13-06-2018, 11:23 AM
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hello possums - look let's all do deep breathing exercises like the buddha practiced and calm down - no one is an idle git here - there are just practicing nasal breathing exercises - 1, 2 3 breathe in 124 breathe out - etc etc - rest ya hammer jacks!!
13-06-2018, 12:05 PM
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Yeah Spitty, he’s getting very picky in his old age ain’t he.
I was watching an old film last night with the wife, a 1936 mystery murder called “Murder in Pictures”, a gangster was on trail and the jury was out considering their verdict, fair enough, but when they came back in the judge says, and I quote his exact words, “Members of the jury, have your reached your verdict and have you elected a foreman?” Something about it sounded fishy to me so I says to Phyllis that that is not correct, what’s wrong with it asks she, he said have you elected a foreman, well the foreman is elected before a jury even considers a verdict, first thing they do is appoint a foreman, stupid Hollywood scrip writing.
She still insists there was nothing wrong with the judges statement, I still say it’s wrong, I have never been on a jury, so who is right…Pug are ya busy?
13-06-2018, 01:19 PM
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Anatopism is the noun for something out of its proper place.(Ana+topia .....wrong+place)
There is also the synonym anachorism, for something out of its geographical place.
Again from ana+khoros......a geographical place.
Both aren't used much, as anachronism tends to apply as well, but as I have found, not always. That's why they were hard to find.
I'd never heard of either, so I've learned something!
13-06-2018, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Sweetie pie
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Anatopism is the noun for something out of its proper place.(Ana+topia .....wrong+place)
There is also the synonym anachorism, for something out of its geographical place.
Again from ana+khoros......a geographical place.
Both aren't used much, as anachronism tends to apply as well, but as I have found, not always. That's why they were hard to find.
I'd never heard of either, so I've learned something!
13-06-2018, 01:32 PM
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The Woman with JewelsLola Ridge, 1873
The woman with jewels sits in the cafe,
Spraying light like a fountain.
Diamonds glitter on her bulbous fingers
And on her arms, great as thighs,
Diamonds gush from her ear-lobes over the goitrous throat.
She is obesely beautiful.
Her eyes are full of bleared lights,
Like little pools of tar, spilled by a sailor in mad haste for shore. . .
And her mouth is scarlet and full—only a little crumpled—like a flower that has been pressed apart. . .
Why does she come alone to this obscure basement—
She who should have a litter and hand-maidens to support her on either side?
She ascends the stairway, and the waiters turn to look at her, spilling the soup.
The black satin dress is a little lifted, showing the dropsical legs in their silken fleshings. . .
The mountainous breasts tremble. . .
There is an agitation in her gems,
That quiver incessantly, emitting trillions of fiery rays. . .
She erupts explosive breaths. . .
Every step is an adventure
From this. . .
The serpent’s tooth
Saved Cleopatra.
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