Hamilton Saint

Not worrying at all, if you understand the difference between the two sets of phenomena! It's not the distance that matters, here; it's the size and speed.

Noodles and Chalet are wrong! He received the goods; he was provided the service; he's morally obliged to pay.

Come on, Saints!

"I have nothing to offer but blue, tilsit, toma and stilton."

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

"A prominent climate change skeptic’s about-face on the subject is causing a stir in the world of environmental science." http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1238554--climate-change-skeptic-causes-a-stir-with-his-about-face And the climate-change project this scientist, Richard A. Muller, conducted was funded, in part, "by the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation. Koch and his brother David are the billionaire owners of Koch Industries Inc., the conglomerate with annual revenues estimated at $100 billion, and are known for bankrolling conservative causes."

"Pre-Owned Cars", instead of Used Cars. Think about it. If you really think this will work, then it ought to be Previously-Owned Cars, eh? "Pre-Owned Cars" implies cars right off the factory floor - cars that have not been owned yet.

The web site run by The Atlantic magazine, The Atlantic Wire, recently did an on-line poll of disliked words and phrases. The word 'moist' was cited most often and most emphatically. http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/08/dictionary-despicable-words/55464/

Yellow shirt, blue shorts, white socks.

As far as the cooking method goes, though ... !

You're correct about the PL; I don't know about the FL.

OK - thanks! I think I'll add that to the "Words and sayings that wind you up" thread in the Muppet Show!

I just want to know what he means. "Worldy"?

I spoke to some guys doing a hog roast in Frome, Somerset in early July. You could talk to them. Hinton HogRoasts: www.hogroasts.webs.com. They're based in Edington, Wilts.

"worldy" goal?

Man, this is boring. Have we scored yet?

Each to his own, I suppose. I reckon wit requires an element of intelligence and self-deprecation.

Exactly - tiresomely predictable.

The thread title is a statement. Then you post something in the form of a question. Or is it actually an either/or question? Or is it really two questions. It helps to be a bit more precise.

What exactly do you mean - that's a bit ambiguous.

I think you'll find that for any bird to fly successfully, the right wing and the left wing need to coordinate perfectly. Hmmmmm ...

That's classic! Once in a while, I'll come across this notice posted on a door: "Caution, this door is alarmed".

I've been fretting on here about people who take a word that exists as one part of speech (e.g., medal - a noun) and then turn it into another (to medal - a verb). Here's another gruesome example of this from earlier today. A poster on here used the word 'navalise' in a thread about the military. And then a little later he used the word 'navalisation'.

Forget "Ignore" - can we have an "Exterminate" function, please!

Kids snacking kids! Now you're talking!