tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post5981945523129024346..comments2023-10-30T05:55:23.226-06:00Comments on How About Now?: BalanceMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04608028066791266054noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-19781522080026199082007-02-28T20:56:00.000-06:002007-02-28T20:56:00.000-06:00Sorry, Mandy, you probably don't want us bickering...Sorry, Mandy, you probably don't want us bickering in your comments...but you're SO full of it, Tom. What happened to "Yike! I'm giving up the ice cream and beer tonight," hmm? I BET you haven't even tried "that stuff," and if I'm wrong, you can have your way with me.Pen Names: justwhen, rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776635190736760799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-68330601416341478862007-02-28T14:03:00.000-06:002007-02-28T14:03:00.000-06:00As with sex for money, I'll take real ice cream ov...As with sex for money, I'll take real ice cream over that stuff anyday. ;-)Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161506345580238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-5624277554053569132007-02-27T20:01:00.000-06:002007-02-27T20:01:00.000-06:00I make no claim on the prize, whatever it is...But...I make no claim on the prize, whatever it is...<BR/><BR/>But in my daydream, Mandy grants me a favor, AND writes about it, titling the post <A HREF="http://www.purelydecadent.com/products/purely_decadent_cherry_nirvana.html" REL="nofollow">"Cherry Nirvana"</A>... <BR/><BR/>*grin* (That's my brazen vegan ice cream plug.)Pen Names: justwhen, rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776635190736760799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-7774105681936397762007-02-27T17:19:00.000-06:002007-02-27T17:19:00.000-06:00Well, maybe Mandy's prize can be to take you "acro...Well, maybe Mandy's prize can be to take you "across," Rachel.Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161506345580238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-3371437738657868402007-02-27T11:53:00.000-06:002007-02-27T11:53:00.000-06:00In A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia, there...In <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words.html" REL="nofollow">A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia</A>, there's this (pg 4):<BR/><BR/><I>Bob Erndt suggests there ought to be someone who has a raccoon that has a nook that needs cleaning, namely a RACCOONNOOKKEEPER. And from Bo Parker: At a dam, there is a flooddoor. The controls for the flooddoor are in the flooddoorroom....</I><BR/><BR/><I>According to Philip Bennett, the only words in the OED2 with three sets of consecutive double letters are BOOK-KEEPER, DEER-REEVE, FEED-DOOR, GOOD-DEED, HEEL-LOOP, HOOF-FOOTED, HOOT-TOOT, KEEK-KEEK, SOONNEE, TOOT-TOOT, VENEER-ROOM, and WOOD-DEER.</I><BR/><BR/>Still, I like anon's "sweet-tooth." (I say hyphenate it, let it count, why the hell not. Better than <I>deer-reeve</I>.)Pen Names: justwhen, rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776635190736760799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-4197641967280528902007-02-27T07:32:00.000-06:002007-02-27T07:32:00.000-06:00As long as I can write, every day, there is one co...<I>As long as I can write, every day, there is one constant and universal law, one thing that I know is sustaining me as an artist and as a human being, that I will make time for, that encourages the intelligent life, so convinced of its own importance.</I><BR/><BR/>That about says it all. Well said.Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00161506345580238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-31811454374810383892007-02-26T23:21:00.000-06:002007-02-26T23:21:00.000-06:00Does sweet-tooth count? What does the winner get?Does sweet-tooth count? What does the winner get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783604029558431761.post-1216523278431249032007-02-26T23:18:00.000-06:002007-02-26T23:18:00.000-06:00Bookkeeping is the other word in the English langu...Bookkeeping is the other word in the English language with three sets of double letters back to back.<BR/><BR/>But, it's derivative so it feels like a hollow victory for me.<BR/><BR/>One for you:<BR/>What is is the longest word in English to lack the letter e?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com