Let it snow,let it snow,let it snow

[144man]

the latest health scare is that sugar is more dangerous than salt.

[westgrandboulevard]

That makes Sugar Frosties lethal, in comparison to Sea Salt Crisps.....

[arr&bee]

MY FRIENDS STOP EATING THAT JUNK AND EAT MINE,MADE WITH REAL SUGARCANE AND BARLEY FROM THE BARLEY COWS OF NORHT DAKOTA,NOW IT MIGHT BE A BIT HARD TO DIGEST BUT JUST WASH IT DOWN WITH MY NEWEST PRODUCT..JAI'S SASPERILLA[ONLY 85%SUGAR]NOW YOUR MOUTH MAY GO DRY FOR A DAY OR TWO BUT DON'T WORRY THE FEELING WILL RETURN EVENTUALLY[I think]BUT HURRY THESE PRODUCTS ARE JUMPING OFF THE SHELF..[IT ALL THAT SUGAR]SO GET EM WHILE THEY LAST..[THOSE BARLEY COWS CHARGE BY THE HOUR].

[144man]

What about molasses supplementation for those barley cows?

[arr&bee]

I meet with the molassas brothers but they move too slow.

[Jerry Oz]

You'd better travel to meet them. They get stuck in traffic with frequency.

[westgrandboulevard]

They're sticky, but rather sweet....

[Jerry Oz]

One day in the hole belonging to the Mole family, Papa Mole wanted a breath of fresh air so he opened the door and popped his head out. "Hmm...," he said. "Something smells like sweet maple syrup."

Mama Mole thought that was odd, so she stuck her head through the door and took a whiff. "No, dear," she told him. "That is most definitely clean and sweet honey."

Baby Mole, being a lover of sweet things was suddenly interested, so he tried to stick his head out of the door to smell it himself. To his dismay, he found that he could not squeeze between his parents to determine what it was. First, his head bumped against his father's butt and then his mother's. He pushed and pushed to no avail before finally giving up and he began to cry.

Mama Mole was concerned and came down to see what was wrong. "It's not fair!", he wailed. "What's not fair, darling?", she asked.

"Daddy smells maple syrup, while you smell honey. And all I get to smell," he continued. "Is Mole asses!"

[westgrandboulevard]

Ta-dah!! [[very nice, although ' The Wind In The Willows' it ain't.... )

[Jerry Oz]

Actually, that was found on the cutting room floor of one William Shakespeare. His editor thought that it upset the flow of 'MacBeth' and insisted that he remove it. He also suggested that he rewrite the scene wherein Lady MacBeth said 'out damned spot' just as she spanked a dog with a rolled up newspaper for pooping on the floor. By most accounts, both changes were beneficial to the play.

[westgrandboulevard]

Indubitably! [[my old-fashioned 'Word Of The Day')

[Jerry Oz]

I'm a fan of words with five or more syllables. Nicely played.

[westgrandboulevard]

Confidentially, I am also extraordinarily attracted to scintillating, rhythmic examples of suprasegmentals and syllabification.

[Jerry Oz]

Linguistically speaking, your skills are irrepressible today... I find it incomprehensible that anyone on this board is capable of specifically prognosticating how mellifluously you are able to particularize your responses to the subject at hand.

[144man]

This is all too sesquipedalian for me.

[Jerry Oz]

For you?! I'm sorry, but that's somehow inconceivable...

[arr&bee]

linguistically speaking, your skills are irrepressible today... I find it incomprehensible that anyone on this board is capable of specifically prognosticating how mellifluously you are able to particularize your responses to the subject at hand.

jerry as always i don't understand a word you just said,but i'll drink to it just the same.

[westgrandboulevard]

Many of your friends must be bartenders.....

[144man]

I hope I usually use the best word possible. As the main purpose in language is to communicate [except for politicians whose main purpose is to obfuscate], the shorter, more common word is usually the more appropriate. Usually, I use a longer, more obscure word when I'm being light hearted, as when I describe the Andantes as being "ubiquitous" or "omnipresent".

[westgrandboulevard]

'Good singers' is another description

[Jerry Oz]

Flowery and over-the-top language [[out of context) is more likely than not verbal masturbation. In typical communication, get to the point and KISS. You'd be surprised to read some of the professional communication that I've read in company e-mails. I made a habit of reading my messages at least three times before sending them [[especially if I was angry when composing them).

It was not unusual for me to rewrite them 3-5 times before I pared them down to the actual message sans the attitude. Typically, the end note was 50-75% as long as it was originally.

[westgrandboulevard]

We may take a long time dealing with our thoughts, but formal business communications are the opposite, and should always be objective and concise. While they may include pleasantries, they should be completely free of emotion.

Their composition does become much easier with practice and/or age. Any tendency towards an 'attitude' declines with age. The goal is to nail it first time, maybe with a slight amendment when re-reading it once, and then send it.

Taking any longer indicates lack of focus on the principal reason for the communication. Time is money.

[144man]

I think we're all on the same page here. Don't you just hate phrases like that?

[westgrandboulevard]

Oh! ABSOLUTELY! OMG!!

I mean to say, at the end of the day....

[144man]

Awesome...I'll give it 110%.

[westgrandboulevard]

I was, like, gobsmacked [[I blame Cilla Black for that one....)

[144man]

I blame Cilla Black for a lorra, lorra things. Recording "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" is one of them. Strange that it got as high as #2 in our charts considering the Righteous Brothers reached #1.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm sure that Cilla is perfectly lovely in private, but I don't think I'm being too unrealistic in suggesting that - if there were to be a national "I just can't stand that woman" public poll, she would score very highly.

Half a century on, it would appear that Dionne Warwick would eagerly embrace the opportunity to register her feelings about 'Our Cilla'.....

[arr&bee]

You guys need my newest invention..[yes i;m an inventor too]this machine transforms big words into small words that folks can understand..i call it the wordography machine,jerry you need one and for just..5000%above factory invoice..plus shipping and handling.

[westgrandboulevard]

We already have a wordography machine, which costs nothing but time. Jerry works with it every single day. Me.

[arr&bee]

No no no you need this one...geez i'm almost giving this stuff away and you guys still want cheaper prices.

[westgrandboulevard]

If you have a website, I'm happy to browse through some 'sale or return' items.

[arr&bee]

This is my website right here,and everything is for sale you got cash it's for sale.

[Jerry Oz]

Does it have to be cash? I have an old muffler in my garage that I'll happily trade for your machine, money, and future considerations. Let me know...

[arr&bee]

Jerry,jerry,you're like a stepbrother but i take cash only,heck i got old mufflers for sale here,and the only thing i want you to consider for the future is which one of these wonderful items you want..starting at just..1,000%above factory invoice[just for you]..plus shipping and handling.

[Jerry Oz]

I dunno. Sand is awfully heavy. Not sure you can afford the shipping and handling. But if you believe in your product that much, go ahead and send it. I'm glad to know someone as generous as you, brother. Thanks!

[144man]

Jerry, why do you keep an ear-warmer in your garage?

[arr&bee]

Jerry you're a man of integrity think of it,all the kids in the neighborhood will love it when you show em the real sand not that fake beach stuff..you're on your way jerry..west you reading this?

[westgrandboulevard]

Not even The Three Wise Men could identify the real sand.

[144man]

They could use their i-MAGI-nation.

[Jerry Oz]

I'm pretty sure their i-MAGI-nation was running away with them [[mainly because each day through their window they watched her as she passed by).

[arr&bee]

Oh the wisemen..manny,moe,jack??

[Jerry Oz]

Moe is right, but not Manny or Jack. The other two were Larry and Curly.

[arr&bee]

Oh yes they once rode across the desert on a three hump camel.

[westgrandboulevard]

The Ship Of The Desert, with the addition of a lifeboat....

[144man]

Be careful mounting your camel. Last time I tried it turned out to be a mirage and I fell flat on my sahara.

[westgrandboulevard]

When that happens to some tribesmen, they go straight back to Bedouin.

[Jerry Oz]

That may be true but who is ever satisfied? Don't we always want a little Moor?

[arr&bee]

Or a little les.

[144man]

A slice of Tunis cake is always welcome.