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Nanohedron wrote:I'm a shapeshifter.
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jsluder wrote:
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Tyler Morris wrote: Ahh, Christmas at the Claptons...must be rockin'. :D
Claptons, Shmaptons. ...
When I first read Tyler's post, I thought it said "Christmas at the Clampetts".
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Nanohedron wrote:I'm a shapeshifter.
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gonzo914 wrote:“The world must love and fear him Whom I gift with heart and hand” (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)..........
The Usage Panel can soak their heads. If it's good enough for EBB, it's good enough for me. They have one in Spanish--"regalar"--to give as a gift. Madison Avenue can soak its head too. We need that verb.
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Nanohedron wrote:
jsluder wrote:When I first read Tyler's post, I thought it said "Christmas at the Clampetts".
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Oh my. I had no idea that was a real title. :o
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jsluder wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:
jsluder wrote:When I first read Tyler's post, I thought it said "Christmas at the Clampetts".
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Oh my. I had no idea that was a real title. :o
Neither did I. An amazing thing, this "Google".
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Nanohedron wrote:But I've prepared a little surprise for them. I'm bringing my pipes, and they don't know it.
this is not the inflatable thread... :twisted:
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Denny wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:But I've prepared a little surprise for them. I'm bringing my pipes, and they don't know it.
this is not the inflatable thread... :twisted:
Ooh: "inflatable"..."ornaments"..."crann" (tree)..."wrapping"...

I really don't know what my point is.
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Nanohedron wrote:I really don't know what my point is.
Well, it is rather difficult to see the top of one's own head. :twisted:


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Um, yes... here's one of the photos. Was I cute or what?

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Nano wrote:A sweet little old cailleach recently told me I look like Michael J. Fox. I'm a shapeshifter.
Or a jerk. :lol: Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm afraid I came in a bit late. :shrug:

Actually, I am at my usual level for gifting this year, and pride myself on making the effort to get each person something they need and/or would like. Its good to see that a lot of the religious twaddle is finally being stripped from the season for PC reasons, and that it is finally turning back for many people into simply being a time to reflect and renew, as the sun does, as the year does. I will not get a white Christmas this year due to global warming, but I will get a big turkey dinner and lots of noise and desserts and will probably put on another ten pounds I don't need and will stuff myself silly on leftovers for a week. I have everything to look forward to. :party:

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Bloomfield wrote: gifting? :really: How about words in the "olden days," like giving. :)
You know what's an even worse word? Regifting. I'm not that crazy about the concept, for that matter. While the recycler in me hates to see stuff go to waste, surely there are better homes for unwanted toasters than in-laws' or co-workers'.

Susan, thanks for those memories. And yes, you were very cute!

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cskinner wrote: You know what's an even worse word? Regifting. I'm not that crazy about the concept, for that matter. While the recycler in me hates to see stuff go to waste, surely there are better homes for unwanted toasters than in-laws' or co-workers'.
Unless the co-worker or in-law has been heard to remark more than once in the weeks immediately preceding Christmas, "You know what? I just can't seem to get enough toasters in my house," I would agree that "regifting," both as a word and as a practice, is something we can and by god should do without. There is a proper place for those unwanted bric-a-bracs, and that place is the garage sale, at which place you can at least garner some hard cash for your kitsch.
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cskinner wrote:
Bloomfield wrote: gifting? :really: How about words in the "olden days," like giving. :)
You know what's an even worse word? Regifting.
Really. You wouldn't catch Elizabeth Barrett Browning using that one.
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emmline wrote:
cskinner wrote:
Bloomfield wrote: gifting? :really: How about words in the "olden days," like giving. :)
You know what's an even worse word? Regifting.
Really. You wouldn't catch Elizabeth Barrett Browning using that one.
Ah,

Those were the days.

When the English language was an art, a poetry in itself.

A dying Art nowaday, between the text speak and the abbreviated urgency of modern communication.

Kudos to Emm for bringing in a old fashioned word that is not in popular usage these days.

I, for one, take great delight in reading/talking to people who enjoy the beauty of language and take the time to hone a phrase.

EBB was a truly great poet. I wish that there would be more like her today, who see language as an Art but not as a method of communication, if you know what I mean.

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