tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post115460431852339578..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: ShoddyDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154691404420245092006-08-04T04:36:00.000-07:002006-08-04T04:36:00.000-07:00a4g, that's why most government contracts require ...a4g, that's why most government contracts require three bids.<BR/><BR/>Minka, Kyahgirl keeps showing up. My surprise and delight always give way to that question.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154683736382864992006-08-04T02:28:00.000-07:002006-08-04T02:28:00.000-07:00sar and Kyah! thanks for the warm welcome. Good to...sar and Kyah! thanks for the warm welcome. Good to know one had been missed;)<BR/>I missed you guys too!<BR/>Kyah, arenĀ“t you supposed to be still on blogging vacation???? ;)Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154664314667281882006-08-03T21:05:00.000-07:002006-08-03T21:05:00.000-07:00Lady Lampshade, your translucency is one of your b...Lady Lampshade, your translucency is one of your best features.<BR/><BR/>Welcome home, Minka.<BR/><BR/>Sar, didn't make you cranky, did I? Little people are so sensitive.<BR/><BR/>CJ, besides volunteer what do you do?<BR/><BR/>Cooper, Indie is Mr. Courage, Ms. Courage.<BR/><BR/>Good news, right Kyahgirl? And you're around too. How did I know my shoddy day would be a good one?Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154662822309337752006-08-03T20:40:00.000-07:002006-08-03T20:40:00.000-07:00Minka's back! Now that's not too shabby-nor shoddy...Minka's back! Now that's not too shabby-nor shoddy.Kyahgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496268340516243071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154661901571311402006-08-03T20:25:00.000-07:002006-08-03T20:25:00.000-07:00naw inde that's brave.naw inde that's brave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154661701896054842006-08-03T20:21:00.000-07:002006-08-03T20:21:00.000-07:00shoddy: The kind of supper I made after spending ...<B> shoddy: </B> The kind of supper I made after spending doing lawn work with my dad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154659966228491472006-08-03T19:52:00.000-07:002006-08-03T19:52:00.000-07:00About damn time you got back...er....welcome home ...About damn time you got back...er....welcome home Minka!Sarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154659907459256002006-08-03T19:51:00.000-07:002006-08-03T19:51:00.000-07:00Karm - it's not the flying pancake one need worry ...Karm - it's not the flying pancake one need worry about. It's the flying stiletto. But fear not my SIS. <BR/><BR/>However, way gay old fart cowboys who call me midget should be afraid...very afraid.Sarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154655793991342782006-08-03T18:43:00.000-07:002006-08-03T18:43:00.000-07:00and remember how to spell properly!:)and remember how to spell properly!:)Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154654426848844662006-08-03T18:20:00.000-07:002006-08-03T18:20:00.000-07:00look who's back! :)But I must be off now...many th...look who's back! :)But I must be off now...many things to do, like take of my shoes and wake my birds!Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154650752576505752006-08-03T17:19:00.000-07:002006-08-03T17:19:00.000-07:00Doug, you see right through me!Doug, you see right through me!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154647558883685172006-08-03T16:25:00.000-07:002006-08-03T16:25:00.000-07:00Brian, or something like them.G, I see your agenda...Brian, or something like them.<BR/><BR/>G, I see your agenda now. You're just waiting for a gay fireman movie so being married to a hairdresser won't seem so weird.<BR/><BR/>Miz B, go on and baila. There must be something around here I can shake.<BR/><BR/>Kyahgirl, my guess is that Bierce was building some shoddiness into his definition, like I did with "Unprecise."Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154639458692712662006-08-03T14:10:00.000-07:002006-08-03T14:10:00.000-07:00Hey was that supposed to be 'weekly' not 'weakly'?...Hey was that supposed to be 'weekly' not 'weakly'? <BR/>Maybe Ambrose has gone over my head again. A common occurence. Blame it on my <B>shoddy</B> education! heh.Kyahgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496268340516243071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154639258269417712006-08-03T14:07:00.000-07:002006-08-03T14:07:00.000-07:00Wait! So was my being first not a cause for celeb...Wait! So was my being first not a cause for celebration? And I was sooo ready to dance the dance electric (yeah, so sad, no caps... quote shoddy) but...<BR/><BR/>'Tis a shoddy party without all things electrified and much needed rejoicing but oh well!<BR/><BR/>And it is not like I wanna be here you know! YOU GOT THAT? *Oh sob me a river indeed! Boohoo and all that...*Miz BoheMiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684634451330079565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154637235978714582006-08-03T13:33:00.000-07:002006-08-03T13:33:00.000-07:00On no Doug, it may have been you who was better of...On no Doug, it may have been you who was better off, but certainly not I. hahahahaha.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154634520614714082006-08-03T12:48:00.000-07:002006-08-03T12:48:00.000-07:00G, you were better off.O Ceallaigh, I would estima...G, you were better off.<BR/><BR/>O Ceallaigh, I would estimate that 10-15% of the population of this state is still packing.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154634329113810462006-08-03T12:45:00.000-07:002006-08-03T12:45:00.000-07:00I'm supposed to be packing and driving. But I cou...I'm supposed to be packing and driving. But I couldn't resist this one.<BR/><BR/><B>SHODDY</B>, n. See <B><I>EDSEL</I></B>, <B><I>SPAM</I></B>.<BR/><BR/>Yes, kids, there really is such a thing as <I>shoddy</I>. It's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool" REL="nofollow">a fabric made from recycled wool fibers</A>. <BR/><BR/>The noun became the familiar adjective during the early years of the Civil War because, Jake, Union Army uniforms were made of it. And everyone discovered in short order that the uniforms made of shoddy were, well, shoddy.The amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997830489035965913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154632790647529522006-08-03T12:19:00.000-07:002006-08-03T12:19:00.000-07:00I'm laughing, I did not see Sar's comment earlier ...I'm laughing, I did not see Sar's comment earlier (excuse me Sar didn't see you there :)Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154632587995659272006-08-03T12:16:00.000-07:002006-08-03T12:16:00.000-07:00Aha! All makes perfect sense now!Aha! All makes perfect sense now!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154632292903425712006-08-03T12:11:00.000-07:002006-08-03T12:11:00.000-07:00Shayna, good to see you here. Good lyrics, too.Br...Shayna, good to see you here. Good lyrics, too.<BR/><BR/>Brian, if I was speaking ill, it wasn't of the Little Blue Pill. Unless I said "Trollop!"<BR/><BR/>Oh, is that what that was from, Jenna? I could tell it was all Argentine.<BR/><BR/>Sar, I will not be gay-baited by a midget.<BR/><BR/>Anomie, I just saw an article about the shuttlecocks. Avian flu seems so distant until it starts affecting people's badminton.<BR/><BR/>Jake, you left out Lou Dobbs' oratory.<BR/><BR/>Logo, Einstein needed to relax. Nothing wrong with bad sausage.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tip, blogmama. I'll look for a temptation without blemish.<BR/><BR/>Ha, Indie! What was mine?<BR/><BR/>Mireille, our standards for cruelty our very high and rigidly enforced. Pfffffft!<BR/><BR/>Karma, better run before she trots out the food for fodder.<BR/><BR/>G, climbing off and on horses all day is tough on the Levi's.<BR/><BR/>Brian, your standards are too high.<BR/><BR/>Of course not, Puppybrose. If you'd taken the coffee you might have understood that.<BR/><BR/>Welcome, RC. Good introduction.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, Joel. I try to keep my shoddiness in full view of the public.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154627011969296282006-08-03T10:43:00.000-07:002006-08-03T10:43:00.000-07:00Slipshod - shoddy on the sly?<B>Slipshod</B> - shoddy on the sly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154626463576253792006-08-03T10:34:00.000-07:002006-08-03T10:34:00.000-07:00shoddy: the green stuff you lay in your lawn after...shoddy: the green stuff you lay in your lawn after your face is swollen from a bad dentist appointment.<BR/><BR/>--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.comRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154623972586907582006-08-03T09:52:00.000-07:002006-08-03T09:52:00.000-07:00so wait...Doug, are you calling me/my level of wit...so wait...Doug, are you calling me/my level of wit <B>shoddy</B>? golly gee whiz, that seems so <B>shoddy</B> of you, sir. and not at all sporting. (that's not to say it's not <I>true</I>, but still...)<BR/><BR/><B>Shoddy</B>: assumtion of superiorityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154623350518563262006-08-03T09:42:00.000-07:002006-08-03T09:42:00.000-07:00Shoddy: A room without a view. Described as "coz...Shoddy: A room without a view. Described as "cozy" in the Real Estate section of the Times.<BR/><BR/>Doug: I imagined the job of the ranch hand to be hard labor, but...?Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1154622898127455402006-08-03T09:34:00.001-07:002006-08-03T09:34:00.001-07:00when you wear very chic and good quality footwear,...when you wear very chic and good quality footwear, one can say you are well-shod. so i guess you can say Sar is shoddy <BR/><BR/>*ducks to get out of flight-path of SIS's pancake*<BR/><BR/>sakadwv: Sar is also known as Duck with VioletsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190480692312079052noreply@blogger.com