Welcome to our 1000th member, "emenches"!
1000 members!
Welcome to our 1000th member, "emenches"!
Yay!!! I'm also celebriting my 228th post in hv20.com. I have the highest number of posts of all members
OH! Just check... Bluegrass is pretty close
congrats! now the quest to see who reaches 1000 posts first!
That would be true IF Mal didn't keep deleting his post count. He's way ahead of anyone if you count his posts.Originally Posted by Taky
I have the highest number of posts of all members
I only do it, because I don't like appearing at the top of any list...
Hi Junior member Mal, did you really join on Feb 2007?
I don't think such a junior member should be the Administrator. Someone sack him. NOW!
I guess we both have to put our two cents in all the time. I don't know nothin' but I have a lot to say anyway. If you really knew me, you'd know that I'm actually a very quiet person that is mostly on the listening end of conversations.Yay!!! I'm also celebriting my 228th post in hv20.com. I have the highest number of posts of all members
OH! Just check... Bluegrass is pretty close
Yeah, I think it was more like March, actually...
Done!
Sure...sure...
Sacked juniors, warned spoilers, mad mods.......you guys are a bunch of freaks!
But great HV20 freaks, congrats on the 1000+ members!
Jeroen
Mal, can you change my description to Immoderator? I'll let you un-sack yourself if you do.
Sorry for my bad engrish, what does "sacking" someone mean?
to sack someone: terminate the employment
I bagged groceries about 52 years ago. It means throwing someone in a paper sack.
Words are too much fun...
Last edited by Worley; 2007 June 29th at 02:18.
The probable explanation for the expression is that in medieval times workman carried the tools or implements of their trade in a bag or sack, which they left at the end of the day in a safe place at their worksite. When an unsatisfactory worker was to be fired, on the last day on the job, his employer would hand him his pay and the sack containing his tools – he had been given the SACK, he had been SACKED.
oh woow.. that's really informative. So it's like a pink slip.
How about these
- mind your P's and Q's
- on the QT
- on the down low
- baker's dozen
- in the dog's house
- tongue and cheek
"mind our P's and Q's," to behave our best. .
In the days of sail when Sailors were paid a pittance, seamen drank their beer in taverns whose keepers were willing to extend credit until payday. Since many sailors were illiterate, keepers kept a tally of pints and quarts consumed by each Sailor on a chalkboard behind the bar. Next to each person's name, a mark was made under "P" for pint or "Q" for quart whenever a seaman ordered another draught.
On the QuieT
On the down low....No idea!... meaning I have no idea what it means. Never heard of it B4.
Bakers Dozen = 13
This phrase probably originated from the practice of medieval English bakers giving an extra loaf when selling a dozen in order to avoid being penalised for selling short weight.
Tongue in Cheek
This phrase probably comes from the facial expression created by putting one's tongue in one's cheek. This induces a wink (go on - try it), which has long been an indication that what is being said is to be taken with a pinch of salt. It may have been used to suppress laughter. 'Tongue in cheek' is the antithesis of the later phrase - 'with a straight face'.
Veg.
Last edited by veg; 2007 June 29th at 03:09.
woow you are really good!
I heard of a different version of mind your P's and Q's. It means pay attention to detail. In the old printing press days, workers have to pick out the reversed carved characters to make a print. If they don't pay enough attention, lower case "p" and lower case "q" will get picked wrong easily.
About the down low, Oprah actually had a show about this topic. check this out
http://www.oprah.com/video/200404/pr...416_qx_f.jhtml
On The Down Low: to keep something a secret from everyone else. Keep it on the "DL."
In The Dog's House: when you're in someone's vicinity that has a rule over you, they can say "you're in the dog's house now." This basically means that they can control you at that moment in some sort...a cop can say this if he's taking you to jail for something. (hard to explain, heh).
In the doghouse: you've done something naughty, and are not currently 'in someone's good book'.
Under someone's thumb: someone has control over you, and you'll acquiesce to their every demand.
A few day late ut congrats on growing the forum so quickly.
Even later for me- but congrats!
It's a nice forum to be around, thanks to friendly mods and posters. Good info to be learned too. Hope it continues to grow in the future!
Amazing! I have been away for two weeks and the new postcount has increased by 300 percent! And that for talking about one little camera!
Jeroen
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