Posts by Jolisa
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Honi soit qui mal y pense - I always knew it as "evil be to him who evil thinks," and have a vague memory of my Mum saying it was her school motto. Can that be right? Any Sacred Hearters who can confirm or deny?
Loosely translated: "shame on you, sir" or "get your mind out of the gutter," or possibly, depending on the circumstances, "ooh, you are naughty, but I like you."
Or, according to Sellar and Yeatman, "Honey, your silk stocking's hanging down." Hence the Order of the Garter.
Um. Word of the year. Witipedia? (Steve Braunias to thank for that one).
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Russell, you smooth thing! I'm surprised Fiona lets you out of the house with a repertoire like that.
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Yes, Jackie - that was them. Next time, don't physically restrain yourself!
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Thanks, all. It's always a pleasure to share these sweet child(ren) of mine, especially when they are being sweet. One of the happy ironies of the Breaking Trolley Incedent [sic] is that for once they weren't actually trying to cause grievous bodily harm in the pursuit of fun.
Deborah, I reckon we need a Library of Deposit for youthful newspapers. Otherwise how will the future know what the most urgent issues of the days were for the least represented citizens? (I'm actually kind of serious here...hmmm... this is close).
Alan, I think you're right - it's like the hyper-hyper-local version of our own hyper-local news site, only without the discussion forums. The next step: hammering up the newspaper on telephone poles up and down the street. Or a return to "Hear ye, hear ye." That would be awesome.
Paul, well spotted - I do believe Messrs Calvin and Hobbes directly inspired the original stunt - in fact they may have been what persuaded us to rescue the dilapidated trolley from the bulk trash pile where we found it. The eight year old has memorised every downhill-in-a-wagon-or-toboggan C & H strip. (Who am I kidding, he has memorised every other C & H strip too).
The rectangular mouth on the little guy is for real - he's been doing it since he was a baby, and looks exactly like his paternal grandfather performing the mask of tragedy. It's an excellent expression, although rarely seen these days as he is such a happy chappy.
Islander, I love that you notice the elbows and faces. How do they do that? And how do we become so unbending with age? I miss that lability, both physical and emotional.
Jackie, I reckon online communities - and other people's blogs - are all about playing swappa-families and enjoying that adoption fantasy! It's a village in the computer. And I like to fantasize that once upon a time, the real world village was that fluid and embracing, and still is in good places.
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It's also an anagram of RACE ON, WEB GOD.
That is mighty! I bow to you, sir. And dare Ben to get it on a T-shirt, or even better, as a tattoo.
My air-cooled jaws are entirely due to this miserable, but entirely seasonal, New England weather. Brr.
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But are you actually from Naenae? That's the real question.
Oddly enough, there was an Italian boy in my class at St Bernadette's. Name of Benvenuti, not a trace of an accent. Deep cover in the Hutt Valley? He wouldn't be the first.
You Gracewoods certainly stick close - first two comments. Respec.
We need Ian D back in the house to tell us that Ben Gracewood is almost a perfect anagram of WE ARE BORG.
Actually, it's a perfect anagram of WE ARE BONG, DOC. Which is almost the same thing.
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Gracewoods. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. [evil cackle]
They've also been known to fly halfway round the world on the scent of a good party. It's an uncanny gift.
He also passed on a private message from Dr Alan Bollard, which involved a threat of violence to my person.
Not your little person?! I would not put it past the anti-hero of your book to offer menaces to a toddler, although my money would still be on Little Bob "kneecap-gnasher" Haywood.
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I fear I may need to raise the brow-ness of my talk.
I reckon it needs to be at least knowledge-brow, bro!
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What filthy minds you all have. It's a traditional and perfectly sensible way to keep your writing implements warm, especially in a Chch winter. Means you never have to shell out for a heated pencil case to stop your fountain pens freezing up.
(NB that definition of pass/fail still doesn't make any sense to me).
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Whoops - thanks Kyle.
(Still waiting for mod privileges that will enable me to time travel more than 15 mins into the past to fix things).
Those who Novel on a daily basis claim to love the challenge of the utility's 140-page minimum...
I'm assuming it has a ReNovel button, too.