Puffery- exaggerated commendation especially for promotional purposes.

Or the bullshit Papa John's, admittedly, used in their commercials.

Survival: Thats what does not kill us, makes us stronger. Living proof right here.

  QUOTE (perveman @ March 30, 2013, 01:01)

Amen brother...

  QUOTE (sybianwatcher1 @ March 30, 2013, 03:44)
. Thx Syb, you are wise beyond your years, and funny as as hell. In phone conversations with Free, he likes you too. I even have 2 kids older than you, (even thogh Im 39, lol) you are cool.

I would strongly recommend anyone reading this thread to check out The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. Although it's over 100 years old it has some fantastic re-definitions of words; a few to whet your appetite are here...

MAN : An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth and Canada.

MEEKNESS: Unusual patience in planning a worthwhile revenge.

Stereotype..There are many stereotypes in every country, but a very common one is in England, where a man can't figure out the right side of the street to drive on,...but can find a pub blindfolded.
A Stereotypical Englishman will stop on a dime for cucumber sandwiches and tea, but won't take the time to finish building a real saddle.
A Stereotypical Englishman will finish every story with "God save the Queen"...as long as he has a pint of ale in his hand.

  QUOTE (sybianwatcher1 @ April 2, 2013, 00:57)
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Stereotype..There are many stereotypes in every country, but a very common one is in England, where a man can't figure out the right side of the street to drive on,...but can find a pub blindfolded.
A Stereotypical Englishman will stop on a dime for cucumber sandwiches and tea, but won't take the time to finish building a real saddle.
A Stereotypical Englishman will finish every story with "God save the Queen"...as long as he has a pint of ale in his hand.

  QUOTE (sybianwatcher1 @ April 2, 2013, 00:57)
Damn, you should be on here more, you make me laugh. And the funny thing, I traced my roots back to Liverpool, and dont understand British humor at all. Are you sure you are not American? You exported the tv show Shameless here, got the Americanized version, its insane, I love it. But the British version I tried a couple times, and I just went, ?

Perve nobody understands British humour..with the exception of the Benny Hill show....not even the British themselves think it's funny, they just laugh because the guy beside them is laughing.
{By the way that was a below the belt shot at Wanderingstar, but he already knows.. he threw the first punch}

  QUOTE (sybianwatcher1 @ April 2, 2013, 06:31)


I think you are confusing "English" and "British"; a common mistake even by our colonial cousins.

Great Britain is a single island off the Northwest coast of continental Europe. It has within it the countries of England, Scotland and Wales.

The British Isles is a collection of islands off the Northwest coast of continental Europe which includes Great Britain, Ireland and 6,000 smaller isles.

The United Kingdom is shorthand for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This used to be referred to as "Britain" but this term is no longer used officially.

So, the UK, a single political body, has four regional elements; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

A simple guide to the different peoples is as follows:

The Irish don't know what they want but are prepared to fight anyone for it.

The Welsh are a God-fearing race and prey on their knees, and prey on their neighbours.

The Scots keep the Sabbath, and anything else they can lay their hands on.

The English are a self-made people, thereby relieving Almighty God of a terrible responsibility!

Deviant Behaviour : Deviance is behaviour that does not conform to social norms and values..A deviant behaviour elicits a negative response, and can lead to criminal behaviour, ....even in parts of England.

ambidextrous
adjective

capable of using both hands with equal ease
unusually skillful : versatile
characterized by duplicity : double-dealing

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Its Memorial Day

The word of the day shouldn't be
brrrr

  QUOTE (kamarel @ May 27, 2013, 20:23)
it should be RESPECT and HONOR