Da age at which da young Squire Wooster began needing a butler to help him sort out his raging-hormones confusions and debacles.
I wonder if P.G. Wodehouse went through pubertie himself, and that's how he got da idea for his famous series of "awkward upper-crust guy and his butler" books and short stories?
by QuacksO January 28, 2023
Refers to the common but totally unproductive/destructive practice of a young child's parents and/or two or more older family members successively "delegating" or "passing the buck" from one family member to another when the youngster asks a difficult/uncomfortable question, rather than the initially-queried adult's simply saying, "I don't know" or, "That is not something you need to know just yet --- wait till you're a few years older to ask about that."
Small girl: Daddy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Father (glancing up from his evening paper): Go ask your mother that question.
Small girl (toddling over to her mother, who is knitting by the fire): Mommy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Mother (looking up from her knitting, surprised): You know --- that's a really excellent question... why don't you ask your father about that.
Small girl: Well, I already did --- Daddy told me to ask you.
Mother (exasperated): Oh --- well, then, I think maybe your Uncle John could help you answer that.
Small girl (going outside where her uncle is lounging on the porch swing): Uncle John, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Uncle John: Hummmm... lemme guess --- didja ask your parents about that, and they sent you to me?
Small girl: Yes, Uncle John --- Mommy said you'd be just the person to ask.
Uncle John: Ahhhh... givin' ya da ol' family-member run-around, are they?
Father (glancing up from his evening paper): Go ask your mother that question.
Small girl (toddling over to her mother, who is knitting by the fire): Mommy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Mother (looking up from her knitting, surprised): You know --- that's a really excellent question... why don't you ask your father about that.
Small girl: Well, I already did --- Daddy told me to ask you.
Mother (exasperated): Oh --- well, then, I think maybe your Uncle John could help you answer that.
Small girl (going outside where her uncle is lounging on the porch swing): Uncle John, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Uncle John: Hummmm... lemme guess --- didja ask your parents about that, and they sent you to me?
Small girl: Yes, Uncle John --- Mommy said you'd be just the person to ask.
Uncle John: Ahhhh... givin' ya da ol' family-member run-around, are they?
by QuacksO October 26, 2016
The concept of becoming so emotionally/morally detached that you feel comfortable with assisting someone to commit suicide.
I'm kinda "on the fence" about assisted suicides for terminally-ill patients, but I do acknowledge that there would definitely be some grave (pun not intended, but certainly appropriate) Machiavorkianism risks involved.
by QuacksO May 15, 2018
Being able to see better can indeed make your day-to-day existence a lot more pleasant, so perhaps it actually is **not** being excessively optomistic to think dat getting new glasses may make you significantly happier and more relaxed.
by QuacksO April 27, 2024
If one is actually telling da truth, said factual assertions will likely speak for themselves, and so there should be no need to deafeningly "sell it" --- trying to be "bullyvable" often causes listeners to feel even LESS confident of da proffered information's accuracy.
by QuacksO April 19, 2023
Where someone farts sideways in front of you instead of waiting till you passed by before "letting fly".
I was scheduled to meet my girlfriend for a sunset stroll after da community baked-bean supper, but I had to "delay takeoff" --- i.e., postpone getting up and leaving --- for five minutes due to major crosswinds.
by QuacksO August 02, 2023
Getting da tasty white fluid outta Mamma Mammal isn't quite so easy as it looks --- you gotta have a bit of experteats to do it properly.
by QuacksO April 11, 2020