tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post5510377495133701302..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: An American Immigration PrimerDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-84774365796280995682007-06-08T05:34:00.000-07:002007-06-08T05:34:00.000-07:00Boy, I'm always delighted when you lear something ...Boy, I'm always delighted when you lear something here. Hopefully, it will stop you from growing up to be a nerd.<BR/><BR/>Alice, the secret to making work fun is trip someone every day.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-55550517339490111832007-06-07T09:54:00.000-07:002007-06-07T09:54:00.000-07:00Thank you that was educashinal i cant wate for B!Thank you that was educashinal i cant wate for B!The Boy from S.A.C.A.D.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03807289491286703054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-72425148160795266702007-06-07T05:57:00.000-07:002007-06-07T05:57:00.000-07:00Pops, you still have your chemist's German, I see....Pops, you still have your chemist's German, I see. Essen sie nicht Wolfsram.<BR/><BR/>Mule, last time I might have made a quip about your quixotic quest for identity. Should have, even.<BR/><BR/>Jamie Dawn, when the price of our pleasure is the next guy's discomfort, don't expect anyone to skip seconds.<BR/><BR/>Appreciated, Quilly.<BR/><BR/>Theresa, no puede hablar Castellano. O Ingles tampoco.<BR/><BR/>Minka, no need to wait for me. Proceed.<BR/><BR/>Actually, Minka, "Columbian" can refer to anyone from the Western hemisphere as in <I>The Columbian Exposition </I>that was held in Chicago in 1893.<BR/><BR/>Neva, by the time you left that comment today's post was up. <I>Just Sayin'</I>Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-49431095389590424282007-06-07T05:51:00.000-07:002007-06-07T05:51:00.000-07:00D: less-than-diligent Dawg, delinquent dos dias in...<B>D</B>: <I>less</I>-than-diligent Dawg, delinquent <I>dos</I> dias in a row??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-64277710727903478712007-06-07T05:09:00.000-07:002007-06-07T05:09:00.000-07:00You made me do this, you crisp, complicated and cr...You made me do this, you crisp, complicated and crumpled curmudgeon! <BR/><BR/>(I wanted to throw columbian into the mix, but I couldn´t make it stick!)Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-47276460644273427252007-06-07T03:47:00.000-07:002007-06-07T03:47:00.000-07:00Doug´s Dad, thank you. And it seems there is a bit...Doug´s Dad, thank you. And it seems there is a bit of German in everybody these days. I admire that quality in an American ;) Feel free to have a Double Double on me :)<BR/><BR/>Doug:<BR/><BR/>sleepyhead, n. big, bizarre and bold blog-abandoner<BR/><BR/>(I tried the Bs now, doesn´t look better either! You ahve an hour, before I progress to the Cs!)Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-26402883925095111592007-06-07T03:27:00.000-07:002007-06-07T03:27:00.000-07:00Yes, I'm stumped by the whole cow problem too, and...Yes, I'm stumped by the whole cow problem too, and here I thought it was because of all the cars. Por cierto, "cluck" en Castellano is "cacarear"(verbo), "cacareo"(sustantivo), y tambien puede ser "cloqueo". I had no idea you spoke Spanish :)Mother Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648404612737553605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-3873341457978498942007-06-06T20:44:00.000-07:002007-06-06T20:44:00.000-07:00Absolutely astounding ablative articulation.Absolutely astounding ablative articulation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-19721503654283089722007-06-06T20:10:00.000-07:002007-06-06T20:10:00.000-07:00You really are into the A's lately. Apologize, Adh...You really are into the A's lately. <BR/>Apologize, Adherent, and now multiple A-words.<BR/>A is for Alliteration.<BR/><BR/>I guess you actual word for the day is a G-word, Gasbag. <BR/>Gasbags: My whole family after I make my country beans and cornbread. It's one of those meals where you can't stop eating even though you know you should. There's always a price to be paid.Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-70126196951682367082007-06-06T19:08:00.000-07:002007-06-06T19:08:00.000-07:00gasbag: a mule who keep changing his picture.gasbag: a mule who keep changing his picture.The Old Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469707883604282375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-59567376779544621842007-06-06T18:40:00.000-07:002007-06-06T18:40:00.000-07:00And Monika, happy anniversary and many more years ...And Monika, happy anniversary and many more years of blogging. ist nie genugAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-69310943742687896282007-06-06T17:27:00.000-07:002007-06-06T17:27:00.000-07:00G, they can't even catch up with Tali-muffin, I do...G, they can't even catch up with Tali-muffin, I don't think.<BR/><BR/>Nessa, you're right, it rhymes! I'll be darned. The worst gas bags are the ones that pretend they and their audience are the ones in the know.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, G.<BR/><BR/>Poobah, the day tv signals carry aroma there will be no cable news programming.<BR/><BR/>TLP, my mind was a blank until it wasn't and I was late. Please don't leave out the bitter, blogmama. It's milk to me.<BR/><BR/>Und auch für dich, Minka. Zwei jahren sind zweimal eins aber nicht halbe genug.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Neva. The pre- and post-coverage was worse than the debate. Homo Journalistus is a species without a future. OK, but no need for an Anderson Cooper joke.<BR/><BR/>Jenna, I can see the confusion, eh? A missing comment frmo you is like an unsparkled lip. I'll have to palaver with those Blogger rascals.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-83669032170580464052007-06-06T15:55:00.000-07:002007-06-06T15:55:00.000-07:00Today's post is brought to us by the letter A.A is...Today's post is brought to us by the letter A.<BR/><BR/>A is for attitude! for you which you have Aplenty in this Amazing tribute to the letter A.<BR/><BR/>A is also for absconded as in someone absconded some posts of mine which has altered my attitude immensely.<BR/><BR/>As for North. I was confused as it's A not "eh" so I too missed the reference. Aw nuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-86423667868594370332007-06-06T14:52:00.000-07:002007-06-06T14:52:00.000-07:00B is for brilliant. which is what this poem is (af...<B>B</B> is for <I>brilliant</I>. which is what this poem is (after watching all those gasbags in last night's debate, words starting with "F" came to my mind -- ah, to be as clever and well-articulated as you are, my friend) ; )<BR/><BR/>thinkin' TLP is right, too, because, <I>bitterness</I> certainly <I>did</I> manage to creep in. <I>ouch</I>.<BR/><BR/><B>Gasbag</B>: one excessively bloated by his/her own hot air. [see also: "Presidential Hopefuls"]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-17088405332609598372007-06-06T13:43:00.000-07:002007-06-06T13:43:00.000-07:00gasbag...air-head?According to recent findings, we...gasbag...air-head?<BR/><BR/>According to recent findings, we Vikings found your continent way before that Columbus dude got out of his diapers. Eric the Red, if I remember correctly...boy I really should read up on that.<BR/><BR/>Where was I?<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah...<BR/><BR/>A is for Anfang, genau for zwei Jahren! herzlichen Glueckwunsch!Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-8004958525604636152007-06-06T13:02:00.000-07:002007-06-06T13:02:00.000-07:00What'dyamean? You "couldn't come up with anyt...What'dyamean? You <I>"couldn't come up with anything this morning."</I>?<BR/>You came up with something very good. And good is just one occidental too many for God. You were <I>that</I> close.<BR/><BR/>Bachelor and brainy and <B>bitter</B>! HOW, how, oh, how, could I have left out BITTER????TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-60781118459975933172007-06-06T12:55:00.000-07:002007-06-06T12:55:00.000-07:00gasbag - A container, frequently in the shape of a...gasbag - A container, frequently in the shape of a human, that contains the stink of the world and isn't afraid to release it.Omnipotent Poobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902313824358840026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-23826338172675915212007-06-06T12:01:00.000-07:002007-06-06T12:01:00.000-07:00By the way, nicely done on the poem.By the way, nicely done on the poem.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-12748471291686824212007-06-06T11:57:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:57:00.000-07:00You made a rhyme. Excellent.Gasbag: Anyone who voi...You made a rhyme. Excellent.<BR/><BR/>Gasbag: Anyone who voices the opinion that only he knows the truth.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-91000246528306078982007-06-06T11:53:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:53:00.000-07:00B is for bureacratoy don't get him started!For tha...B is for bureacrat<BR/>oy don't get him started!<BR/>For that matter, don't get me started.<BR/><BR/>Gasbag: The Board of Education of the fine city of New York is lead by one as they leave no child behind.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075495407192340894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-67742987481872405522007-06-06T11:49:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:49:00.000-07:00Mule, and I'll toast your " Y el estado es un un z...Mule, and I'll toast your " Y el estado es un un zoo de cambio." Como se dice "Cluck" en Castellano?<BR/><BR/>Welcome home, Mo'a. You've been missed.<BR/><BR/>Theresa, nothing stuns me more than that in the whole environmental movement, it's the flatulence of cows that worries folks.<BR/><BR/>Wombat, welcome! And that's a great reference for "Gasbag." In the end, the Bard of Chios gave us all the monsters that prowl still today.<BR/><BR/>Kyah, if you aren't going to act superior, what's the point of Canadian citizenship?<BR/><BR/>Sar, thank you. *bows* Perfect analysis of the new moderation, too. I agree.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-43098399306053488272007-06-06T11:46:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:46:00.000-07:00I heartily offer my standing ovation for this post...I heartily offer my standing ovation for this post.<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Gasbag:</STRONG> Via hand-raising in recent debates, the characteristic taken from candidates and assumed by moderators.Sarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00898887379236020609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-12616126673418800392007-06-06T11:37:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:37:00.000-07:00see Doug, I didn't even catch that reference to 't...see Doug, I didn't even catch that reference to 'the north'. You coulda just been referring to people from Alaska. I never forget there are Americans north of me. And, oddly enough, a penguin. :-)Kyahgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04496268340516243071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-82677086004547537262007-06-06T11:12:00.000-07:002007-06-06T11:12:00.000-07:00Gasbag: An allusion to the voyage of Odysseus, wh...<B>Gasbag</B>: An allusion to the voyage of Odysseus, who had for him imprisoned in a bag all of the winds save those which would take him home. When the fools surrounding him got curious and allowed it to vent, everything was ruined.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17915186427167408768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-91096742468400622492007-06-06T10:59:00.000-07:002007-06-06T10:59:00.000-07:00Your poem was absolutely brilliant.Gasbag: Accord...Your poem was absolutely brilliant.<BR/><BR/>Gasbag: According to some, this is a bovine animal that is destroying the ozone layer with its flatulent output.Mother Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648404612737553605noreply@blogger.com