Definitions by Downstrike

do time

1. Serve a prison sentence.

2. Serve a hitch in the military, especially if drafted.

3. Get grounded.

After spending most of his teen years doing time (3) for the rents, the kid couldn't wait, so he upped and did time (2) as soon as he could. That got old, so he split before his time was up, got caught, did some time (1) in the big house, and still had to do the rest of his time when he got out. It was getting to be a habit.

do time by Downstrike November 1, 2004

Ariel 

A song that was really popular one summer during the mid-70s, by some one-hit-wonder named Dean Friedman that no one remembers. It was popular because people liked listening to the intro.

The song started out, "AAAAaaaa-AAAAaaaaAAAAAriEEEEEeeeeeEEEEElllll". No one remembers what came after that because no one could focus on the song without their mind wandering before the intro was over. But somewhere in the middle of the song, it went like this:

She wore a peasant blouse with nothin' underneath
I said "Hi"
She said "Yeah, I guess I am"

Ariel by Downstrike November 1, 2004

Hey You 

What people will call you next if you ignore them when they call you sir and do as you damn well please.

Sir, you can't go in there.

You can't go in there, sir!

Sir!!

Hey You!

Hey You by Downstrike October 30, 2004

name

1. A word or combination of words by which one is identified.

2. One's rep.

3. Authority derived that which is named.

1. Hey you!

2. Psycho Bitch has a name around here.

3. Stop in the name of the Law!
Stop in the name of the King!
...baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

name by Downstrike October 30, 2004

sir

What you should respond to when people call you by it, so they don't call you Hey You next.

You can't go in there, sir.

Sir!

Hey You!!

sir by Downstrike October 30, 2004

metal mouth 

1. Braces, having braces.

2. Person with braces.

3. Vocoder.

My CB handle was Metal Mouth in the early 80s, but I never wore braces. I was the chew-em-up mobile and the spit-em-out base.

metal mouth by Downstrike October 30, 2004

focus stealing 

One of the primary symptoms of Disobedient Computer Syndrome.

DCS Symptom #2:

2. At least one other task will pop up in front of the application the user is accessing, for the purpose of intercepting the user's keystrokes and mouse clicks while the user is assigning the desired task.

What is it with application programmers that makes them think I want some program running in the background to steal focus every time it completes a subtask? If I wanted to micromanage a task, I'd use a command prompt!

focus stealing by Downstrike October 26, 2004