Haven’t done a Polly Toynbee post in a while.
Also, happy 7-11 to seveneleventy.
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Get away from that magazine rack, young man!
She isn’t despicable in her latest column thinger here. It’s about Afghanistan. I haven’t really been a follower of hers though.
Yay, 7-11. I drink your slurpee!
Or one in your honor
O/T They just had a news report that China will not be serving dog(referred to as fragrant meat) at restaurants during the Olympics.
Yay, 7-11. I drink your slurpee!
Ewww, go find a bush at least!
Oh. I’ll be looking to see if they start running a deal on Jack in the Box tacos I think.
<a href=”http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NYT#chart3:symbol=nyt;range=20000116,20080710;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined”This is beautiful. Market cap below $2B for the second day. That’s just really uplifting news.
oh crap. I really screwed the pooch, huh? That was a lot ignoble I think.
here is what I meant. That’s just some unfortunate business up there. I really hate being that guy.
Hey, SevenEleventy!
Congratulations! You are now as old as I used to be!
Ronnie Wood could have been my hero, but when you’re got Keith Richards telling you that you need to clean your sloppy ass up, maybe the 18 yo Russian cocktail waitress isn’t the best way to go.
Hey, SevenEleventy!
Congratulations! You are now as old as I used to be!
It’s not the age, it’s the mileage!
Two bottles of vodka a day. Yikes. He is going to die in about a month or so.
Hey, OT, but do any of you know what the Yiddish term ‘Honyak’ (Hon’ yawk) actually means.. ? (or even the correct anglecized spelling..) Growing up a number of people on the Jewish side of my family would refer to us kids as ‘Little Honyaks’.. I always thought it was the Yiddish equiv of little bastards.. (said in jest.. I hope..) but I just stumbled upon the actual word for bastard and it’s not..
Any thoughts?
Oh. My dad would say that. I hadn’t thought of that for a long time. This is the best I can find for an explanation.
I’ve searched the internet now and the term seems to be in widespread usage.. A disparaging term that seems to refer to uneducated, ignorant, unskilled central or eastern european immigrants (or later to Americans farmer/rancher types) .. but also used like ‘idiot’ or ‘hayseed’.. Lots of spelling variations.. Could be German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian or Yiddish… Who knows.. Love the sound of it though..
Wonder if it’s similar to ‘pikey’ in Brit?
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O/T They just had a news report that China will not be serving dog(referred to as fragrant meat) at restaurants during the Olympics.”
What, no Jack Spaniels to go along with it?
They could always sell Cup O’Poodles ‘N Noodles.
China likes to pretend they’re something they’re not. Maybe if they pretend hard enough they will become it. Or not.
Happy,
You thought that Toynbee article was alright? Apart from the title, I thought it was pretty overblown rubbish as usual. I’m with Dan – the bovine has ideas above her station.
Funny, but I thought I was human for many years.
Then i “matured” and realized that if most of the people I interact with are “human”, I must have missed the boat.
Did God call a meting when I was really young and I missed it because I was out screwing around?
Oh. Not despicable is all I meant. She sounded sober. I’ll read it again.
That is very cheering news I think.
Here is that part of the Toynbee article that really kind of surprised me…
she thinks she’s people!
ha, my parents too. I always assumed it was an Indian (the native variety) term. both my parents being Okies. huh.
Oh. My dad was an okie.
Dad’s dad’s dad settled the “Cherokee Strip” or something. I have a book on it but I’ve never read it really.