Damn, is it time for another gushunt already?

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kayrharris · #26 Post by **kayrharris** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:23 am

ulysses5019 wrote:I was curious about Dawkins, so I looked him up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins

Interesting character.

He's a pretty scary dude, if you ask me.

silvercamaro · #27 Post by **silvercamaro** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:56 am

ulysses5019 wrote:I was curious about Dawkins, so I looked him up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins

Interesting character.

I find it interesting that we can all read the same information and take away different things. My overwhelming thought after reading Dawkins' bio was this:

"Wow. I didn't know Richard Adams wrote for Dr. Who!"

SportsFan68 · #28 Post by **SportsFan68** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:26 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:I was curious about Dawkins, so I looked him up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins

Interesting character.

Very interesting and fun to read. I didn't finish it, my supercalifragilisticexpialidocious computer closed the site when I looked up the fifth or sixth word or person.

MarleysGh0st · #29 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:43 am

fantine33 wrote: Marley, I've been meaning to ask this for a while (not necessarily of you). What's with the meme? I used to just assume it was used like "la meme chose" but the context doesn't always fit. Sometimes it seems like it's used as "it's all about me me me me me me me", but not always. Lots of times, like your usage above, neither of those seem to make sense.

mrkelley found the right definition for the word. I recall seeing it in various articles and columns in Analog magazine; I don't think I was aware that Dawkins had invented the word.

fantine33 wrote:So what's the word? Besides Thunderbird (see, I know hip phrases that other people don't get. It's just that they don't get them because they're at least 40 years out of style. Ha!).

You can expect me to use nerdy phrases, not hip ones!

Interesting, though, to read your guesses to what the word meant.

fantine33 · #30 Post by **fantine33** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:58 pm

mrkelley23 wrote: Dawkins is a pretty sharp tool

I'll agree with a third of that. Ha! It annoys me when people use 78 two buck words to say something that can be better conveyed by 12 ten cent words. Even more so here, as a dictionary's job is to clearly state the meaning of something so as to be easily understood.

After reading all I could stand, I think I kind of get what it means.

Thank you for the response, though.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #31 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:16 am

It should happen soon.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #32 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:17 am

Very soon.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #33 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:17 am

Maybe now.

Bob Juch · #34 Post by **Bob Juch** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:17 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #35 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:17 am

Too late?

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #36 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:18 am

Bob Juch wrote:When?

You got it!

earendel · #37 Post by **earendel** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:22 am

Bob Juch wrote:Now!

I'm not sure that 33000 counts as a gus - 33333 should, however, and I believe 35000 would. But only lb knows for sure.

NellyLunatic1980 · #38 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:23 am

Don't put away that gushunting gear yet. We've got 300 to go until #33,333.

NellyLunatic1980 · #39 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:24 am

earendel wrote:I'm not sure that 33000 counts as a gus

Gus, Jr. maybe?

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #40 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:25 am

earendel wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:Now!
I'm not sure that 33000 counts as a gus - 33333 should, however, and I believe 35000 would. But only lb knows for sure.

Really? It's got nice round numbers.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #41 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:26 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Don't put away that gushunting gear yet. We've got 300 to go until #33,333.

That might take a few hours.

NellyLunatic1980 · #42 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:29 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Don't put away that gushunting gear yet. We've got 300 to go until #33,333.
That might take a few hours.

Once again, I'll be sticking around on the Bored until I get off work (which won't be until 4:30 today).

Bob Juch · #43 Post by **Bob Juch** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:17 am

It will probably happen when I'm away playing NTN tonight.

kayrharris · #44 Post by **kayrharris** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:17 am

Well, I'm still waiting on the dishwasher repairman and can't leave the house until he shows up. Who knows when that will be?

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #45 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:24 am

kayrharris wrote:Well, I'm still waiting on the dishwasher repairman and can't leave the house until he shows up. Who knows when that will be?

We got a new mattress recently. We were given a window between 2:00 and 4:00 and they actually showed up at 1:55. I was amazed.

silvercamaro · #46 Post by **silvercamaro** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:28 am

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
kayrharris wrote:Well, I'm still waiting on the dishwasher repairman and can't leave the house until he shows up. Who knows when that will be?
We got a new mattress recently. We were given a window between 2:00 and 4:00 and they actually showed up at 1:55. I was amazed.

When I lost my cable internet last month, the company told me on Saturday that the first available repair slot was "Monday afternoon, between 1 and 5 p.m."

The guy showed up on Sunday afternoon. I wasn't home. He waited until I got there. I'm still amazed by that.

kayrharris · #47 Post by **kayrharris** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:37 am

Those are encouraging reports, however, I wasn't even given a time frame. They are coming from Montgomery, about 45 miles away. They only come to Auburn on Tuesdays, so I was fortunate to get on the list yesterday.

I was probably the last one to schedule a repair, so I may be the last one they see, but they really weren't specific about that.

NellyLunatic1980 · #48 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:22 am

Don't slow down now, ya'll. Just 250 to go.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #49 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:52 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Don't slow down now, ya'll. Just 250 to go.

Less now.

kayrharris · #50 Post by **kayrharris** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:31 pm

OK, he got here right at noon. Not so bad I suppose. No parts required, so just the $135 service call. It did have something to do with the the sink, but can't really blame the Roto-Rooter guy. The water that had backed up from the sink caused the overflow in the dishwasher to go into "flood mode" which automatically shuts it down so it won't flood your kitchen.

Unfortunately, you can't just get it out of flood mode. That requires a service call. I guess that's better than a flooded kitchen. I don't know. I'm just glad it's working again.