QuacksO's definitions
Refers to an assistance-related question --- either a request for a favor or an offer to provide help yourself --- regarding a slightly "cranky" subject dat da person whom you're approaching might otherwise feel annoyed/embarrassed to be queried about; you therefore "soften the blow" by humorously "packaging" your question as a knock-knock joke, and using da first name of dat geeky-lookin' Prez wif da round-rimmed spectacles as da name of da "visitor" in da joke.
Here are da two “classic” ways dat ya would smilingly employ da “pince-nez president poser” to hopefully lessen da distress dat your listener would likely feel to be asked said question:
To ask da person for his assistance:
“Knock, knock…”
”Who’s there?”
“Woodrow!!!”
”Woodrow, who?”
“Woodrow be reasonably able to ___ for me sometime in da next few days?”
Or to offer da person your own assistance:
“Knock, knock…”
”Who’s there?”
“Woodrow!!!”
”Woodrow, who?”
“Woodrow like me to ___ for you occasionally, if it’s reasonably convenient for both of us?”
To ask da person for his assistance:
“Knock, knock…”
”Who’s there?”
“Woodrow!!!”
”Woodrow, who?”
“Woodrow be reasonably able to ___ for me sometime in da next few days?”
Or to offer da person your own assistance:
“Knock, knock…”
”Who’s there?”
“Woodrow!!!”
”Woodrow, who?”
“Woodrow like me to ___ for you occasionally, if it’s reasonably convenient for both of us?”
by QuacksO November 5, 2018
Get the pince-nez president posermug. How da original primates gradually morphed into humans who became world-famous motorcycle-daredevils.
It's too bad dat most of us modified apes didn't get here by Evelution --- if we had, then we would ALL be super-conscientious about "keeping our word".
by QuacksO March 6, 2025
Get the Evelutionmug. With her lovely enticing looks and such huge juicy smoochy lips, I'll bet you dat Monica Blewinsky has a much more extensive oral history than just dat one highly-publicized fling with dat crooked-cocked Prez back in da '90's!
by QuacksO June 6, 2019
Get the oral historymug. Da organized group of railroad engineers who collectively lobby for fair wages, job security, workplace safety, etc.
Just like da coalition of horse-drawn-wagon operators dat is now made up of truck-drivers, da Steamster's Union was originally composed of boiling-water-powered-locomotive engineers, but is now populated by operators of diesel-engine-equipped "iron horses".
by QuacksO April 21, 2022
Get the Steamster's Unionmug. What your undertaker-beau sorrowfully tells you when he is obliged to decline your request for a "moonlight stroll" because he has an urgent job in the burial-cellar of the monastery that will likely keep him busy till well past midnight. A really "heavy" statement that totally "weighs you down" emotionally, but what are ya gonna do?
My main squeeze unexpectedly hadda assist da local priest in giving last rights to a recently-deceased fellow member of the clergy in the church basement this evening, and so he was obliged to sadly shake his head and tearfully tell me, "cryptonight". He did manage to get done with said job a bit earlier than he'd expected, though, and so he was eventually able to race home and change and then come and pick me up, after all; due to the late hour, we couldn't have a full-length date like we normally would, of course, but at least we still got to stretch out on the quiet wharf for half an hour, savoring the soft lapping of the waves on the pilings, and gazing up at all da friendly twinkling stars.
by QuacksO November 18, 2018
Get the cryptonightmug. Da mean-spirited a**h**e CEO of a sizeable Maine corporation dat sponsors da infamous "Wreaths Across America", with "donations" dat are actually just old crappy-wilted unsold/excess wreaths --- leftovers from da winter-holiday season --- dat nobody would have bought anyway... from what I am told, he gets a hefty tax-writeoff and/or money-laundered profit for doing that. Disgraceful!
As badly as Immorril Worcester treats his workers, and as many legal debacles as he's been involved in, I am amazed he still is in business.
by QuacksO July 13, 2019
Get the Immorril Worcestermug. Or "phive-phrase philibuster". Refers to a knock-knock joke, since its utilization needlessly adds lots of extra words to said utterance, especially in "everyday" or "ordinary" instances where a simple question or statement would have sufficed.
Employing a five-frase filibuster may indeed consume extra time and lung-power, but it also can often greatly relieve tension and cause a possibly-less-than-welcome statement/question to be received considerably more calmly and/or amicably than it might have been if you'd simply blurted it out "directly".
by QuacksO July 18, 2021
Get the five-frase filibustermug.