Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:09 am
Oh, well, in that case, battle on!
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Well I appreciate it, wherever it came from. And it's nice to have another theater vet, who knows what it's like.magickmaker17 wrote:and hey! How am I supposed to rant about my not having a job and offer my sympathies to Balon, if you do it for me! I think that's unfair! And you wonder why I'm looking at airfare to Dallas. Honestly!![]()
Yeah, I remember Pirates 2 weekend. I was supposed to work the morning the day before, and the day it came out. I ended up working a double shift the day before, and they asked me to stay and work the midnight showing, even though I had to open the next day. (I didn't stay.)Balon wrote:Well I appreciate it, wherever it came from. And it's nice to have another theater vet, who knows what it's like.magickmaker17 wrote:and hey! How am I supposed to rant about my not having a job and offer my sympathies to Balon, if you do it for me! I think that's unfair! And you wonder why I'm looking at airfare to Dallas. Honestly!![]()
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danlo wrote:What's a lurgy? The flu? Poor Tam's out cold with the flu on her departed Dad's birthday, my baby's not having a great day. I pulled some ligaments in my foot so am hobbling around-I've been doing a very good job of quitin' my bitchin' but have been a little bitchy today. The child is doing awsome and loves ancient Superman cartoons-go figure...
Seareach wrote:danlo wrote:What's a lurgy? The flu? Poor Tam's out cold with the flu on her departed Dad's birthday, my baby's not having a great day. I pulled some ligaments in my foot so am hobbling around-I've been doing a very good job of quitin' my bitchin' but have been a little bitchy today. The child is doing awsome and loves ancient Superman cartoons-go figure...
Well the "dreaded lurgy" can be anything that makes you crook, but I've got gastro and have had so since Friday. I had a piece of toast yesterday (wacko) but apart from that I've been on Hydrolite (rehydration stuff) for days.
Hope your day gets better Danlo.
The lurgy (also spelled lurgi) is British English slang for an unspecified or mythical contagious disease, generally one considered inconvenient and non-fatal with obvious symptoms, such as influenza or the common cold. Phrases like "I've got the lurgy" are commonly heard when somebody is explaining why they cannot attend a social occasion, come to work, etc. It is also often referred to as "The Dreaded Lurgy", based on a Goon Show episode from 1954.
The term is also used in the context of playground games, where lurgy is often used as a phantom contagion or unclean quality, in a manner similar to the North American concept of cooties. For example, "You can't play with us, you've got the lurgy!" could be used when excluding another child from a group.
Seareach wrote:The Dreaded Lurgy (from wikipedia):
The lurgy (also spelled lurgi) is British English slang for an unspecified or mythical contagious disease, generally one considered inconvenient and non-fatal with obvious symptoms, such as influenza or the common cold. Phrases like "I've got the lurgy" are commonly heard when somebody is explaining why they cannot attend a social occasion, come to work, etc. It is also often referred to as "The Dreaded Lurgy", based on a Goon Show episode from 1954.
The term is also used in the context of playground games, where lurgy is often used as a phantom contagion or unclean quality, in a manner similar to the North American concept of cooties. For example, "You can't play with us, you've got the lurgy!" could be used when excluding another child from a group.
magickmaker17 wrote:it means she's sick!
Hope you're feeling better, Seareach, and danlo.
Pfft, you Americans and your wussy automatic transmissions. Almost all our cars are manual.aliantha wrote:To be fair to the poor kid, her car has a manual transmission and that's not the easiest thing to learn.