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  • #81
    Loved the pictures of le bebe reading Practical Horseman, SunnyBunny!. He looks soooo intent in the photo - as if reading George Morris' thoughts on the best diaper to wear for equitation.

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    • #82
      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ser42:
      WOW- who knew there were so many different names for a nurse shark... but, why would it be called both a cat shark AND a dogfish? Hmmmm... maybe some people were confused. Or is it just me?

      "Other common names used to refer to this shark include amerika-tenjikuzame (Japanese), ammenhai (German), atlantinpartahai (Finnish), atlantischer ammenhai (German), bañay (Spanish), barroso (Portguese), buux (Wolof), cação-lixa (Portuguese), carpet shark (English), cat shark (English), con barbillas (Spanish), dogfish (English), dormedor (Portuguese), gata (Spanish), gata común (Spanish), gata manchada (Spanish), gata nodriza (Spanish), gullamano (Spanish), kathaai (Dutch), lambaru (Portuguese), lixa (Portuguese), nodriza (Spanish), peixe anjo (Portuguese), pejebobo (Spanish), rekin wasaty (Polish), requin dormeur (French), requin nourrice (French), sand shark (English), sartji (Sranan), squalo nutrice (Italian), tiburón de arena (Spanish), tiburón de barbillas (Spanish), tiburón gata (Spanish), tribon di piedra (Spanish), tribon di santu (Spanish), tribon nocente(Spanish), tubarao-ama (Portuguese), tubarao-dormedor (Portuguese), tubarão-enfermeira (Portuguese), tubarão-pajem (Portuguese), vache de mer (French), verpleegsterhaai (Dutch), and zandhaai (Dutch)." <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

      *I* like "verpleegsterhaai". AND I can spel it!!! But H T, talthough there ARE post(er)s that will hurt ANYBODY's feelings, that's just one of the things about this b.b. If you want the knowledge and experience (and, yes, FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) of this b.b., you have just got to learn to put up with it. And, consider that, however you learned it, you know NOW how to avoid it...

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      • #83
        I'm up for a good trainwreck tonight, so I'll jump in here.

        HT, For the first page and a half, I had ABSOLUTELY NO FRIGGIN' IDEA who you were or that you had ever posted on the "Corns" thread. I read every word you wrote to mean just what you intended it to mean -- with no preconception or bias because of the identity of the author.

        Least ways, that was how it was until you brought up the past, somewhere in the middle of page 2. You, not anyone else, injected that old thread into the present discussion. 95% of the people reading/posting on this thread did not have a clue that you were the person who coined the word "aghasted". And 100% of the 5% that remembered didn't give a fruitbat.

        That is, until you made such a big deal of it.

        Many years and thousands of posts ago, when I first joined COTH, the dearly departed (from the BB) MargaretF ripped me a new one. She verbally assaulted me. Put me in my place. Told me where to get off.

        I was humiliated. Pissed. Hurt. Angry. Did I say 'humiliated'? I was major league bummed. I swore that no one would ever talk to Pam Mahony like that again.

        So, I crawled away to lick my wounds and figure out just how much I wanted to join this group. When I decided that I couldn't stay away, I did exactly the opposite of what you are doing. Instead of continuing to post and bring up the incident over and over again so that the wound would not heal, I let "Pam Mahony" die and came back as Lord Helpus.

        May I suggest that, if you choose to stay with COTH and enjoy what this BB has to offer, you treat the past as a learning experience in getting along with people on an Internet BB. Then, give "Happy Times" a decent funeral and come back under a new persona so that you and the members of COTH can get off to a fresh start. With the chip that you now have on your shoulder, there is not a snowballs chance at WEF that you will enjoy this BB.
        "He lives in a cocoon of solipsism"

        Charles Krauthammer speaking about Trump

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        • #84
          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Oldenburg Mom:
          DMK ... Hmmmm. I tried looking for this BB and couldn't find it. Are you spelling it right? It came back "bad gateway" ... Oh, I did enter it http://www.stepfordwomen.com. Was that wrong? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

          Ahhh, OM, the use of that particular nom de website was an artistic use of allegory. Or, the names have been changes to protect the innocent.

          Oh, HT... what can I say other than <span class="ev_code_PURPLE">Get. Over. Yourself.</span>

          This BB is rich in the tradition of making stupid spelling/typing errors or using an interesting turn of a phrase and having the entire BB have great fun for about 20 pages. See: numping, finging, beaver drilling, baby quiches, baby carrots... and lord knows what other variations I have missed or erased from the memory banks.

          I can't think of another incident where the person didn't just join right in, poke some more fun at themselves and just generally add to the enjoyment of the occassion (numping was epic in this regard). You are clearly different stuff altogether. It appears you do not get along with this sort of thing. Well guess what? We like being aghasted over attackative people who get their knickers in a twist about any numping, regardless of whether there was finging to be seen, even if there WAS beaver drilling that day at the horse show. We like to get Aunt Esther's handbag out when people start snarking about our affinity with such things.

          So the best advice I can give you is to get over it or erase the url from your bookmarks. These are, literally, the ONLY options that will contribute to your long term sanity, such as it is...
          Your crazy is showing. You might want to tuck that back in.

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          • #85
            Wow. I get busy for a few days and look what I've missed!

            Personally, I think adding a word to the COTH lexicon is a honor.

            And I had no idea who you were either. Lord Helpus gave you some good advice.

            Further, I'm surprised word of this hasn't shown up elsewhere. This is sad, but I admit I sometimes lurk on another board to sniff out trainwrecks. Most of which I just read.
            model citizen, zero discipline

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            • #86
              Yowser, leave for awhile and by George it is a train wreck donchaknow..

              One would have hoped a little side splitting levity was involved. But by the look of it, well no numping here.

              HT your sig says Happy, how bout it?

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              • #87
                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jester1113:
                Personally, I think adding a word to the COTH lexicon is a honor.
                <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                Yeah, for crying out loud, it could be worse. I mean, look at poor, dear, sweet Inverness, forever linked with, well, "The Inverness Problem."

                I also think Happy Times should get a little dranken and just <span class="ev_code_RED">le tit be.</span>

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                • #88
                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Merry:I also think Happy Times should get a little dranken and just <span class="ev_code_RED">le tit be.</span> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                  God, I loved that thread! I was following it the entire time and laughing my ass off over it!!

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                  • #89
                    Show of hands, please... who else, even without administrator superpowers, has figured out that Happy Times is actually dancinglite?

                    Yeppers, would appear that that is the case.

                    And y'know, HT/dl, I knew it from day one, and I was content to let you continue to play here because I assumed you'd have the sense to fly under the radar. Oh, how I was mistaken. I obviously greatly underestimated your need to create drama and soak up negative attention.

                    I mean, really. I've been watching your posts over the last couple of weeks, and I NEVER saw anyone bring up the corns thread or "aghasted." People are certainly not following you around the BB hounding you about it. You've been posting merrily away, and no one has been nasty.

                    But, yet again, you've gone and drummed up some drama to revel in. Well, party's over. No more alters. You lost your privileges on the playground. Pack your bags and move on out.

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                    • #90
                      Waving hand madly....

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                      • #91
                        ERIN SMACK DOWN.

                        uhhhh, apparently I am immature.

                        I wondered if they were the same person, but thought that Erin would have called her on it first.
                        *Faune D'Helby*

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                        • #92
                          How pathetic is it when someone makes up an alter to defend themselves..... and then brings it up again especially when the incident was a month ago?!

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                          • #93
                            <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DMK:

                            Ahhh, OM, the use of that particular nom de website was an artistic use of _allegory_. Or, the names have been changes to protect the innocent. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                            GOTCHA! DMK,... you should know me better by now.
                            "For God hates utterly
                            The bray of bragging tongues."
                            Sophocles, Antigone Spoken by the Leader of the Chorus of Theban Elders

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                            • #94
                              Erin, the thought had crossed my mind
                              See those flying monkeys? They work for me.

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                              • #95
                                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Erin:
                                Show of hands, please... who else, even without administrator superpowers, has figured out that Happy Times is actually dancinglite?

                                Yeppers, would appear that that is the case.

                                And y'know, HT/dl, I knew it from day one, and I was content to let you continue to play here because I assumed you'd have the sense to fly under the radar. Oh, how I was mistaken. I obviously greatly underestimated your need to create drama and soak up negative attention.

                                I mean, really. I've been watching your posts over the last couple of weeks, and I NEVER saw anyone bring up the corns thread or "aghasted." People are certainly not following you around the BB hounding you about it. You've been posting merrily away, and no one has been nasty.

                                But, yet again, you've gone and drummed up some drama to revel in. Well, party's over. No more alters. You lost your privileges on the playground. Pack your bags and move on out. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                See why this is a great board?!!

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                                • #96
                                  <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Happy Times:
                                  Unfortunately it will be raised every time I post and result in 3 pages of ridicule.

                                  For your information,just because I posted a benign post where everyone is does not, not mean I support anyones views. Becauseo once something has been said right or wrong and taken as fact and passed on as fact untill it becomes fact I will take your advise and leave.

                                  I have edited my grammer has I am sure it will result in 5 more pages of posts. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                  Well I am glad that you worked on the grammar (let's work on punctuation next, shall we?), but my advice would be that you should buy a dictionary as well. Because, until then (one L darling, not two), people will have a hard time taking you seriously.

                                  And by the way. Going back to some facts and fictions you shot out while you were Dancing Lite. Not that I wanted to turn "Horse of the Year" into a pissing contest, but if you really want a HOTY title that means something, then at the very least - if you don't have it at year-end real finals or Devon or breed championships or whatever - let's have it from a great BB. You know, like, say, this one!!!

                                  Because, it's funny, I could have posted the following:

                                  WILLEM 1982 - 2003
                                  COTH Online Winner HOTY


                                  And mine would all have been true! He really is dead. And he really was HOTY, and at something much more relevant than rubbercurrycombdotcom.

                                  But thank you so, so, so much for adding a new word to our isms! And as for you being the same person, count me in as another of those who is in fact not at all aghasted by the news.

                                  So .. what do we have now: numping, finging, beaver drilling, baby quiches, baby carrots, aghasted, attackative, dranken, Aunt Esther's purse, sittin' on the porch and le tit be.

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                                  • #97
                                    And loff! And OMGiH!

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                                    • #98
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Happy Times:
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Coreene:
                                      HT, if my turning your "aghasted" into a joke has, well, aghasted you, then I'm sorry. But it was the best typo I had seen in ages, and reading it just instantly had me thinking of accidentally ripping a fart. You know, it would have been just as easy to go back and edit the post to say "aghast," which is the correct spelling.

                                      But think of it this way, it has joined the special COTH-isms like attackative, dranken and Aunt Esther's purse, and all those isms make us smile.

                                      Because I am sure that if you don't have a rehash every time you post, it will quickly be forgotten that you were aghasted. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                      Unfortunately it will be raised every time I post and result in 3 pages of ridicule.

                                      For your information,just because I posted a benign post where everyone is does not, not mean I support anyones views. Becauseo once something has been said right or wrong and taken as fact and passed on as fact untill it becomes fact I will take your advise and leave.

                                      I have edited my grammer has I am sure it will result in 5 more pages of posts. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                      HT, you're killing me. Get over yourself! 99.999% of all COTHers had no idea that you were the first one who typed "aghasted" but now we all do. It was just a funny typo that struck someone funny.

                                      Oh, and you might want to re-edit your "grammar" with an "a", not an "e"...in the post quoted above, I count 8 grammatical and spelling errors.

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                                      • #99
                                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Merry:
                                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jester1113:
                                        Personally, I think adding a word to the COTH lexicon is a honor.
                                        <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                        Yeah, for crying out loud, it could be worse. I mean, look at poor, dear, sweet Inverness, forever linked with, well, "The Inverness Problem."

                                        I also think Happy Times should get a little dranken and just <span class="ev_code_RED">le tit be.</span> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                        ROFLMAO!

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                                        • #100
                                          <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Erin:
                                          Show of hands, please... who else, even without administrator superpowers, has figured out that Happy Times is actually dancinglite?

                                          Yeppers, would appear that that is the case.

                                          And y'know, HT/dl, I knew it from day one, and I was content to let you continue to play here because I assumed you'd have the sense to fly under the radar. Oh, how I was mistaken. I obviously greatly underestimated your need to create drama and soak up negative attention.

                                          I mean, really. I've been watching your posts over the last couple of weeks, and I NEVER saw anyone bring up the corns thread or "aghasted." People are certainly not following you around the BB hounding you about it. You've been posting merrily away, and no one has been nasty.

                                          But, yet again, you've gone and drummed up some drama to revel in. Well, party's over. No more alters. You lost your privileges on the playground. Pack your bags and move on out. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
                                          Ahhhhhhhh. Clarity!

                                          I'm weigh two stoopid to have figggered that juan out!

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