Asylum

Marina is the most beautiful woman in the world.

Give me sanctuary

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Guess I’m third in class …..

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!

Agony:

I looked up agony; I might be making the mistake of reading too
much into what I found but it seems agony started with Greek
“agein” (meaning to lead, celebrate, succeed, achieve) and ended
up including aspects of the cause of success: first “agon” (the
gathering on this earth, the place where and, perhaps, amidst whom
the success happens) and then “agonia” (the struggle, since
success isn’t automatically given to Man but must be achieved by
thought and action). So agony would contrast with shiftlessness
and would actually refer to the entire “violent struggle that ends
in ecstasy”. (It is religion, which teaches one to be miserable
on earth for happiness after death, that broke up agony and
progressively restricted it to just the pre-success part.)

–Hs4Mm

Where is the HD? I don’t mean on this vid. HD button has gone from EVERYWHERE!!

in for a penny, in for a pound :?: under six hooray :!: :mrgreen: :twisted:

That looks like a word request from a pair of eyes..

ASS-E-LUM :razz:

Marina , Yes good Morning : :smile: :smile:

James :smile: I have the HD button & it wors fine :!: whats up wit chew :?:
:mrgreen: :twisted: :lol: B.B.

Did she say, “Kick Ass?”

Marina, I am going to come into your appartment and steal some of your hair!!! It’s so nice! (Actually I won’t but it is nice hair)

Also.. that green dress looks like the blue one in the subscribe lesson. Do you have the same dress in 2 colours???? HA!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR DARLIN’ !

peace

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Homework:

I’ve been to an a mental institution before but I am not sure now if insane people were there or not but considering it was a ‘state’ institution I suppose they were.

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It’s a HD conspiracy!

bwahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa …..

Oh! Good. Fashionably late again. :grin:
Happy New Year, Everyone.
Thank you all for the fun and laughter we’ve enjoyed together in 2008.
Long may it continue into 2009 and beyond.
:smile:

Here is a new year message from the local branch of the NSPCA … The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Asses,
{Sounds of hissing and static on the line}
I’m sorry, we seem to have lost the connection, but we’ll try to bring it to you later in the program.

Do you have the button?

I’ve never spent a night in ANY hospital. Oh, well..

Homework: No, Marina, I’ve never been to a Mental Institution, but there are no guarantees … I’m still madly in love with you.
HAPPY NEW YEAR. Muah!

I beat the shit out of my dad 1 time because I was tired of his mental and verbal abusive attitude, this was when i was still grieving for the death of my marriage, He had me arrested and I spent a couple of days in evaluation. We got along well after that but I feel like he still hasn’t learned his error even too this day and even after his death five years ago, he probably went too his grave thinking verbally and mentally abusing people in times of vunerabilty was an acceptable behavior. I would kick his ass again if the circumstances presented themselves again even today.

Yeah, but she really meant “stomp some rump.”

Mental mindless gathering takes place here—”The Capital of the Republic of Lexicon”….Kick my arse, Marina—Commander in Chief and word nurse for this hospital…Are we ever free to leave? :lol: :roll: :lol: Happy and the best for 2009…..,Iggy Pop & The Stooges – Funhouse kicks ass, sax

I’m with pennsyltucky9… never stayed at any hospital.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
Be safe in your celebrations tonight and as you ring in the new year don’t forget to give a toast to Marina, shes earned it. :grin:
…and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do…but if you do call me, I want in!! :mrgreen:

Thanks, Bob.

I hope everyone has a safe holiday.

Usually, I stay home for this one so I can enjoy toasting the season with relative impunity. This year I’ll be traveling to party with family, so I’ll be the desiccated driver.

Cheers!

I’ve never been to an “Asylum but thought a tour of one could be interesting.I was wondering if you could explain the word ” Booze” in referance to liquor. Love your site and all the Best in the New Year!! :smile:

make that yesterday, today, or tomorrow. :smile: :smile:

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EXTRA CREDIT:

A tip for you die-hards:

If you’re really serious about voting for our dear teacher, you can clear your cookies (will kill logged in sessions) each time you vote and do it over n over until the cows come home ….. :shock: :evil: :shock:

Also, don’t forget when you vote for Marina, vote-down anyone with more votes!

You might want to send out a note to the student body Marina as only a handful will see this comment …..

I have only been in a regular hospital for two heat strokes. People would say I was crazy for some of things I used to do, but the man with the net never caught me.

Pagedoll you have a Happy New Year and be safe on the dunes.

I know how you feel Stokes. My step dad was abusive to my mother so I beat the crap out of him and he left and my mother and me got along just fine.

So what is the word for tomorrow, ‘Hangover’ ?

Never understood why people deemed it necessary to get drunk because of a chronological change.

All the amateur drunks are on the road, that is dangerous, so be careful.

Never been to mental institution but sure have met may a person that should.

Marina, Very bad form for YOU to encourage us to vote “Down” others on the competition.
Win on your own positive talents and not on the negative treatment of others.

Besides we are no dummies. We get to vote up or down on each of the submissions. We know what to do.

I know it was your sister who typed the negative thing above, but you might want to redact her input.

I have them hidden so no one else can use them.

Happy new year Popzzz.

I give you sanctuary, I’ll open the left door and you get in as I drive on the right side of the Interceptor.

Have a good time PT9. Enjoy your family while you can. Here are you some extra Bones. If you start to fall apart.

I can go out on the weekend.
This is the one night of the year I surrender the roads to the drunks.
And the cops they will have to put up with.
Not worth it for a tick=tock whoop-de-do.

Oh yes, I have been to mental hospitals quite a bit. Fer real, I am not being sarcastic this time. :roll: Sheesh, just because I am an ass 90% of the time, does not mean I am not sincere 10% of the time.

I have visited several people in mental hospitals; some have been family; some havve been friends. My daughter is a nurse, and she has worked at hospitals for mentally disabled clients. We used to do some fun stuff, there. I guess I place a little less of the stigma to mental disabilities, because I have seen so much of it up close.

A Happy New Year! :razz:
Asylums (mental) = Total institutions !

btw: russian dinner for one Ирония судьбы или С лёгким паром :smile:

Hey James you sound like a stalking fanatic.
Take her to dinner, then steal her napkin.
But someplace with cloth napkins.

I guess we are making black shoes brown in 2009.

Marina you said vote them down. You know they did it to you on the last contest that’s why you came in 6th. You have to make your own destiny if you want to get ahead. Believe me they are thumbing you down as hard as they can so go for the Gold and do what it takes to win, every man or woman for themselves.

You are so hot! :grin:
Good video!
I like it!
specialy you are cute and gorby too!

Thanks, Road Warrior!

Wow, that looks just like me, except my feathers look a bit flat. But what’s that chord I’m butchering?

A wise man once said: “You can’t expect to fly like an eagle if your rolling around like a snake.”
Or “Never get into a fight with a pig. You both throw around a lot of dirt and both get dirty, but the pig likes it.”

I dunno, wetsuit. Normally I would agree with you. However, the thumbs down seems a part of the game, or the powers that be would not have made that option. As long as voters keep things in perspective, I guess turnabout is fairplay. In cards, we say “It’s not cheating unless you get caught.” In the Navy, we would call it “the competetive edge.” Imagine a NASCAR team never stretching the envelope, or a politican who bluntly states her opinion; I would appreciate that, but the success would be limited.

Methinks me may have stumbled into an ethical conundrum. If the rules of the game encourage negative responses, is it truly a negative response? Hmm… :???:
{Somebody scratches his head as he meanders off to the thinking chair (with fond memories of Big Red floating across his consciousness.)} :???:

Дорогая Марина Орлова,
Был заморозок отца хорош к вам? What nice earrings you wore today. Did one of your subscribers mail them to you? From the way they post remarks, they should send you many gifts! :smile:
No, I’ve never been to an asylum. Thank you for telling us the origins of that word.
Счастливое Новый Год! seesixcm6

This is not air warfare where the first and last rule is cheat and the first corrolary being if you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying. (I spent my time in the canoe club too). All I was saying is it’s bad form i.e. an ugly side we haven’t seen before.

MARINA,

Thanks for the New Years Card.
Great Picture.
Almost like a HotForWords label for a bottle of champagne.
There’s an idea for next year.
Calender and Champagne.

Is it my imagination or have all the Marina entries suddenly vanished from the WIRED sexy geek contest page? I was just there looking to downvote sxephil and didn’t see his entries either. I looked through all 3 pages of entries twice and saw plenty of duplicate entries for other people, but no Marina Orlova this time. Hmmm. Maybe a disqualification is underway. WTF? Can they do that?

On the other hand, if our girl Marina already won it last year and didn’t get a prize or a trophy or something, then why waste time on it? Just a question.

A friend of mine went and changed the message on a guy’s answering machine to a phone number that reached a mental hospital… “funny-but-not-funny”… :smile:

Happy New Year from Ireland

Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit

Now, back to the partaay…

Hey PT9 they consolidated all of the highest voted extra entries into one of each. That’s why you see only one of Phil and one of Marina. There are a couple more entries that have one or two entries but not enough to count.

Rest in Peace my Friend.

I have a special unique request for you.

I know you research and talk about words but looking through old homework you have posted I came across the calender post with important dates. I know a fair amount of Guy Fawkes Day from V for Vendetta but I’m curious what the full real story is behind the 5th of November. Could you make a video explaining it better?

-Milenko17 (Jeff)

Thank you ma-am for the New Years card. That’s a lot of Champagne for you to drink alone.

How much longer will the contest go on?

Mul-E-SSA

Hi,

I am requesting the origin of the work: People.

С новым годом
I know from previous lessons that this is your favorite holiday. I hope this one is especially good.

A few years ago, I directed a play in an asylum. The actors were all patients there. It was a very interesting project.

In the Navy we had something called ‘Fantail Liberty’.

The idea was you went to the ship’s fantail, threw all your money overboard, and then banged your head a dozen times on the metal bulkhead. When you woke up in the morning you had a headache and you were broke; therefore you must have had a good time. :smile:

Happy New Year Marina!

I recently had a friend tell me that I was having a pipe dream. Pipe Dream what is a pipe dream? Can you tell me the origin of this phrase.

Thanks,

Christopher

Homework :cool:
No, I have never been to an insane asylum.

My family were taking the mick out of Marina, so I got up and left them….. I hate when people do that.

Seriously. Have any of you lost the HD button and got it replaced woth high quality

Agus Aithblian faoi Mhaise duit, go maith.

Hi,
I just love the word malifulous. Just saying it I can imagine angels singing, and also your coworkers will think you just added 25 points to your IQ! I would like to see where it came from.

Thanks, and I really like your program. I loved you in Bad Grammar!

Take care,
Laura

@wetsuit-I am not stating an opinion one way or the other; I am pondering out loud and accepting input from others. My biggest question concerns the rules of the game as established by the officials. A thumbs up and thumbs down are provided for each contestant, which gives me options. I can thumbs up M, thumbs down Phil, and leave Pauley Parrete blank, for example. At school, we will have penny wars: a penny in your own bucket counts as +1, a dollar in someone elses bucket is -1, five dollars is -5, etc. The penny wars are all in fun, and the money is raised for charity. This seems perfectly okay to me. I used to run cross-country, and my goal was for me run my fastest. I would (practically) never intentionally slow another runner. In my MA classes, I do not believe anyone in there would ever intentionally harm a classmate’s success. Most of classmates have actually gone out of the way to help me, on several occasions.

Does this contest require the altruism expected in a history classroom? Is this more similar to a board game where success requires capuring the opponents’ marbles? Am I trying to make a public display of goodwill and its benefits, or am I trying to get my favorite geeky sex person a prize? :???:

69th!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

it was meant to sound stalkerlike. I would never stalk Marina, but I would love to meet her some day.

Happy New Year, Marina. Most Asylums in Canada are closed, but it seems to me we need to open some of them again.

I watched the movie not to long ago. it was a very good movie. That would make for a good request of Guy Fawkes Day or the 5th of November. I know you can Google it, but I believe Marina could find out more about this day and its entire meaning..

Mine was, Please don’t let me have the first Deck Watch of the New Year. I hated writing those poems.

Rub-a-dub-dub 6000 men in a tub…….Whoops, not policically correct.

С Новым Годом, Марина!

Я рад, я встретил вас в этом году – по крайней мере, в Интернете. Кто знает, как нам жить в Лос-Анджелесе, так что, возможно, мы будем встречаться в человеко-нибудь. Я хочу это! Я думаю, Ð’Ñ‹ очень яркий, очень смешно, и раскрывающемся мертв великолепна!

Теперь, вот фраза для Вас, чтобы найти и, возможно, писать: Hubba! Hubba!

Уверен, вы бы действительно разрушаться Билл O’Reilly с “Hubba! Hubba!” Это фраза, которая была очень популярной во время второй мировой войны. Если парень увидел тот, кто посмотрел, как Ñ‚Ñ‹, они говорят: “Hubba! Hubba!”

Я изучал русский язык в течение трех лет, когда я учился в колледже, но, к сожалению, я не помню, слишком много. Теперь я использую Google Языковые инструменты написать на Английский (которые я знаю, вы говорите красиво!), А затем перевести его на русский язык.

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Ведите себя, Марина!

Ваш новый приятель,

Джордж Spink
Лос-Анджелес

Happy New Year, Marina!

I’m glad I met you this year — at least online. Who knows, we both live in Los Angeles, so maybe we’ll meet in person someday. I’d like that! I think you are very bright, very funny, and drop-dead gorgeous!

Now, here’s a phrase for you to look up and perhaps write about: Hubba! Hubba!

I bet you would really crack up Bill O’Reilly with “Hubba! Hubba!” It’s a phrase that was very popular during World War Two. If a guy saw someone who looked like you, they would say, “Hubba! Hubba!”

I studied Russian for three years when I was in college, but unfortunately I don’t remember too much. Now I’m using Google Language Tools to write this in English (which I know you speak beautifully!) and then translate it into Russian.

http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Behave yourself, Marina!

Your new buddy,

George Spink
Los Angeles

Thank U 4 the SUPER :cool: New Year’s Card :!:
Happy New Year 2 U 2 Marina! :grin:

Well Done then!!
Don’t need to get Scotland Yard involved.
(there are wackos that do that junk for real)

Not a problem on my ship.

We had some wits ( well, I’m HALF right ) who had competitions for that watch. They would write potential lines and submit to the Senior Watch Officer who chose the winner, who got to write his verse into the log.

I had my fair share of mid-watches; I didn’t feel the need to compete for one more.

Hey Leftymars, and welcome to the site. At the top of the page you will find a Word / Lesson list that has all of the lessons and videos that Marina has made. Also check out the forum Discussions on the right side under the recent comments section and feel free to indulge in that part of Marina’s site also.

I need some asylum, have you got a safe place where I can seek it? My dear teacher, I think that I need to know when your birthday arrives. I’d like to do something nice in the clothing department for you.

Crazy is as crazy does…. :mrgreen:

Hi,
I just love the word malifulous. Whenever I use it at parties everyone thinks my IQ just went up 25 points! I’d like to know the origin of the word.

Loved you in Bad Grammar!

Take care,
Laura

I believe she covered it a little bit here.

Perhaps, you can roll this a way to seek some shelter

REQUESTING THE ORIGIN OF THE ACRONYM
P.L.U.R.
peace love unity respect.

Never been to one, but there’s this old abondoned asylum a short drive from where i live. it’s become a haven for homeless people and junkies and kids go there to goof off alot.

Good memory Bsomebody. I forgot about that video.

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year. I haven’t been around for too long, of course I was attracted here by Marina’s curves, but curves are not what made me stay longer. I guess it’s… knowledge… I don’t know for how long I’ll stick around, but hey, there’s a saying around that goes like this: life is not about the number of breaths we take, but about the moments that take our breath away.

Cheers people,

I have never heard of it, but I am interested. Please elaborate. {Somebody heads off to Goggle a new word.}

You earned a toast too PD! I wish you all the best for 2009. :smile:

Well, I at least understand why I have not heard of it before. :roll:

I like the sound of that. :cool: Have a fun and safe evening, and I wish you the best in this upcoming year. :grin:

Marina not all of the replies are coming through to my or it maybe others as well emails. As you check his comment made back to me not all of it came through. I didn’t receive the first part of his comment, which was “Thanks, Road Warrior!”
Could be just a glitch.

Here is your original comment:
Have a good time PT9. Enjoy your family while you can. Here are you some extra Bones. If you start to fall apart.

Here is the new reply:
Wow, that looks just like me, except my feathers look a bit flat. But what’s that chord I’m butchering?

You can read or reply to this comment by clicking this link:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/12/31/asylum/#comment-99099

Just going out to celebrate New Year with my friends, (it’s 10.00p.m. here in London). When for some reason i decided to check my e.mails, and there it was a card from you, my teacher.
Thank you it’s really made my day.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, BEST WISHES FROM YOUR STUDENT,

Milan. xxx

p.s. I didn’t forget to vote. :wink:

Dear HotForWords,

I have been to one. It was a three day hold for protection. *goes into a Willy Wonka flash back*

Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire

PS HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :!: :grin:

Great lesson, was wondering where the word orgasm came from? Can you help with that or is that to dirty of a word to do?

My bad. I edited it, R W. At first, I forgot to include a thank you.

No problem PT9, I should have remembered the edit feature.

Well the good thing was he was never a physically abusive towards me or mother that I was aware of and I regret having to be physical too make a point with him that i wouldn’t/couldn’t tolerate his verbal and mental abuse but as i said I would kick his ass again if the circumstances presented themselves again even today.

Well I asked my mother once why she put up with it and all she told me was there was just something she loved about him. Mothers, perhaps no two think entirely the same, huh?

yes i have been to an insaine asylum lol. and it wasn’t fun. it was when i used to use drugs. but i dont now.

i was in for 96 hours. once and for 8 days a 2nd time

:???: That one’s not in my dictionary. Don’t you mean “mellifluous?” That means literally “flowing with honey.” It’s used mostly figuratively to mean “sweetly flowing,” as with sounds or speech. If I had to guess the meaning from your spelling of it, I’d say “malifulous” meant “full of evil.”

could you please explain the origin of the word fallout.
great lesson btw.

Dear, HotForWords
i was wondering where the word hockey and came from plz can you make me a video request….

Your student,
Anue322

Good afternoon,
I’m looking for the origin of the word “pot luck”. Does it come from the Chinook word “potlatch?
I’m in a class training to be a docent at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Asked this question during a class and was asked to research it. Help!

Thanks,
George

I like that, neuroway, may I quote you? :grin:
Happy New Year.

Happy New Year :smile:

Happy new year Marina! :eek:
Nice vid…
Good night.
no no, good aftrenoon! haha :cool:
bye

Marina, thank you for that wonderful New Year’s card.
The very best of health and greatest success to you in 2009!

PK :grin:

Well, I’ve never been to a crazy hospital, but,
since I am crazy about you, I have recently
been admitted to Reform School. Check it out.
My teacher in reform school.

Crazy

Thanks for the lovely card! And Happy 2009 to you, too! :grin:

?”Did very well in the Sexy Geek contest”?? you ROCK!!!

Congratulations on the win! :cool:

Homework: I’ve transported many patients to the Psychiatric Ward of the local hospital. Does that count?

Hello marina.
thanks for the card. :mrgreen:

i would like to know the origin of the word “cobra”, the snake. and what it really means :grin:

happy new year

-rashaverak7

Never been commited but have visited friends that were.

I did voluntarily go see a shrink once tho,Sweet Baby Jane had Me worried-sick about Her.The shrink said,,”She is gone and Her problems are Hers and there is nothing You can do about it”,,after hearing that put so plainly,I went home and slept like a baby,,that was after a week of working every day,9.5 hours a day,on nearly no sleep. When I was walking out after the short session I asked the receptionist “how much for the visit”,the Doc was right there and said “nothing”.How cool is that?! He must have figured I was there to help Jane so He helped Me for free,,,I have recommended Him many times after that!

The moral of the story is,if Ya fall for a crazy one,don’t expect Her to be sane just for You!! When She trips-off on Her merry way just let it be,and,get some sleep.

PS: There is also “agni” (Latin ignis, Russian ogon [oroHb :)], ignite/fire) and “agrani” (he who leads, foremost).

Happy New Year everybody.

Just roll up the pants, wetsuit5. It’s too late to save the shoes.

Hey man,right back to Ya!

Are Ya gettin snockered? :???: :cool: :lol:

Um no I haven’t been to one, no need. Why what did you hear:?:

Marina, Iv’e voted about 3 times already and you’ve got my story lower down in the comments. All I can offer at this time is Have a Happy Merry New Years night and best regards to the family.

Word Request: Leprechaun

Have You all heard about the Leprechaun’s pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Well any way I found that pot of gold while looking over my right shoulder and let me tell you man was he ever pissed, but he got over it when saw all the good it accomplished.

Oh yea all the Racehorses are all a Year older after midnight tonight, weird huh?

Nope.
I quit that stuff a few years back.
Not even going out because that always gets me trouble.
Watch out for Tod (The Other Driver).

Thanks for the Happy new year, mate! over on Twitter, Checkmate!

:mrgreen: I have only read about an “asylum” in books or seen them in movies. Never been there and I have never got out of one either. Perhaps planet Earth is an asylum and we all are inmates. That would be a wild premise1 Yikes!!

Thanks but I just did My drivin,,,,sober,went to get some beer to take to the neighbor’s. The short walk home could be a mite dangerous tho! Have fun Ya’All.

:mrgreen: Hey Marina! I keep voting for you!! Hope you win!!!
Oh, Yeah!!! :roll:

“Warren Nope. I quit that stuff a few years back in Asylum”

This is a funny quote Warren?

sweet! Ty for the card! And yes I did vote for you again today! Happy New Year! :grin:

Happy new year Marina.
Thank you for the card.

Happy new year Warren.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY
http://www.icq.com/img/friendship/static/card_16961_rs.swf

Well We heard You have been walkin a thin line with sanity on one side and the nut hut on the other. This news is all over the net,I have an insider source at all the major networks,Your story breaks national tomorrow! The headlines will read “Smokey’s circuits finally smoked!”

Well My plans to go visit the neighbors just now fell thru,I think they’re,,ummm,ushering the new year in right,just the 2 of em! They don’t need My help for *that*! :lol: sooooo,I guess I’ll just stay here and goof around,soon I’ll be in no shape to drive. :wink:

One flew over the cukoo’s nest! Best asylum movie ever,,,bar none.

Yer welcome – and yes, mijj reminded me to keep my eyes open. I was so worried about minor material loss, I failed to see the mating setup. mijj took fine advantage of my lack of insight. :cool:

That was funny (and perfect for the lesson).
At that time it was spelled “Ass-I-lum”. That’s why I quit.
Happy New Year, Stokesjrj1 .

That was cool
Happy New Year to you too

:mrgreen: You’ve got that right! Jack Nicholson was great in “..Cuckoo’s Nest”!! He was also fantastic in “The Shining”! Gotta love it!!

Can I request SHREW?

I was born n raised within 50 miles of here,travelled around a bit,settled here,but,never saw a shrew till I started trapping the little turds in mousetraps! The 1st one I thought was a baby rat! Then I was yappin with the neighbor and She said “Oh,that’s just a shrew,We get them all the time”.

Just got one a few hours ago,heard the trap snap but not sharply like when it gets em on the neck,took a look and sure enuff,the trap hit it on the belly! I had to end its misery myself,poor little turd was suffering.

С новым годом!!!

Oh yeeeeahhhh,I gotta go vote all those others down and You up!!

I just can’t bring Myself to vote down that chickie that played Jackie on That 70s Show tho,she’s just toooooo fine for that.

You Too.

it is a shame that mental illness has the stigma it does in the u.s. the healthcare system reflects this disparity very well.

Uhmm mijj?
http://twitpic.com/yh8d

Happy New Year Marina!!!

I’m definetely going to an insane asylum for you :razz:

I discovered there is a pattern emerging today. There is like a group of 80 people voting in the Red. That’s just todays numbers. It was like all at once. This number seems consistent with my control group as I tracked there numbers going down 80 votes almost exactly.

http://www.idesktop.tv/?watch=Tjp0b_3naQQ ;;;ck this out my friends;;;

You only need to down-vote any person ahead of Marina.
No need to down-vote anyone else.

yea,whats up with that? I voted about 50 times for Marina, and I even gave you a couple clicks of the mouse! Happy New Year Capt !

Happy New Year Marina! You are the bomb tonight, super fine! Gorby is looking pretty chipper too! Glad to see he is feeling better. I voted for you till my finger cramped up. There must be some haters out there though with all the negative votes, those bastards! HAVE A GREAT NIGHT!

and watch out where Gorby pees, we have to keep him in the picture! :smile:

As Marina mentioned above, continue voting for her

Remember, it is crucial to down-vote ONLY the person that is ahead of Marina.
Why?
Because, the opposing camp is down-voting Marnia.
You do NOT need to down-vote anyone else, just the person that is ahead of Marina.

Use this link as it is not in an HTML frame,
plus it gets you right to the heart of the voting matter.
http://wired.reddit.com/sexygeeks_2008/?s=top

Here are my latest stats and graph.
http://i42.tinypic.com/ad0uva.jpg

You guys did great as there was an appx 3000+ vote jump for Marina in the afternoon. Right now, Marina is appx 6200 votes behind Phil.

pretty wild :roll:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

How many times can we vote. Is there a clock on it so we can’t vote more than once in a 24hr period? I voted yesterday and when I go to the site and vote it takes away what I did then.

ditto :!:

Happy New Year Warren. :smile:

James you just luv that position :mrgreen: :oops: Dont u rascal :?:
:lol: B.B. Hey Marina Ty for the new years card & wishes :smile: Right
back at ya :smile:

To answer smokey36bear and chickenh0use questions:

The SexyGeek voting is on a 24 hour basis.
You can only vote one time per 24 hours.
You can tell if you are able to vote when the two arrows are “grayed out”. If one of the arrows is bright red or bright green, it means you won’t be able to vote until your 24 hours are up.

In my case, I can only vote once after about 7 PM my time.
So, I’ve made a mental note to make sure I vote after 7 PM and before I go to bed.

Happy New Year to you CH

It’s also like Popzzz said earlier. If you vote, clear your cache then refresh the page and you can vote again. Keep doing this over and over and you can see Marina’s vote climbing up. I sat here for an hour and kept doing that bringing Marina’s tally closer to Phils. It’s a cheap shot but they are doing it too.

Hi smokey36bear, I posted an answer at the top.
Happy New Year to you.

HAPPY NEW YEAR on my 44th wedding anniversary :smile: Many happy returns to all :mrgreen: B.B.

PK read my comment I added to yours earlier. I voted 50 times in a row by clearing my cache and refreshing then the arrows go dim then I can vote again. I works.

Shanah Tov! :grin:
Oops — right greeting, wrong calendar! :oops:

Happy New Year BB, did you make a New Years resolution?

Hi Mike,
I’m not sure that this is true.

Do a test for me. Do what you were doing, like increasing Marina’s votes by some number of votes, lets say 4 votes.

Then, Refresh your browser. What happens?
Do the numbers go back to where you started?

Go to the site and watch the numbers as I vote and refresh the vote again.

Hey, isn’t this website a sort of asylum for all the men who are crazy over HFW? :grin:

***WORD REQUEST: Ostracize***
Have people in insane asylums been ostracized? And what does this treatment have to do with pot shards? :?:

Did you see a change in the votes?

OK, I’ll translate:
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!!! :mrgreen:

Feliz año nuevo!!!

Hey Buddy,
Good to see you. Happy New Year to you.
It always seems that there’s something better around the corner, so why not go for the ride. I mean while we’re here- what the hell.

No I didn’t.
Also, did you mean, “Clear Cookies” as opposed to clear cache?

When I clear the cache, the arrows do not go gray.
When I clear the cookies, the arrows do go gray.
Then, I can increase the voting, but, when I refresh the browser, the voting jumps back to where I started.

Maybe we should do the test with the last person on the last page. We are getting so many other people voting, so maybe you see other votes being counted.

Do a test on the last voting page and pick some one with low scores and see if it works. That way you won’t see interference of the other people that are voting right now.

When is the voting over in this contest?

Yeah, I hear ya, George, it’s been 38 years since I studied Russian & I embarrass myself just about every time I try to write Marina a note in it! :sad: Tell her hi for me if she accepts your offer! :mrgreen:

I should have said history or cookies as when I clear mine in FireFox it clears all of it for me at the same time. But I can see a jump in the votes when I do it. I clear my cookies or cache and refresh the page. The arrows are gray. I click on the arrows and refresh again. Then I clear my cookies again and refresh and the arrows are gray then I click them again. I can keep doing this and watch the votes grow for one a nd lower for the other.

No, I’ve never been committed to a mental institution. I have a red belt in TaeKwonDo and fought them off every time they came for me! :mrgreen:

But seriously, folks, someone in my family WAS committed; hence this public service announcement: drugs in the SSRI class (Lexapro, Zoloft) can induce acute dysphoric reaction, especially in children, adolescents, and young adults. Translation: these anti-depressant drugs can have the OPPOSITE of their intended effect. The feeling is akin to what JK Rowling described in the victims of dementor attacks in the Harry Potter books. :cry:

This page indicates that the official voting is over.

But, as Marina says, continue voting.

Mike, can you try this for me.
Go to this link and see if you can give the 2nd entry (Spartans) 5 more votes.
Right now he is at 14.
If I see you take it to 19 or 20, then it is working for you. I cannot increase any votes, unless I change my domain.

I guess your right PK. I thought I was changing votes but evidently it wasn’t working. My mistake. Sorry

Hi Capman911 :smile: I resolved to get to class on time :roll:
and “be good” :mrgreen: watching our dear teacher :oops:
and doing my homework on time :lol: :mrgreen: :twisted:
have a happy healthy & a safe new year my friends..B.B.

I thought ASYLUM was french for INTERNET! Happy New Years everybody and best wishes for a FINE 09! Let’s make it INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…OK?

No problems Mike.

What you were seeing is the count in your cookies, which normally would go back to their server to be registered. However, they are monitoring your domain and maybe a few other things.

If it was as easy as clearing cookies, then we would have seen much higher votes, like in the 400,000s like what we saw on the CoComment voting where the voting was just free wheeling.

May 2009 be good for anybody reading this. Actually happy new years…….

It’s after 12 here so everyone have a Happy New Year and be safe. :grin:

Hello bigbhd95,
You’ve been married to the same person for 44 years?
I take my hat off to you for being such a loyal and dedicated person. Which one are you? The husband or the wife?

Got Something to Live For… 2009… Happy New Year!

A most Happy
and Joyous
and Prosperous
New Year to you Mike.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE :lol: :lol: :lol:

*uses the Expecto Patronum spell*

Happy New Year Marina!

XOXO ?
Would you care to elaborate on it’s origin?

PK we totally caught up to Phill’s up votes,
but I guess if only people down voted him more,
we would now be a little more relaxed.
Congratz on the chart, you rock!
And HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I’ve never been in an insane asylum, but I did have a conversation with an escapee. Years ago while passing through Big Sur, on the spur of the moment, I decided to hike ten miles up a Big Sur trail in some park there, and was told about a hot springs near the camp ground I stopped at. So, I went to the hot springs and had a nice soak. Sitting next to the springs was a dude who talked very slowly. It was kinda scary at first hearing this guy talk. I considered walking away from him, but the water was relaxing and he didn’t seem violent. He told me that he had escaped from some mental hospital and the reason why he talked so slow was because the medicine they made patients take was still working. I asked him why he chose Big Sur to escape to, and he said that he heard there was going to be a big party there. Was he afraid that they would try to find him and haul him back to the asylum? No. He said a successful escape was like a graduation. I didn’t know how much of his story was true. The funny thing about it was, I was artificially insane at the time, since I had ingested some mescaline a couple hours before. There we were, just 2 peaceful people enjoying one of the nicest places on earth and having a very slow conversation.

I VOTED FOR YOU MARINA AND DEVOTED ALL OF YOUR CLOSE COMEPTION! ill tell everyone i know to vote for u! :mrgreen:

nope , never been to one
BTW ever watched Kungfu Hustle ? This lesson reminds me of that movie
Happy New Year

I run two different browsers and I found out I can vote again.

I tried clearing my cache and deleting cookies that where connected to “wired.com” and “Reddit.com” It didn’t work for me. I might be missing something.

HELLO MARINA Happy new year. I did not every spend anytime in a mental institution :lol: :lol: nice video i Voted for you all the time is it official :?: :lol: that you are in second place. You was the most prettiest and most educated.ONE of all of them you are beautiful Marina INSIDE AND OUT Happy new year Marina GOD BLESS YOU :lol: :lol: :lol:

tada happy new year @12:13 am

HAPPY NEW YEAR JOHN :lol: :lol:

Happy New Year!!
I just saw the calendar thing and i just relised that you and me have something in common!! We both share December 10 as a birthday!! That’s wierd but fun;p!! :mrgreen: And My Word Requst is the word “Horse” and the word “Button”!! So please make a video about these words!!

and i forgot another word Since we both share december 10 then i want to add the word “December”!! :cool:

lol , i saw this in the recent comments column :
jmn-56 Happy New Year!! I just saw the calendar in Asylum
:mrgreen:

no way man i’d hate to be in an asylum i here straight jackets suck and great job marina ur my favorite teacher keep education the world :razz: *thumbs up*

I think they are tracking IP addresses. I can’t seem to add more votes.

I’m seen more Red votes on submission than I ever had seen before.

Homework: I was going to be a psychiatrist (back in ’73).
Then I went on a tour of Dayton State Mental Hospital…
When I realized how many people are beyond help, I
changed majors!
Just got in from working pyrotechnic mayhem – (boom boom!)
You still have 50 minutes to go, west coast
Happy New Year!

Hello Marina, first of all, lemme start by saying Im a big fan of you and your work.
On youtube my channel name is MGtrailers :) Check me out if you wanna. I would like to request a word. Please consider this :D
You can either do Calendar or Hot:)

Thank you and Happy New YEARS!

PS: So remember, Calendar OR Hot, you choose

NOW IT ONLY LETS YOU VOTE EVERY 30 MINUTES, IF THIS PHILIP GUY WINS I HAVE A WORD REQUEST FOR YOU MARINA ” douchetastic.”
I’M STILL VOTING, SOMETIMES IT WILL LET ME GET ONE IN IF I CLEAR MY HISTORY,FILES,AND COOKIES BUT NOT FOR THE LAST TEN TRIES.

KEEP VOTING YA’LL :!:

Whoops! (email) OMG – Nice nice nice!
How can anybody be beating Marina??????

tnks. :mrgreen:

Here is the latest and last graph of the voting in 2008.
More graphs coming in the coming days as voting continues.

This graph is more friendly and for those with number phobias,
I’ve added some nice eye candy to calm your nerves. :grin:

VOTING GRAPH

If you see the graph scrunched in the shadow box, RIGHT click on the image and then click VIEW IMAGE to see the full resolution of the image.

С Новым Годом

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FIRST!
in 2009 :-)

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Hi Marina,
I want to wish you a wonderful new year.

I also want to wish all my classmates the same.
Have a wonderful new year.

Here in Las Vegas, 2009 is going to be the best year yet.

http://www.RolandBuckles.com

3rd!! :mrgreen:

Question: Are there any commonly used words in American English (besides “Alaska”, which I think is a corruption of “Alyeska”) that come from Russian?

BTW, I adore your accent. Happy New Year!

Zhina

I just watched your video on “love” and I’d be interested to learn about any similarities in the roots of that word and the word “lubricant”. Perhaps door hinges and machine parts are given graphite so they will “love” each other more? :grin:

Hey HotForWords :smile: I wanted to ask you what is the origin of the word Clown ? As in circus clown or class clown :roll: I’d love to know :wink:

Hello belfegor, that is a great request.
Marina did a video on the “fear of clowns” in this video entitled Coulrophobia. I don’t know if you had a chance to see that video.

Hey Marina, I would like to ask what is the definition, state of origin, and for you to sound the word out.
Good Luck!
And yes it IS a word.
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Here is an updated voting graph.

I want to thank you all for doing the down-voting of the person that is ahead of Marina. You will clearly see the results in this graph.

Also, take note that there was a massive voting thrust for Marina during the 9 AM through 5 PM hours yesterday (Dec 31). I hope that this can be done again. If so, then Marina should be in number one position in a day or two.
 
 

Homework: Nope I never have…yet. :shock: But for the original meaning of the word. I plan to visit such a place. Thinking about the Fiji Islands. Nice place to get away from the rat race. I also want to visit Bora Bora and stay at a hut for a week or so. Now that sound like a fun Asylum to visit. :mrgreen:

Wow! Good job on the graph there PK! Wish we knew of this fact weeks ago. I wonder when the cut off date is? I see you still can vote for the past contest for Sexy Geek in 2007.

I Have A Request For Juggs A Word People Like To Use For Breast.

Why Do They Use It And Why Did It Become A Word For Breast?

Btw I Love You :)

Your An Amazing Teacher!!!

What a bummer!
I downloaded the New Year card last night just before switching off my computer, but didn’t open it.
Now I can’t find it … it’s disappeared into the darkest corners of my convoluted filing system.
What a start to the new year!

Right on! :smile:
Happened to me too.

Your “Da BOMB. I’d like to request the origin of the phrase “Red Neck” as noun.

i have never been to an asylum, or sanitorium, or any place like that, although my sister supposedly spent time in a sanitorium when i was young…i doubt that story because i think my parents simply thought it safer than telling us that my sister had gotten pregnant out-of-wedlock…

i wish everyone a most joyeous, prosperous, healthy, happy, and SEXY New Year… :cool:

Ow, sorry I didn’t notice that :oops: But thanks it was very interesting. And now i have to find a new word :lol:

Happy New Year’s Morning to you Bob,

Presuming you have a PC, search for the following filename starting from the C-drive: hfw-happy*.jpg
Also, that card should still be in your email Inbox, unless you deleted the email.

If you can’t find it, let me know and I’ll send it to you.

สวัสดีปีใหม่ (You’ll need Thai font to see that.)
Sawasdee Pee Mai. :smile:

Hi Captain, the official contest is over.
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/

You can continue voting as Marina suggested, probably for the whole year, or forever just as the Sexy Geek for 2007.
In fact, I just voted for Marina again in the 2007 contest.

Interestingly enough, all of the votes for Marina in just the last month or so are larger than all of the votes for the last year of the 2007 contest. The big difference is the heavy down-voting for Marina this year, which requires the same in kind for anyone leading her.

please see your nearest organic chemisty book…Morrison & Boyd should do… :cool:

Hi Marina,
lately ive been watching a lot of movies about WWII, and ive noticed that at that time everyone seemed to have a “ministry of propaganda”, where as now “propaganda” has a negative connotation, and no one would use the word to describe a ministry. so i was wondering how the word “propaganda” originated and why wasnt it a negative word from the start, since it basically means “the dissemination of information aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people”. i.e. impartial information?

Hello belfegor,
No need to apologize. If Marina finds the origin of the word clown to be interesting, she will do it, aside from the fact that she covered the “Fear of Clowns”.

Also, if you have not seen the Harlequin video, please see it. It is a Marina classic. It alludes to clowns.
You can see the video here:

Happy New Year and Happy Anniversary. (belated?)

Hello villelover1990,
If Marina finds an interesting story behind the word “Juggs”, you can be sure that she will do it.

In the meantime, have you seen these related
Marina classic videos?

Here is a video lesson on Boobalicious and Booby
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/03/09/booby/

Another related video is on the word Titalate and Tit.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/05/01/titillate/

Happy viewing.

Thanks Klaus, you’re a star!
Search assistant is still churning away …

O captain! my captain! http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/topic/the-word-game-continued/page/9#post-2761
Happy New Year!

I never been an asylum! i dont now actualy but i dont now! :sad:
goodmorning Marina! :grin:

is this the first lesson which Marina wears earrings ?

anyway we can spam votes ?
how do they count ? by IP ?

sorry i meant partial information

It still can’t get any longer than the word smiled
Why ? Because it has a mile between the first and last alphabet ….
:???:

KARL, I don’t understand!!
Update 2 clearly says : “The submission period is officially over.”
Why would you go as far as saying that the contest is also over?

Hello fatbuffalo,
Marina has worn earrings many times before. Most of the time one can’t tell due to her hair covering the ears.

Here are a few videos where Marina wears earrings.
Did you want me to find you some more. :grin:

http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/06/10/taximeter-cabriolet/
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/08/25/nincompoop/
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/12/09/candidate/
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/08/09/booger/
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/08/21/best-weekend-ever/
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/08/22/pigtails/

Hi fatbuffalo,

I haven’t ascertained the exact details in how they track voters. They do track by IP at a minimum, and could also track other items such as computer name and possibly Mac ID.

Gorby wanted to eat my earrings as well :-)

i was watching some of Marinas lessons when suddenly my sister came home, as she came i tought it would be cool to know what ”sister” realy meens but i didnt found this word in list of lessons…
can you investigate?…

thank you!…

New Years greeting Miss Wonderful and thanks for the detention…it is el de’tente

Well, it looks like I threw the Babe out with the Mailwash, :roll: so I’d be very grateful if you could send it to me again … have you still got my email addy?

Good one donis….maybe Marina can do Nun too. :lol: Oh boy, One time someone ask to explain HOTFORWORDS…and I said “she is like a Greek nun……… :wink: “

Happy New Year, darlin’ :mrgreen:
(My ears are still ringing)

Hello Chemikal,
Have you read the Wired Blog that says the following:
Sexiest Geeks of 2008, as Voted by Wired.com Readers

Scroll down to the bottom where the top ten are and just above it, it says;
“2008′s top 10 Sexiest Geeks are, as of Wednesday’s official tally:”

Now, I submit to you, that this in no way precisely states that the contest is officially over, but then again it really isn’t a contest in the normal sense anyway since no one wins a prize.

This contest or poll in the context of this magazine, is really a way for Wired to take a poll and the offical counting is a way for the magazine to make a deterministic conclusion for the purpose of their article.

So, maybe we should be calling it a poll instead of a contest. In the article they do use the terms, competition, contest and poll. I think it can be compared to the polls that Marina has on this site, which are open ended.

The 2007 Sexy Geek poll is still active and I voted today for Marina in that one.

I wrote an email to the author of the article two days ago to get clarification on a lot of things. I will share that here when and if he writes back.

Hi Bob,
I don’t think I ever had your email adr.
I’ll message you on YT. Does your YT acct start with L and end in B?

Bob, I just sent you another one… let me know that you got it! :-)

Quote
“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” – H. G. Wells 1866-1946 from the hotforwords site…word request,GUILLOTINE PRICK my prism and free the prisoners of mental madness…love,leonard

Happy new year everybody!!

Great, please share as soon as he does write back…
Why do you think they implemented the down arrow system in the first place? I just don’t see where that could have come from.

From another lesson…funny,boobs

same back to you JAMES…and good luck in your stud-ies :lol:

Isn’t that what every student does??? Fags and shags!

Can you imagine that. If M broke it down into small parts

Hi Chemikal,

I don’t know why they implemented the down arrows other than to speculate on someone’s belief system on how one might measure popularity.

I’m sure you could come up with a dozen different systems for measuring popularity. Some would be more fair than others. The simplest systems is to just count simple positive votes.

Take Phil; he has 301,981 subscribers.
Take Marina; she has 165,826 subscribers.
An almost 2:1 difference. (1.82 to be exact)

If all things are equal (and they never are), then Phil would be favored to win by sheer numbers. With the down-arrow voting, there is a possibility to equalize the voting, up to a point of course.

Phil’s fans (or somebody) down-voted Marina heavily by more than a 2:1 margin. They used the down arrows to their advantage. Again, we can speculate on a lot of things, and without more information, it is just conjecture.

If you look at my graphs, it looks like there is a response to when a request is made to act on the voting. It makes sense, as no one would vote if it is not made part of their consciousness.

Hello HotForWords Fans!!
Marina has just passed Phil in GREEN votes.
Marina has 28203 votes
Phil has 28113 votes

That in of itself is significant and is a feather in the cap of all of the HFW fans who have positively voted for Marina w/o negating the other person.

However, since the down-system voting is part of the Wired’s poll, it it crucial that we act in kind when Marina has been down-voted, which as Marina says, sucks. :lol:

I’ll post a graph shortly.

Thank you very much, Marina, I received the card this time and have you captured and locked safely away.
Once again, wishing you a very Happy and Prosperous 2009.
L♥ts ♥f L♥ve
B♥b. :smile:

Re: word request: horse
Yeah, how did the Greeks get αλογος out of ίππος? :???: (Sorry, just horsing around.)
Variations on the horsy theme: cavalry, chivalrous, caballero (in southwest American English), equestrian, hippopotamus.

Trivia: in American English, “cavalry” is sometimes mis-pronounces as “calvary,” which I suppose is OK if the horsemen are bald. :mrgreen: (Sorry, obscure etymological pun.) :neutral:

The social taboo also reflects this. Not too long ago, cancer had a certain stigma, also. I can have a broken leg, viral infection, intestinal flu, or congenital heart defect, and I am “ill.” If I have a mental illness, then it is very different, people will react very differently toward me. Many mental illnesses have a biological foundation, but that is irrlelevant to most people.

Re: Word Request: Propaganda
The word started as Proper Gander (British pronunciation), referring to a well-behaved male goose expressing his viewpoint in an eloquent goosey way. But since male geese are almost always ill-behaved, the term was taken as being sarcastic and fell into disrepute, connoting a strutting gander honking arrogantly.

It’s true, I tell you. :mrgreen:

You can have mine if you can tame her. :roll:

Leonard, sometimes I don’t get your humor, but this one was spot on!!! :grin:

My postscript to my comment below on Agony (There is also ‘agni’ (Latin ignis, Russian ogon [oroHb :)], ignite/fire) and ‘agrani’ (he who leads, foremost).) was based on similar sounds and meaning. However, I suspect that words that sound similar and have similar referents can have different roots and, conversely, words that sound different and have different referents can have the same root!

–Hs4Mm

New Sexy Geek Voting Poll Graph

Notice the green column that says Up Votes.
Notice that Marina beat Phil sometime
between 6:11 AM and 8:16 AM PST

However, the orange curve shows that Marina is still in negative territory due to the negative votes, but the gap is being closed.

Our ministries are just sneakier about it now. We have the Ad Council, Public Awareness, Public Safety, etc. (Yes Che, it is a conspiracy.) :roll:

Yes, M has shown us a few of both. In history, we say “God is in the details.” I guess the same can be said for etymology.

Posted strictly for its etymological value, here is another dissertation on synonyms.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, MY FRIENDS! Time, now to play more games with the young ‘uns. :grin:

Who cares? I gotta go and have Capricorn birthday dinner…. :grin:

What means this red idicator?
Marina has more red votes as Phil! :cry:
But Marina will be always winer!(for us fans) :razz:

way to go Karl, and the HotForWords Republic of Lexicon….Hometown: Etymologia

tanks; brother

“Czar” is widely used, meaning a powerful official. Some fifty years ago, “Sputnik” became a household word for Russian satellite. “Glasnost” and “tovarishch” are fairly well known.

Less commonly, soil science uses a lot of Russian vocabulary, such as “podsol” and “chernozem”, since Russians did pioneer study in this field. :cool:

Of course, in the age of the WorldWideWeb, the Russian terms “интернет” and “веб-сайт” have become an indispensible part of our vocabulary! :mrgreen:

@ Popzzz, I had to do a quick change on the Word game. While I was looking up something for street signs you put up Desire and I had road signs, so I had to hurry and change it to Trolley. Oh well you beat me to it. :grin:

I get tongue-Thai’d trying to pronounce that! :lol:

I requested Booze as a word to investigate but I was also thinking “Monster” Happy New Year! :smile:

You know it man! Its kinda like driving a beautiful mountain road with cool twists and turns,then,near the end the weather turns bad and the brakes fail! :???: :lol: Once Ya reach the foothills and relative safety its a kind of emotional relief that defies explanation.

If that’s You n Yer lady in Yer pic,,looks like Ya grabbed-up a cutie!

Oh great, NOW I see the English above your Russian post. Thought I was being so cool reading the Russian! :mad:

Translation for Americans: “mick” is English slang for an Irishman, and “taking the mick out of…” well, it reflects English attitudes toward the Irish. :sad:

It obviously comes from the Welsh word pobl. :mrgreen:

Marina, Bob came up with picture on the picture game. Did you pose for any of these shots? :smile: They all resemble you. :cool:

http://casadelshai.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/stone-slinky-dress-ad.jpg

Funny. I never knew it had anything to do with the irish.

No thanks! *That* kind of shrew is better left alone IMO. If I wanna be bitched at I’ll just run out and get married! Now I wouldn’t mind finding a single one for a few hours/weeks/maybe months,,much longer than that and the shine wears off of even the ahhhhmmm,most “eager” of shrews.

Back to the rodents; this last one was gettin brave,they don’t see very well and it had actually came to within 3′ of Me then turned and ran for cover. Kind of a cool little critter and a shame they can’t be cleaner,,they eat like crazy and no bug,spider,centipede etc is safe from them. If I could train one to use a litter box I’d keep it around cause I hate bugs in the house. This tiny town seems to be riddled with tunnels and I’ve noticed a few in My yard.Have thought of extending the truck exhaust pipe and sticking it in a tunnel to try to gas them. I spose the neighbors would need warning in case the tunnels/fumes would reach their place,I don’t wanna gas My neighbors! :shock:

:lol: LMAOROTF hey PK :cool: Good question :oops: :mrgreen: :twisted: B.B.

right on time Bob :smile: Tnx :lol: & to you & yours from me & mine :!: :grin:

***WORD REQUEST: English***
Hello Marina,
What’s your “angle” on the origin of “English?” :???: :?:
As the Welshman says, “There’s no such thing as a cute Angle.” :mrgreen:

Thank you.
Sure did. :smile:

You can take the Mick out of the Irish, but you can’t take the Irish out of the Micks. :smile:

You’ve never been last minute Christmas shopping when the queues are a mile long and winding around the supermarket? Talk about a queue tangle! :grin:

Мариночка, дорогая, с новым годом! я желаю тебе не только радости и всего самого хорошего но удачи в начинаниах, исполнения заветных желании и конечно помощи Божей…. and of course in this new year i will try to kick a…s as you urged and maybe as i used to… :lol:

До скорого, Сольнце Моё! :smile:

Good morning Marina…
I was thinking about a word that seems to have many meanings..

The word is “drag”
1 we drove the main DRAG.
2 work was a real DRAG
3 are you going to DRAG that bag to the curb
4 Dressed in DRAG
5 let’s go to the DRAG races

There must be many other uses for this word, but I can’t come up with any at the moment.

When do we get our final grades?

Vosh drug,
Ron

I live near one, although it is called a “State Hospital.” We were taken there as children at Christmas to carol.

300th

Gorby is so cute :grin: Like you! :)
Which breed are Gorby?
I want to have similar dog :wink:

The numbers in the Wierd poll don’t make sense… Meh :mrgreen:
I just skimmed Wired 16.08. Looks like adverts, mostly,
and some cheesy tabloid people. No mention of Marina?
Don’t waste your time reading this one, kids. :grin:

If you ride drag in the roundup, you chase down stray dogies :mrgreen:

Thanks Marina
very interesting. I hope you have a great ’09 too!
You look great in that dress.

:grin:HAPPY

:cool:2009 MARINAVILLE!!!!!:cool:

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Сольнце Моё! :grin:

My and I were looking at pictures of hawks and eagles, and we saw that they have funky-feathery crests on their head that kind of look like mohawks, and we want to know if the word “MOHAWK” has anything to do with that.

We love you. Please investigate “mohawk.” Thanks! Bye!

Casey (and Dirk)

Sure Bob, anytime.

HNY 2U2 :smile:

Well Teach, looks like you won the sexiest geek contest!! And, why wouldn’t you? :grin:

hi you have alot of competition on the sexist geek site. I was wondering about the word scion as in the cars but I also found it as a clue in a crossword puzzle meaning failure or flop as in the ford edsel but i am not sure why toyota would use the name if it meant failure thank you for time

“a toyota” is spelled the same backwards as it is forwards “a toyota” (palindrome)

I think asylum babes r hot becuz they usually never ask me to buy them stuff unless they run out of bubble gum or stuff they really need then it’s cool with me

Yeah, “micks” as in McDougal, McGarrity, McCarthy… :grin:

Happy New Year, Marina!

Hey Marina I wanted to know where the word ” Omen ” came from and how it originated. Thanks! :smile:

-Anthony

Hi, My name’s Ryan. I’m 23 & From Toronto Canada…

I was on vacation in Australia visiting the old jails which used to dominate the country. A guide of an older age told us the jail “birds” used to say there would be no philipakipakarnication [Philip-a-kip-a-karnication]..

He said it meant..”The embodiment and immutable fact that one is never above the law”

Can you clarify this Marina or TA?
Thanks so much, Cheers
Ry

I haven’t been to an asylum… but I don’t know where I been would call it a mental hospital. But back in the 5th grade, my parents put me in as an inpatient for a few months at a hospital for those with… I guess people with social problems or something, I don’t know.
Basically when kids picked on me in school, my parents told me to just ignore them. And when that didn’t work out for me, I would come home and not talk to my parents. So that’s the only reason why they sent me to that hospital. :neutral:

When I was hit by a car, it gave me a traumatic brain-injury that put me in the hospital; it’s not exactly an “asylum” in the ‘imprisoning’-sense of the word, more like ‘asylum’ in the ‘bed-&-breakfast’-sense … the same way your teachings offer asylum to those of us seeking escape from the ‘high-&-mighty money-makers” definitions of words, knowing that the power of words starts with the words’ deepest roots.

WORD REQUEST: With the Transfer of control of Baghdad’s heavily fortified ‘Green Zone’ to Iraqi control – http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-iraq2-2009jan02,0,2405448.story

I want to know the origin of the word “victory”

Ummm. Spelling is everything on this website! (as it should be on line and off line). Thanks for the def. but I already knew that. I’d like to know the origin of the word if you have it.

Many thanks!
Laura (Picture of Dante, my golden retriever at his obedience school graduation. He hasn’t learned to type or spell yet.)

WORD REQUEST: What is the origin a girl’s hoo-ha, her hoo-ha? What are other polite slang words to refer to a girl’s hoo-ha?

Hay i was wondering what the origin of the frase “throw my at in the Ring” thank you have a good holiday

Homework : Madhouse :twisted:

God…I need a taco…Evan, you are da teatcher oh, camel toes :wink: and a dessert doctor

more homework Alice Cooper Live ’79 “We’re all Crazy”