Subj : Re: New cell phone! To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Wed Sep 21 2005 03:57:19 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote in news:Xns96D7C91677F7D3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > weirdwolf wrote: > >> Jim Larson wrote in >> news:Xns96D7BFD3CEB013v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >> >>> weirdwolf wrote: >>> >>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>> news:Xns96D7BA409CEAD3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>> >>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Chaya wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96D7D82B7C277chayaruth@204.153.244.170: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Trouble wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John I wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Chaya wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> John I wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Nick wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Chaya wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Come on, baby, you know it will be a fun movie. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you can guess the number, I'll send you a movie. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> (my number actually spells a dirty word. Well, two dirty >>>> words. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I got a call from a local porn company last year wanting >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to >>>> buy >>>>>>>>>>>>>> it from me.) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I see we are thinking along the same lines for a script >>>> already. >>>>>>>>>>>>> That is great. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> You are soooo smooth. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I notice he's taking full advantage of "come on, baby" now. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Yeah, pretty slick... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> He's from La. they call everybody "baby" and "darlin". It >>>>>>>>> don't mean nothing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> don't forget sugar, my wife is a native Texan and everybody is >>>> sugar, >>>>>>>> or sweet or some derivation thereof >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, four years living in Texas did the same to me. Plus, it's >>>>>>> great >>>>>> to >>>>>>> rely on 'sugar' and 'sweetie' and 'darlin' when you can't remember >>>>>>> someone's first name. >>>>>> >>>>>> Duck >>>>> >>>>> Why would you call someone a duck? >>>>> >>>> >>>> They've driven you quackers! >>>> I've heard a couple explanations, one of the most common is that it >>>> comes from the Norse word dukke for baby. >>>> You might futher north hear chook, luv, hen and pet. >>>> >>> >>> Chook? >>> >> >> Chuck, chicken. Duck by the way appears in Shakespeare. > > That's an awfully odd place to put a duck. > Well to be fair Shakespeare never noticed it and everybody else was to polite to tell him. A midsummer nights dream, IIRC in case you were wondering. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .