So many people are sick right now. This toads the wet sprocket.
@NiveusLepus Becca, I've seen you use that twice today. What does it mean besides "that sucks?"
@Lindy It's my home brew expletive, taken from a Monty Python Comedy record, and later the name of a band in the 90s.
It's a great catch all and way to exclaim without swearing.
I am a great fan of nonstandard phrasing and archaic slang. Language is fun, and I prefer to use it like a go kart, to zip about and be a bit wild. ^_^
@Lindy Bang up the Elephant was a victorian slang term that meant "perfect"
I think if we can bring it back it would truly bang up the elephant.
@NiveusLepus Did you ever hear the story about the word "Fad"and Lord Byron?
@stueytheround And that means...? @NiveusLepus
@Lindy Absolutely anything you want it to mean. Eleanor and I made it up a few years ago! 🤣 @NiveusLepus
@stueytheround Ah! Love that!
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@NiveusLepus Republicans might misunderstand.
@Lindy This seems to be a thing they do as a matter of course.
@NiveusLepus I know. And I was just trying to imagine just how much I didn't care.
@Lindy This artists depiction of a black hole to me should express how little you care. It's a singularity of non caring, a void by which no other cares can escape. An unfathomable void.
@NiveusLepus Oh, my. Well said!
@NiveusLepus I suppose I should have said, "Bang up the Elephant! Well Said!"
@Lindy It's just a passing fad, but its a good one. ^_^
@CanisPundit @Lindy Wow this is a psychedelic throwback, that overamped reverb is on point!
It's a lot cleaner of a beat, but this immediately came to mind listening.
@NiveusLepus @Lindy here’s their sonic grandfather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48PJGVf4xqk
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I recall the band from 93-84 when I worked at a radio station in Anchorage.
@NiveusLepus Ok, that got a follow. I love word play, unusual words, and the historic evolution of language.
@BlueStateBabe That bangs up the elephant quite soundly. ^_^
@NiveusLepus I enjoy that too.