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A thousand thanks to whoever can tell me why I wrote "Mary," and nothing else, on my sticky pad here in the office at some point in the last week?
Mary Carmen, Anne Bouey, Kelli H. and 6 other people liked this
MC?
- Jimminy IS Everybody
me!!!
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Typo for "marry." You were going to elope.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Higletnosis
- Spidra Webster
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
Maryland? Mother of God? .... (I'm out of ideas.)
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Maybe you were in the middle of writing "Mary Jane" and forgot? I hear that happens.
- SAM
Quite contrary?
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
She's your insurance agent. She's been trying to get hold of you for weeks.
- Soup in a TARDIS
Zooey Deschanel Ditches Trademark Bangs, Looks Unrecognizable | E! Online - http://www.eonline.com/news...
Lisa | #TeamMonique, Iain Baker, Jessie and 8 other people liked this
"Zooey Deschanel was nearly unrecognizable at Monday's 2013 Met Gala, where she hit the red carpet without her trademark bangs. Though she looked stunning in her seersucker Tommy Hilfiger gown, it was her hair that made us do a serious double-take, as she looked like a total, ahem, New Girl with her signature blunt bangs styled to the side."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
Wow that is a big difference
- SteVe C
I don't think I've ever seen a picture of her without the smile. That's what I would want to compare.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
O.o Whoa
- Soup in a TARDIS
Dayum, you can trademark anything today.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
She looks like Sarah Jessica horse face, I mean Parker. Bangs worked in Zoey's favor. Yikes.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I'm sorry but if you're singing Whitney Houston on a plane you should be shot. In the face. With a confetti canon because damn. DAMN.
Steven Perez, Jennifer Dittrich, Victor Ganata and 3 other people liked this
which song?
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I can't decide what would be funnier: to get shot in the face with confetti cannon exactly while singing "Because the greatest love of all / is happening to me" or exactly while singing "And I… will always love you…."
- Victor Ganata
She was singing, "I Will Always Love You."
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Oh, hey, the doc I'm seeing Saturday looks peachy keen and there's video on the site too! Maybe she'll be my new doctor. :)
Steven Perez, SteVe C, Jennifer Dittrich and John (bird whisperer) liked this
Wow hi-tech doctor
- SteVe C
Nah, the medical center's website has bios, stats, and videos for all of the doctors. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
Ilker, what's going on with you? I'm worried about you. It's not okay to respond with aggressive swear words like you are doing here (http://friendfeed.com/jworthi...) and here (http://friendfeed.com/phoenix...).
ufuk, Halil, Kelli H. and 4 other people liked this
You're posting hundreds of comments and items each hour. Most of it makes zero sense. Are you okay?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I understand from http://friendfeed.com/ilkeryo... that you're having a rough year. But your behavior on FriendFeed the last few months is very alarming.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Hmm, you unsubscribed me from your feed, turning this from a DM+Post into just a regular post. I guess you don't want to hear this feedback or talk about what's going on, Ilker?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Time to find a new hobby.
- Akiva
My stripper name is Screensaver.
- Akiva
Every 15 minutes.
- Akiva
I'm soaking in it.
- Crisco
Blast from the past.
- Akiva
Please be nice to my friend, Crisco.
- The Count
Why does Jimminy never post at the same time I do?
- Crisco
I'd bring out my LOL accounts but, hey, they're already here.
- Akiva
*adjusts ROFL monocle*
- Micah
People always got a stir it while I'm in the can.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
I see Ilker/Cristo/Jimminy commented on all of Stephen's posts while I slept.
- Eivind
Eivind: Ilker responded to a bunch of my old posts, yeah.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
...and now he blocked me.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
After he FAQ'd you.
- Eivind
We know, Cristo.
- Eivind
That is true. I am working on it, though.
- Eivind
Thanks :)
- Eivind
FAQ 'em and block 'em, eh?
- Russian Space Lizard
Looks like he deleted his account.
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
It looked awfully quiet around here this morning. Seems to me deleting one's account is not a good sign. But there's not much we can do for him from here.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
Problem solved?
- Brian Johns
I feel badly for him.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Stephen has a big heart. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
And who will bump all these old posts?
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
I just don't have the proper shape for a t-shirt. Or rather a t-shirt doesn't accentuate me properly. I should maybe edit it? Hmm...
SophiaAnne88, John (bird whisperer), SteVe C and Jennifer Dittrich liked this
Cut a v, or a deeper scoop. You can also shorten the sleeves.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I vote t-shirt re-do -- there are some really great tutorials out there and you deserve a shirt that shows you off :D
- Jennifer Dittrich
Most tshirts aren't cut for females, even the ones in the women's section.
- SteVe C
:)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
It's so simple to modify t-shirts. If you want you don't even have to sew it. There's a ton you can do.
- Heather
Yeah, I think I need a different neckline for sure. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Today on "As The Reception Desk Turns.." EXACT QUOTE: "I can't decide if he's not that into me or really did accidentally sleep with her."
Kirsten, Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ, Marissa and 13 other people liked this
I ACCIDENTALLY THE WHOLE THING.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Accidental sleeping with her sounds legit... true story >.>
- Ross Miller
maybe Ambien was involved.
- t-ra: not givin up
*cues the Greg Behrendt*
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
^
- Heather
I have so many questions.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Wut? I mean, honh? I mean, HUH?????
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Need caffeine desperately (@ Starbucks) http://4sq.com/18Gq4of
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DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE and Jennifer Dittrich liked this
Triple Venti Two Pump Mocha Upside Down w/Whip, please.
- c.a.j.
I could've sworn I commented on this...
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Anyway, I had a simple frapp. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Freints - http://www.freints.com/
Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart and Rodfather liked this
"Welcolm into FREINTS! Frients! TV showe of Newyurk wit the Rackel, Rash, Momaka, Chambler, Jobey an Pobe."
- Mark H
Is this like CRIMER?
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Same person, yes.
- Mark H
Oooooh, it's going to be shown on screen. :)
Like hell it is! Oh wait, you're talking about something else, aren't you.
- Jim #TeamMonique
MOTHER OF ZEUS!! I fell asleep on the couch in an odd angle I guess because when I tried to get up my lower back SCREAMED with pain. O_o
:(((
- Jennifer Dittrich
This calls for corrective action in the form of another nap?
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Ouch!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I'm all shades of hurt right now. WTF? I'm starting to think my hip pain isn't ovulation.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
:(( have you taken anything for it? Hope it eases off soon.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
:(
- .LAG liked that
Original! ... New!
Kelli H., Iván Abrego, Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart and 7 other people liked this
Were you in the New Originals, Micah?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I'm nouveau old school.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Pre-post-modern.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Original flavor in new packaging?
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Happy Mother's Day to all the selfless sacrificing super moms out there! May every day be your day. :)
CarlC, spelling expert, Steven Perez, Tamara J. and 8 other people liked this
Happy Mother's Day!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Thanks!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Happy Mothers Day
- WarLord
I feel bad for kids today. The Saturday morning TV line-ups really suck, now.
Micah, imabonehead, Scoble, Alex Scoble and 5 other people liked this
The CW seems to be the only network that even tries anymore; NBC was running things like "Redskins Special", news programs, etc.; ABC (which used to run Disney Channel cartoons) was running live-action Disney Channel stuff, I think; CBS was running basically nothing. I didn't see what Fox was running, but I'm pretty sure they weren't cartoons.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Yeah, that era is over. Sadly.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
We're watching Wild America now. I'm grateful for Amazon streaming.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
And no Schoolhouse Rock!
- Trish R
I wonder how @tfoil2 buys cold medicine that requires having a valid ID scanned...
LB: #TeamMonique, ᏓᏰ #team Monique, Jimminy IS Everybody and 4 other people liked this
"Let's cook."
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
This makes me wonder how well the DEA polices Chinese apothecaries that sell ma huang….
- Victor Ganata
You could also just eat (or extract) catecholamines from the adrenal glands of animals….
- Victor Ganata
^What??
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
LOL, Micah ;) To answer the question though, I'd rather have a cold than be treated like a criminal, so I don't buy pseudo. I only get a cold once a year or two, so it's a small price to pay for my freedom :)
- Tinfoil 2.0
WTF do people without ID do?
- Tinfoil 2.0
I can't live without my Advil Cold & Sinus, man. Not even going to try. My sister is telling me not to take an extra (regular) Advil for my hip pain though. :(
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
If my only choices were oral phenylephrine and a nasal spray, I'd go with the nasal spray, even though rebound/withdrawal congestion can be really horrible.
- Victor Ganata
Well, yeah, flonase is what I'm /supposed/ to be taking but I haven't seen my doc to get a refill. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
Oh, yeah, the steroid nasal sprays, you'll need a prescription, but stuff like Afrin you can get over-the-counter without having to show a license.
- Victor Ganata
I wonder if it's feasible, and how much it would cost for enough meth to reverse the process and get a week's worth of pseudo? You don't need ID for meth.
- Tinfoil 2.0
Boing Boing has got you covered: Breaking Good: how to synthesize Pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) From N-Methylamphetamine (crystal meth) http://boingboing.net/2012...
- Victor Ganata
The paper itself: A Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Pseudoephedrine From N-Methylamphetamine - Communication Journal of Apocryphal Chemistry | Feb. 2012 - http://heterodoxy.cc/meowdoc...
- Victor Ganata
You'll just need some dibutyl ether, butyllithium, tetrahydrofuran, chromium tricarbonyl, and MoOPH—readily available from most reagent vendors—and you're all set!
- Victor Ganata
haha, that's awesome! *procures glassware*
- Tinfoil 2.0
"A quick search of several neighborhoods of the United States revealed that while pseudoephedrine is difficult to obtain, N-methylamphetamine can be procured at almost any time on short notice and in quantities sufficient for synthesis of useful amounts of the desired material."
- Victor Ganata
"Moreover, according to government maintained statistics, N-methylmphetamine is becoming an increasingly attractive starting material for pseudoephedrine, as the availability of N- methylmphetamine has remained high while prices have dropped and purity has increased."
- Victor Ganata
Given the names of the authors and the reference to "Miskatonic University" I do wonder if this synthesis has actually been performed. I don't remember enough O Chem to know if it's really valid.
- Victor Ganata
Hahha! Sometimes ya'll scare me.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I mean, N-methylamphetamine is a pretty good decongestant….
- Victor Ganata
"Other side effects [of crystal meth] may include violent urges or, similarly, the urge to be successful in business or finance."
- Victor Ganata
"In our search for sources of N-methylamphetamine we have found that, similar to research grade chemicals purchased from the major chemical supply houses, the purity of the reagent varies greatly between suppliers and even between batches despite the above cited overall increase in purity. Unfortunately, and again similar to suppliers of fine chemicals, relative cost is not strongly correlated to sample quality. We therefore found it necessary to purify the starting material before use."
- Victor Ganata
LOL apparently it really is based on a similar but not quite identical synthesis: The highly stereoselective conversion of n,n-dimethylamphetamine into n-methylpseudoephedrine http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
- Victor Ganata
"Popping" adrenal glands makes me think of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Don't think I'll go there.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
my Mother's Day gift from my Zoe <3 http://instagram.com/p... http://t.co/eAdIBoCI0P
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Home-made cards are the best!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Thanks!!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
So the concept of creating alternate timelines by changing an event in time, where does that new timeline exist? It's an ENTIRE new universe
adf, John (bird whisperer), Jennifer Dittrich and Stephen Mack #TeamMomo liked this
I liked Terry Pratchett's "different pant leg of time" explanation for that. The pants are still there, it's just that now you're down another leg.
- Jennifer Dittrich
But it wasn't there before. That's the whole concept of an alternate timeline, a time event creates it out of nothing. So where does this alternate timeline exist? It can't exist where the original one did (the same pants). It's a while new... separate thing.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
You have to add extra dimensions, but essentially every moment is a spun off into multiple universes. Think about it as one giant fractal rope, and at each step in time, you unwind the cords (which represent all the alternative timelines that could occur), and in the next you unwind the cord into smaller cords - except they aren't really smaller than the last - forever. Trillions upon...
more...
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Jimminy, that makes so much more sense. Fractals. Of course!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Realization just set in: Holy crap, I'm 46 years old. DO NOT WANT.
Starmama, Steve and 4 other people, Sima and 43 other people liked this
Oh, please
- Anne Graham
Beats the alternative!
- Spidra Webster
Hah! You're both right. Just came from my physical -- clean bill of health other than a bit of cholesterol and vision starting to go. So I have a lot to be grateful for. But 50 is only four years off, how did this happen?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
maybe you'll start aging backwards once you reach 50?
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Babe in the woods, you are.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
50 is pretty badass. I hope I make it there!
- joey
It is! And me too. But I'd rather be perma-35.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
35 was AWESOME! I'd go back there in a heartbeat.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
I have a sudden urge to get a sports car for some reason. Blondes seem attractive. What does this mean???
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yeah, I'm definitely more scared being this close to 50 but that has a lot more to do with where I personally am in my life than the age of 50 itself. I'm sure other people do really well with it. (I'm permanently about 22 in my head...except slightly wiser and more world weary. You can be permanently 35 in your head!)
- Spidra Webster
I am this many *holds up 5 fingers* on the inside.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
12. Or 666.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
The four year count down until the welcome to 50 colonoscopy!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Hush now, young'un.
- Jim #TeamMonique
Yes, sir. *shamefaced*
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
In all seriousness, there's a certain feeling of triumph that comes with getting a clean bill of health after a CPE. I had mine today too.
- Jim #TeamMonique
I remember 46...I think.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Craig Ferguson is 51.
- Hieronymous Boob
As am I
- Friar Ticket to Ride
You could be my Dad...
- Mo Kargas
You youngun. Ya know - we have a grownups' table you can join here at 50. Remember, m9m? Also, I didn't even start learning proper HTML/CSS until I was 47, nearly six years ago.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Get back to me in about 15... ;) #olderthandirtwellatleastsomedirst
- WarLord
Damn. We should really all be asleep (except Johnny and Mo).
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Stephan is old enough to be my friend. ;)
- Janet:#TeamMonique
LOL Mary, these are the true hours of aged wisdom, right?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Does this mean I'm not old enough to be your friend Janet?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Apparently. Also, the pills are in the kitchen. ;-) And I've been going to stand up and go there for an hour.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I worked a 13 hour shift and came home to become very angry with other half. Anger does not bode well for sleep. Going to see if I can grab two more hours before I am back at work. Hope you have good pills.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I have GREAT pills. But I respect them, too. They're like big dogs - gotta keep a certain perspective.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Melly, you're old and young enough to be my friend.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Sleep fast, Janet!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Didn't you get the memo? 46 is the new 25 :)
- imabonehead
That's pretty old!
- Eivind
Youngster.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Boy please. You're only as old as you feel!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I *feel* 32 today. But somehow that doesn't add up properly when I subtract my birth year from the calendar year. Odd, that.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
For the record. Melly is also old enough to be my friend......and niece!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
And Brad Pitt is 50 and C U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
And Methuselah made it to 969 :)
- Eivind
And he was D E V O U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
There should be a Devo, UT.
- Spidra Webster
Adding injury to insult: I just had my first eye exam in 5 years. I need reading glasses. :-\
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I've been putting off my eye exam since I'm pretty sure I'll need them, too. :-/
- Yvonne
Steven Perez, AJ Batac, Eithne Herd and 6 other people liked this
:-)
- John (bird whisperer)
I'm at Ace Shoe Clinic (Chicago, Il) http://4sq.com/17Ryc3O
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Jennifer Dittrich liked this
What is a shoe clinic?
- Son of Groucho
They replace the tiny plastic triangles on the bottoms of my shoes' heels when they wear out.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
When a spaceship creates a fold in space/time to cover a vast distance in a short time does it stand still as the fold moves around it?
Steven Perez, Betsy #TeamMonique, Hieronymous Boob and 4 other people liked this
Are you talking about a Morris-Thorne wormhole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... or the Alcubierre drive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ?
- Victor Ganata
Or a wrinkle? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- LB: #TeamMonique
A Guild navigator would know the answer for sure
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
It enters a folded universe with much smaller dimensions that still touches departure point and destination, the spaceship transits this hyper space more quickly then real space. So I'd say moves through folded space
- WarLord
According to Event Horizon, it transits the space between, and the space between is hell.
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
where we're going...
- Hieronymous Boob
NASA is actually researching the Alcubierre drive. http://techland.time.com/2012... For this, you actually don't move. Space behind you expands, and space in front of you contracts, cutting down transit time without actually violating the speed of light limitation.
- Victor Ganata
^You see, that's how I saw it in my head. Space/time moves around you but you basically stand still.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
As it was explained in some video I saw once, a guy drew two points on a piece of paper then folded the paper to touch those points and explained it as a possible method of space travel. So I figured if you're folding space/time you wouldn't necessarily have to move through it, it would move around you.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
ωαřмaiden, that movie started out great then sorta went off the crazy rails.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
It's so cold and I already put away my Winter clothes! I don't have the proper shoes for this either. Can I just crawl back into bed??
SteVe C, Steven Perez and Lois Loves LB and Mr. B liked this
Yes, yes, you can. Happy Friday.
- Uli - Sent to Coventry
Yessss!!!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Dear Baby Nyce: Today I have tried green tea, watermelon, toast, saltines, a few potato chips, soup, cucumbers, more toast and just water. I have struck out all day and now I am too exhausted to argue anymore. Please tell me what you want to eat. Love, Mommy.
Halil, Jenny..., Kirsten and 15 other people liked this
JUST WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER COMES HOME!
- Mary Carmen
Dear Mommy, Sorry you're exhausted. Can I have pizza again please?! Love, Your Baby or possibly just some random guy on FF who likes pizza
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Pizza. (random guy on FF who likes pizza)
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Protein! Scrambled eggs with cheese melted on top
- Christina Pikas
from iPhone
the baby is not a fan of toast with cheese or eggs. I learned that lesson the gross way.
- Mary Carmen
I'm telling you, Peanut Butter tastes the same coming back up as it does going down.
- Scott. Cat Herder.
is bland the problem? does baby Nyce want hot sauce and curry?
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
from YouFeed
Go with your cravings - your baby is telling you what s/he wants. Sounds like maybe pizza!
- Jen
Eat what you want it makes little difference and it at least tastes good... #anoftennauseouschronie
- WarLord
I ate a lot of ramen during this phase with the twins. I will say I was never sick with our oldest son. Someone told me it is worse with a girl but that could just be an old wives tale...: Have you tried those ginger chews and preggie pops? http://www.threelollies.com/Default...
- adf
Yes, I tried those.....no dice. BUT THE BABY IS HEALTHY
- Mary Carmen
Chocolate cake. For breakfast. That way, when Nyce Babby is older and wants chocolate cake for breakfast, you can hell him/her "NO. WE TRIED THAT YEARS AGO, AND YOU MADE US THROW IT UP. NO!" #cantbeanyworsethananythingelseyouvetried
- Bubba was a rollin stone
I hope you find something something agreeable! :( I'm glad your baby is healthy. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
RT @oohfrazier: I never understood why ppl say thank you after they get off the bus? Its not like the bus driver is personally driving you around town
Kelli H., Starmama, Micah and Stephan Planken liked this
I say thank you because it's a lonely job, I imagine. All day long riding around with no interaction unless people take the time to say something? Seems like it would make for a long day. Plus, you know, any time someone else is responsible for my safety, I figure, why not thank them for getting me from one place to the next in one piece? :D
- peamageddon
I say thank you as i'm still alive, and they're a human being.
- SteVe C
My mommy taught me to thank anyone who does me a service, whether I'm paying them or not. I saw that tweet earlier, thought "bet they don't tip, either".
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I always say thanks and wish the drivers a good day/evening. And what Starmama said. :)
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I told Frazier in person, but I always thank the bus driver. You got me to my destination safely, and quite frankly, I'm sure it's a thankless job. They put up with an enormous amount of shit too. I thank them so they know that on some level, by someone, they are appreciated.
- Monique the crochet freak
Not the same thing but similar... I and others thank our umpires after our softball games. They (he and she) get paid for it and sometimes they call bad calls or strikes when they are balls and outs when they are safe but we thank them also for the thankless job and to show that we appreciate them anyway. :) And maybe they will be nicer next time around! LOL
- Paulette
When you have the same bus driver every day, you become friendly.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
He is. He is personally driving you around the town. Not just you.
- Ubikindred
Why aren't there lists of English words that don't translate directly into other languages? Is English not creative enough?
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I'm sure there are words that don't translate well to other languages. There are certainly phrases that are impossible to translate idiomatically.
- Victor Ganata
I would think it was more of our intonation of words, rather than the actual phrasing that doesn't translate. I've heard many of our idioms in lots of other languages whereas the opposite it's a struggle with some.
- Anika
Off the top of my head, the verb "to be" can't be directly translated to Tagalog. (There's no copula in Tagalog.) There's no way to say "turn off the light" in Tagalog exactly (you either have to use the verb that means "to close" or the verb that means "to kill") To say "turn on the light" you have to use the verb that means "to open" or the verb that means "to ignite".
- Victor Ganata
The idiom "pick me up" doesn't translate directly to Tagalog either. (The phrase used to idiomatically translate "pick me up"—"sunduhin mo ako"—gets translated back to English as "fetch me")
- Victor Ganata
Oh, and there aren't any Tagalog words for "brother", "sister", "son", or "daughter". There are only words for "sibling" and "child".
- Victor Ganata
Victor, really?? Strange. I do know some idioms wouldn't translate.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
That's true about the copula...I was glossing over that, but I see that even Zulema said 'directly'. I mean, you can still get someone who understand stands Tagalog to turn off the light. But even in Tagalog there's Kuya, Ate and Bunso (for the longest time I thought like 9 of my friends older sisters were all named the same. >.>) which are indicative of that persons relationship to you.
- Anika
Technically "kuya" only means "eldest brother" and "ate" only means "eldest sister" (they're borrowed words from Hokkien) although they're more loosely used for "older brother" and "older sister" respectively or just as an honorific for people who are older than you but not old enough to call "tito" or "tita". "Bunso" is the gender neutral word for the youngest sibling.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Oh...my friends always used as "older" so my friend Meredith (youngest child) had her Ate Maribel (2nd child) and Ate Maritza (the oldest). She never called them by their names, but had a different inflection for each Ate.
- Anika
Especially with big Tagalog families, they totally use the whole Hokkien hierarchy: "diko"/"ditse" for 2nd brother/sister, "sanko"/"sanse" for 3rd brother/sister… (not sure what comes after that, though :D) Provincianos like my parents, though, not so much :D
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
From 2008, list of 10 Most Difficult Words to Translate. Interesting comments. http://www.altalang.com/beyond-...
- Betsy #TeamMonique
And from Metafilter, where someone asked "But what are the words in English that defy easy translation?" http://ask.metafilter.com/152849...
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I think it's not as easy to find the reverse list, with English words that have no direct translations.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
There's no direct way to translate "thing" or "stuff" in Tagalog. (There's "bagay" which is more like "matter" and there's "gamit" which is more like "gear" or "belongings" and there's "kuwan" which is more exactly like "whatchamacallit" or "thingamajig")
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Betsy , that second link is what I was looking for! The word cheesy (as in not pizza) for example, though I think that's a more modern word.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Geek and nerd don't have direct translations in Spanish as far as I know.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Also not in Chinese. There are two terms that are close but have really negative connotations and aren't entirely accurate translations. Dominic and I have taken to just saying the term in English and explaining in Chinese.
- Jessie
I bet most languages don't have a direct translation of "meme." Then I wonder how many of them even have direct translations for "gene". A lot of scientific and technological terms probably just get directly borrowed from English.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
I know seasons definitely don't translate well into Tagalog. I mean, there are words for "winter", "spring", "summer", and "fall" (constructed directly from the words that mean "cold", "to sprout", "hot", and "to fall off", respectively) but they only get used for direct translations from other languages or for poetry. In the Philippines, there's really only "dry season" and "rainy...
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- Victor Ganata
Here's a starting point for linguistics theories that touch on what translation (or kinds of translation) is/are. http://www.translationdirectory.com/article...
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
...and here: http://katecarruthers.com/2008...
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
I think there's a focus on direct translation now a days because people are relying more and more on machine translation. Sure, a bilingual human can always figure out clever ways to try to preserve idiomatic meaning, but no computer algorithm is capable of doing something that complex yet.
- Victor Ganata
A lot of modern words are English and used by other languages, like computer and stuff like that. In Japanese they just take the new English words and make them fit phonetically into speech. In Finnish there is no gender, so "he", "his", "she", and "her" are all translation-less. My great grandfather never did get the hang of genders.
- Heather
If more people were multilingual, captchas would probably be translation tasks. Alternately, if more people were multilingual, we'd probably have more robust machine translation already.
- Victor Ganata
Brazilian woman survives harpoon shooting - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/brazili...
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"A 28-year-old woman miraculously survived after her husband accidentally shot her in the mouth with a harpoon, Brazilian officials said Wednesday. The Rio de Janeiro State Health Department said in a statement that the woman's husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a harpoon that hit her cervical spine."
- ronin
from Bookmarklet
Holy crap!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Are spear guns usually cleaned while loaded?
- ronin
"accidentally shot her in the mouth" - suuuuuuuuuure
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Umm.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
As one does.
- Yo Joe. No, go slow.
either the husband is an idiot or there's alot more to this story than the couple are letting on.
- Hieronymous Boob
Dang, stick your middle finger in front of an NBA player's face, and you get doxed immediately. #BraveNewWorld
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I can't wait until Google Glass gets widely released, with facial recognition and auto-tagging enabled by default.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Really? I saw the photo but didn't know she was doxed. She was very rude though.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
What's doxed?
- SteVe C
Actually, I don't think her address and phone number have been published, but that's a hell of a lot of personal detail that's been published http://friendfeed.com/iphone...
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
There's a newborn baby crying in the office and I swear I had ghost milk letdown pains. I SWEAR! :o Idk what to do with that.
Steven Perez, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Hieronymous Boob and 5 other people liked this
Ugh, I hate that. 7 years later and it still happens. So icky-feeling.
- Anika
I braced myself for the pain too. My fists tightened. Jeez!!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
The guy in the new McDonald's Egg White McMuffin ad is the same guy from the State Farm ad with "Jake, from State Farm". Interesting.
Jennifer Dittrich and Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart liked this
Maybe he got hungry.
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I haven't paid enough attention to either ad to know whether it's the same woman playing his wife or not. I'm guessing it's not, but it'd be really funny if it was.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
I liked a @YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch... Leonard Nimoy - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins [FULL VERSION] - best quality
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I worry about you sometimes.
- c.a.j.
Oh, I searched for that as well. I just didn't post it. :P
- c.a.j.
i used to have this as an mpeg in the late 90s. was great for torturing people.
- Hieronymous Boob
I remember hearing this (and yes, taping it off the radio) on the Dr. Demento Show. I have enough of it in my head without clicking on the link, I think. :)
- LB: #TeamMonique
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