A fivefold-of-the-usual "inCENTive" --- i.e., a cash-bribe for performing some difficult/disagreeable task.
Indignant old-timer: A DOLLAR to shovel the sidewalk?! Why, when I was your age, son, we only asked for PENNIES!!
Twelve-year-old: I know, sir, but when you were my age, the history-book was a ten-page pamphlet. Acknowledgements to Jeff MacNelly --- the young Skyler says this in response to his much-older Uncle Cosmo's distressed remark upon learning that Skyler got a rather low grade in history class: "Skyler, history was my BEST SUBJECT in school!" This is the modern world, and the price of everything is much higher than it used to be, so youngsters' allowances hafta be adjusted accordingly; I need an inNICKELive nowadays if I'm gonna totally bust my butt hefting huge ponderous spadefuls of rock-hard-frozen snow for half an hour.
Twelve-year-old: I know, sir, but when you were my age, the history-book was a ten-page pamphlet. Acknowledgements to Jeff MacNelly --- the young Skyler says this in response to his much-older Uncle Cosmo's distressed remark upon learning that Skyler got a rather low grade in history class: "Skyler, history was my BEST SUBJECT in school!" This is the modern world, and the price of everything is much higher than it used to be, so youngsters' allowances hafta be adjusted accordingly; I need an inNICKELive nowadays if I'm gonna totally bust my butt hefting huge ponderous spadefuls of rock-hard-frozen snow for half an hour.
by QuacksO May 15, 2022
Da undesirable consequences dat a carnivorous predator will face from da curly-horned male in da ovine herd if said marauding canine/feline gets too close to da ewes and lambs.
Da term "ram-ifications" can also refer to da specs (i.e., diameter, length, pushing-force, etc.) of a hydraulic piston used in a piece of machinery, such as an earth-mover, log-splitter, etc.
by QuacksO February 10, 2020
A "big fish in a small pond" as far as academics was concerned --- i.e., it was a dolphin-like reptile dat knew a lot of different words for things, and so it was viewed wif awe by its fellow water-dwellers.
As far as we know, none of da dinosaurs or other ancient Earth-dwellers could read or write, so what need would they have for an ichthesaurus???
by QuacksO May 01, 2025
I'm really not too much into myrrhical cures, but I do appreciate how da gummy resin is sticky and spongy, and so it plugs small holes pretty well.
by QuacksO November 19, 2018
Seeing as how so many overly-indulgent parents carelessly give their bratty/thoughtless children BB-guns without ensuring dat said pint-sized aspiring marksmen would be capable/willing to handle said dangerous devices responsibly, da dockets of any local apellet courts are probably crammed to da gills most of da time with lawsuits regarding shot-out windows, dented mailboxes, etc.
by QuacksO March 27, 2020
"A device that you're repairing will operate **absolutely perfectly** while you have it taken apart to work on it, but then when you get it all put back together and have all the cabinet-screws re-inserted, THAT'S when the device will decide not to work again."
To lessen the chance of getting "bitten" by Murphy's Law of Post-repair Reassembly, one should double-check everything on a refurbished device before putting it back together again.
by QuacksO March 07, 2019
Tronald Dump claims to be some "scintillating" genius who has all da answers, but his actual "brilliance" is hardly sunonymous!
by QuacksO February 16, 2025