"And now for something completely different..."

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:05 pm

What, no more words Solfius?

Pirate Lass · Postby **Pirate Lass** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:01 pm

OK I'm bored - want words? ~Vanilla Rum~

Not weird or original but I've had one to many shots of it today and feeling rather happy about it. Sweet gut warming goodness. *looks around* Hmm where did that boyfriend of mine get too.......

Oasis · Postby **Oasis** » Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:59 pm

Vanilla Rum - can be served on the rocks, in a cola, or baked in a cake.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Rum Cake. Drool

west · Postby **west** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:15 am

Orange juice and rum don't mix very well...

:roll:

Not that I'm an underage drinker, or anything.

I just had one, honest... :shock:

Meh · Postby **Meh** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:07 am

iconoclasm
iconoclast

Solfius · Postby **Solfius** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:42 pm

reminds me of ironclast, a kind of steam powered warship

rklenseth · Postby **rklenseth** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:00 pm

Isn't that an ironclad? A steam-powered armored warship developed in America during the American Civil War. I never heard of an ironclast and usually I'm pretty could at military history.

Solfius · Postby **Solfius** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:16 pm

Sorry, I could be confusing my Battle Fleet Gothic Chaos Fleet ship classes, in which Ironclast is a kind of escort class ship. I think you're right lol

rklenseth · Postby **rklenseth** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:25 pm

Ooh, the fight between the Merrimack and the Monitor. It's kinda funny how they didn't even do any damage to each other. The only reason why the Confederate ironclad lost the battle was because it got grounded which made them vulnerable to being scuttled. So they scuttled it instead as not to lose men or give the Yankees the pleasure.

The Confederacy also developed the first working submarine, called the CSS Hunnely(not sure if I'm spelling that right. It's not a really well known fact in the American Civil War and none of my books probably wouldn't have it; it really just became popular in the last five years with the efforts of raising the sub from where it sank after torpedoing a US Frigate in the blockade.), it was able to torpedo and sink a US frigate before it sunk itself because the concussion of the torpedo blast threw off the sub's balance.

The British built a few ships for the Confederacy as well until the Federal government shut that down. I believe the famous blockade runner, the CSS Arkansas was built by the British. It was finally chased down by the Federal government and sunk off the coast of France. But one of the reasons why the British didn't enter the war was because of the blockade. The British didn't want to fight through the blockade which goes to show that the American Navy was starting to make some fear in some countries across the world. The British were going to invade the North from Canada at one point but decided not to. The French at one point was about ready to invade the whole US under Napoleon III who had invaded Mexico. Napoleon decided not which was probably his best choice considering such a thing would have united the states again and with all the soldiers already in the field with all the Generals would have equaled a disaster for Napoleon III.

But the most damning thing to have happened to the Confederacy during the American Civil War was the blockade which pretty much squeezed the South to economic tragedy. I believe in Richmond, towards the end of the war, a loaf of bread costed about $1,000 dollars due to inflation and shortage of supply.

Pirate Lass · Postby **Pirate Lass** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:47 am

Word for today...

inanimate

As in my work - seriously, pins dropping would be a welcome distraction :shock:

Cantr isn't much more active, seems that I'm always on when most of the english speaking world is not.

Damn, I need to get a computer at home. Especially since now I can't check my email here. Time to go and see if I can sweet talk IT into giving me one of the PC's that they just changed out.

SekoETC · Postby **SekoETC** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:53 pm

Speaking of strange words, somebody explain what "choate" and "fremitus" mean. Oh, "conflagration" means a big uncontrolled fire.

Razorlance · Postby **Razorlance** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:50 pm

Personally I've never heard of either of the first two. A google shows that Choate is the surname of quite a few people but I can't find a definition, Fremitius is 'a vibration felt while a patient is speaking and the examiner's hand is held against the chest' apparently.

New word for today is 'Numpty'

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Pirate Lass wrote:Word for today...

inanimate

As in my work - seriously, pins dropping would be a welcome distraction

You've not been hiring yourself out as a statue have you? :lol:

Pie · Postby **Pie** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:31 am

A word for today(even though its still the same day..) is, Incredulous(adjative, meaning questioning, or unbeleaving.)

Another word for the day. Resurecting. STOP RESURECTING OLD TOPICS!!!!!!! :evil:

Pirate Lass · Postby **Pirate Lass** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:42 am

But it's sooooo fun! :lol:

And Tek... Hmm, a statue? That might be an idea. lol

Word for this post: onychophagia

It's amazing how many people do it - fortunately it's never been a problem on mine :wink:

Phalynx · Postby **Phalynx** » Wed May 03, 2006 3:47 pm

Onychophagia: The habit of nail biting.

Particularly annoying if you have paid twenty quid for a manicure that day, or so my wife tells me....

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