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------------63465F6311D20 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Barbara Mallut wrote: > > > We were just being silly by using partial bits of real words - hapless, and > feckless. There ARE no such words as "haps and fecks.." We just twisted > around the language to suit the moment. ....... > > I have this mental image of you cussing away in Portuguese as you wildly > attack your trusty Webster's trying to find the meaning of "Haps, fecks, and > gorms," and as it got later and later into the night, picking up the > dictionary and with a frustrated scream, throwing it at the monitor! Then, > with a horrified look on your face as smoke comes pouring out of the monitor, > you say to yourself, "OH MY GOD! What HAVE I done?!!!!" > > For those who might think such idiocy is not related to Parkinson's Disease > and thus doesn't belong in here in this PD-specific list, I'd like to take a > moment and point out that while something like the exchange we're referring to > isn't directly about PD itself, such moments as we had in our little play on > words, WAS and IS of benefit to those Parkies that participated in it, as well > as to many who chose to read it. > > > I rest my case.. > > Barb Mallut > "Lil_Honey" on the PD Chat > [log in to unmask] Hi Barb M, My mother used to say "All work and no play, makes for a dull day" ------------63465F6311D20 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <HTML><BODY> <DT>Barbara Mallut wrote:<BR> > <BR> <BR> > <BR> > We were just being silly by using partial bits of real words - hapless, and<BR> > feckless. There ARE no such words as "haps and fecks.." We just twisted<BR> > around the language to suit the moment. .......<BR> > <BR> > I have this mental image of you cussing away in Portuguese as you wildly<BR> > attack your trusty Webster's trying to find the meaning of "Haps, fecks, and<BR> > gorms," and as it got later and later into the night, picking up the<BR> > dictionary and with a frustrated scream, throwing it at the monitor! Then,<BR> > with a horrified look on your face as smoke comes pouring out of the monitor,<BR> > you say to yourself, "OH MY GOD! What HAVE I done?!!!!"<BR> > <BR> > For those who might think such idiocy is not related to Parkinson's Disease<BR> > and thus doesn't belong in here in this PD-specific list, I'd like to take a<BR> > moment and point out that while something like the exchange we're referring to<BR> > isn't directly about PD itself, such moments as we had in our little play on<BR> > words, WAS and IS of benefit to those Parkies that participated in it, as well<BR> > as to many who chose to read it.<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > I rest my case..<BR> > <BR> > Barb Mallut<BR> > "Lil_Honey" on the PD Chat<BR> > [log in to unmask]<BR> <BR></DT> <DT>Hi Barb M,</DT> <DT>My mother used to say "All work and no play, makes for a dull day"</DT> </BODY> </HTML> ------------63465F6311D20--