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Re: What small thing have you looked up recently?

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Annpan wrote:
I have been googling for Obama08 memorabilia for JohnM's christmas... but can't find any good stuff that can be delivered outside USA :(
Annpan - try Cafepress.com - I have just ordered a n 'Artists for Obama' shopper and they have a huge range of items with reasonable postage rates.
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And I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference.
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Post: # 130598Post Green Aura »

Sorry, MMM - I thought you were joking!
A wag = a witty person.

Maybe we should start a dictionary corner for explaining terms that don't necessarily travel beyond borders. I've heard a few up here I could do with having explained!
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Annpan wrote:How many people are away to google j cloth now?
Not I :angel9:

...

:shock: :shock: :shock:

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Post: # 130603Post StripyPixieSocks »

Green Aura wrote:Sorry, MMM - I thought you were joking!
A wag = a witty person.

Maybe we should start a dictionary corner for explaining terms that don't necessarily travel beyond borders. I've heard a few up here I could do with having explained!
That's probably a very good idea... it's funny how just a few miles can change the meaning of a word considerably let alone country to country :study:

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StripyPixieSocks wrote:
Green Aura wrote:Sorry, MMM - I thought you were joking!
A wag = a witty person.

Maybe we should start a dictionary corner for explaining terms that don't necessarily travel beyond borders. I've heard a few up here I could do with having explained!
That's probably a very good idea... it's funny how just a few miles can change the meaning of a word considerably let alone country to country :study:
There is one called urban dicationary. The problem is that there is such a huge amount of difference between what people in different areas mean by the same term. For example, there are currently 28 different suggestions for 'wag'. No. 22 says, "To shake one's penis at another person" :shock:, and that was one of the more polite ones :shock: . If MMM had looked up the term on there, she may well have been rather offended. Better, methinks, to ask the person who says it :wink:





:wink: so when you've finished looking up J Cloths, you can now have fun with the urban dictionary :lol:
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Post: # 130616Post Green Aura »

What with j cloths and wags we're in danger of starting a I could be a dirty spammer, please let one of the moderators know about this post site - I am intrigued by the j cloth bit but fear my imagination is much more interesting than the real thing so I'll not bother googling it! :sign5:
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Re: What small thing have you looked up recently?

Post: # 130629Post Ellendra »

I look up how to spell things at www.onelook.com all the time.

I looked up info on MRI's and brain tumors, don't know if that's what I have but it seems more likely as time passes.

I looked up snails, how to use them as living pond filters, and how to eat them.

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Post: # 130630Post Green Aura »

Erm - what's that weird thing in the middle of my last post?
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Post: # 130634Post JulieSherris »

Green Aura wrote:Erm - what's that weird thing in the middle of my last post?
Maggie, do you mean ....... :sign5: ??

Itsa smilie! Did you not mean to put it in?
Or are you seeing something that I'm not?

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Post: # 130635Post Green Aura »

No the bit about being a dirty spammer - I used the words p o r n site - I presume it's a proscribed word. I thought that only applied to words like T***o!
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Post: # 130637Post JulieSherris »

Ah! I thought you'd been at the sherry there for a minute.... this is what we can see on your post.....

.........I could be a dirty spammer, please let one of the moderators know about this post site - I am intrigued .........

You used that bad word p**n, didn't you - shame on you!!

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Re: What small thing have you looked up recently?

Post: # 130641Post redmower3 »

coincidently...

i have recently looked up the difference between the value of billion in different countries

last search...

crayfishing licensing (as a result of viewing other topics on this site)

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Post: # 130646Post StripyPixieSocks »

I just spent 15 minutes or so looking up how to make wheat hand warmers and then trying to find some reasonable deal on buying wheat...

... I never just buy something in the shop when I see it :lol:

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Post: # 130652Post Percy »

After having my first successful year with Butternut squash the OH needed a recipe. Found one on the net for butternut squash and carrot soup. Absolutely great, plenty in the freezer now for the winter.

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