Dear Miss Manners:
My friends want me to join in on a game of tag, but I am too worn out to play. What should I do?
Klapst
Cher Klapst,
Gently explain to your friends that you are presently just too exhausted to expend any physical effort for the time being, but that you will be more than happy to play with them after you have gotten sufficient rest.
My friends want me to join in on a game of tag, but I am too worn out to play. What should I do?
Klapst
Cher Klapst,
Gently explain to your friends that you are presently just too exhausted to expend any physical effort for the time being, but that you will be more than happy to play with them after you have gotten sufficient rest.
by QuacksO March 22, 2023
Da unfortunately-nonexistent clandestine watching of "Terrible Tim" dat --- had it been present --- could possibly have given early warning of said skinny dark-haired anarchist's nefarious plans, and thus allowed da OKC authorities to prevent said catastrophic event in da first place!
Government corruption and lack of surveighlance resulted in much of downtown Oklahoma City's getting blown off da map.
by QuacksO January 11, 2023
The level of urgency/importance of that one feels for travelling to and/or conducting business in Peoria, Illinois.
Dunno why dat Decatur dude makes it such a Peoriaty to run most of his errands at just that one city --- there are lots of much-closer cities and sizable towns located all around his area, and they all contain branches of the same businesses and government-offices that he frequents during his visits to Peoria.
by QuacksO October 03, 2017
Da weird incomprehensible babbling lingo/slang/dialect dat "seasoned" mariners use when discussing da triangular sail at da prow of a schooner.
I always take an experienced sailor along with me whenever I venture very far from shore in my sailing-yacht, to help me translate the rapid-fire jibberish spoken by the rest of my crew.
by QuacksO October 18, 2019
I have always been claustrophobic and stir-crazy, so I always felt really abraided as a child whenever my family insisted dat I have my hair neatly arranged for school.
by QuacksO December 28, 2021
Describes one or more fill-in-the-blank or check-the-box worksheets dat are so lavishly/tastefully presented dat you almost don't even notice da brain-draining fatigue while methodically filling them out.
Trivia-type tests could possibly be referred to as "exquizzite", as well, since you actually have fun taking them, and then can feel intellectually smug afterwards dat you actually knew whatever non-essential info-nuggets dat said exams asked for.
by QuacksO January 14, 2020
Refers to da "scrunched-eyelids and bared-teeth" expression of shocked remorse dat you assume after you walk through da door into a fairly-quiet room where others are present, and then accidentally cause/allow said door to close more forcefully/noisily than necessary. Extra points if you also "stop dead in your tracks" when exhibiting said agonized facial-contortions, since it shows da nearby startled fellow-humans dat you are indeed caringly-regretful enough for having caused said thunderous thud dat you are willing to totally "halt operations" for a moment to show everyone in no uncertain terms dat said loud noice was defintiely "not on your flight-plan".
Displaying da post-door-slamming wince might be less expected of you during da winter months (especially if da noise you made was only mildly-to-moderately excessive), since presumably most folks would actually **prefer** dat you close a door more quickly/firmly than usual on colder days; people always appreciate your doing a "quick slither-though and yank da door shut behind you" maneuver when entering a room from da chilly outdoors, in order to conserve hard-won heat dat said room's present occupants have had to gradually create over da past hours by either keeping a blazing/roaring fire going or burning lots of costly heating-oil.
by QuacksO December 24, 2019