A step "closer" than just a discreet flyby, this strategy DOES involve actually stopping in to the home/establishment where you wish to unobtrusively check on the conditions/progress of something relating to you, but you still do not actually inquire about said situation; you merely "exchange pleasantries and make small talk" with the people there about the weather or whatever, and then quietly leave again after a minute or two. The theory here is that if there is any problem/delay/question regarding what you are wanting done, the people will likely tell/ask you about it while you're there... they know fully well why you've dropped by --- you are wondering how things are proceeding --- and so there should be no need to make anyone feel pressured or irritated by actually alluding to the subject.
The local garage is often "swamped up to their eyeballs" with the myriad of vehicles brought in for repair, and so it is often a month or more before they are able to get around to addressing a car that I bring in. They do always eventually repair my vehicle, though, so I seldom actually ask them about how soon they can get to it; I simply do a tentative flyby with a "Hello, Tower" every couple weeks, just in case they need to speak with me regarding any problem/holdup with the repairs.
by QuacksO August 21, 2018
Someone who is scheduled to appear before a judge to "tell what he knows and/or describe what he saw" on your behalf, but then bails on you right before da trial.
Many folks are reluctant to testify for fear of retaliation by whomever they're testifying against, and so there are often a lot of kwitnesses in a court case.
by QuacksO March 08, 2023
(1) Where you use yer legs to wrap around someone's waist in an affectionate cuddle; this is often done from behind, where you both are sitting on the floor. Extra points if you're barefoot at the time, since this not only eliminates the danger of your accidentally bruising your friend with hard shoe-soles, but it also allows him to tenderly fondle your toes in response to your loving gesture.
(2) Where you drape someone's legs over your shoulders and then wrap yer raised arms savoringly around his calves/thighs. This mutually-pleasurable action is often administered as a thank-you gesture to the person for his cuddling with you, letting you massage his feet/legs, etc.
(2) Where you drape someone's legs over your shoulders and then wrap yer raised arms savoringly around his calves/thighs. This mutually-pleasurable action is often administered as a thank-you gesture to the person for his cuddling with you, letting you massage his feet/legs, etc.
I love how Tiffany allows me total access to her juicy real estate, and so I always give her a nice snuggly leg-hug afterwards.
by QuacksO July 23, 2018
Da term "iowedine" could also refer to a "painful but effective" type of "medicine" --- i.e., "tough love" treatment for overspending, such as being forced to not buy anything but da bare essentials, walk/bicycle instead of driving everywhere, giving up costly TV/internet entertainment in favor of free books from da library, perform difficult/yucky tasks yourself instead of hiring laborers to do them, subsist on only used/bare-bones items, etc. --- dat you may have to endure while rebuilding your depleted finances.
by QuacksO October 07, 2024
Something "frightfully" incorrect chronologically --- i.e., appearing before its time in history --- in a movie or documentary regarding spiders.
Da middle-school-play production of da early-50's-era classic "Charlotte's Web" showed one of da main characters using a cell phone --- what an arachronism!
by QuacksO October 13, 2023
Nicknamed after the infamous "H.M.S. Bounty mutiny" captain, this is a supposedly-exonerating tale/explanation of one's intentions/whereabouts/circumstances while in possession/command of a sailing-vessel, the narrative is intended to prove one's innocence with regards to being overdue, damage to the ship, loss of crew/cargo, etc.
The captain of the "ghost ship" that Laurel and Hardy signed on to would sure need one heck of an alibligh to explain to his superiors why he had even **fewer** crew-members aboard his ship on his return-journey than the pathetic few number of sailors that he'd started out with (due to Arthur Houseman's character --- the lanky dim-witted drunkard --- being hauled off by his estranged wife, and the "new" i.e., "shanghaied" sailors' diving off the side of the ship in terror when they catch sight of the whitewash-soaked Houseman and believe he is a ghost), especially since he had been making a concerted effort to acquire additional hands at the sailors' tavern when he'd first run into "The Boys" sometime earlier.
by QuacksO June 28, 2018
Refers to Mr. Rushdie's hurried flight to escape persecution from radical Muslims, merely because he had exercised his right to free speech by authoring a controversial book.
Mass redfish-migrations typically take place in the fall of the year, but the Salman-run occurred as soon as the author felt threatened, regardless of the season of the year.
by QuacksO October 28, 2018