1. SubscriberPonderable
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    05 Jul '13 14:30
    Originally posted by mikelom
    I'm flummoxed on that one. 😳
    actually I thought I quoted GBS. I corrected Guest with a big G by the German Gast and added "Herr Blockwart" as an Insult (in friendly Spirit). Blockwart were underlings in the 3rd Reich who controlled everybody on keeping the small rules. It is reserved for nit-picking People.

    HTH
  2. Subscribersonhouse
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    05 Jul '13 15:08
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    actually I thought I quoted GBS. I corrected Guest with a big G by the German Gast and added "Herr Blockwart" as an Insult (in friendly Spirit). Blockwart were underlings in the 3rd Reich who controlled everybody on keeping the small rules. It is reserved for nit-picking People.

    HTH
    And all this time I thought it referred to a wart the size of a whole block. Who knewπŸ™‚
  3. Wat?
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    05 Jul '13 15:19
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    actually I thought I quoted GBS. I corrected Guest with a big G by the German Gast and added "Herr Blockwart" as an Insult (in friendly Spirit). Blockwart were underlings in the 3rd Reich who controlled everybody on keeping the small rules. It is reserved for nit-picking People.

    HTH
    Ha! You taught me something. Let's not go to the past and ironed out. πŸ˜‰

    -m. πŸ˜‰
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    05 Jul '13 17:54
    Originally posted by mikelom
    Ha! You taught me something. Let's not go to the past and ironed out. πŸ˜‰

    -m. πŸ˜‰
    Always look forward...to everyones posts too.
  5. Standard memberChessPraxis
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    05 Jul '13 19:32
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    Gast, Herr Blockwart!
    Please, you just gave 3 Frenchmen coronaries.
  6. Standard memberChessPraxis
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    05 Jul '13 23:34
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    ... and I thought he used the possesive pronoun to declare that it is my right to correct German guest words...
    You're quite right to correct me, I'm not too old to learn, stubborn maybe but old... okay I'm old too. 😞
  7. Subscriberrookie54
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    05 Jul '13 23:58
    Originally posted by ChessPraxis
    You're quite right to correct me, I'm not too old to learn, stubborn maybe but old... okay I'm old too. 😞
    tell us about yer hemorrhoids...
  8. Wat?
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    06 Jul '13 14:47
    Originally posted by rookie54
    tell us about yer hemorrhoids...
    Did you google, before you posted, to make sure your spelling was cooecrt?

    -m. πŸ˜€
  9. Standard memberFrank Burns
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    06 Jul '13 15:18
    This is senseless. Stop it already.
  10. Standard memberChessPraxis
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    07 Jul '13 01:50
    Originally posted by Frank Burns
    This is senseless. Stop it already.
    That's what she said 😞
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    07 Jul '13 02:13
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    Aufbau is not a personal name it is "building up" so it's Aubau-principle.

    Be sensible.
    or 'adeiladu' in Welsh / Cymraeg.
  12. SubscriberPonderable
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    17 Aug '13 06:40
    Originally posted by Frank Burns
    This is senseless. Stop it already.
    You see how sensible people are that they aboeyed you almost imidiately.
  13. Standard memberChessPraxis
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    17 Aug '13 07:01
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    You see how sensible people are that they aboeyed you almost imidiately.
    I had a chemistry question and didn't think of writing it down so maybe someday... 😞
  14. old pueblo
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    17 Aug '13 13:01
    Originally posted by mikelom
    Oh! Tell. ? (ho...)

    -m. πŸ˜‰

    Homophones are great fun!! ... I never met a bi-sexual phone though... πŸ™
    Of course you have! They have both a touch screen and a slide-out keyboard.
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