Deus Ex Machina

YES YES and YES again!

Interesting Phrase – Educational – and Clever!

You’re awesome! I had no idea such a word existed. But, to get my ‘homework’ over with…

This guy: http://georgetbhua.blogspot.com/

He has invented a hypothetical model for a new digital world currency named ￥€$US©®™ The Royal Mighty Eagle.

Yeah, hell if I know – but it’s something along those lines.

:???:

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The last episode of St. Elsewhere when it turned out everything that happened on the show was all in the head of one autistic child staring into a snow globe.

Great video and a great word, but I’ll have to do some Googling to really get the understanding of the word. :|

Yes I agree :lol:

Or how about the end of the movie ‘Signs’.
Water?? These guys were defeated by water?
Oh speaking of alien movies what about ‘War of the Worlds’?(1953 not the crap from 2005) killed off by the common cold.
Hey what about ‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes’? Downed by ‘Puberty Love’, a popular song of the time.

Here is one Every episode of MacGyver still love the show though.

Dennis Miller does a segment on his radio show called:

DENNIS Ex Machina

NOW I know what that’s about – thanks to our trusty HotforWords! :grin:

And now I know why it’s funny! :lol:

Marina how does favoriting your videos help you? I understand about the ratings and the commenting just a little clarity on the favoriting change.

This lesson reminded me of the final boss battle in the PS1 video game Xenogears, when fighting against Deus.

You are forgiven. It’s always hard to settle on the right pronunciation when 2000 years or more has passed. Can’t think of a good example of DEM, but I love the bare shoulders and yellow satin!

YouTube keeps changing their algorithm. My videos will not be seen by new people unless I get a lot of favorites.

Very True!! :razz: :razz:

Dear Marina,
Deus ex machina is pronounced /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkinə/ or /ˈdiː.əs ɛks ˈmækɨnə/, or day oos ayks mokinah. The first word has two syllables.
I thought there were Sororities and Fraternities in Russian Universities, so that students would know the Greek alphabet. I was an ROTC student and not part of a Fraternity, but even I learned the Greek alphabet.
You used an example when a cellphone conveniently appeared on your shoulder.
Deus ex machina is often used in movies and cartoons. In a Bugs Bunny cartoon, Bugs Bunny is in an airplane that is ruined by a gremlin, and the plane is falling in a seemingly fatal dive. Well, Bugs Bunny hits the brakes and the airplane comes to a screeching halt just inches from the ground. Bugs Bunny steps out of the airplane and says to the audience, “I know this defies the law of gravity, but see, I never studied law.” :razz:
Seesixcm6

Please do a video on the phrase [His NIbs]. Thanks!

Capman911 and others: What Marnia says is correct.

The items that YouTube uses in their algorithm to get a video seen is as follows:
- Go to YouTube.com
- Click the Videos link at the top.
- Then, move your cursor over to the right and stop near the middle of the page where you see the MORE pull down menu.

You will see 8 items listed there.
The items that we, the subscribers have an
affect on getting a video seen is:
- Most Discussed (comments)
- Most Repsponded (video responses)
- Top Favorited
- Top Rated

When you look at the video with lots of responses, comments and Favs, then those are the videos that get seen on the Popular board.

I use a MachinimaCam HUD v0.11 PRO in Second Life to hold my Avatar still while I film around it, e.g., when I am flying in my airplane, I switch on my MachinimaCam and the cam stabilizes while I film myself (avatar and aircraft) flying by. With the MachinimaCam turned off, the cam only moves with the head of my avatar.

p.s. I would like to request the word “cougar”

Hi, Marina! Please check out this YouTube video “Oops! etymology”… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZxcsYgktUo&fmt=18 Please tell us if Stephen (@Plomomedia) is right about the word, [Oops]. THANKS :razz:

I don’t even want to try and pronounce that. ;-)

I would like to know the origin of the word [oskie]. It’s a common term for an intercepted pass in football.

Zzzzzzzzz…..

I second that request.

[cheap] and let my dream keep the sleep soul deep….2 my tools :lol:

Quote”After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.” – Cato the Elder 234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato…

You look hot…HotForWords is as good looking as Marina’s sister :lol: know pain is no addiction?…Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots

[clean] :roll:

The of the worst Deus Ex Machina I’ve heard about is when they excape in the book ‘Congo’ in the hotair balloon.

I second your request and do not know why?…Eppure soffia – Ligabue
:smile:

Nice lesson Marina!

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Can we go 5 levels deep now?

yep…5 levels

level number 5

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:razz: sex5 :lol: sex :razz:

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:smile: :smile: nice video James, but Marina’s and her sister are nicer :lol:

Soul maybe teacher will make video of Black Sea Wars
by Patrick J. Buchanan …its more than a movie…[solo] acting :roll:

[][hobby][]…

“Orlova began creating her linguistic episodes for YouTube as a hobby in February 2007. She chose philology, a common major in Russian universities…”from Bloomberg

[bloom]…[balloon]…[Walloon]

***Homework***

In Frederick Forsyth’s The Afghan, “…Forsyth must resort to a deus ex machina to create a plot complication” according to a review by Daniel Berger. Specifically, a helicopter crash in the North Cascade Mountains lands squarely on the wall of an ultra-secure prison, allowing an al-Qaeda member to escape. :roll:

Today’s lesson reminds me of a quote:

“Why can’t the Anglophobes of the world accept the fait accompli that English is now the global lingua franca? :mrgreen:

This one is by far the worst and the ugliest. :smile:

Hey Bob, does duo sex mackinaw mean “making love under a raincoat”? :razz:

That’s one god of a machine, all right! :shock:

2:13AM? Go to bed!
Evan in Bellingham

Heck yeah, one gock of a machine indeed!

Train Kept A Rollin

[fait accompli]
[lingua franca]
:smile:

NOT For Kids :!:

Machine girl
drill Bra

Stephen has an interesting theory thinking it came from “Oh. Sorry”

The OED does say it comes from parents saying “up-a-daisy” later “oops-i-daisy” to a child after he has fallen… perhaps the babies hear the first part of that phrase after falling and attribute it to falling.. saying “oops”when they fall.

But it could also be onomatopoeic, meaning it actually comes from the sound a baby makes for example when he falls…. perhaps babies say “oo” or “oops” when they fall.. and parents picked up on that “oo” or “oops” sound and added the “(ps)-i-daisy” to it to lessen the blow to the child.. and that in turn supported the sound. The baby then hears “oops-i-daisy” from his parents and repeats the “oops” part as it’s one syllable and easy for him to repeat.

But Stephen’s theory could also be true in that a person might say “Oh! Sorry”. But then we get into where the “Oh” comes from as well. Why does someone say “Oh” and not “Bee” or “Gah” or some other sound when making a mistake? And that takes us right back to the “Oh” possibly being onomatopoetic as well.. just like “oops”.

So I think onomatopoeia plays a part in where “oops” comes from.

better than Aerosmith Train kept a Rolling (LIVE 2004)
:lol:

Hi: Johnny Cash once said…all his songs has a {rail/road-TRAIN} sound or feel—-hears a newer song that is wearing on me..First Train Home – Official Video

old-timer…Savoy Brown – Hellbound Train
…great playlist also

:smile: to Marina :smile:

I would like to request [wedgie] where did it come from and how does it feel :mrgreen:

:cool: Homework I don’t know if this is the worst example of deus ex machina, but it’s a classic! Watch this one first :arrow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgONMbcTEMU Then check this out :arrow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvinAPPfyAQ

Older timer: Chuck Berry-Downbound Train and it ends in a dues ex machina.

Thanks for the reminder…YOU DA BEST: pedanticKarl says: 8.1.1

:smile: :grin: :smile:

[gag-order]

Well formulated/written answer — both in content and in style. Of the same high caliber/quality as those in the AskMen Q/A (taking into account — but not by much — that this is impromptu/off-the-cuff whereas the other is edited).

Far Out___

THANKS pat haskett

A collage of pictures relating to the song by Chuck Berry ______________*****________http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6BlHvNGMVA&feature=related“>Canadian Idiot: Dudley Do-Right
…this has got me thinking, :lol: please you all have a good day

You answered your own question. Because they fear us and therefore hate us :sad:

Where you at? I have played and watched football all my life and never heard that term. I’m in the Mid-west.

Why does someone say “Oh” and not “Bee” or “Gah” or some other sound when making a mistake?

I think it is “oh!” because you don’t need to move your mouth, just a simple exhale with your mouth open. Probably the easiest sound to make.(Then “mmmm”). But I could be wrong ;-)

I really really enjoyed this video.
I made it my favorite.
I also love this website and the person
who is behind it ;-) and the many subscribers
that are part of this great community.
Thank you.

No es tan fácil. ¿Lingua franca, o lengua global del populacho mundial? :grin:

and you Leonard are the bestest.
Thx :-)

;-) thats what I thought, t00!!!…[packers] still suck :lol:

I don’t think I’ve ever used ‘pass rush’ and the ‘Bengals’ in the same sentance favorably, but it appears they might have one! The Pack will salve their wounds at St. Louis. ;-)

BTW: You mentioned inflation. Thats not till next year. They are all up on the Hill patting themselves on the back thinking our economic woes are over. When you monetize your own debt with 10 billion(with a B), somethings gotta give. I hope I’m wrong but me thinks this is the bubble before we take the BIG plunge. :|

[hooligan]
[гулиган]

Another English word of Russian origin? :grin:

[cougar]
(The brackets help Marina find the requests) :smile:

MY first sexual arrousal that caused me to masturbate when I was in second grade was movie THE PERIILS OF PAULINE with a pretty young blionde heroine gil like you . What got me j****** o** later was when some evil rich man wanted to put Pauline in a see through aquarium and freeze her alive until his son was old enough to marry her! Freezing her lovely body and her pretty blonde hair in a cryogenic tank seemed kinky to me. But I guess she did not go through with it, The offer was to save her mother’s farm from the bank. That is lilke your video.

Ud. tiene razón, no es fácil. “Lingua franca” ha cambiado de sentido. Por eso pido el frase. :smile:

cryogics, right?

I was looking for a song by BB King called ‘The Kings Special’ off of “Indianola Mississippi Seeds”(a GREAT album) when I found this.

A story: About 10 years ago, we were on the highway and had to pull over for gas. I started talking to a black gut who pretty much told me the same story that I linked but his mom was the Lucille that BB speaks of! I never knew whether to believe it until today!

BTW: I was looking for “the Kings Special” because he makes Lucille sound like a train

Is sending in the Calvary different from Deus Ex Machina?
Is the virus in “War of the Worlds” in bad taste in light of your recent illness?

Here is a train song with a great harp opening. Blackfoot Train, Train

Hang a rope between two poles and then jump on with your legs spread and you pretty much have it! :mrgreen:

At least your underwear aren’t ruined. :twisted:

If that were true, all countries/languages would say the same “Oops” in response to a surprising event, but in reality it varies between languages and even between regions of a country. I’ve heard Eh, Ai, Ow, Er, Uh to name but a few.

the easiest vowel to articulate is “a”, as in “mama”.
“o” is more complex because it’s rounded (the lips). so it’s not just “a simple exhale with your mouth open”, that would be “a”.

this is why babies’ first words mostly have an “a” in them.

if i recall correctly, you’re right about the “m”, though. it’s an easy sound. and along with “a” you easily get “mama”.

my mom told me that my first word was either “auto” (pronounced “ow-toe”) or “lampe”. which is weird. i think. dunno.

What a load of ‘tosh! :lol:

HI, Bob! Thats why I didn’t say “oops”.

I wonder if eerybody else is making the “oh” and “ah” sound while they read this? :smile:

MARINA YOU NEED MORE SUBS!!! HURRY OR YOU MIGHT GET OVERTAKEN BY SOULJABOY!! Oh god… That would be awful

There are reasons….there are always reasons. Not that we always know what those reasons are. Tangled web of motivations lurking in the unconscious, caged up primordial urges and suppressed emotions, stewing, stirring, erupting from beneath the surface. Sure, but not always. My motivation is rather lightweight (or so I think) in that ” His nibs ” and ” Muggins ” are terms from the card game, Cribbage.

Loved this lesson! Thank you.

I don’t really understand they keep changing it.
The highest one on the list must be the one they make the most money on. So the most exposure to ads
Now if this is times watched or the amount of comments added, I don’t know.
If I understand correctly you are a YouTube partner. And in being a partner they at least listen to you, right?
So why don’t you propose to make the highest one on the list the one they make the most money on.
That’s good for business and irons out influences of lesser importance.

Touching images. It frames the world in all its beauty and horror. :smile: :cry:

Sorry to say it, but you might very well be right.
The next bubble is in the making and its bigger than ever before. :(

Déjà Vu: Total Recall / Matrix ;)

That does wear on you. She just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Ooo, That’s got to hurt.
Be sure to make a video lesson. :mrgreen:

PK, I have glimpse over the wall and left you with extra homework ;-)

That is wrong on so many levels.

Great video Marina,boy that’s great to get a cell phone by wising one,as much tricks, as the matrix!Just click your heels together there’s no place like home,there’s no place like home! :lol:

Tomorrow I am going to make a cash4gold parody, all the others have shitty views on them, so because I want to make this, I hope you al will watch it 4 me.

Hey M, I see you have been tweaking again. ;-) You’ve added back in the numbers on the side of the pages. :cool:

Oh dear. I see I’ve confused the [Mackinaw] wool coat with the [Macintosh] raincoat. Sorry ’bout that! :oops: Wonder what Mr. McKinna would say about the gaff? :roll:

From what I understand, is we are to click on favorite under the video and it adds the video to our YT site.

Hey M, I see you have been tweaking again. ;-) You’ve added back in the numbers on the side of the pages. :cool:

Hmm… Marina! But like Bob and äläx have commented, I wonder if it is being onomatopoetic, then why it seems not applying to all other ethnic groups / cultures? In Cantonese, we often say “Ai-ya!”, for example. I love being around with babies but I do not remember if my godson would say “oo” or “oops” when he fell ;-) In my experience, most of them would rather cry or sort of surprise with their expressions. In North America, I do find “uh-oh” common to toddlers and young children though.

Anyway, it is quite an intriguing discussion. THANKS * so kind to my very first post here! ;-)

Curious: Is there even one level on which you think it is right?

Hi Mike,
Yes, when you click on the FAVORITE link below the video on YT, it will add the video to your Favorites list on your YT channel.

I always appreciate your bons mots Evan. :grin:

I love this site!!!
You can explore so many things on this site that you will love it too.

The “All Words” navigation link above is your entrance to finding out about interesting videos, articles and many other items of interest. Explore the HotForWords site to see how many new things you can learn today.

This is the BEST Deus Axe Marina I’ve ever scene!

much better with you lying down on the tracks :lol: :shock:
great job again Marina :cool: B.B. loved the bloomberg interview
even though I was in it :roll: :mrgreen:

if i was that train driver i would of stoped and ur mine :mrgreen:

BLOODY MARVELLOUS! :mrgreen:

now that’s the most rediculus thing i have ever heard (groucho marks)

An old fashion rope; made of hemp fibers will burn less than “New Deal”-plastic :twisted: ……5 and 3 strands to braid a nice halter :cool: :lol: :mrgreen:

Medlocke grew up with the founding members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. When Blackfoot’s attempts to move north and play places like New York and New Jersey weren’t successful enough for him, he called up Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ronnie Van Zant and was asked to play drums for that newly-formed band. Medlocke played the drums and sang lead on a few songs for them during 1970 but came to feel that sitting behind a drum kit could never satisfy his energetic personality, so in 1971 he reformed Blackfoot and began touring incessantly with them, producing hits like “Train Train” and “Highway Song” until he finally decided to disband the group in the early 1990s.Rickey started performing onstage at the age of three. His grandfather, Shorty Medlock, was a well-known delta blues musician and he taught Rickey how to play a miniature banjo. From there on his musical abilities grew and he had taught himself how to play guitar by the age of five and he was playing drums in Shorty’s band at the age of eight. Rickey was raised by Shorty and his grandmother.

I got drunk on his [tequila] once…very nice person___…

Ricky signed an old poster from the 70′s in the 80′s and then the 90′s …”Hang for me” …..after my house got burned :sad: :x :evil: …ps, I will shut-up

be Cool beevee14 :cool: I let use a “Leslie” to BB King

The Leslie speaker is a specially constructed amplifier/loudspeaker used to create special audio effects using the Doppler effect. Named after its inventor, Donald Leslie, it is particularly associated with the Hammond organ. The Hammond/Leslie combination is now a ubiquitous element in many genres of music. Currently both the Leslie Speakers and the Hammond Organ are owned by Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation.

Hello Marina

What is the origin of the term [on the lamb] as when a run away criminal is being chased and is “on the lamb”. Why is that term used? It sounds strange to be on a lamb (animal) when running away.

Thank You sweeheart…I bought your book.

Hey Alex, I go along with the A and the M being easy for a tot to start as it’s first letters. But less not forget the D as in Da when a baby starts to chant dadadada and the parents think the baby is saying dada making the daddy happy that he is the first to be recognized as a word from the infant. I guess it’s all in how the baby starts to form their letters or phonics or just by imitating a sound that one of the parents keeps repeating. I know I kept saying dada to my children so I would be the first before my wife to have the bay say dada instead of mama. Sounds a little conceited huh. Oh well it worked. lol

Marina, That was an exceptional term to cover.
Love the lesson too…. :smile:

My assignment:
The 1960s T.V. show BATMAN with Adam West has Deus Ex Machina written all over it. “Catwoman’s echo chamber” and “The Exploding Shark” are just a couple of examples of many from this show.

DEUS EX MACHINA? ;-)

There is NO sound like a Hammond B3 organ.

A story:
In 1995, we were in Memphis so I had to go to BB Kings on Beale Street. I got a bowl of red beans and rice and kicked back. Little Jimmy King and The King James version were the headliners and they were great. When we got there, I scoped out the Hammond to make sure it wasn’t no bullshit, and I noticed that it had duct tape holding down the corners of the veneer! I knew it was gonna be alright. :cool: In between sets other people would come out. Once, it was just an old man with a trumpet, wailin’ away. Another time it was the kid from “The Firm”. In the movie, they show two times a little kid doing back hand springs and flips while Cruise is walking. The first time, he does them right along with him and the second time he walks on. Kind of a loss of innocence thing. Anyway, he did that in the bar like three times. The last time, he started OUTSIDE THE DOOR and did them across the whole floor! People were raining money on him. It was great! :lol:

BTW it took me about a 6-pack to finish the red beans and rice. Very hot! They kept coming to ask me if I was done… :razz:

Lots of pictures of SRV, also. I liked that :cool:

Oh yeah, to tie it all in; Shorty Medlocke is the one who plays that bad ass harp on ‘train, train’. ;-)

DEUS EX MACHINA – LOVESONG :cool:

Lewis Carroll simply had Alice “come to” in his ‘Wonderland” Story. Dorothy clicked her heels and woke up in her Kansas bed in the Wizard of OZ. (There IS a place like home…it’s, like, home…) Alice should have led the revolt against the nasty old Queen and reigned in Wonderland-striking a simultaneous blow for Women’s Rights. Dorothy should have taken over the Wicked Witch’s castle. She could have studied all the Flying Monkees and been the Diana Fosse of OZ.

Is that the famous Thomas The Tank Engine about to
run over our very own Perils of Marina in that thumbnail above?
Well, Dudley PK-Right to the rescue. Mighty Mouse here I come.

Mr. Thomas Engine never hangs around ♫
When he hears ♪ this mighty sound…
“Here I come to save the day!” ♪
That means that Mighty PK Mouse is on the way.
Yessir ♫ when there is a wrong to right
Mighty PK Mouse will join the fight
On the sea or on the land
He gets the situation well in hand
So though we are in danger
We never despair
Cause we know that where there’s danger
He is there!
He is there!
On the land!
On the sea!
In the air!
We’re not worryin’ at all
We’re just listenin’ for his call
“Here I come to save the day!”
That means that Mighty PK Mouse is on the way.

Hi Ho Silver away, as the masked PK rides off
into the sunset with his lovely Marina.

Hey don’t laff, fairy tales can come true, I tell ya. :grin:
 

Mighty Mouse them song

Dudley Do-Right rescues a damsel in distress.
Oooohhh, he even says, “Ohh fudge”. @1:20

Marina what is the root the word? The {derivative} ?Deus Ex Machina is it Laten, DutchorFrench? :grin: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :roll: :razz: :razz: :razz: :razz:

An example of a Deus Ex Machina is the finale of the 1985-86 season and premiere of the 1986-87 season of “Dallas.” In the 1984-85 finale, Bobby was badly injured in a car accident and died in the hospital. A year later, Bobby returned as the entire season was revealed to be a dream by Pam. This was also parodied in the second season of “Family Guy,” with Patrick Duffy (Bobby) and Victoria Principal (Pam) reprising their roles by with FG references. (They also appeared separately in later episodes as animated characters.)
By the way, Dennis Miller refers to any hour of his radio show where he takes calls on any topic as “Dennis Ex Machina.” :lol: ;-)

Hwk: Many, many plots escape from themselves using deus ex machina, but the worst is too hard to remember; just pick any of the numerous situation comedies that use this on a weekly basis.

You would been great tied to the tracks in that strapless yellow dres and glasses!

Have you ever tried the buzzsaw???

And to me, your puns are the [sine qua non] of HFW.

By the way, maybe Marina would do a lesson on [doigt de seigneur] (as in this photo of Nelson Rockefeller) :lol:

“lamb” in this usage derives not from the animal, but from the Welsh word llam, “leap, jump.” Welsh criminals on the llam were trying to keep one jump ahead of the law.

It’s true, I tell you. :mrgreen:

:lol:

request this [deja vue]

So Evan, you’re a true Briton.

Dudley Do-Right: Saw Mill

Hows it going Mrs. Orlova

I have a request for you to do some homework on.
If you could please

The word is [Matrix], it’s been bugging me all day to know where that word originated from.

Thanks, hope to see a lesson on that soon.

Nick

Hello Nick,
Marina recently did an excellent video lesson on the word matrix this past February. The lesson is in the form of a Guess The Word Game.

Guess The Word Game XIV

Guess The Word Game XIV Answer: Origin of the word Matrix

Before you send me [ up the river without a paddle ]
Who came up with that one ?

All tide up watching it.

well, machine girl did :shock:

Marina says: If you have a word request first checklist this to see if I have already done the word.

I am having one of those right now. ;-)

What IS this, [malapropism] week? :lol:
You’re right, it would be an interesting lesson, but I can’t put my finger on when it would be a propos
I’m sure Marina will tell us le moment venu. :smile:

Not wanting to clutter up another topic:
[ to be Frank ] why Frank ?

Are you using some new hair conditioner or eating some healthy foods? I love the glowing look of your hair. It’s so shinny. What’s your secret :?:

Hi Captain Nick! :grin:

Super Teacher always top notch
on wikipideia i found this The Latin Phrase “deus ex machina”
day oos ayks mokinah
literally “god from the machine”) is a plot device in which a person or thing appears “out of the blue” to help a character to overcome a seemingly insolvable difficulty. It is generally considered to be poor storytelling technique.

can we get this obscure old psuedo latin phrsae
[ Illegitimus non carborundum ]

Neet or neat or kneeth/?…Just in time…Out Of Sight – From [Quarks] To Molecules

:cool: Annie Lennox Ghosts In My Machine BBC Sessions’09
…[PRAY]…..prey for food…..food 4 prey……[Yarp]prayer+++pain :smile: :lol: :smile:

The Bob-and-Evan show continues:

[malapropism]

as in:

• “We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.” :???:
George W. Bush

• “The police are not here to create disorder, they’re here to preserve disorder.” :roll:
Richard Daley, former Chicago mayor

• “Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.” :shock:
Dan Quayle, Vice President

(more at http://www.fun-with-words.com/mala_famous.html )

Do you know why the Welsh don’t like English orchestral music?
Too much Saxon violins! :mrgreen:

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl imi… :grin:

[hoi polloi] and how does it relate to September?

:shock: Nightwish’s ex-vocalist performing Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit in Helsinki the 4th of June 2007 with Esa Nieminen at the annual Marimekko fashion show.
…machine girl :grin: b`l`o`o`d/strike> :twisted:

Wow. From a strictly aesthetical perspective, this black skirted pair of upside down legs popping out of the blue today @0:00 is without a doubt totally possessed by our teacher and looks awesomely intelligent. I believe it can be safely said that its academic value should be multiplicated by the time at wich they show up in the video, while its marketing value should be divided by it. The ties to the track have now been loosened, and now it seems to be marinating in front of the camera, ignoring the locomotive in the background about to push it out of the way if it has some speed left and is not stopped on the track. This pair of legs is definitely more intelligent than the skirt topping them!

I take up another moment for this word thingy…Egyptian [Pyramids] – A Mars Earth Connection
[Pyramids]

[Pyramids]—a scam in the work place for bosses____labor and schools and nepitisms :-) :-) marxs

I used to call Vincent Price’s 1950′S HOUSE OF WAX a real MASTURBATION CLASSIC, too. Vincent Price had that naked brown haired sedated lovely woman on that table and he was about to give her a hot wax job! He wanted to make her his “Marie Antionette”! A human doll!

ORIGIN OF JAMESINGTONTHETHIRD

While my video is rendering, I am finally going to reveal why jamesingtonthethird is jamesingtonthethird.

When I was at school, because I ended up with support from learning assistants, one of them gave nicknames to everything. Her dog was nicknamed bailingtonthethird because he was called Bailey. So she nicknamed me jamesingtonthethird, and I ended up nicknaming her lucilliathesixth, but that also changed to lucilliathethird, Eventually I called my channel jamesingtonthethird and it went from there.

What I was trying to point out was that it was good that he consciously m’ed at an early age: more examples here — legit examples from parents — including of a girl at 3: http://forums.plentyoffish.com/datingPosts4394978.aspx These examples are different from those of unborn babies in the womb since these examples are of conscious acts. What I was curious about James was whether he thinks m’ing at an early age (or any age?) is bad.

That’s funny, I was just thinking the same thing. :grin:

OK My new video is up!!!!

Please all watch it… I am exhausted. I don’t have the energy to promote it too much today, but please all comment on it!

Hey! Great idea for a FORUM topic. I’m sure there are many opinions on the subject that could be shared.

Pretty slick. Mavis was off the chain, na-gizzle! ;-)

Yeah! We have an obvious topic title. Lets come up with some tags! :mrgreen:

I’d like to request the word [dreamboat]. My friend had a hot date and someone asked her “Was he a total dreamboat?” and it make me wonder where that word came from.

Why is it that although the homepage graphs on youtube tell me I am getting 300 views a day, if I am ever on the most viewed channels list it always shows up as 150 ish, which is accurate

I left a comment for Tony above at 62.1 – you guys should start a FORUM topic on this – could open up some interesting debate…

Was her name Annie? ;-)

Hi Marina, I would not want to mention anything that someone would watch or read and be upset, so the opposite prime example of deus ex machina in my opinion for a movie would be Samuel L. Jackson in The Negotiator which revolves around an event for the duration of the film. How did it go with Amber? You guys are just having friendly rivalry, I guess?

Kinda feels like deja vu, I wanna get away from this place I do,
But I can’t and I won’t say I tried but I know that’s a lie coz I don’t
And why I just don’t know…

Hey Marina, I would like to request the phrase [the coast is clear]
Thanks a lot :)

We don’t need that kind of comments on this site.

Don’t understand what you mean. Debate what?

The tall google ad became short revealing what’s underneath it — but underneath it is just background, no george: http://i35.tinypic.com/6pw2es.jpg

Please check my new video

http://bit.ly/zypW3

she is Russian!

The Pack will salve their wounds at St. Louis.

Have i ever lied to ya?! ;-) :lol:

Break the mould! Get past George and Frank!

What’s Russian got to do with it? I’m black and it’s done nothing for my hair or other body parts. :mrgreen:

That’s odd … I thought I saw your “lying down” on this page, but it is gone now!

My latest lesson Purpose and Career ends with a video request for the origin of those words; it is a little after 5m20s.

I watched it, faved, stared, & even commented. Your doing much better.

I am black too. :sad: (can I get away with that?)

You can feel good about being black. Look, a famous comedian (Steve Martin) is black. He even did a movie about it. So we need to feel good about being black. ;-)

It’s back now. When I first saw this video, it did occur to me that you ought to have been lying across the rails, I even kept waiting for such a scene to show up as the video progressed; but it never happened, and I didn’t think to comment on this aspect. The thumbnail makes up for it!

I LOVE YOU GEROGE :smile:

you were right the first time with cryogenics.. but, yeah, this was way beyond TMI..

When I feel bad about being black, I watch Sarah Silverman.. She always makes me feel better.

Da ba dee da ba die. I’m blue :shock:

Hey, that’s what he said.
That little fella keeps on smiling at me.

Oops! Forgot an important thing: The lesson has an Easter Egg involving strippers!

James, all or most of the numbers on the YouTube video boards are delayed by about a day or two which includes the top 100 Channel boards. Your channel page is the most up to date.

I learned the electron orbits differently 40 years ago, where the orbits had certain capacities to carry a distinct amount of electrons, as many as six in some orbits, if I recall. I’m getting a strong deja vu while typing this. I’ve done this before? Now, they talk of “orbitals” instead of “orbits”, and the orbitals carry only a pair of electrons. At Wiki, they have graphics of the shape of these orbitals.

I love you too James. ;-)

I’ve always heard that phrase as
[up shit creek without a paddle]

googling “up the creek/up the river without a paddle”, you have some variances:
This saying originates from Gosport England Hasler to be exact its from where injured saliors would be sent up the creek, a river in Hasler and then loaded onto another boat that was on rails and then pulled up to Hasler Hospital (Parts of the rail system are still there) hens the saying UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE. Aso says that that the term “creek” isn’t used in England? :???:
In America it has the meaning of being sent to prison, Maybe the early explorers coined this phrase, but the general meaning worldwide is being In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position, with no possible remedy, in other words you’re fucked. but damn it, Can’t find anything concrete on exactly WHO came up with this phrase. Hope I’m reading you right. :|

Hey Rijk, I wouldn’t send you up the river without anything, I’d at least give you BLACK BETTY to help you overcome the situation. ;-) :mrgreen:

alright then
Well i still got my answer either way.

Wow, you have changed George, in more ways than I can count.

hey
What’s up sir?

JJ Thompson discovered the electron in 1877, when my grandparents were growing up (pre-automobile, pre-airplane, and before the steel reinforced brassiere). James Chadwick discovered the nuetron in 1933, when my pa was working a shovel in the CCC’s and dreaming someday of becoming a chemist (pre-jet airplanes, pre-atomic bombs, pre-bikini, pre- pantyhose) . Quarks were first modeled in the 1960′s, when I was in high school (pre-Tuck Rule, pre-PC, pre-silicon implants ).

Ha ha ha! I needed a good laugh.

These responses were supposed to be in response to Leonard’s scientific response way down the page. I clicked on the appropriate button to respond to him, but I was interrupted by the login page, and after I logged in, the comment box was here waiting for my input. Now I know that when the login page appears, if one is responding to another responder, they must avoid the first appearance of the comments box, and scroll down to that particular place on the page where they want to respond.

I know who you are. Did you find the strippers?

No you have the wrong person. I haven’t looked for any strippers.

So you are not Capman911? There’s a loophole in your disguise … it can be proved that you are. Actually, two loopholes; one can be overcome, the other cannot.

Why would you think it is me. My other person is Moose and Squirrel.

It is easy to prove that “Moose and Squirrel” and the above “George” are one and the same. Do you want me to show how? This is the loophole that could have been fixed. The loophole that cannot be fixed is that Captain Jack (or was it PK?) leaked this event.

Yes please do. See if we are the same person. lol

OK:

1.a) According to SCO Super comments, recent comments by George include those by Moose and Squirre: http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/09/25/deus-ex-machina/comment-page-2/?cid=153885

1.b) Moose and Squirre now has the same gravatar as that of George: http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/06/22/interview-for-snob-magazine/comment-page-2/#comment-137585

2) And here’s the Captain demonstrating how [loose lips sink ships] : http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/09/18/jesus-h-christ/comment-page-2/#comment-153137

Anyway, have you looked for the strippers yet? Did you find them? If you did, how easy or hard was it?

Hey George it’s good to see you back. I’m glad you join us in some fun. ;-)

The status of secret smiling George
is safe and sound in plain view. :smile:

Hi muggins,
The Leonard comment you are referring to is probably #58.1 which includes a link with the words “…quarks to molecules…”

All comment boxes are numbered in a faint gray at the far right side of the comment box. My comment here is numbered as #74.2.1

Interesting wiki on Atomic orbital.

[oskie]…maybe its british…this is the famous incident where keith moon added 3 times the amount of explosive without letting the band know. rumor has it that pete townshend lost 90 percent of his hearing in his right ear…The [Packers] still suck…they(the county) charge us with extra taxes :evil:

Yeah, you might have to bring back Moose and squirrel someday. We still have to get M to say it.

Yea I agree on bringing back M&S. lol

Hush boy!!!

Hi Marina, :smile:
Word or Phrase request here: The origin of [whack job] or [wack job]. Also which one is the correct spelling? :|

Here’s a description. :roll:

I saw no Easter egg. Bait and switch routine? Also how are strippers considered to be “… an important thing”?

I love that song. I think I first heard of it when it was played for shuttle astronauts for their wake up call.

My, your legs are so pretty in that pose, Marina.

[RACKET] – at least 3 usages
[STRIKE] – at least 5 usages
[SKIRT] – at least 2 usages
[JUKE] – at least 2 usages

Popped into my head. Just wondering.

I don’t do bait and switch. There is an Easter Egg involving strippers (hint: it is present as a fun activity for recess). It is not strippers that are important, it is important that I mention the presence of the Easter Egg. For example, there was a lesson earlier this year in which you made it a point to tell everyone that Marina had put an Easter Egg involving a scene from Matrix.

I watched it again and still could not find them. Maybe something wrong with my computer? Was it a collection of chain strippers or wire strippers? Oh well, it’s not really important anyways.

Re 71.1.1.1.1: I can provide hints if more people have trouble finding the Easter Egg. The video has been out for only a few hours, so I should not drop hints and spoil it for those who have not yet looked for the strippers. If someone finds the strippers, they will know for sure they found it.

What I am personally curious about is whether HotForWords will find them. Do let me know HotForWords! I worked hard to find that Matrix-Gorby Easter Egg, and wrote what I thought it was … but I have no idea if I found that egg or not.

u r funny!

Hey maybe.. “hoist by your own petard” would be a good one to do too. Along the same line a bit.

This site is looking reallllyyyyyyyy slick now Marina! I like it!

What was it that you found in the Matrix-Gorby E-egg? Im sure someone figured it out and either I or Marina confirmed it.

hello, hello :cry: auw

Here are links to some of the comments associated with the Matrix-Gorby Easter Egg.

http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/09/contumelious/comment-page-3/#comment-103243

http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/09/contumelious/comment-page-3/#comment-103327

http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/01/09/contumelious/comment-page-3/#comment-103321

Where was Gorby taken from?

That was a fine video of the quarks to molecules, leonard. I responded in depth…see response #74 (see the light grey numerals to the right side of each response), but the response ended up becoming a response to Marina’s video, which was my mistake.

Whoa! Wrong George :lol:

I would like my blue border back soon if you don’t mind Marina

This is what I don’t get. If you type in shew wolf parody I ma halfway down the first results page.. If you type in w995 I am near the top and I got 7000 each on those videos. So, why is it that with the exception of 2 videos, the videos that go on the front page, still don’t get too many views on them?

Somebody has to pay for all those upgrades and extra seats from the “Brett Boom”! ;-) Or maybe, you simply don’t like The Pack. I’m sure there are alot of Wisconsonians(Wisconsinites :?: ) who feel that way! Yeah, ri-i-i-i-ght! :roll:
Hey, you remember the old ‘fumble-rooskie’ play in college? Maybe thats what my man is thinking of?

Trying to come up with something to criticize but I’m [stumped] right now.

I’d compliment your recent photos but I’d just be repeating others.

The Website looks super-duper great.

Recent Lessons are very good again.

Gorby seems like a happy puppy.

Capman, Jack, and PK & PT9 have the [riff-raff] well in hand.

There’s that Book I’m still reading for a few more days…

New Promotion seems Fabulous…

You may have just taken me out of the Game… :cry:

Whats up, Vrock? I don’t know where ‘up shits creek without a paddle’ came from but being ‘sent up the river’ is an American phrase. It originated in NYC where all of the prisons are literally ‘up the river’ ;-)

At least, thats the word on the street. :mrgreen:

Hope this was helpful for I am here to serve

yeah! borders were nice.

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

pre-Tuck Rule?! LOL :mrgreen:

Give it time, DJ, give it time ;-)

Puma? ;)

;-) [hemp] :idea: :lol: :idea:Image based lighting
Image based lighting (IBL) is a 3D rendering technique which involves plotting an image onto a dome or sphere that contains the primary subject.…everything becomes “[SOUL]” important….*…..a ball is global understanding….good morning all.

I always said we would one day be in the video game. I thought it would be more the surround screens the military uses in its simulators or some kind of helmet, but not bio-dome!

:mrgreen: Hemp would be mandatory :mrgreen:

:lol:

:shock: in my mail, the message was striked?…awe :oops: :lol: [bled]

:x :lol: …booby by Marina :smile: you must have a nice day :!:

Sounds like Dutch. I bet it’s Dutch! :lol:

Homework: (oh there are so many)

Even though they are used plainly for laughs, I would have to go with Monty Python’s classic usage of the Deus Ex Machina. Without spoiling their movies (in case somebody hasn’t seen them), I’m specifically referring to Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the “animator”. Another good one is in Life of Brian when Brian is falling to his death.

Both Star Trek and Batman used them. Star Trek with the last minute “I know!” Batman always seemed to have just the right “tool” for the job. Battlestar Galactica seems to get pretty deep into some messes when suddenly Ron Moore realizes he may run out of time for that episode and something almost miraculous happens.

:razz: Ya must like the “Peckers” :?: I should know better…“It’s an interception term,” he said with a smile. “I don’t use it. I hate it. I didn’t invent it and I don’t know what it means and I don’t know where it came from. I have been called upon to use it as a player. If you find an Ohio State player, they might be able to tell you. It goes all the way back to Woody Hayes.”

:lol: When a defense intercepts the ball, the interceptor hollers “OSKIE SCORE” thus alerting his teammates to turn and block because now “WE have the ball” . Hard and fun concept to teach little little kids.

….and from urban dictionary[][][] oskie woskie 21 up, 3 down
an oskie is an ounce of weed. the woskie part is just a rhyming add on. try listening to the outkast cd – aquemini at the end of the song synthesizer.

“”" ;-) go Bengals and Lions and Panthers…cat scratch fever :grin:

poor sweet lovely Marina, I do not have any strange desires towards her like that. And I am not some evil rich man. Some witch named Buffy Baittginer who was a chem lab student of mine tried to trap me into some sort olf evil situation at MSU in 1985. We had a dynamite one night stand but then she only wanted to related over the phone and she was trying to play psychiatrist on me. And she claimed she had a rich family. They were destroying my life. You need to avoid the clutches of the evil rich!!! Listening to Voice of Russia on WRN as I we this.

then lets make it a combi phrase request.
[ up the river without a paddle ] joining hands with [ up the (shit) creek without a paddle ]

Dude. Rich are not that evil. They just are extremely focused people. The psychology of the rich is awesomely interesting actually. They are attracted to money like swift flies are attracted to… erm… fruits? Schientists have already pondered the issue. Look at how they drive through all the obstacles to get what they want.

*I thought it was ‘dutch’…from urban dictionary—-”up shit creek, without a paddle” isn’t defined yet.

That phrase was always used around here in Wisconsin among the the Belgiums and Dutch to mean –”being in trouble”…they say…duck creek, without a paddle…???

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%22up+shit+creek%2C+without+a+paddle%22

Ya, it was kind of a mess.

I say wonder bra ;-)
Did you see Gorby dressed up, with pink ears :shock: poor dog.

I can’t be frank on George.

I say, good show, thegorn.

I have never heard of it before. This one is getting more interesting by the minute. :smile:

Hmm,

All I can find is:
Een derivaat (afleiding, komt van het Latijnse woord “derivare” wat “afleiden” betekent)

It says it comes from the Latin word derivare. Which means deduct, conclude, deduce or deduction

James started, but missed the punchline so here it is: Chernobyl.

LOL, Good one Georga :mrgreen:

PK, translate LOL to English, and see what you get. ;)

Wiley Coyote and Roadrunner.. more train tracks
[Roadrunner always gets the Deus Ex Machina]

hhhhmmmmmmmm Georgeeeeee

“The train” is on fire ;-)

:lol:

Great thinking James. I forgot about our borders. and Captain Jacks blue back ground.

Marina can we get our borders back?

:mrgreen: well marina, i would save you anytime.
you are beutiful, i first saw you on bill o’reilly, on fox,
perfect i saw you on fox cause you are a FOX.
take care ……

here comes the word that not spelled in your city Marina. [FUCK] ; really comes from the sound of having it? or not? anyway thats your expertise ( to investigate)…

I am changing the way I do my videos now… Please all read this

http://jamesingtonthethird.com/Characters.html

Thanks!

BTW does anyone know why you can’t see any stats (eg no of favourited) on my latest video?

I swear you have lost a HUGE amount of channel honours Marina, you used to have about 30.

Hello sensitweety,
As of yet, Marina has not done the origin of that word in a video lessont, but Marina will do it some day. In the meantime, Marina did discuss the origin of this useful and versatile F-word in an Ask Men article. Check this out.

Also, you can find a very nice description of the F-word in Marina’s new book;
“Hot for Words – Answers to All Your Burning Questions About Words and Their Meanings”
Click the link which gives a review and where to get the book.
 

James,
Don’t quote me on this exactly, but here is why your Statistics & Data is not showing up. The video is too new, one day old versus the number of views. Check back after 48 hours after your upload and you should see the graph and other stats, assuming you didn’t turn them off.

I was wondering if it was new. But my other video is ok.. I will just have to see how it goes tomorrow.

It’s a rule against tackling the ball carrier. It’s so wrong. It’s also symbolic of the rampant legalism in society, where it’s now so safe,
that they cannot build playground for fear of being sued.

How much are you willing to pay? :roll:

nice for detecting the crap: ….

I am considering flying to the states to meet Marina sometime.. But I don’t know if they will let me in because I have a criminal past.. How strict are they?

man-[KIND]…[rig]…The New Deal killed many skills… ;-) [retting]You are a cool dude muggins. :cool: :arrow:

Trying the new Flaxwood semi-hollow guitar, made with an injection molding process and wood fibers. Equipped with a built in resonator and EMG pick-ups.

Oh I loved that show and they took it off the air. Poor Georgia got hit by a toilet seat how cruel. :lol:

Making hemp illegal was crooked, deceiving and racist. It put farmers and others out of business, favoring DuPont Corporation. It has deprived hundreds of thousands of Americans of their freedoms, their families, and their possessions. It has aided and fortified organized crime, thereby dramatically increasing the murder rate in this country, and causing the U.S. to incarcerate more people than any other country in the world, and also… in the history of the world short of Nazi Germany and the USSR.. There were many businesses that were snuffed by the FDR Administration.
All this misery caused by good intentions. I am not against Keynsian economics, but I’m not a believer, either. And hemp should be as legal as hops.

I went to pick my daughter up from volleyball and the radio was doing promos for the morning show. They said they would have on Ricky Medlocke of Lynard Skynard. Blew my mind! :???:

Did you get them to do that? :shock:

James,
I just checked your latest video and the Stats are now available.
There are still some stats missing like the links and demographics, but those should be there tomorrow.

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I just noticed that about 10 mins ago.. Thanks!

Another Deus Ex Machina would be The A Team.They used alot of these! :lol:

Deus ex Machina? How about God himself at the end of “Time Bandits”?

Marina, you are wonderful. I have taught philosophy and comparative religious/spiritualist/occult metaphysics for 23 years and have never seen anyone take etymology and philology and make it popular as you have and with such flair! History will show it required a brilliant “nicebecetur” (as you described yourself in your book). Bravo!

I am buying your book for all of my students to use when we cover the importance of language in philosophical development. You’re great.

[ecology]
[economy]
(Is there an [echo] in here? :???: )
With problems in both, maybe we need to get our house in order! :wink:

Hey cuchullain, are you tying a bow on your compliments? :wink: :mrgreen:

(Top that, Bob!) :razz:

[skirt]
[shirt]
[kurta]
Related?

Evan, LOL!

Over the top??? (There’s a phrase to study, “over the top”, hint, Marina)

I really have never seen people get so excited in such numbers. I mean they like Marina, of course, but so much fun in words? We word nerds used to be so very few. Hehehe.

I’ll try to tone it down, but it is very refreshing.

Yeah, the phrase “up the creek/ up the river without a paddle” is a mysterious one. Trying to do a search again through google It’s all over the place and has different variations depending on where in the world. Whenever I’ve searched other words or phrases for the origin of them, it usually comes up with a straight forward answer.

BV’s reply of ‘sent up the river’ which has to do with being sent to prison (NYC and Sing Sing prison, they were literally up river) and leonard’s “duck creek without a paddle” all tie in together to the same phrase, but I still can’t find the exact ‘ORIGIN’ of WHO came up with this. :???:

Maybe CJ,Karl,Capman,p9 or äläx might know or maybe it might be interesting enough for HotForWords to investigate. :razz:

Rijk, I think you’ve come up with a really good phrase request. ;-)
But I don’t want to [jinx] it for ya! :mrgreen:

Me too. Movie didn’t quite cut it for me, but better than nothing.

Rijk, Venomrock67, beevee14, leonard
Check out the Etymology Online Dictionary – creek and search for the term “creek”. It gives some good references as to how the word evolved from explorers of small rivers, then later an armed forces slang term.

@ 45.1.2.1.1

Ya, her sister is gonna be send up the river in a leaky dingy, can already see the spray of water come out of it.

Oh shoot, mustn’t get my phone wet. Hello, hello. Hi its me, listen, listen. We went out sailing and they have send me up ahead. And that darn dingy has sprung leak. What do you mean up the river without a ……… Must investigate. :mrgreen:

Hmmm, thanks Karl, you might have just torpedoed our little dingy.
But we are not out of the water yet. :mrgreen:

:lol: :lol: That would be a good plot for the lesson! ;-)

I got somewhere with that link :razz:

Thanks pK :smile:
That’s a valuable site, got it bookmarked ;-)

:cool: Thanks B it was. :smile:

:| you tell me..

like is this a first for you…

have you, um, ever been barryrolled(?)

Stop hounding me or I’ll be culling you from my will. :razz:

My advice to Marina:

She taunt an Irishman, she gets a howling Gael! :mrgreen:

(I’m going green with recycled puns! :lol:)

Siobhant you to stop, I think. :grin:

The Other Mans Grass Is Always Greener
…The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes 1841-1935from the H*O*TforW*O*R*D*S site :razz: …no known [mercy] :evil:

Why, can’t Owen mock an old Irish epic for the sake of a few puns? :roll:

Marina, speaking of “bo’s,” if grapes grow on grapevines, do bows grow on [bo-vines]? And why are cows often nicknamed [bossy]?
And what do you do for [Gaelic] breath? :lol:

Was Oliver Wendell Holmes a relation of Sherlock Holmes who. like Marina, always wanted to [investigate], though he was Hot For Crime (and Criminals) , not Hot For Words?!

Speaking of Dutch, have you ever heard when someone was in trouble, they were in “Dutch”? :?: :???:

:| in dutch, like in dutch oven(?)

I’d still have to investigate the term before saying how it’s done. I’m no where near going miltopian… yet

“In hot water”, “In Dutch”? Yeah, that could be it :!:

:lol: [sherlock] :razz: 1836 Poems. A collection of early verse filled with humor, especially as seen in “Ballad of the Oysterman” and “My Aunt,” as well as pathos in “The Last Leaf” and “Old Ironsides.” His first collection of poetry, it is published in the same year that he graduates from Harvard Medical School. John Gorham Palfrey’s review calls Holmes “a man of genius” and expresses hopes that the positive reception of the book would “induce him to come before the public again.”

born Aug. 29, 1809, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. — died Oct. 7, 1894, Cambridge) U.S. physician, poet, and humourist. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1847 and later became dean of its medical school. He won national acclaim with his poem “Old Ironsides” (1830). From 1857 he published his “Breakfast-Table” essays in The Atlantic Monthly, later republished in such collections as The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858) and The Professor of the Breakfast-Table (1860). Other works include the poem “The Chambered Nautilus” and the novel Elsie Venner (1861). :mrgreen: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is his son. :oops: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., was a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and legal philosopher who has become a celebrated legal figure…
For more information on Oliver Wendell Holmes, visit Britannica.com.

:o what’s with the hostile quote anyway. i’m feeling wimpy mc gee today.

spread da peace&love around

not tuned into any of this nationalistic anger that everyone is supposidly suppose to be feeling & wherever it’s suppose to be coming from }i don’t even care{ i want cuddles and hot cocoa.

it’s like magic, hotforwords knows what i want. hot cocoa and stunning babe pics! bless you!

from Karls link :lol: You Suckered me into this one…“The expression [the shit hits the fan] is related to, and may well derive from, an old joke. A man in a crowded bar needed to defecate but couldn’t find a bathroom, so he went upstairs and used a hole in the floor. Returning, he found everyone had gone except the bartender, who was cowering behind the bar. When the man asked what had happened, the bartender replied, ‘Where were you when the shit hit the fan?’ ” [Hugh Rawson, "Wicked Words," 1989] :lol: :oops:

don’t tell me you missed that teaser pic.. i want to see more of those. styling photographer. co-comment is back again(?) what is that stuff under the comments box(?) never mind. i will figure it out.

:lol: not dove :lol: Spoiled Pretty: Review of Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Moisturizing Gel Oil …[nard]…cuddle fish changing colour …I picture the Greatest Potential with… :lol: Marina is quoted…. :grin:

I hear it’s called softening up to someone

steak can treat a black eye

like those movies where teachers have to deal with tough students in bad schools. have you met teacher marina yet? geesh, she belted me on the side of my jaw, sore, and look at this black eye- be good!

Hi Cú Chulainn,
Tone it down?! God forbid! Bob & I would just have to ramp it back up again! :mrgreen:

Seriously, it’s nice to know someone else here gets the references to the Táin Bó Cuailnge. Our humo(u)r is probably a little obscure for most. :???:

BTW, have you read Morgan Llywelyn’s Red Branch retelling of the Cú Chulainn epic? :smile:

I agree! Marina is such a pioneer. I never would have guessed people would have an interested in etymology. Of course her charisma really is a big part of her success.

I loved that show too. Talk about dark comedy…but underneath there was a lot going on.

Evan,

I enjoy obscure humor, you guys are very good at it. Have not only read Red Branch but visit those places quite often as my field requires study in that area. DunDalga, Armach, the site where cuchullain was said to have been tied to the stone as he died, his fight scene with Ferdiad, the fields and duns and sites of towns and centres.

Fun to tlk to someone who has such off-the-wall knowledge. I use names like Cuchulain, Setanta, and Cu Draoi without usually getting recognition. Nice to meet you.

I would like to request the origin of the phrase FLY OFF THE HANDLE; like how did they ever get that, to say about; like calling someone a liar when indeed they are lying but to say, you (so to speak) are out of line? Just a thought for the day!

We had an Irishman here a few months back who called himself “Irish Knight.” He disappeared after I asked him if Tiocfaidh ár lá is Gaelic for “Charles is a barrister.” :mrgreen:

hey tony.. sounds like you went through a rough time with that. sucks. Oo

cryobiology &Project X (1968)

Back in my day as a kid, I’d have to split wood for the wood-burning stove and the fireplace. The wood on the old axe handle had shrunk so the axe head would sometimes fly off the handle as I swung the axe, with occasionally disastrous results to people and property. The phrase derives from the shared wood-chopping experience of generations like me, and the analogous damages caused by a person’s uncontrolled anger when they “fly off the handle.” But the origin of the phrase has been lost to a generation who have grown up with thermostats.

Now where’s the old-geezer emoticon? :evil:

Pretty strict. I got interrogated at the border for admitting I’d been arrested in a peace march in 1991.

Just fly to Vancouver BC and meet me at the Peace Arch. Living near Blaine, I know all the trails through the woods across the border. :lol: You can carpool with Captain Jack and me to get to Marina’s Seattle book signing.

[spinster]…next time, use a splinter to tighten the head on the handel…

I have got some gnarly knotted Box-elder to split… :x

..save a soldier and burn wood.. :cool: :twisted: hey Evan: what wood do you consider hardest to split?…me think [ELM] :smile: Tree and coal[][][] ECONOMICS for heating house===many houses would have froozen pipes and mass migration to warmer climate :-) old is knew and no not of know…dole living

Hi leonard,

We used to use a shim or wedge of wood to tighten the handle on the axe-head.

Hardest for me to split was cottonwood, & too little heat from it from high water content. Easiest to split, cedar, but it burns too fast; best for tinder. Alder splits easily enough, gives a lot of heat, & doesn’t throw sparks when it burns.
And that’s what I learned as a child in Skykomish. :smile:

[shim]…I tried thinking too hard thanks how would you say that “fly off the handle” with your Welsh skills?…One of my favorite American Welsh people____In an effort to help out his mother, and without her knowledge, John took a job in his early teens with a tanner, where he ground bark in exchange for a small amount of money, a pair of shoes and a suit of clothes.
…words …John Deere (February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1886) was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company— the largest agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world. Born in Rutland , Vermont, Deere moved to Illinois and invented the first commercially successful steel[ plow] in 1837.. :smile: …from the badger staTe :lol: The territory was dubbed the ["Badger State,"] not because of animals in the region, but rather because of an association with lead miners. In the 1820s and 1830s prospectors came to the state looking for minerals, and without shelter in the winter, the miners had to “live like badgers” in tunnels burrowed into hillsides…. :razz: Rain day…pie sandwich, pasties…Elm trees are twisted and when grown from swamps — smells-piss-elm, Masons and …

Thanks for the info… I kinda knew it was something of the sort I imagine from the days of Early America but wasn’t sure if it had anything to do with Military, Army or Navy; But, thanx again, that makes sense.

This page is mind-blowing: http://www.rinkworks.com/words/autograms.shtml

FINALLY I have some free time to start catching up on my lessons. It’s been so long that I forgot just how clever and entertaining Marina’s videos can be. This one, of course, was no exception. Well done, teach!

I have always wondered about the term ‘Deus Ex Machina’, and, until now, didn’t realize it was strictly a literary term. I for one can’t stand hackery when it comes to writing, so I would definitely say that Deus Ex Machina is a bad thing. A writer is only limited by their imagination, and if they have to fall back on cheap tricks like deus ex machina, they are simply being lazy and not putting their best into their work. I think that is one of the secrets to Marina’s success… she puts her all into her videos and always makes sure to be creative and clever. No ‘deus ex machina’ here at HotForWords… more like Deus Ex Marina! :lol:

As for the homework, I don’t think this quite counts as deus ex machina, but it is closely related. What I can’t stand in bad writing (and this usually occurs in bad screenwriting for movies) is when the antagonist is given what seems like invisible supernatural powers just because they are the bad guy. In order to move a hackneyed plot forward, the bad guy ALWAYS shows up at just the right time and always knows just what to do to make things worse for the protagonist. It’s as if the second a character becomes ‘bad’, they are imbued with power that makes them able to trump mere mortals, when in fact all it is is a hack screenwriter relying way to heavily on ‘man vs man’ to move their plot forward.

An excellent example of this is the truly horrid movie ’16 Blocks’. Now, I am a huge Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan, so I have seen quite a few horrendously bad movies, and 16 Blocks is about as bad as it gets, especially for a big budget movie. When we saw it on DVD, my friends and I mocked the antagonist of the film, dubbing him ‘Super Bad Cop’, as he had the superhuman ability to constantly pop up from behind a vehicle or dark corner to lecture the protagonist on how he was going to fail. It gets so bad that, come the 5th or 6th time it happens in the storyline, one wonders “How does this guy constantly know where his opponent is going to be, and is constantly able to show up at just the right moment to confront him?”.

In the real world, being the bad guy doesn’t put you on a higher playing field than others. But, in a bad movie, simply adopting the role of the main antagonist means you’ll always be around at just the right time to make things worse for the protagonist, and will be there until the very end of the movie. It’s called paint-by-numbers plotting, formulaic hackery at it’s best… or should I say, worst.

Thanks for the informative lesson, Marina! Peace and love, Errin : )

What I can’t stand in bad writing (and this usually occurs in bad screenwriting for movies) is when the antagonist is given what seems like invisible supernatural powers just because they are the bad guy.

That would be good for the cliché category over at the hotforwords forums.

I imagine you like The Shadow because you enjoy listening to old radio shows.

Never could quite figure out if The Shadow was a good guy or a bad guy.

The Lonely Bull Video 1962…how is neuroway?…blues I hope are not pushing you around :| El Toro – by Prodemo :grin:

{shadow}–”Woman was God’s second :lol: :mrgreen: mistake.” – Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900
Shadows Fall- The Light That Blinds ….i noticed that cd phoenix label :twisted:

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