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Help[Facts] You need a new phone vook...
in reply to a message by Daividh
"Looking through the phone book today (Central Kentucky)..."
@@@@ Man, I've heard of obsessive stalkers, but you sure take the Danish, Daividh. :)
"...and came across the first name "Vabbit". Is this the result of someone's daddy having too much moonshine or does the name have a legitimate origin and meaning?"
@@@@ You know, if it was me, I would've just rung up Mr. Vabbit on the phone and asked him: "What's up, Doc? With your name, I mean." But then, I like to play on the telephone. Heheh.
So, not having my own personal copy of the Central Kentucky telephone directory, I did the next best thing and checked out the white pages at both Dogpile.com and Yahoo.com. No Vabbits listed anywhere in the country. I also checked the Social Security Death Benefits Index to see if there had *ever* been any Vabbits who might've died in the past several decades leaving a small pile of cash to any surviving litter of little Vabbits. No luck there, either.
A likely conclusion, therefore, must be that there's a typo in that there Kintuckie phone book of yours.
Of course, yoooooo have Mr. Vabbit's (or possibly "Babbit's") phone number. If you're too chicken (n'yah n'yah!) to ring him up, e-mail me his phone number and *I'll* do it.
Ya don't even have to double-dare me to do it, either. :)
"And please, no Swedish Looney Tunes jokes... :)"
@@@@ I vouldn't dream ov it, Doc."
-- Nanaea
@@@@ Man, I've heard of obsessive stalkers, but you sure take the Danish, Daividh. :)
"...and came across the first name "Vabbit". Is this the result of someone's daddy having too much moonshine or does the name have a legitimate origin and meaning?"
@@@@ You know, if it was me, I would've just rung up Mr. Vabbit on the phone and asked him: "What's up, Doc? With your name, I mean." But then, I like to play on the telephone. Heheh.
So, not having my own personal copy of the Central Kentucky telephone directory, I did the next best thing and checked out the white pages at both Dogpile.com and Yahoo.com. No Vabbits listed anywhere in the country. I also checked the Social Security Death Benefits Index to see if there had *ever* been any Vabbits who might've died in the past several decades leaving a small pile of cash to any surviving litter of little Vabbits. No luck there, either.
A likely conclusion, therefore, must be that there's a typo in that there Kintuckie phone book of yours.
Of course, yoooooo have Mr. Vabbit's (or possibly "Babbit's") phone number. If you're too chicken (n'yah n'yah!) to ring him up, e-mail me his phone number and *I'll* do it.
Ya don't even have to double-dare me to do it, either. :)
"And please, no Swedish Looney Tunes jokes... :)"
@@@@ I vouldn't dream ov it, Doc."
-- Nanaea
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Oh, that was a *first* name...
Re-reading your posting just now, I see now that was a *first* name you'd found. See, I've only had one cup of coffee so far this morning, so it LOOKED to me like you were asking about a surname.
Eh, I'll still ring the guy up on the phone, anyway. :)
-- Nanaea
Re-reading your posting just now, I see now that was a *first* name you'd found. See, I've only had one cup of coffee so far this morning, so it LOOKED to me like you were asking about a surname.
Eh, I'll still ring the guy up on the phone, anyway. :)
-- Nanaea
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Ah, misdirected grief from an insufficiently-caffeined Lawn Guylander! C'mon Nan, I can get THAT from my sister-in-law in Setauket without even investing keystrokes. :)
I was "looking through the phone book" for a legit listing and just saw this guy's name. Sure, calling him and asking would be the easy way, but if it were any fun, why don't 95% of the people posting on this site just call their parents about THEIR names? Besides, here a lot of people have short fuses, shotguns, and caller ID.
Hell, I'd settle for an ANAGRAM of Vabbit... (Gawd, what am I saying?!)
I was "looking through the phone book" for a legit listing and just saw this guy's name. Sure, calling him and asking would be the easy way, but if it were any fun, why don't 95% of the people posting on this site just call their parents about THEIR names? Besides, here a lot of people have short fuses, shotguns, and caller ID.
Hell, I'd settle for an ANAGRAM of Vabbit... (Gawd, what am I saying?!)
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"...why don't 95% of the people posting on this site just call their parents about THEIR names?"
@@@@ I meant to address that yesterday, but I was having too much fun. :) Yes, why DON'T they simply ask their parents, grandparents, sibling-spawn, whatever? Are they afraid to ask their parents? Is there no communication between the generations? Did the parents die, never leaving a clue as to why they named their child what they did? And the child, having shown absolutely NO interest in his/her heritage before, suddenly realizes that his/her only recourse now to finding out about his/her name is message board on the 'net?
Even more perplexing, are the mommies who post here saying: "I just named my baby Spinky-loo! Will somebody here please tell me what it means?" Why the heck didn't they make an effort to find out what it meant *before* naming the baby that? I mean, isn't their child's name important enough to know where it comes from and what it means *before* they pin it on the kid? Unless, of course, they dreamed the name up themselves. In which case they may as well be asking us: "I don't know WHAT the heck was going on in my head at the time -- will somebody here please tell me what I was thinking?"
Oh well. That was my rant for the day. :)
-- Nanaea
@@@@ I meant to address that yesterday, but I was having too much fun. :) Yes, why DON'T they simply ask their parents, grandparents, sibling-spawn, whatever? Are they afraid to ask their parents? Is there no communication between the generations? Did the parents die, never leaving a clue as to why they named their child what they did? And the child, having shown absolutely NO interest in his/her heritage before, suddenly realizes that his/her only recourse now to finding out about his/her name is message board on the 'net?
Even more perplexing, are the mommies who post here saying: "I just named my baby Spinky-loo! Will somebody here please tell me what it means?" Why the heck didn't they make an effort to find out what it meant *before* naming the baby that? I mean, isn't their child's name important enough to know where it comes from and what it means *before* they pin it on the kid? Unless, of course, they dreamed the name up themselves. In which case they may as well be asking us: "I don't know WHAT the heck was going on in my head at the time -- will somebody here please tell me what I was thinking?"
Oh well. That was my rant for the day. :)
-- Nanaea
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"Hell, I'd settle for an ANAGRAM of Vabbit... (Gawd, what am I saying?!)"
Hahahaha! Maybe Priapos will oblige you on this one. :)
I'm serious. E-mail me the phone number and I'll ring the guy up this afternoon. I ain't scairt! He may have a shotgun, but I've got Satan on my side! :) You've got me intrigued now with this whole Vabbit thang. Enquiring minds NEED to know!
-- Nanaea
Hahahaha! Maybe Priapos will oblige you on this one. :)
I'm serious. E-mail me the phone number and I'll ring the guy up this afternoon. I ain't scairt! He may have a shotgun, but I've got Satan on my side! :) You've got me intrigued now with this whole Vabbit thang. Enquiring minds NEED to know!
-- Nanaea
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The brain death here is spreading. I had your e-mail address on a pad that's still packed. I remember the user ID part, but not the @ISP and .extension
Can you post these for me? Nobody's gonna figure out the ID who doesn't know it already.
Can you post these for me? Nobody's gonna figure out the ID who doesn't know it already.
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Run Nan's name on *$&%@ Google, for cryin' out loud, or send me the info to bloodshed@revolution.gr and I'll forward it to Nan!
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Ooh, testy. But that backhair stubble IS itchy the first few days...
I got Nan's e-mail initially off a careless posting I can't find again without wading thru profiles of lotsa ladies apparently married to cats. Easier to figure out the anagram (which I did, thank youse).
Besides stomach flu, we amused ourselves at our house this weekend with www.amihotornot.com Fun site, altho the pulchritude ratings are often totally bogus. The sobering thing I found is that my beautiful daughter, out of pity or whatever, rates even scrofulous winos' pictures no worse than a 6.
I got Nan's e-mail initially off a careless posting I can't find again without wading thru profiles of lotsa ladies apparently married to cats. Easier to figure out the anagram (which I did, thank youse).
Besides stomach flu, we amused ourselves at our house this weekend with www.amihotornot.com Fun site, altho the pulchritude ratings are often totally bogus. The sobering thing I found is that my beautiful daughter, out of pity or whatever, rates even scrofulous winos' pictures no worse than a 6.
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"Ooh, testy. But that backhair stubble IS itchy the first few days..."
@@@@ Alpha males are naturally testy, with or without post-backwaxing pain. :)
"I got Nan's e-mail initially off a careless posting I can't find again without wading thru profiles of lotsa ladies apparently married to cats. Easier to figure out the anagram (which I did, thank youse)."
@@@@ And here I was thinking you'd initially gotten my addy off the minpin rescue site, with is a way cooler site than Curse of the Cat People/Fangirl World. :)
"Besides stomach flu, we amused ourselves at our house this weekend with www.amihotornot.com Fun site, altho the pulchritude ratings are often totally bogus. The sobering thing I found is that my beautiful daughter, out of pity or whatever, rates even scrofulous winos' pictures no worse than a 6."
@@@@ Oooo, it's almost like playing Mystery Date! But I seriously doubt than any of those guys would pass the "Are You the Alpha Male?" test on the site that P.L. found. In fact, quite a few of them looked like they'd need a pointy stick to get any respect, so I must say I wasn't overly impressed with 'em. :)
-- Nanaea
@@@@ Alpha males are naturally testy, with or without post-backwaxing pain. :)
"I got Nan's e-mail initially off a careless posting I can't find again without wading thru profiles of lotsa ladies apparently married to cats. Easier to figure out the anagram (which I did, thank youse)."
@@@@ And here I was thinking you'd initially gotten my addy off the minpin rescue site, with is a way cooler site than Curse of the Cat People/Fangirl World. :)
"Besides stomach flu, we amused ourselves at our house this weekend with www.amihotornot.com Fun site, altho the pulchritude ratings are often totally bogus. The sobering thing I found is that my beautiful daughter, out of pity or whatever, rates even scrofulous winos' pictures no worse than a 6."
@@@@ Oooo, it's almost like playing Mystery Date! But I seriously doubt than any of those guys would pass the "Are You the Alpha Male?" test on the site that P.L. found. In fact, quite a few of them looked like they'd need a pointy stick to get any respect, so I must say I wasn't overly impressed with 'em. :)
-- Nanaea
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Monkey Hot or Not
You have no idea how waxing your back can be taxing on your nerves.
But since you apparently are a fan of the hairy look, please check out http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0011/monkey/ and have Rural Utah to rate me :)
You have no idea how waxing your back can be taxing on your nerves.
But since you apparently are a fan of the hairy look, please check out http://www.modernhumorist.com/mh/0011/monkey/ and have Rural Utah to rate me :)
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Nice parody site! And it's cool how you can specify categories of pictures, like "Monkeys and apes", "Monkeys only", and "Guys named Gus".
Are you really an eekonomist? My undergrad degree's in the same discipline, but there weren't many jobs for economists in Aquarian America and none of us sure as hell wanted to be bankers. Grad school and more years of play seemed like the only palatable alternative.
Are you really an eekonomist? My undergrad degree's in the same discipline, but there weren't many jobs for economists in Aquarian America and none of us sure as hell wanted to be bankers. Grad school and more years of play seemed like the only palatable alternative.
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Etymology of Gus?
Any ideas of who the awkward name Gus was coined? As far as I know, several ill-advised Greek immigrants in the USA have changed their wonderful name Constantine to the more suitable-to-the-American-palate Gus.
Yep, I really am an eekonomist. Did my graduate studies in the US of A back in the 80s. Unable to find a bonafide job as an eekonomist back home, I too had to sell out.
Any ideas of who the awkward name Gus was coined? As far as I know, several ill-advised Greek immigrants in the USA have changed their wonderful name Constantine to the more suitable-to-the-American-palate Gus.
Yep, I really am an eekonomist. Did my graduate studies in the US of A back in the 80s. Unable to find a bonafide job as an eekonomist back home, I too had to sell out.
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I suppose I could just simply send you an e-mail, seeing as how I've already got *your* addy, and then you'd have my addy in return.
But that's too easy, and I'm too contrary.
You'll have to figure out the @ISP part of my addy from the following ANAGRAM:
"Pliocene Imp"
Hee-heee-heeeeeeeee! <==== uncontrolled hilarity.
-- Nanaea
But that's too easy, and I'm too contrary.
You'll have to figure out the @ISP part of my addy from the following ANAGRAM:
"Pliocene Imp"
Hee-heee-heeeeeeeee! <==== uncontrolled hilarity.
-- Nanaea
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Where's Prepubertos Lobos this weekend? Indulging in a popular Greek recreational activity on Mt. Pelion, like snowboarding or having his back shaved? ;}
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P.L. was off to the mountains again this past weekend. I think he's building his Super-Anagram-Man Fortress of Solitude there, or something.
Still haven't deciphered my addy yet? Okay, try pulling out the ".com" part from the general mix, and working with the letters that remain. C'mon, Daividh! You've seen it once before, the time you were stalking me. :) You should be able to recognize it when you see it again.
You've got to work for it. :)
-- Nanaea
Still haven't deciphered my addy yet? Okay, try pulling out the ".com" part from the general mix, and working with the letters that remain. C'mon, Daividh! You've seen it once before, the time you were stalking me. :) You should be able to recognize it when you see it again.
You've got to work for it. :)
-- Nanaea
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Incidentally, the e-mail address I sorta gave you isn't working yet for some reason. It's a secondary for our account, and they expect me to call Tech Support to figure out how to activate it.
With the waiting times I've run into, Charlie Manson was likely to get a Bill Clinton pardon quicker than I'm likely to get my personal e-mail account up...oh, he DID? Well, just proves my point! Was Squeaky a big contributor?
With the waiting times I've run into, Charlie Manson was likely to get a Bill Clinton pardon quicker than I'm likely to get my personal e-mail account up...oh, he DID? Well, just proves my point! Was Squeaky a big contributor?
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(Picking himself up off floor, after joining in the communal glee): Grrr...okay, I'm down to three letters for the @ISP, and they yield no logical answer. Eine Hinte, bitte: which are the same letter -- the 1st and 2nd positions, the 2nd and 3rd, or the 1st and 3rd?
Or should I just use AuthorBoy's e-mail address (which is posted elsewhere on the Net) and hope he does the gallant Brit thing and passes it on to you?
- Davos
Or should I just use AuthorBoy's e-mail address (which is posted elsewhere on the Net) and hope he does the gallant Brit thing and passes it on to you?
- Davos
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1st and 3rd. :)
-- Nanaea
-- Nanaea
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I cleverly noted the first name but forgot the last name. A quick dash through the phone book didn't turn it up, but it's there.
Incidentally, I found that "Vabbit" is the Manx spelling of "Babbitt", as in the metal used in sleeve bearings. Whether this is where Bro. Vabbit's name arises, I don't know (not many obvious Manxmen around here). I'll keep looking.
Incidentally, I found that "Vabbit" is the Manx spelling of "Babbitt", as in the metal used in sleeve bearings. Whether this is where Bro. Vabbit's name arises, I don't know (not many obvious Manxmen around here). I'll keep looking.
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