tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6705014471748727294..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Overheard in the Hallway:Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42395191166171024252010-11-25T12:14:34.277-05:002010-11-25T12:14:34.277-05:00So, is everybody ass-you-me'ing that everybody...So, is everybody ass-you-me'ing that everybody else knows the actors concerned are/were all from Canuckistan, thus adding to the humor? Or am I just going off on a tangent, like so often?Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6140422940957009572010-11-22T19:07:51.310-05:002010-11-22T19:07:51.310-05:00Finland had some really well built bomb shelters m...Finland had some really well built bomb shelters mandated by the government.<br /><br />Uncle Same shoots from the point, oops it short.<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41003942597368723592010-11-22T15:40:09.790-05:002010-11-22T15:40:09.790-05:00IIRC, Scotty was a Clydesider and, as such, would ...IIRC, Scotty was a Clydesider and, as such, would have called a Highlander a teuchter -- the obloquy going the other way, as it were. So if he wanted to "Hauld his haid up like a thistle," he'd reserve sassenach for real Saxons.<br /><br />MMark Algerhttp://www.babytrollblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37231029182818009392010-11-22T15:35:42.141-05:002010-11-22T15:35:42.141-05:00An attempt to get through to Spock's brain wit...An attempt to get through to Spock's brain with a photon torpedo would be highly... geological. *Puts on sunglasses* *Cue Roger Daltrey*<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76967287493320832712010-11-22T11:40:11.458-05:002010-11-22T11:40:11.458-05:00Last encounter with "sassenach" was when...Last encounter with "sassenach" was when SWMBO convinced me to read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.Ed Rasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667325554289268659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64858370831302623792010-11-22T10:22:09.864-05:002010-11-22T10:22:09.864-05:00Bob,
"And if we're going to nitpick, &qu...Bob,<br /><br />"<i>And if we're going to nitpick, "Scotch" is a type of whisky.</i>"<br /><br />Staghounds is certainly aware of the claimed distinction. He would likely respond by quoting A.J.P. Taylor: "<i>"Some inhabitants of Scotland now call themselves Scots and their affairs Scottish. They are entitled to do so. The English word for both is Scotch, just as we call les français the French and Deutschland Germany. Being English, I use it.</i>" :)<br /><br />My roomie, on the other hand, reminded me that "sassenach" is perfectly applicable for a Highlander to use on a border-dwellin' Saxon-tongued Lowlander.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5820626660547780272010-11-22T09:52:15.515-05:002010-11-22T09:52:15.515-05:00I want to know when General Mills started adding m...I want to know when General Mills started adding mescaline to Wheaties.JohnWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47057122100388908872010-11-22T09:23:09.589-05:002010-11-22T09:23:09.589-05:00And if we're going to nitpick, "Scotch&qu...And if we're going to nitpick, "Scotch" is a type of whisky.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87176271191569604802010-11-22T09:19:56.703-05:002010-11-22T09:19:56.703-05:00And that's why I like you guys.
It's mor...And <i>that's</i> why I like you guys. <br /><br />It's more illuminating than the shower-to-hallway conversations at my place: <br /><br />"Maow!" <br /><br />"I already fed you!" <br /><br />"Marrowrow!" <br /><br />"I said I already fed you! Stop yelling!" <br /><br />"<i>Maow!</i>" <br /><br />"Fine! Give me five minutes ... "Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952078709114872197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35602309775587977222010-11-22T09:15:28.018-05:002010-11-22T09:15:28.018-05:00Artistic licence.Artistic licence.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27649611572609767262010-11-22T09:13:34.371-05:002010-11-22T09:13:34.371-05:00Um, "Kirk" is a Scotch name, not an Eng...Um, "Kirk" is a Scotch name, not an English one.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19942819564992811582010-11-22T09:09:23.047-05:002010-11-22T09:09:23.047-05:00"narcissistic sassenach madman" is inspi..."narcissistic sassenach madman" is inspired. Well done.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.com