maxine > wrote:

> On Mar 1, 9:34*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>> cybercat > wrote:
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
>>>> James Silverton > wrote:
>>
>>>>> ...and the deer have just
>>>>> eaten my English ivy nearly to the ground. I'd thought ivy was poisonous
>>>>> but not to horn-rats it seems.
>>
>>>> You just said the deer ate your ivy, not horn rats.
>>
>>>> WTF is a horn rat, anyway?
>>
>>>> It's posts like these that really make me wonder if you're actually
>>>> of sound mind and body, Jim. *I think you're psycho.
>>
>>> I'll consider this strong evidence in favor of James' glowing mental health.
>>
>> So you don't know what a horn rat is either? *Got it.
>>
>> Depending on where you look, its a series of books, a video game, a
>> kind of car, but nowhere can I find any mention of "horned" or
>> "horn" rat or deer outside of Jim's imagination.
>
> Steve, there are sky rats (pigeons), tree rats (squirrels), and now
> horn(ed) rats

So pigeons hang out in the sky, squirrels hang out in trees, and
deer hang out in ... horns?

<boggle>

-sw

Dave Smith > wrote:

> maxine wrote:
>>> -sw
>>
>> Steve, there are sky rats (pigeons), tree rats (squirrels), and now
>> horn(ed) rats, aka deer which will depradate the landscape of most
>> suburbs given a winter of little natural foods. Seemed pretty obvious
>> to me, but then, I've seen what deer can do.
>>
>
> But deer don't have horns. They have antlers.

Thank you. I'm still baffled by all these people thinking deer have
horns. Those are Unicorns, which would be perfectly at home in
Jim's head.

-sw

Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> You've never made up your own term for something, Steve?

Yeah - but at least it would make some sort of logical sense.
I would never confuse horns with antlers.

-sw

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:01 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:28:50 GMT, Cheryl wrote:
>
>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Hello All!
>>>
>>> It seems to have been a tough time this winter for wild life. The acorn
>>> crop for the tree-rats was small around here and the deer have just eaten
>>> my English ivy nearly to the ground. I'd thought ivy was poisonous but not
>>> to horn-rats it seems. They haven't touched the Pachysandra or the Vinca
>>> minor (Periwinkle) yet.
>>>
>>> "Mairsy dotes and dosy dotes and little lambsy divy" or something!
>>>
>> Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy. lol
>
>yes, but down in de meddy in an iddy biddy poo
>fwam two liddle fiddies an a mama fiddy too!
>
Ahem, I do believe it was fwee widdle fiddies dat fwam in that
particular ditty, Blake.

Your pedantic pal
modom

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:01 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:28:50 GMT, Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Hello All!
>>>>
>>>> It seems to have been a tough time this winter for wild life. The acorn
>>>> crop for the tree-rats was small around here and the deer have just
>>>> eaten
>>>> my English ivy nearly to the ground. I'd thought ivy was poisonous but
>>>> not
>>>> to horn-rats it seems. They haven't touched the Pachysandra or the
>>>> Vinca
>>>> minor (Periwinkle) yet.
>>>>
>>>> "Mairsy dotes and dosy dotes and little lambsy divy" or something!
>>>>
>>> Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy. lol
>>
>>yes, but down in de meddy in an iddy biddy poo
>>fwam two liddle fiddies an a mama fiddy too!
>>
> Ahem, I do believe it was fwee widdle fiddies dat fwam in that
> particular ditty, Blake.

Two widdle fiddies an a mama fiddy = fwee fiddies

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:51:25 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>
>> You've never made up your own term for something, Steve?
>
>Yeah - but at least it would make some sort of logical sense.
>I would never confuse horns with antlers.

I would. <sigh>

Carol

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On Tue 03 Mar 2009 09:25:18p, Damsel in dis Dress told us...

> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:51:25 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>>
>>> You've never made up your own term for something, Steve?
>>
>>Yeah - but at least it would make some sort of logical sense.
>>I would never confuse horns with antlers.
>
> I would. <sigh>
>
> Carol
>

There's a difference between being horny and antlery, too. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:23:47 -0500, "Cheryl"
> wrote:

>
>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:01 GMT, blake murphy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>yes, but down in de meddy in an iddy biddy poo
>>>fwam two liddle fiddies an a mama fiddy too!
>>>
>> Ahem, I do believe it was fwee widdle fiddies dat fwam in that
>> particular ditty, Blake.
>
>Two widdle fiddies an a mama fiddy = fwee fiddies

Well that settles it: my ichtheo-ethnomusicological future is doomed,
and da widdle fiddies done it.

Floundering like this has left me desolate. The scale of my depression
is unmatched. My gills are green. Somebody just finish me, please.
Or send over a sturgeon for the pain. There's a pike in my belly; my
heart is charred with shame.

But sometimes the dark mood shifts and I can't just carp about it all.
Rays of rage well up inside till I have to knock somebody off his
perch just for the halibut, coddammit.

Damn dem, damn dose fiddies. An damn da mama fiddy, too.
--

modom

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:43:42 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Tue 03 Mar 2009 09:25:18p, Damsel in dis Dress told us...
>
>> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:51:25 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>>>
>>>> You've never made up your own term for something, Steve?
>>>
>>>Yeah - but at least it would make some sort of logical sense.
>>>I would never confuse horns with antlers.
>>
>> I would. <sigh>
>>
>> Carol
>>
>
>There's a difference between being horny and antlery, too. :-)

I'm sooo glad I'm staying out of this!


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:23:47 -0500, "Cheryl"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:01 GMT, blake murphy
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>yes, but down in de meddy in an iddy biddy poo
>>>>fwam two liddle fiddies an a mama fiddy too!
>>>>
>>> Ahem, I do believe it was fwee widdle fiddies dat fwam in that
>>> particular ditty, Blake.
>>
>>Two widdle fiddies an a mama fiddy = fwee fiddies
>
> Well that settles it: my ichtheo-ethnomusicological future is doomed,
> and da widdle fiddies done it.
>
> Floundering like this has left me desolate. The scale of my depression
> is unmatched. My gills are green. Somebody just finish me, please.
> Or send over a sturgeon for the pain. There's a pike in my belly; my
> heart is charred with shame.
>
> But sometimes the dark mood shifts and I can't just carp about it all.
> Rays of rage well up inside till I have to knock somebody off his
> perch just for the halibut, coddammit.
>
> Damn dem, damn dose fiddies. An damn da mama fiddy, too.
> --
>

I give it two fins up.

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:06:07 -0600 in rec.food.cooking, "modom
(palindrome guy)" > wrote,
>Damn dem, damn dose fiddies. An damn da mama fiddy, too.

The fishes answered, with a grin,
'Why, what a temper you are in!'
I told them once, I told them twice:
They would not listen to advice.
I took a kettle large and new,
Fit for the deed I had to do.
....

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:08:16 -0800, David Harmon >
wrote:

>The fishes answered, with a grin,
>'Why, what a temper you are in!'
>I told them once, I told them twice:
>They would not listen to advice.
>I took a kettle large and new,
>Fit for the deed I had to do.

Now we know where Dr. Seuss got his inspirations.




--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:43:42 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Tue 03 Mar 2009 09:25:18p, Damsel in dis Dress told us...
>
>> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 19:51:25 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>>>
>>>> You've never made up your own term for something, Steve?
>>>
>>>Yeah - but at least it would make some sort of logical sense.
>>>I would never confuse horns with antlers.
>>
>> I would. <sigh>
>
>There's a difference between being horny and antlery, too. :-)

THWACK!

Carol

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modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 22:23:47 -0500, "Cheryl"
> > wrote:
>
>
>> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:01 GMT, blake murphy
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> yes, but down in de meddy in an iddy biddy poo
>>>> fwam two liddle fiddies an a mama fiddy too!
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Ahem, I do believe it was fwee widdle fiddies dat fwam in that
>>> particular ditty, Blake.
>>>
>> Two widdle fiddies an a mama fiddy = fwee fiddies
>>
>
> Well that settles it: my ichtheo-ethnomusicological future is doomed,
> and da widdle fiddies done it.
>
> Floundering like this has left me desolate. The scale of my depression
> is unmatched. My gills are green. Somebody just finish me, please.
> Or send over a sturgeon for the pain. There's a pike in my belly; my
> heart is charred with shame.
>
> But sometimes the dark mood shifts and I can't just carp about it all.
> Rays of rage well up inside till I have to knock somebody off his
> perch just for the halibut, coddammit.
>
> Damn dem, damn dose fiddies. An damn da mama fiddy, too.
> --
>
> modom
>


ROFL!

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:52:06 -0800 in rec.food.cooking, sf
> wrote,
>On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:08:16 -0800, David Harmon >
>wrote:
>
>>The fishes answered, with a grin,
>>'Why, what a temper you are in!'
>>I told them once, I told them twice:
>>They would not listen to advice.
>>I took a kettle large and new,
>>Fit for the deed I had to do.
>
>Now we know where Dr. Seuss got his inspirations.
>
>

I hope most people recognized the source.
It is Humpty Dumpty reciting in Through the Looking-Glass.

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:16:28 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>> But deer don't have horns. They have antlers.
>>
>> the deer that drive cars do.
>
> That's just to get your attention so you can see them give you the finger.
>
> :-)

rude ****ers.

your pal,
blake

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:18:44 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:11:01 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:28:50 GMT, Cheryl wrote:
>>
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Hello All!
>>>>
>>>> It seems to have been a tough time this winter for wild life. The acorn
>>>> crop for the tree-rats was small around here and the deer have just eaten
>>>> my English ivy nearly to the ground. I'd thought ivy was poisonous but not
>>>> to horn-rats it seems. They haven't touched the Pachysandra or the Vinca
>>>> minor (Periwinkle) yet.
>>>>
>>>> "Mairsy dotes and dosy dotes and little lambsy divy" or something!
>>>>
>>> Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy. lol
>>
>>yes, but down in de meddy in an iddy biddy poo
>>fwam two liddle fiddies an a mama fiddy too!
>>
> Ahem, I do believe it was fwee widdle fiddies dat fwam in that
> particular ditty, Blake.
>
> Your pedantic pal
> modom

ah, but i googled. one must be correct when one discusses an important
subject like this.

next: whether or not it really *'twas* brillig.

your pal,
blake