tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post3577700591388804563..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: FunctionaryDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-68828009614931404812007-10-24T11:17:00.000-07:002007-10-24T11:17:00.000-07:00Doug - thanks for asking. The tail end of the fir...Doug - thanks for asking. The tail end of the fire is still burning in the canyon 2 miles from Dad's house, but the wind has died down. Most likely they will return home tomorrow or Friday. House and critters are safe :) Glad yours are too.tsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-51343483837960140012007-10-24T06:12:00.000-07:002007-10-24T06:12:00.000-07:00Ah, ha, Minka! I had the fables but not that site...Ah, ha, Minka! I had the fables but not that site. Nice. <BR/><BR/>'Nuf said, Quilly. Happily, they don't call teachers attendnevers.<BR/><BR/>Jamie Dawn, don't tell mom I laughed too. I don't want to offend my almond connection.<BR/><BR/>Weirsdo, when cutting red tape it's best to start with the stuff binding your hands. I wonder if "red tape" is a metaphor for the tongue.<BR/><BR/>Amoeba, aren't his fables grand?<BR/><BR/>TLP, I does my best.<BR/><BR/>Dddragon, my house was never immediately threatened. Sunday night to Monday morning it was kind of unclear if it would be but I'm safe now and in Sacramento. The dogs are safe at my dad's. When I left town yesterday, the fires seems to have passed Cal Arts, too. All the smoke was coming from west of I-5.<BR/><BR/>Terry, not to break character but have you had news of your father's place in Malibu?<BR/><BR/>Actonbell, in truth I'm a dysfunctionary. By the way, that's a pun that carries its own evidence.<BR/><BR/>AP# that's one of the best earworms ever. "Sortin' out words and phrases and clauses...<BR/><BR/>Jim, nothing to fight over, I promise. I was goofing on "when the party runs out of fickles it's time to go home" ...to your wife. Does that clarify?<BR/><BR/>Cooper, you've pointed to a better definition. <B>Functionary, </B><I>n. </I>Dog's best friend. Great song, too.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, sorry Actonbell if I worried you. I'm late this morning because I drove to Sacramento last night after a conference in LA, ashy but unbranded.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-89209694969495972812007-10-23T22:28:00.000-07:002007-10-23T22:28:00.000-07:00yeah but who cleans the dogs "mess"?A functionary ...yeah but who cleans the dogs "mess"?<BR/><BR/>A functionary no?<BR/><BR/>In my house that was my brother. I was the youngest and not fit for functionary-ity.<BR/><BR/>"Big Wheel Keep on Turnin<BR/>Proud Mary Keep on Burnin"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-64039743799818127362007-10-23T20:53:00.000-07:002007-10-23T20:53:00.000-07:00Functionary: I have never heard of this word befo...Functionary: I have never heard of this word before. I like your two definitions, they are very <I>functional</I>.<BR/> <BR/>Functionary: It's a good thing this word is too long for the Jumbo puzzle.<BR/><BR/>Functionary: What did you mean, "mean to my (your) wife" yesterday in your comment answer to me. Those might be fighting words (except I don't fight).<BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-19076399786575651902007-10-23T19:50:00.000-07:002007-10-23T19:50:00.000-07:00cute, actonbell! a pun worthy of Niks Brainy Smur...cute, actonbell! a pun worthy of Niks Brainy Smurf Pez.<BR/><BR/>"Conjuction Junction, what's your function?" thanks for the earworm...Lilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068609044580667767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-71411358840838718822007-10-23T15:48:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:48:00.000-07:00Funtionary: the human in charge of safekeeping.Funtionary: the human in charge of safekeeping.tsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-43880029359884995362007-10-23T15:42:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:42:00.000-07:00Functionary: freeze dried coffee instead of none.F...Functionary: freeze dried coffee instead of none.<BR/><BR/>Functionary: the garden hose, when there is no firehose at hand.tsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-79792333393582970852007-10-23T15:05:00.000-07:002007-10-23T15:05:00.000-07:00Offically speaking: how close are you to any of th...Offically speaking: how close are you to any of the fires? CalArts has cancelled classes...dddragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10912993089246289352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-90706880801106012102007-10-23T13:06:00.000-07:002007-10-23T13:06:00.000-07:00Young whipper snapper: One who needs to have a li...Young whipper snapper: One who needs to have a little respect for a functionary.<BR/><BR/>It's your function to be FUN.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-16481844244352868752007-10-23T12:48:00.000-07:002007-10-23T12:48:00.000-07:00Thanks, Minka. Here's another place to read it:ht...Thanks, Minka. Here's another place to read it:<BR/><BR/>http://www.americanliterature.com/FF/FFINDX.HTML<BR/><BR/>I couldn't help <A HREF="http://oceallaighspubs.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/the-good-government/" REL="nofollow">posting</A> "The Good Government" ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-7132366004874442802007-10-23T12:08:00.000-07:002007-10-23T12:08:00.000-07:00Title emphasizing the activity of the bureaucrat, ...Title emphasizing the activity of the bureaucrat, especially his or her proclivity for unrolling and affixing red tape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-16343800346964223042007-10-23T11:50:00.000-07:002007-10-23T11:50:00.000-07:00A functionary is a duty doer. Politicians do thei...A functionary is a duty doer. <BR/>Politicians do their duty daily, and often they are not house trained. They cause mess after mess and then expect us to thank them for it. <BR/>Office workers do their duty daily too. They cause mess after mess also, in addition, as well. My mom recently hired a guy who failed to tell her that he suffers from narcalepsy (sp?). This man falls asleep in the middle of phone calls and face to face conversations. My mom has no idea how to handle it. I probably shouldn't have laughed when she was telling me about him, but I couldn't help it. It's too bad he didn't nod off during his job interview. At least my mom would have had a clue. It IS kinda funny, isn't it??Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-15034962060330047982007-10-23T11:28:00.000-07:002007-10-23T11:28:00.000-07:00FUNCTIONARY n. Let's look at the parts of this wor...<B>FUNCTIONARY</B> <I>n</I>. <BR/>Let's look at the parts of this word:<BR/><BR/><B>FUNCTION</B> to work<BR/><BR/><B>NARY</B> never<BR/><BR/>Enuf said?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-14443924788242995182007-10-23T11:14:00.000-07:002007-10-23T11:14:00.000-07:00I purchased an second hand book teh other day down...I purchased an second hand book teh other day down at the flee market...ok ok ok:<BR/><BR/>http://bierce.thefreelibrary.com/Fantastic-Fables<BR/><BR/>that's where :)Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-10584123516164335862007-10-23T09:59:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:59:00.000-07:00Minka, because I wish people would stick to a key....Minka, because I wish people would stick to a key.<BR/><BR/>Ariel, when I see Willie Thursday I'll congratulate him on his promotion to socialist functionary.<BR/><BR/>Minka...I want to say something but just can't.<BR/><BR/>TLP, it's slightly larger on my screen and in the HTML. <B>Functionary, </B><I>n. </I>A blind editor.<BR/><BR/>Karma, that almost sounds dirty when you say it.<BR/><BR/>Nessa, then try a funk pun instead.<BR/><BR/>Minka, where did you find that?<BR/><BR/>Amoeba, according to Dante, the ninth circle (as far as I recall) has no upper house, but Buchanan can enjoy the company of his favorite generals there. And in Georgia, it's the war of Northern Agression.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-52099904509766744612007-10-23T09:43:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:43:00.000-07:00Are you telling me (via Bierce) that James Buchana...Are you telling me (via Bierce) that James Buchanan, besides starting the Confederate Revolutionary W ... ok, American Civil War, dangit! - with his incompetence, also was the discoverer of Internet spelling and grammar?!? Was that the Upper House of the ninth circle of Hell?<BR/><BR/><B>FUNCTIONARY</B>, <I>n</I>. Cog in the bureaucratic machine. Commonly seized up. The stickiest ones are disassembled and shipped to the Central Pacific, where they're inserted into the Government of the State of Hawai`i.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-25191470003271855832007-10-23T09:30:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:30:00.000-07:00The Appropriate Memorial A HIGH Public Functionary...The Appropriate Memorial <BR/><BR/>A HIGH Public Functionary having died, the citizens of his town held a meeting to consider how to honour his memory, and an Other High Public Functionary rose and addressed the meeting.<BR/><BR/>"Mr. Chairman and Gintlemen," said the Other, "it sames to me, and I'm hopin' yez wull approve the suggistion, that an appropriet way to honour the mimory of the decaised would be to erect an emolument sootably inscribed wid his vartues."<BR/><BR/>The soul of the great man looked down from Heaven and wept.<BR/><BR/>-Ambrose Bierce-Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-4003522856894336662007-10-23T09:25:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:25:00.000-07:00nessa, why so censored?nessa, why so censored?Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-74371118991019147742007-10-23T09:09:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:09:00.000-07:00I'm not having fun with this word today.I'm not having fun with this word today.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-17673446005652884782007-10-23T08:10:00.000-07:002007-10-23T08:10:00.000-07:00Onourary Phutile Fantomaaqsupl: ah, quick and supp...Onourary Phutile Fantom<BR/><BR/>aaqsupl: ah, quick and suppleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09190480692312079052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-89470472854076225322007-10-23T07:55:00.000-07:002007-10-23T07:55:00.000-07:00First off: why is the "F" in the FUNCTIONARY righ...First off: why is the "F" in the FUNCTIONARY right before the definition smaller than the rest of the word. It's bothering me.<BR/><BR/>Functionary: Person in charge of small details.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-3273633952630591542007-10-23T05:45:00.000-07:002007-10-23T05:45:00.000-07:00functionary,n. somebody familiar with the process ...functionary,n. somebody familiar with the process of greasing, with an emphasis on the rearMinkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-24977429060534411302007-10-23T05:39:00.000-07:002007-10-23T05:39:00.000-07:00Functionary, in socialism, the dog that licks the ...Functionary, in socialism, the dog that licks the hand leashes it.Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-89647769907602406472007-10-23T05:37:00.000-07:002007-10-23T05:37:00.000-07:00Ambrose made me laugh this morning!Why do you want...Ambrose made me laugh this morning!<BR/><BR/>Why do you want us to be typewriters?Minkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200778533362101678noreply@blogger.com