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17032. Magoseph - 10/14/2005 8:04:57 PM Here to go? 17033. Linnea - 10/14/2005 8:08:00 PM Close . . . 17034. judithathome - 10/14/2005 9:33:11 PM Eat here or to go.... 17035. Linnea - 10/14/2005 9:41:58 PM Even closer . . . "Eat here/take out". (The "or" was implied, I suppose.)
A friend of mine once answered, without really thinking about it, "Ee hee". The clerk looked at him blankly, until he amended it to "Eat here."
17036. Ms. No - 10/14/2005 10:30:36 PM My first thought was "Eat here or to go?" but on second look it sounds more like "Is it to go?"
My favorite delivery item in the old neighborhood was Automatic Clickin. 17037. Ms. No - 10/14/2005 10:31:42 PM I shudder to think of the mangling we wretched monolinguists perpetrate on non-English languages. 17038. wonkers2 - 10/15/2005 4:36:09 PM Cap'n Dirty sez, "Linnea, any pics? Show us what you got!" 17039. wonkers2 - 10/15/2005 4:38:00 PM The Cap'n sez, "Ya might qualify fer a moonlight cruise aboard the Tomater Sloop!" 17040. ScottLoar - 10/16/2005 7:03:32 AM I've most recently read the English saying,"to sip soup with a knife", and although I've an inkling as to the meaning would one of you with more beef in his bones than I tell me the exact phrase and exactly what it implies? Thank you. 17041. ScottLoar - 10/16/2005 7:09:20 AM 用刀啜汤 in Chinese. 17042. arkymalarky - 10/16/2005 7:12:11 PM Is that related to eating peas with a knife? 17043. ScottLoar - 10/17/2005 1:50:25 AM Yes, now that you mention it, I think it would. What is your understanding of "eating peas with a knife"? 17044. arkymalarky - 10/17/2005 2:02:11 AM Being a hick--so backwards and uncultured that you don't even know the most basic manners. The idea is to dip a knife in honey and scoop the peas onto it. There's actually a scene of that in To Kill a Mockingbird (one of my favorite scenes ), but I think the phrase has been around a long time and didn't originate with the book. 17045. Magoseph - 10/17/2005 2:59:22 AM "to sip soup with a knife"
Scott, I think the expression implies that one is trying to accomplish something without the proper tools and what it really amounts to is a form of sarcasm.
17046. Magoseph - 10/17/2005 11:38:22 AM Hello, Moties! 17047. alistairconnor - 10/17/2005 1:41:41 PM I came across a list of "top fives" in a student magazine, and I like this one :
Things Jesus can't do
1. Cup water in his hands
2. Go for a swim
3. Send an e-mail
4. Get a "Happy 34th Birthday" card
5. Walk in on mum and dad fucking 17048. Ms. No - 10/17/2005 6:20:16 PM I don't get the email one. 17049. thoughtful - 10/17/2005 7:41:34 PM i don't get the swim one
17050. thoughtful - 10/17/2005 7:41:51 PM oh nm...i get it
17051. Magoseph - 10/17/2005 7:56:20 PM 3. couldn't read, nor write, maybe?
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