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Old 14.01.2012, 10:56
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Effervescing leads me directly to effervescent then on over the cliff with Schweppervescent ... lots of old ad campaigns rattling around in my brain, and the smallest things can bring them back to the surface!
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Old 14.01.2012, 12:03
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Thanks for reminding me to pop my effervescent Vits..

Ok, so today, we have a

dissident.
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Old 14.01.2012, 13:39
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Sure it's not a rescidivist? They're the worst sort of offenders ...
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Old 14.01.2012, 14:09
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I like people who don't give up on their MOs, hahahah. The Taurus in me.

I'd say, today is another Word, and that would be spring
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Old 14.01.2012, 14:26
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Thanks for reminding me to pop my effervescent Vits..

Ok, so today, we have a

dissident.
I was declared a dissident on my religious status by the gemeinde as I said I didn't have a religion. Quite liked the label.
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Old 16.01.2012, 16:10
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I was declared a dissident on my religious status by the gemeinde as I said I didn't have a religion. Quite liked the label.
Noble. But not sure if their context matches the Corpus Linguistics definitions

Todays Special Word is

studying

I know it is so boring, but you will soon know why. It's coming, it's coming, I am happy.

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Old 17.01.2012, 08:45
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Frozemefrikkennutsoff.

It's the only word I heard this morning in the motorcycle parking.
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Old 17.01.2012, 09:15
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kwatch.......
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Old 18.01.2012, 22:04
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Sussuration ...
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Old 18.01.2012, 22:09
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nelipot.

I really like this one. Waking without shoes is a nice habit, good for yer feet.
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Old 18.01.2012, 22:41
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I really like this one. Waking without shoes is a nice habit, good for yer feet.
I likey! As I am often found with no shoes on so I guess it could also be Nellypot. No?
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Old 18.01.2012, 22:45
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I likey! As I am often found with no shoes on so I guess it could also be Nellypot. No?
Yes. That is if your feet are washed. It only works home, really.

Not in the store...



whoa nelly
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Old 19.01.2012, 05:42
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Yes. That is if your feet are washed. It only works home, really.

Not in the store...



whoa nelly
Barefoot works anywhere! Only reason I don't go into the local Migros barefoot is that I've already been told off by staff there that it is "absolut verbot barfuss zu sein!", allegedly because of the possibility of broken glass (in the drinks aisle) ... I reckon it's just because they can't determine my social position without reference to my shoes!

Also, going barefoot can make you richer - I've found heaps of money while walking barefoot, since I (strangely ...) pay far more attention to what's on the ground or floor and find stray money drifting about every now and then ...
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Old 19.01.2012, 20:53
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Barefoot works anywhere! Only reason I don't go into the local Migros barefoot is that I've already been told off by staff there that it is "absolut verbot barfuss zu sein!", allegedly because of the possibility of broken glass (in the drinks aisle) ... I reckon it's just because they can't determine my social position without reference to my shoes!

Also, going barefoot can make you richer - I've found heaps of money while walking barefoot, since I (strangely ...) pay far more attention to what's on the ground or floor and find stray money drifting about every now and then ...
You know you are supposed to return the monies, right? That's how it works here!

Today's special word would be...uhmmm....separated muscle

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Old 20.01.2012, 00:21
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You know you are supposed to return the monies, right? That's how it works here!
I just hang around for a while, see if anyone's searching the ground for a loose note or two ... sadly, have never found more than $20. Still, one time when I found $20 was at a concert, when I didn't have enough to buy two t-shirts!

Actually, I tell a lie ... with the wife & kids, found 50 CHF ... waited, saw another kid from school frantically searching, asked her what she'd lost, she said 50 francs! Her eyes lit up when the note was handed over ...

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Auch.
Sounds excruciatingly special ... hope the muscle's not separated for long!
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Old 22.01.2012, 23:29
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I just hang around for a while, see if anyone's searching the ground for a loose note or two ... sadly, have never found more than $20. Still, one time when I found $20 was at a concert, when I didn't have enough to buy two t-shirts!

Actually, I tell a lie ... with the wife & kids, found 50 CHF ... waited, saw another kid from school frantically searching, asked her what she'd lost, she said 50 francs! Her eyes lit up when the note was handed over ...

Sounds excruciatingly special ... hope the muscle's not separated for long!
Finding cash is fun.

The muscle is back 99% times, thanks, but it flips sometimes. It does not flip if I remind myself good posture, ick.

Today's Special Word would be... ruckus
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Old 25.01.2012, 00:04
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Re: Word of Today

neko-neko, Indonesian for "one who has a creative idea which only makes things worse".
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I think I work with the world's biggest collection of neko-nekos.

Cogitate on this!

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Old 25.01.2012, 19:10
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Mastication's always good for a laugh ...
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Old 26.01.2012, 11:42
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Re: Word of Today

neko-neko office remark was entertaining..

Today, it is Zambian, sekaseka means "to laugh without a reason".

Or a German Scheissenbedauern ? Not sure. The 2nd means "the disappointment one feels when when something turns out not nearly as badly as one had hoped."

I haven't felt the Scheissenbedauern yet, me thinks. Wirklich.
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