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bad running shoes
animal Cruelty
& coxcombs
animal Cruelty
& coxcombs
Pet Peeves
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Miss Jacqueline said:& coxcombs
which one?
Etymology: Middle English cokkes comb, literally, cock's comb
1 a : a jester's cap adorned with a strip of red b archaic : PATE, HEAD
2 a obsolete : FOOL b : a conceited foolish person : FOP
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Jacqueline
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GAP said:
The foolish conceited dandy who is proud of everything they do without having reason to feel that way.
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Really? I was with you there - - I HATE those jester's caps. But you meant the other definition ;D
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What's a jester's cap?
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Miss Jacqueline said:
GAP said:
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Man I love those things, they make me feel enlightned ^-^
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So that's what they look like... :-X
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"Oh, I love me, yes I do
I'm the person that you knew
As Princess Liz so long ago
Now I'm sovereign, don't you know"
THAT is what the Queen could sing about herself. I mean, rappers sing about themselves all the time, why not Her Majesty?
I'm the person that you knew
As Princess Liz so long ago
Now I'm sovereign, don't you know"
THAT is what the Queen could sing about herself. I mean, rappers sing about themselves all the time, why not Her Majesty?
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Miss Jacqueline said:
an Air Force wedge.
On Saturday I discovered I have a new #1 uniform pet peeve. It's troops in uniform who aren't wearing gloves so they pull their hands up inside the sleeves of their coat to keep them warm. To me troops who do this look like a bunch of pansies.
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I got a new pet peeve, (after a Sunday march)
Marching next to someone who keeps getting closer and closer - to the point where they are in between the two lines. Really, how hard is it to look in front of yourself and see "Oh I can look all the way down the line in the middle" and "oh I'm almost bumping into the guy next to me maybe I should wake up".
Marching next to someone who keeps getting closer and closer - to the point where they are in between the two lines. Really, how hard is it to look in front of yourself and see "Oh I can look all the way down the line in the middle" and "oh I'm almost bumping into the guy next to me maybe I should wake up".
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Here's a Pet Peeve from years ago that still fries my goatcheese: getting the name of your regiment wrong.
It was 1989, I was a Sergeant in The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment reporting into the OR at Blackdown Park. I went up to the clerk, and she asked a variety of questions. Name, SIN, etc. When she asked me my unit, I replied "The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment." I saw what she wrote, and I said "You got the name of my unit wrong."
She looked down and said "You said Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, right?"
"Yes," I said, "but you wrote it down wrong."
She said nothing, looking at what she wrote. Silence. Prolonged silence. So, I pointed out her error.
"You wrote 'the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment of Canada."
"Yeah?"
"Well, that's not the name of my regiment. There is no 'of Canada' in its name."
"Whatever" she replied.
"That's 'whatever, sergeant," I replied. "And the word 'the' is capitalised. 'THE Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.' Now fix it please, corporal," I said. She did.
It may not be a good thing to tick off a clerk, but it's also not a good thing to tick off a sergeant. I still live by that, even though I'm commissioned
It was 1989, I was a Sergeant in The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment reporting into the OR at Blackdown Park. I went up to the clerk, and she asked a variety of questions. Name, SIN, etc. When she asked me my unit, I replied "The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment." I saw what she wrote, and I said "You got the name of my unit wrong."
She looked down and said "You said Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, right?"
"Yes," I said, "but you wrote it down wrong."
She said nothing, looking at what she wrote. Silence. Prolonged silence. So, I pointed out her error.
"You wrote 'the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment of Canada."
"Yeah?"
"Well, that's not the name of my regiment. There is no 'of Canada' in its name."
"Whatever" she replied.
"That's 'whatever, sergeant," I replied. "And the word 'the' is capitalised. 'THE Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.' Now fix it please, corporal," I said. She did.
It may not be a good thing to tick off a clerk, but it's also not a good thing to tick off a sergeant. I still live by that, even though I'm commissioned
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People who dirty up or don't flush public toilets.
People who ask me, while in uniform, "Are you in the army?"
The Golden Girls
The new Macintosh computer ads
In fact, anything that is made by Macintosh pisses me off
Kids younger than 13 who have cell phones
People who don't clean up after their dogs after that take a dump on my lawn
Stepping in said dump because it's right in front of my back gate
Telemarketers, even more when they don't speak good English
People who talk to themselves
People who have bad personal hygene
People who think the world owes them something
People who are always happy
The Welsh, especially the Welsh...
People who ask me, while in uniform, "Are you in the army?"
The Golden Girls
The new Macintosh computer ads
In fact, anything that is made by Macintosh pisses me off
Kids younger than 13 who have cell phones
People who don't clean up after their dogs after that take a dump on my lawn
Stepping in said dump because it's right in front of my back gate
Telemarketers, even more when they don't speak good English
People who talk to themselves
People who have bad personal hygene
People who think the world owes them something
People who are always happy
The Welsh, especially the Welsh...
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That reminds me of a movie 'The 'burbs' with Tom Hanks.
