Transcript 04/14/2009 Cati Sprague

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Cati Sprague
Washington, DC
Hostess - applying for a job in the school system

Topic tree:
Man's Best Friend
The Fat Lady Sings
Oscar Night
Weather Conditions
All That Jazz
Poultry
The Caribbean
Who Am I?
Read-o Grande
Reef Encounters
Agencies
Start Your Engines!
Superstars
In the Cards
I Dream of Jeannie


$100 (I Dream of Jeannie):
The classic sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie" debuted in 1965 with an episode titled "The Lady in the" what?
A. Toaster B. Bottle
C. Ashtray D. See-Through Pants

Spoiler

B. Bottle (:09)

$200 (In the Cards):
According to the Greeting Card Association, 60% of all holiday-related cards purchased each year are for what holiday?
A. St. Patrick's Day B. Independence Day
C. Halloween D. Christmas

Spoiler

D. Christmas (:09)

$300 (Superstars):
Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette are all singers featured on a CD box titled "Superstars of" what?
A. Opera B. Doo-Wop
C. Country D. Punk

Spoiler

C. Country (:10)

Cati will return tomorrow

[NellyLunatic1980]

So far, so good.

[earendel]

Cati Sprague
Washington, DC
Hostess - applying for a job in the school system

Nihil obstat® so far.

[MarleysGh0st]

Nihil obstat® so far.

You trademarked a wonderfully concise phrase with that Nihil obstat® (even though it annoys some people). Adding the perfectly obvious "so far" detracts from its perfect conciseness.

IMHO, clearly.

[wintergreen48]

$300 (Superstars):
Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette are all singers featured on a CD box titled "Superstars of" what?
A. Opera B. Doo-Wop
C. Country D. Punk

Spoiler

C. Country (:10)

E. Hard Rock/Heavy Metal

[frogman042]

Nihil obstat® so far.

You trademarked a wonderfully concise phrase with that Nihil obstat® (even though it annoys some people). Adding the perfectly obvious "so far" detracts from its perfect conciseness.

IMHO, clearly.

<grumble>®

[MarleysGh0st]

Why the <grumble>®, frogman?

You have the opportunity to come up with a trademarked Bored phrase, too!

[frogman042]

Why the <grumble>®, frogman?

You have the opportunity to come up with a trademarked Bored phrase, too!

OK - I will use the following whenever I want to comment on the fact that thread has changed in mid-stream to something totally unrelated to its original topic/postings: [McGwire - 1997 Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals]®

[gsabc]

Why the <grumble>®, frogman?

You have the opportunity to come up with a trademarked Bored phrase, too!

OK - I will use the following whenever I want to comment on the fact that thread has changed in mid-stream to something totally unrelated to its original topic/postings: [McGwire - 1997 Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals]®

You're gonna wear out your copy-and-paste keys if you do that!

[frogman042]

Why the <grumble>®, frogman?

You have the opportunity to come up with a trademarked Bored phrase, too!

OK - I will use the following whenever I want to comment on the fact that thread has changed in mid-stream to something totally unrelated to its original topic/postings: [McGwire - 1997 Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals]®

You're gonna wear out your copy-and-paste keys if you do that!

Maybe I should have called it the HBPOTD®

[MarleysGh0st]

Why the <grumble>®, frogman?

You have the opportunity to come up with a trademarked Bored phrase, too!

OK - I will use the following whenever I want to comment on the fact that thread has changed in mid-stream to something totally unrelated to its original topic/postings: [McGwire - 1997 Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals]®

Whatever. I understand thread hijacking, but that means nothing to me.

And I still don't know if you were actually grumbling about something or if you were reminding me--as if I could ever forget--about my own trademarked Bored phrase.

[MarleysGh0st]

Maybe I should have called it the HBPOTD®

Half-Blood Prince Of The Day?

[frogman042]

Why the <grumble>®, frogman?

You have the opportunity to come up with a trademarked Bored phrase, too!

OK - I will use the following whenever I want to comment on the fact that thread has changed in mid-stream to something totally unrelated to its original topic/postings: [McGwire - 1997 Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals]®

Whatever. I understand thread hijacking, but that means nothing to me.

And I still don't know if you were actually grumbling about something or if you were reminding me--as if I could ever forget--about my own trademarked Bored phrase.

OK - it really is much ado about nothing - so if you care - this is what I was thinking which generated my responses:

You mentioned I have the opportunity to come up with my own trademark - so I punned on 'Trade' 'Mark' by referencing when Mark McGwire got traded (thereby creating a TradeMark based on Trading Mark) - since he was traded mid-season from one league to the other - I gave my own Trade Mark to mean changing from one thing to another - lame, I will be the first to admit. Thus the reference the HBPOTD - Hidden Bad Pun Of The Day.

What my <grumble>® response was simply that I was amused by your reference to someone else's '®' phrase - which was, as I read it, a mild complaint on how earendel was using his trademark , so I thought I would pretend to complain about your complaint by stealing your trademark.

---Jay

[MarleysGh0st]

OK - it really is much ado about nothing - so if you care - this is what I was thinking which generated my responses:

You mentioned I have the opportunity to come up with my own trademark - so I punned on 'Trade' 'Mark' by referencing when Mark McGwire got traded (thereby creating a TradeMark based on Trading Mark) - since he was traded mid-season from one league to the other - I gave my own Trade Mark to mean changing from one thing to another - lame, I will be the first to admit. Thus the reference the HBPOTD - Hidden Bad Pun Of The Day.

Okaaaaay.

What my <grumble>® response was simply that I was amused by your reference to someone else's '®' phrase - which was, as I read it, a mild complaint on how earendel was using his trademark , so I thought I would pretend to complain about your complaint by stealing your trademark.

Okaaaaay.

As I said, I like earendel's Nihil obstat®. I wasn't complaining about it; just pointing out that the addition of "so far" dilutes the elegance of the phrase.

It's like a traditional Japanese line drawing that uses the minimum number of strokes necessary to capture the essence of its subject, and not a line more!



But thanks for explaining something I was too obtuse to figure out on my own.

[peacock2121]

bite me





















It does stand better on it's own.

[peacock2121]

okaaaay



cracked me up, as it says not really okay, as you are an idiot for thinking or saying what you thought or said.

[MarleysGh0st]

okaaaay



cracked me up, as it says not really okay, as you are an idiot for thinking or saying what you thought or said.

Not exactly the meaning I was going for, pea.

[doitneatly]

wow, this thread is degenerating quickly!

I think of the okaaaaay phrase as a scared sarcasm, not so much an accusation of idiocy. Kind of a "back away slowly and maybe I can get away before he says another one" approach.

I was amused by the TradeMark trademark, but only after getting the translation. Yes Jay, it was a long stretch for this non-baseball fan.

It reminds me of a conversation I recently had with a friend:

This friend has a baseball cap emblazoned with the logo for a company called "RedHat computing"
The cap also happens to be scarlet in color...

This friend proudly points out,

"it's my red RedHat hat"

[peacock2121]

okaaaay



cracked me up, as it says not really okay, as you are an idiot for thinking or saying what you thought or said.

Not exactly the meaning I was going for, pea.

okaaaay

[Estonut]

okaaaay



cracked me up, as it says not really okay, as you are an idiot for thinking or saying what you thought or said.

Not exactly the meaning I was going for, pea.

okaaaay

Maybe the number of a's makes a difference...

[ulysses5019]

OK - I will use the following whenever I want to comment on the fact that thread has changed in mid-stream to something totally unrelated to its original topic/postings: [McGwire - 1997 Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals]®

Whatever. I understand thread hijacking, but that means nothing to me.

And I still don't know if you were actually grumbling about something or if you were reminding me--as if I could ever forget--about my own trademarked Bored phrase.

OK - it really is much ado about nothing - so if you care - this is what I was thinking which generated my responses:

You mentioned I have the opportunity to come up with my own trademark - so I punned on 'Trade' 'Mark' by referencing when Mark McGwire got traded (thereby creating a TradeMark based on Trading Mark) - since he was traded mid-season from one league to the other - I gave my own Trade Mark to mean changing from one thing to another - lame, I will be the first to admit. Thus the reference the HBPOTD - Hidden Bad Pun Of The Day.

What my <grumble>® response was simply that I was amused by your reference to someone else's '®' phrase - which was, as I read it, a mild complaint on how earendel was using his trademark , so I thought I would pretend to complain about your complaint by stealing your trademark.

---Jay

Okaaaay.

[SportsFan68]

Okaaaaay.

[earendel]

Okaaaaay.

Okaaaaaay.

[MarleysGh0st]

Okaaaaay.

Okaaaaaay.

A response with five a's followed by one with six! Just what are the different shades of meaning here?

Personally, I think continuing this joke a day after it was over is kind of lame.

But that's okay.

[earendel]

Okaaaaay.

Okaaaaaay.

A response with five a's followed by one with six! Just what are the different shades of meaning here?

Personally, I think continuing this joke a day after it was over is kind of lame.

But that's okay.

No, it's okaay.

(Just trying to keep my post count up since Cal and beebs seem bent on trying to catch me.)