Word For The Day, Thursday, August 21, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/21/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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jocular; \Joc"u*lar\ adjective:
jocularity; noun
jocularity; adverb

1. Characterized by joking.
2. Given to joking.

Blues lyrics are no less dark when ("Nobody loves me but my mother / And she could be jiving too" -- B. B. King).
--Roy Blount Jr., "There's More to Southern Humor Than Foot-Long Pecan Rolls," New York Times, December 11, 1994

Etymology: [Latin iocul ris, droll, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus, joke. See yek- in Indo-European Roots.]

[Conspiracy Guy]

I hate typing my resume so I have backup copies even on LE's work hard drive.

[xsmommy]

i am not sure how many of you have been in a kids lunchroom recently. they don't have SILENT lunch, but they have to be quiet at the kids school or they will lose recess. they have a small cafeteria and lunch is eaten in shifts (no food is served, it is lunches brought from home) and they have a half hour to eat, if they go up to buy milk or snacks, that requires a wait in line, and less time to eat. i know where these people are coming from with this and it isn't ridiculous at all. you get a room full of kids who are just being their regular jocular selves and it sounds like PANDEMONIUM!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I thought it was very flattering in terms of being realistic. Two ugly men consoling each other.

[Texan5]

The Catholic school my daughter went to allowed talking, but not screaming or anything like that. They just made the disruptive kids eat in a small room off the cafeteria. Usually they didn't disrupt any more after being made to eat alone.

[RikaStrom]

ROFLOL

And on that note, I am off to work!

[xsmommy]

i guess bc this school has 800 kids and a tiny cafeteria and they have half hour shifts for lunch starting from 11 am til 12:30 or 1:00pm, they have to move them in, GET THEM TO EAT and then move them out. i think that they expect the socialization to take place at recess. they want them eating during this time. truly i have seen kids there barely eat a thing in the alloted time, bc they are too busy chattering and socializing. then they have to keep going til 3pm. i am just saying that i can see, in practical terms, since i am picturing the St James lunchroom, why they did this and it doesn't make them nazis or child haters, which is being implied on that thread.

[Gabz]

I'm great at writing resumes, everyone's that is - I can't do my own.

I'm going to try to scan it in as a document and see if I can work on it that way.

[Gabz]

I understand the idea behind it - I just think it is WAAAAAAAY over the top.

[camle]

did you see the premier of Smoking GUn on court tv last night? What a bunch of wasted potential.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

For Viagra, it’s gonna get hard
Competition no longer is barred
No need for binocular
Our jocks won't be jocular
As size will increase by the yard

[xsmommy]

nope, didn't watch even a minutes worth of tv last night.

[Gabz]

I was so upset when I found out that the cable company we now have does not carry 2 of my favorite stations. FoodTV and CourtTV

[secret garden]

Good morning! Time to cruise the thread for any of Dr. Max'x jocular meanderings.

[Texan5]

Here are a couple of jokes I heard yesterday from a customer:

Two frogs were sitting on a lily pad in the pond at the park one night. The male frog started kissing the female frog and she responded favorably, so he asked her to have sex with him. She said the lily pad they were on was too small for that, and if one of them fell off into the water, all the other frogs would know what they were up to. The male frog told her that they could do something else that he had seen the humans doing on blankets in the park, and he whispered something in her ear. She agreed, and when they were done, he said "See, now wasn't that fantastic"? She replied "It sure was, but you know, the humans are right-we really do taste like chicken".

The Lone Ranger was captured by a band of renegade Indians and taken before their chief. The chief told him "In four days, I am going to kill you, but I will grant you one last request a day for your last three days of life. What is your first request"? The Lone Ranger said "Well, I really would like to talk to my horse, Trigger", so Trigger was brought over, and the Lone Ranger whispered in his ear. Trigger tossed his head, and ran off into the woods. Two hours later he was back with a beautiful blonde on his back. The Lone Ranger helped her down, and they went into a tepee and didn't come out till the next morning. On the second day, the chief asked the Lone Ranger what his request was for that day, and he said again that he wanted to talk to Trigger. Trigger was brought to him, and again he whispered in his ear, and Trigger took off into the woods. In the evening, he came back with a stunning brunette on his back, who spent the night with the Lone Ranger. The next day, the chief reminded the Lone Ranger that this was his last day, and asked for his request. Once again, the Lone Ranger wanted to talk to Trigger, so Trigger was brought to him. The Lone Ranger pulled Trigger's head down till his mouth was right over the horse's ear and whispered loudly "Now listen carefully, damnit! I said "Posse! Go bring posse!"

[xsmommy]

LOL!! how do you remember those>? i can't remember a joke to save my life.

[Texan5]

We can't get cable out here, so we have a dish and DirectTV. I don't think either one of us has any idea what half the channels are, much less having watched them. Nobody needs that many channels!

[CholeraJoe]

Trigger was Roy Rogers' horse. The Lone Ranger's horse was Silver.

[Texan5]

If I don't tell it or write it within a couple of days, I forget the punch line, which makes the joke not.

[Texan5]

I stand corrected. Thank you Sir, may I have another?

[camle]

too much "I'm so special" and not enough Smoking Gun stuff. AND rather than show two episodes, they showed the same one back to back.