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Wilbur

cook and bottle washer
We're all trying real hard here...not to call each other idiots. Unacceptable would be a good descriptor.
 
Particularly when there are so many substitutes available

-- "room temperature IQ..." "not the sharpest knife in the drawer..." "not the swiftest arrow in the quiver..."

There is always a need for more such, surely this inventive group can do better & gentler than "idiot!"
 
After the abuse that Meredith, Gammon and Aberegg gave me last weekend.......just call them Hovis'd

Hovis
 
Old preacher story

FBecigneul said:
Wilbur,
Would you be so kind as to publish the name of the numb skull who called someone an idiot?
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Reminds me of the one that goes..."would the person sitting next to the person, sitting next to the person, sitting next to the person that called the Preacher a "XXXXXX please stand up". and so forth ....
 
Acceptable--Unacceptable?

Wilbur said:
We're all trying real hard here...not to call each other idiots. Unacceptable would be a good descriptor.
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Proposed descriptors:

Unacceptable: Idiot, Numb Skull, Meat Head, Cretin, Retard, Fool...

Acceptable: Mentally challenged, Cognitively Impaired, Reduced mental capacity, Intellectually deficient, Savant...
 
Wilbur,

No wonder I got lost her sometimes, being an Aussie & all.

We're taught over here to play the ball & not the man - disagree with the statement & not the person - but it's likely gridiron & ice hockey is played differently.

John
 
John, over here there's no descriptor more abusive than "bless his/her heart"

figger THAT out!

al
 
I believe that's OK

"Bless his heart" would seem OK...but would depend....:)

I'm certain at this moment the Gentleman that provoked my post had no intent to actually call anybody an idiot. I'll try to explain:

Suppose Francis and I were riding down the road and Francis threw a beer bottle at a road sign. I might respond with a snicker and say "you idiot".

Alternatively, if Francis and I were in disagreement and I said..."You're an idiot and it's no surprise because your momma is an idiot"....well...that would be a bit different. I would expect that Francis would then be in the business of rearranging my facial features.

The former was his intent rather than the latter I do believe.
 
Wilbur said:
"Bless his heart" would seem OK...but would depend....:)

I'm certain at this moment the Gentleman that provoked my post had no intent to actually call anybody an idiot. I'll try to explain:

Suppose Francis and I were riding down the road and Francis threw a beer bottle at a road sign. I might respond with a snicker and say "you idiot".

Alternatively, if Francis and I were in disagreement and I said..."You're an idiot and it's no surprise because your momma is an idiot"....well...that would be a bit different. I would expect that Francis would then be in the business of rearranging my facial features.

The former was his intent rather than the latter I do believe.
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Well, I've known Francis several years and I can certainly attest that he is no idiot, a little senile maybe, but an idiot, no!!
 
I almost used this one a short time ago:

"...and I don't think any less of you today than I did yesterday."
 
FBecigneul said:
In the immortal words of Nancy Kerrigan when beaten on the knees by Tonya Harding's goon,
"Why me Lord? Why me?"
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Not you...Francis Kerbosky. I should have made the distinction. Francis Kerbosky holds the Guiness record for hitting the most road signs with beer bottles in an hour. Look it up.
 
Wilbur said:
Francis Kerbosky holds the Guiness record for hitting the most road signs with beer bottles in an hour. Look it up.
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Wel, dang, Wilbur. What is the record? What are the rules? Does it have to be from a car? Does the car have to be moving? Does the thrower have to consume the beer before the toss?
 
Charles E said:
Wel, dang, Wilbur. What is the record? What are the rules? Does it have to be from a car? Does the car have to be moving? Does the thrower have to consume the beer before the toss?
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Wilbur is wrong--Francis Kerbosky was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs in the 1930s. He never pitched beer bottles at road signs (as far as we know). But...the rules are:

From a moving pickup, of course--speed exactly 66.8 mph. Empty bottles, of course (cain't waste good beer!). Guy must be drunk, of course--nobody sober would try this. With a shotgun, maybe, but not beer bottles.
 
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