Of this and That...and apropos of nothing

[phil82]

I had my two youngest garnddaughters to the new Skycity Cinemas in Queensgate, Lower Hutt, yesterday, and they both wanted to get into the $2-00 Thomas the Tank engine, from which I first had to remove one of a group of Junior Hurricanes players, who was probably 6' 2" and 100 kilos or so. I got a blank look when I suggested he might be just a tad too big to be playing with Thomas! A front rower no doubt.

Is it only me, or has anyone else noticed that, with school out, how stunning so many of our teenagers are?

Also, it's the 3rd of October today, and there's a shop opened in Queensgate selling nothing but Christmas Trees, I kid you not.

Sheesh, where are we going, anyone know?

I really must get out more..........

Incidentally, on Sunday, Mrs Phil and myself took advantage of the two Gold Class Cinema tickets kindly donated to me on Fathers' Day, and it is indeed the advertised experience. State of the art vision and sound, huge seats which are electrically powered and can move up and down at the touch of a button, a proper tray which slides out of the armrest for your coffee or whatever, delivered with a smile. State of the art, for sure , but with a huge problem! Constant through the film was the 'kerthump-kerthump' of cars crossing the ramp in the adjacent car park. There is a hole, or joint there apparently.

Sky are looking into it!

[corsair67]

Is it only me, or has anyone else noticed that, with school out, how stunning so many of our teenagers are?

Pity about half the tripe that comes out of their mouths though! ;D

American 'culture' has a lot to answer for!

[phil82]

Agreed; 'tis a pity they must speak, like, you know? I sometime wonder if they still teach English in NZ, and I know they stopped teaching it in Australia around 1862!

[corsair67]

1862 - like, was real awesome, bro. ;D

[stu]

I have, on occasion and to make a point, taken to speaking to my 13 year old daughter in a similar manner to her modern teen lingo but replacing the dreaded term "like" with "similar to" .... leads to some interesting conversations (and maybe one day I'll make my point).

Also drive her nuts by using correct English when text messaging ... "just let me do it Dad, we'll be here forever".

Makes me feel a bit old fashioned at times but who cares ;D

Cheers,
Stu.

[corsair67]

Yep, that teen text language drives me up the wall no end - almost as much as adding "but" unnecessarily onto the end of sentences e.g. "Great day for surfing, but."

We had that text-language on this forum for a while when the ATC kids were more active - but Dave stamped it out very quickly.

[yak2]

Boy, aren't we like, showing our ages, like?

FYI......THE MICROSLOTH DICTIONARY UPDATE
>
> Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning
> submissions to
>
> its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate
> meanings forcommon words.
>
> The winners are:
> 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
> 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have
> gained.
> 3 . Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
> 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
> 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
> 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
> answer the door in your nightgown.
> 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
> 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
> 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you
> are run
>
> over by a steamroller.
> 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
> 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
> 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by
> proctologists.
> 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
> 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with
> Yiddishisms.
> 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,
> when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
> 16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by
> Jewish men.
>
> The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to
> take
> any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
> changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's
> winners:
>
>
> 1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
> bright
> ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little
> sign
> of breaking down in the near future.
> 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
> ofgetting laid.
> 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
> subject
> financially impotent for an indefinite period.
> 4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
> 5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
> person who doesn't get it.
> 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running
> late.
> 7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
> 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
> credit.)
> 9 . Karmageddon (n): It's like, when everybody is sending off all
> these
> really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
> like, a
> serious bummer.
> 10 .Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
> consuming only things that are good for you.
> 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
> 12 .Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
> when
> they come at you rapidly.
> 13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
> you've
> accidentally walked through a spider web.
> 14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into
> your
> bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
> 15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in
> the
> fruit you're eating.
>
> And the pick of the literature:
> 16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an arsehole.

[yak2]

I meant to mention. #16 on the second list is my personal fav. I do know a few!