh: :thumb:

But...  I HAVE been in the water...  And it is cold... Really cold.

Well, at least you know I'm just flipping you shaZam!...  I've been to Missouri once...  It was muggy and flat.  That's really all I know about it. :dunno_white:  I've been a West Coast kid my whole life...  Never spend much time on the East Coast, Midwest, or in the South.  Althought, I was born in a cowboy state and my dad was a TOTAL hick.  :laugh:

Quote from: Jake D on January 18, 2006, 12:13:54 PM
No fair cheating. . . WNBA???  I considered that a tie with Ohio.

And besides, I'm not counting Kansas City's AFL (arena football team) the Brigade.  Which would make 8 (hey, they'll draw more than a WNBA team will). 

Bet you guys don't have a professional lacrosse team.  Mark your calendar...we even get to host the MLL All Star game this year!  I'm all tingly with anticipation!  Now all we need is a dodgeball league...or professional four-square (http://www.squarefour.org/)...the sky's the limit!  Maybe a few more professional sports teams and we can finally be a real city in the eyes of Jake D! (dare we dream?)   :laugh:

Go Cannons (http://www.bostoncannons.com)! :cookoo: 

Lacrosse is soooooooooo New England!!!!!!!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

ha but ur girl can still knock u on ur ass....couple other people at that matter....plus its got meaning its not some pointless game..it has spiritual meaning! Besides baby its in my blood..u date the girl u date the game  :flipoff:  :laugh:

Yeah yeah so you are stronger than me.  Big Deal i will just put things in High places.  Oh and before u come to Indiana you have some research to do.  Learn who Steve Alford and Damon Bailey are, cause if you dont people will laugh at you.  We are crazy mofo's about basketball here. :kiss3: :kiss3:

Hey i'll jus tell them that they offend me and then i'll sue em for racial discrimination and make u rename ur state  :laugh:

Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on January 18, 2006, 10:02:05 PM
Hey i'll jus tell them that they offend me and then i'll sue em for racial discrimination and make u rename ur state  :laugh:

Fine with me but we will have to rename my city too. :flipoff: :flipoff: :flipoff: :kiss3: :kiss3:

Quote from: RVertigo on January 18, 2006, 04:53:13 PM
:laugh: :laugh: :thumb:

But...  I HAVE been in the water...  And it is cold... Really cold.

Well, at least you know I'm just flipping you shaZam!...  I've been to Missouri once...  It was muggy and flat.  That's really all I know about it. :dunno_white:  I've been a West Coast kid my whole life...  Never spend much time on the East Coast, Midwest, or in the South.  Althought, I was born in a cowboy state and my dad was a TOTAL hick.  :laugh:

What's so cool about water you can't get into (other than it is beautiful)?  If you'd ever been to central Missouri, you'd love it.  We have a lake that would take the better part of a day to navigate from one end to the other.  It has more coastline than the State of Washington (that is actually a fact that a park ranger told me).  You can get into water and its warm.  There are tree covered hills on all sides.  This lake is soo big, that if you don't have a 40 foot boat, you shouldn't be out in the channel (it gets really, really rough).  So since you don't have any experience with anything like that, I won't take it personally!   :)

Have you talked to davipu since he left?

But, how's the snowboarding in MO? :laugh:

I talked to RG once and davipu once...  I invited them over to my place for New Years, but they couldn't make it.

You know, I still have no idea why they decided to leave...  I figured it was just normal board-drama.  I've seen this sort of thing a few times before. :dunno_white:

Quote from: RVertigo on January 19, 2006, 11:47:33 AM
But, how's the snowboarding in MO? :laugh:

I talked to RG once and davipu once...  I invited them over to my place for New Years, but they couldn't make it.

You know, I still have no idea why they decided to leave...  I figured it was just normal board-drama.  I've seen this sort of thing a few times before. :dunno_white:

There is snowboarding here.  It is great if you like to ride in the terrain park. 

I've snowboarded everywhere.  Vermont, Colorado, New Mexico, Canada, etc., so trust me when I tell you: snowboarding in Missouri sucks.  But it is better than a kick in the nuts.  Picture Killington, VT.  Now cut the mountain in half and you've got Missouri.  But the terrain parks are awsome.

So kiss my ass, Mr. Man!!!!   :laugh:

I have four places 45 minutes from me...  Then two place 1.5 hours...  Then a three hour and five hour place to go...  Not to mention I'm not that far from Whistler...  And they're actually Mountains, rather than tall hills.

And during the summer I can wakeboard.

AND!!!  There's a direct flight from Seattle to Amsterdam...  Only takes about 8 hours.  BEAT THAT! :flipoff:

Quote from: Jake D on January 19, 2006, 09:44:33 AM
What's so cool about water you can't get into (other than it is beautiful)?

Um...that's where seafood comes from. 

You see, there are these things that live in the water...they swim, crawl, or otherwise frolic around in there (even when it's cold).  People go out and gather them up (they use boats, nets, and such things).  Then they take them to the coast (that's the place where the water ends) where they sell them.  They take the crappy stuff and sell it to processors (so you can get your fish sticks and McFillet's).  Some of it they ship away, so you can pay rediculous sums of money for it.  The rest is sold or served to those of us that live nearby...usually within hours of it swimming.

You see, unlike beef...which is best when aged...seafood is better fresh.  Having it nearby is a good thing.

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I know where Dave is right now.... :cheers:

I do too!!!!!!  And um I am always willing to sell information!!!!!!!!

Let's make this a little more fun..... I know where skoozi is too!!!!!

I'm not even sure I know where I am right now. ???

Quote from: Badger on January 17, 2006, 11:02:59 AMthe "Mysterious Omission of the Verb To Be" phenomenon.

Instead of saying: "This fence needs to be painted", people would say: "This fence needs painted."

I just saw this in the General Area:

Quote from: makenzie71 on January 19, 2006, 04:41:13 PM
If it wobbles around then the tach likely needs replaced (very very rare).

Not trying to pick on mak...but it sounds wierd.

Quote from: Badger on January 19, 2006, 02:45:56 PM

Quote from: Jake D on January 19, 2006, 09:44:33 AM
What's so cool about water you can't get into (other than it is beautiful)?

Um...that's where seafood comes from. 

You see, there are these things that live in the water...they swim, crawl, or otherwise frolic around in there (even when it's cold).  People go out and gather them up (they use boats, nets, and such things).  Then they take them to the coast (that's the place where the water ends) where they sell them.  They take the crappy stuff and sell it to processors (so you can get your fish sticks and McFillet's).  Some of it they ship away, so you can pay rediculous sums of money for it.  The rest is sold or served to those of us that live nearby...usually within hours of it swimming.

You see, unlike beef...which is best when aged...seafood is better fresh.  Having it nearby is a good thing.

I've got one thing that both of you will be jealous of:

THERE ARE NEVER TRAFFIC JAMS HERE!   :flipoff:

That's 'cause it's Bo-Dunk HICK!

Thanks for proving it!

<adidasdood> anyone smallville 403 yet?
<spacerat> verbs, dude, verbs
<spacerat> that sentence clearly requires a verb

Wrong thread?   :icon_razz:

Quote from: RVertigo on January 20, 2006, 01:00:08 PM
Wrong thread?   :icon_razz:

Quote from: Badger on January 20, 2006, 07:32:24 AM

Quote from: Badger on January 17, 2006, 11:02:59 AMthe "Mysterious Omission of the Verb To Be" phenomenon.

Instead of saying: "This fence needs to be painted", people would say: "This fence needs painted."

I just saw this in the General Area:

Quote from: makenzie71 on January 19, 2006, 04:41:13 PM
If it wobbles around then the tach likely needs replaced (very very rare).

Not trying to pick on mak...but it sounds wierd.

No. :flipoff:

OIC...  I didn't get the connection...  I thought this offcially turned into the "Mess with Jake D for no reason" thread.

OK one more....slivers or splinters?

Splinters damnit Splinters!!!!!!!!

Nope slivers!!!

+1 slivers

Both, actually... sliver or splinter... works for me...

It's a god damn splinter, you freaks.

SPLINTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Splinter.

 :dunno_white: wood = spliters    metal = slivers?

Quote from: ajgs500 on February 06, 2006, 08:17:53 PM
Splinters damnit Splinters!!!!!!!!

isnt it dammit? damn being singular? jk aj :kiss3: :bowdown: but ive always called them spinters when they entered the skin and slivers when it was a very small piece of the skin hangin out like i guess a hangnail,, btw i never did get to vote in the poll, but on my bike/s i call them directionals for some reason, and blinkers on my cage/s

Well yama u have just made pastrami's day with the fact that u call them directionals lol!!!!  And sometimes i cant type!!!

im just messin with ya aj, hell sometimes the inner spelling nazi in me comes out  :kiss3: