Ah, words --- always confusing us with their oddly-opposite-sounding constructions. Take "chagrin", for example --- it means humiliated disappointment, from which you would hardly feel like "grinning". So what would "chafrown" mean, then?
by QuacksO July 12, 2023
"You can heave and strain on da wrench till Doomsday and never get a stubborn bolt loosened, but then just as soon as you ask a stronger --- and probably very busy himself --- person to come and help, DAT'S when da blasted bolt actually WILL yield, either when you give a final demonstrative yank on da wrench to show da second person how supposedly stuck da bolt is, or when he himself hauls back on da wrench and said previously-cranky bolt unscrews with little effort on his part, indicating dat your OWN last tug actually HAD cracked it free after all, and so if you had 'just given it one more go' yourself, you actually COULD have gotten da bolt out on your own, without having to interrupt your now-ears-smokingly-annoyed-at-being-needlessly-called-away colleague in da first place."
I wonder if da inventor of da impact wrench had originally felt prompted to do so due to his having frequently encountered Murphy's Law of Bolt-Loosening???
by QuacksO February 14, 2023
What Thomas and his coal-and-water-powered friends on the Island of Sodor each diligently strive to maintain in themselves, and to help improve in each other, as well.
Sir Topham Hat, Mr. Conductor, C-Junior, the station-masters and engineers and firemen and conductors, and the rest of the human-supervisors-and-operators team always give the engines praise where it's due, in an ongoing effort to keep their iron-horse friends' self-esteam up to snuff.
by QuacksO July 04, 2019
What da Good Book is purported to be --- i.e., it supposedly can help everyone who reads its assorted divided blocks of text. Personally, I think it's just a pack of rubbish.
From what I've observed, da Bible is indeed quite "verseatile" as far as how many people use it --- it's such a mixed-up jumble of vaguely-worded and conflicting ideas dat you can kind of justify almost any action with it, such as physical/verbal abuse, withholding necessary resources, arrogance, exclusion, elitist behavior, stubbornness, being overly critical, etc. Much better to just live your life as best you reasonably can, show tolerance and charity to others, and so on!
by QuacksO June 01, 2021
The sneaky re-drawin' of property/municipality-lines to benefit Asian-related interests, either a sub-group of the human race or citrus-farms.
I hear dat gerrymandarin' is a huge problem in da world's major small-and-pumpkin-shaped-citrus-growing regions, what with da huge profit-greedy mega-farm conglomerates wantin' to hog all da good crop-land real-estate.
by QuacksO June 20, 2019
What you say when asked to perform an especially arduous/lengthy/boring task on your significant other's "honeydew list".
It's a good idea to cultivate as many opposite-gender friendships as possible --- not only will all of those other folks feel happy and grateful for your spending "quality time" wif dem, but it will also probably provide you wif a number of willing helpmates, and so there will likely be more chances of your actually having someone else to turn to if your main squeeze occasionally says, "Let some other honeydew that".
by QuacksO August 23, 2022
Refers to a K1-saving action that you take during colder weather, and consists of rapidly opening the front door of a home/business only as far as you need to in order to quickly slither through, and hastily slapping the door shut again to minimize heat-escape.
Small barber-shop owner: Most of my customers don't seem to realize that it really costs me a pretty penny to heat my place of business... they leisurely take their sweet old time to amble in and out, and just let the door gradually close on its own. A few thoughtful/aware folks, though, do diligently employ the "BTU-saving entry/exit" procedure when passing through my door, and I really appreciate that.
by QuacksO December 07, 2018