Today's word is "gambling."

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I am really quite offended watching "The World Series of Poker" on ESPN2.

gam·ble ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gmbl)
v. gam·bled, gam·bling, gam·bles
v. intr.

To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
To play a game of chance for stakes.
To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior

Norm Peterson · Post by **Norm Peterson** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Well, I'm in a gambling mood Grammar. I'll take a glass of whatever comes out of the tap.

A. Bunker · Post by **A. Bunker** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

gambling.. taking a chance is for liberal pinko commies. A real man, a true American does things for himself. He works hard for what he gets.

Norm Peterson.. you are nothing more than a pinko commie.

Norm Peterson · Post by **Norm Peterson** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Just don't be liberal when you are topping off my glass. I have a stomach to feed.

A. Bunker · Post by **A. Bunker** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Norm Peterson wrote:Just don't be liberal when you are topping off my glass. I have a stomach to feed.

you see this? just like the meathead.. thinking with his stomach and not his head. Edith, i swear.. they're getting cookier and cookier, and this is what America has come to. You sir have had enough!

Norm Peterson · Post by **Norm Peterson** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I dont have to think. My stomach knows when it is thirsty.

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I must say, although I thoroughly do appreciate the thought processes these men must endure throughout their "game", I find it to be a little sad.

Mr. Bunker, you are probably "set in your ways" or perhaps "old school"; but wouldn't a capital letter look nice somewhere on your post?

Look how nice this looks when I correct it.

You see this? Just like the meathead; thinking with his stomach and not his head. Edith, I swear; they're getting cookier and cookier, and this is what America has come to. You sir have had enough.

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I did have to look the word "meathead" up.

meat·head ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mthd)
n. Slang
A stupid or dull person

Since it is slang, could I interest you in word that might help you express your feelings about this "meathead" fellow?

I found this word:

pudding head

n : a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!" [syn: stupid, stupid person, dullard, dolt, pudden-head, poor fish, pillock]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Let us look at your post now.

You see this? Just like the pudding head; thinking with his stomach and not his head. Edith, I swear; they're getting cookier and cookier, and this is what America has come to. You sir have had enough

I think you will find my corrections to your post to be quite satisfying.

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

After looking at your post I detected another brutal assault on the English language.

"Cookier"

Would the definition of this be related to a cookie? How does a cookie become cookier? Perhaps you meant to say kookier.

.kook·y also kook·ie ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kk)
adj. Slang kook·i·er, kook·i·est
Characteristic of a kook; strange or crazy.

Let us look at your post again.

You see this? Just like the pudding head; thinking with his stomach and not his head. Edith, I swear; they're getting even more kooky, and this is what America has come to. You sir, have had enough

Norm Peterson · Post by **Norm Peterson** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I like to dip cookies into my suds. It makes them taste a whole lot cookier.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I think Rockpage has been hijacked by TV Land.

rreihart · Post by **rreihart** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

You see this? Just like the pudding head; thinking with his stomach and not his head. Edith, I swear; they're getting cookier and cookier, and this is what America has come to. You sir have had enough
I think you will find my corrections to your post to be quite satisfying

No, this would not be any better than the original because Archie doesn't have a son in law that he refers to as pudding head.

RAM Z · Post by **RAM Z** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

You have to admit it though , it's funny. That's one thing we can't have enough of on here .

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Since he is not talking directly to "Meathead", I find that my interpretation makes a lot more grammatical sense. I would also substitute "poor fish" if pudding head is not stimulating enough.

You see this? Just like the poor fish; thinking with his stomach and not his head. Edith, I swear; they're getting even more kooky, and this is what America has come to. You sir, have had enough

If he is talking to Meathead, then he should use his name. Talking about Meathead, however; applies a different concept.

Norm Peterson · Post by **Norm Peterson** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I'll have a froth of beer & a snorkel. Thinking of fish makes me want to dive into this glass.

no surrender · Post by **no surrender** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

very very few can do it well. those that can do it have the world and everything in it. the rest just work for a living. most would never be able to handle the pressure, there insecuritys would blow them up.

those that can do gambling well are superior prople, special minds.

i not only beleve this, i KNOW this! (don't ask me how)

RAM Z · Post by **RAM Z** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Break it on down Grammer, I can't wait to hear this one !

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

RAMZ wrote:
Break it on down Grammer, I can't wait to hear this one !

If you ask, you shall recieve. By the way, your sentence is a comma-splice.

no surrender wrote:very very few can do it well. those that can do it have the world and everything in it. the rest just work for a living. most would never be able to handle the pressure, there insecuritys would blow them up.

those that can do gambling well are superior prople, special minds.

i not only beleve this, i KNOW this! (don't ask me how)

Very few can do it well. Those that can do it have the world and everything in it. The rest just work for a living. Most would never be able to handle the pressure; their insecurities would blow them up.

Those that can do gambling well are superior people, special minds.

I not only believe this, but I know this (don't ask me how)!

You're welcome.

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I am however intrigued by the sentence "Those that can do gambling well are superior people, special minds."

I will look into this strangely crafted sentence.

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Those that can do gambling well are superior people, special minds.

I believe this sums up her feelings.

Those who are preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance are often rewarded; I believe them to be superior to my fellow human beings, and they seem to have an individual character or trait that is mentally compensated by their risks.

Norm Peterson · Post by **Norm Peterson** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

I liked No Surrender's version. She said "special", and I started to dig into my pocket.

Grammar · Post by **Grammar** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Perhaps No Surrender, you have special talents yourself.

sooth·say·er ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sthsr)
n.
One who claims to be able to foretell events or predict the future; a seer.
Word History: The truth is not always soothing, but our verb soothe is related to soothsayer, the word for one who tells the truth, especially beforehand. The archaic adjective and noun sooth, “true, truth,” comes from the Old English adjective and noun sth with the same meanings. The Old English form derives from Germanic *santh-az, “true,” which comes from Indo-European *sont-, one of the participles from the Indo-European root -es-, “to be”: the truth is that which is. Old English also formed a verb from sth, namely sthian, “to confirm to be true.” This is the ancestor of soothe; its meaning changed from “to assent to be true, say ‘yes’ to” to “humor by assenting, placate.” Doing the latter on occasion requires something less than the truth.

Do you exhibit this trait? You have not claimed to see into the future, but I have found in my studies that my patients who make claims such as your's "i not only beleve this, i KNOW this! (don't ask me how)" actually have special abilities commonly associated with soothsayers.

Bert|Evil · Post by **Bert|Evil** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Grammar wrote:I am however intrigued by the sentence "Those that can do gambling well are superior people, special minds."

I will look into this strangely crafted sentence.

Be careful, it may be a "strangely crafted sentence" for terrorist communications behind the facade of meaningless post.

no surrender · Post by **no surrender** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Norm Peterson wrote:I liked No Surrender's version. She said "special", and I started to dig into my pocket.

what i say is true. think of a situation where you have to make a living but your desicions may not only not make you any money but you could LOOSE money!

you go to work and you LOOSE money!

you pick yourself up and go to work agin the next da risk it again!

imagine your emotions now.

you can't let it get you down because this is how you make a living!

thos e that have never dome it they have NO clues!

Norm Peterson · Post by **Norm Peterson** » Tuesday Jan 31, 2006

Be careful, it may be a "strangely crafted sentence" for terrorist communications behind the facade of meaningless post.

Terrorists. They've taken over my stomach & they're demanding beer.