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Half-vast
Miss Dowd is an outstanding columnist for the NY Times. When she engages in a "psychoanalysis" of President Bush, however, she crosses the line from satire to nonsense. Miss Dowd should be advised that a credible analysis of the relationship between Presidents 41 and 43 is a vast project that should not be undertaken with a half-vast analytical process. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/039915258X/ref=pd ts b 6/104-9463718-9540729?v=glance&s=books&n=1000
First time I've seen this pun - I assume it's intentional. There are 2,000 further examples available via Google - can they all be intentional? Given that most of them are, the joke is surely wearing a bit thin.
Adrian
First time I've seen this pun - I assume it's intentional. There are 2,000 further examples available via Google - can they all be intentional? Given that most of them are, the joke is surely wearing a bit thin.
Adrian
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[nq:1]First time I've seen this pun - I assume it's intentional. There are 2,000 further examples available via Google - can they all be intentional? [/nq] Well, I've been using it intentionally for several decades, as have many of my friends.
- [nq:1]First time I've seen this pun - I assume it's intentional.
- There are 2,000 further examples available via Google - can they all be intentional?
- [/nq] Well, I've been using it intentionally for several decades, as have many of my friends.
- So it's probably intentional.
- David Dyer-Bennet, , RKBA: Pics: Dragaera/Steven Brust:
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[nq:1]First time I've seen this pun - I assume it's intentional. There are 2,000 further examples available via Google - can they all be intentional? Given that most of them are, the joke is surely wearing a bit thin.[/nq]
Well, I've been using it intentionally for several decades, as have many of my friends. So it's probably intentional.
David Dyer-Bennet, , RKBA: Pics: Draga
Well, I've been using it intentionally for several decades, as have many of my friends. So it's probably intentional.
David Dyer-Bennet, , RKBA: Pics: Draga
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[nq:1]Miss Dowd is an outstanding columnist for the NY Times. When she engages in a "psychoanalysis" of President Bush, however, ... - can they all be intentional? Given that most of them are, the joke is surely wearing a bit thin.[/nq]
You live in a cave in the mountains? When Hillary Clinton made her well-publicized comment about a "vast right-wing conspiracy", "half-vast" jokes were thicker
You live in a cave in the mountains? When Hillary Clinton made her well-publicized comment about a "vast right-wing conspiracy", "half-vast" jokes were thicker
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[nq:1]You live in a cave in the mountains? When Hillary Clinton made her well-publicized comment about a "vast right-wing conspiracy", "half-vast" jokes were thicker on the ground than Republicans on talk radio shows.[/nq]
Never really made it to this corner of the globe, so it's a new one to me. Curious though, do most Americans actually pronounce "half-vast" as "half-assed"?
For me, the
Never really made it to this corner of the globe, so it's a new one to me. Curious though, do most Americans actually pronounce "half-vast" as "half-assed"?
For me, the
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[nq:2]You live in a cave in the mountains? When Hillary ... thicker on the ground than Republicans on talk radio shows.[/nq]
[nq:1]Never really made it to this corner of the globe, so it's a new one to me. Curious though, do ... use the same vowel for 'vast' and '***' (but then again I say 'half-arsed' which does use the same vowel).[/nq]
They're very close the way I say them, and the unli
[nq:1]Never really made it to this corner of the globe, so it's a new one to me. Curious though, do ... use the same vowel for 'vast' and '***' (but then again I say 'half-arsed' which does use the same vowel).[/nq]
They're very close the way I say them, and the unli
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[nq:2]You live in a cave in the mountains? When Hillary ... thicker on the ground than Republicans on talk radio shows.[/nq]
[nq:1]Never really made it to this corner of the globe, so it's a new one to me. Curious though, do most Americans actually pronounce "half-vast" as "half-assed"?[/nq]
To answer that, I would have to have heard, or of said, "half-vast" when it wasn't meant as a pun.
[nq:1]Never really made it to this corner of the globe, so it's a new one to me. Curious though, do most Americans actually pronounce "half-vast" as "half-assed"?[/nq]
To answer that, I would have to have heard, or of said, "half-vast" when it wasn't meant as a pun.
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[nq:1]To answer that, I would have to have heard, or of said, "half-vast" when it wasn't meant as a pun. I never have. What could possibly be described as "half-vast" with any seriousness? Do most Australians use "half-vast" in daily conversation?[/nq]
I think you only half-asked that.
I think you only half-asked that.
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[nq:1]You live in a cave in the mountains?[/nq]
Hold on, son: that's essentially my AUE line. Modifying it by adding 'mountains' doesn't mean you can claim it for your own use.
Charles Riggs
Hold on, son: that's essentially my AUE line. Modifying it by adding 'mountains' doesn't mean you can claim it for your own use.
Charles Riggs
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[nq:2]To answer that, I would have to have heard, or ... any seriousness? Do most Australians use "half-vast" in daily conversation?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think you only half-asked that.[/nq]
My barman may not be fast, but at least he's half-fast.
Charles Riggs
[nq:1]I think you only half-asked that.[/nq]
My barman may not be fast, but at least he's half-fast.
Charles Riggs
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[nq:2]Miss Dowd is an outstanding columnist for the NY Times. ... them are, the joke is surely wearing a bit thin.[/nq]
[nq:1]You live in a cave in the mountains? When Hillary Clinton made her well-publicized comment about a "vast right-wing conspiracy", "half-vast" jokes were thicker on the ground than Republicans on talk radio shows.[/nq]
I know jokes lose their point when they have to b
[nq:1]You live in a cave in the mountains? When Hillary Clinton made her well-publicized comment about a "vast right-wing conspiracy", "half-vast" jokes were thicker on the ground than Republicans on talk radio shows.[/nq]
I know jokes lose their point when they have to b
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[nq:1]Never really made it to this corner of the globe, so it's a new one to me. Curious though, do most Americans actually pronounce "half-vast" as "half-assed"?[/nq]
It's close enough that the implication comes across but far enough away that it's apparent that you're making a pun rather than really saying "half-assed".
[nq:1]For me, the 'v' makes a substantial difference, and I w
It's close enough that the implication comes across but far enough away that it's apparent that you're making a pun rather than really saying "half-assed".
[nq:1]For me, the 'v' makes a substantial difference, and I w
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