Martini
A toponym for you.. Martini! Brought to you by your secret agent… “Words, Hot For Words!” 
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Posted on July 3, 2008 · Filed Under Lessons
Many years ago, I had the opportunity to stay for awhile in a Châlons-sur-Marne, a town east of Paris that was renamed Châlons-en-Champagne in 1998. During my stay, I spoke to students learning English in a lycée (not speaking French until later, much to the surprise of the students, who didn’t know I also spoke their native tongue). I also trekked over to Reims to see the magnificent cathedral there, as well as toured a “cave” where the sparkling wine was being processed. I was quite shaken by the experience. No doubt having an American on the premises caused a stir.
This wasn’t the video where she stumbles while getting up at the last of the flash player…
I got a good one….why is it called Peanut Butter, i mean its not made from peas?? this confuses me
what exactly is a toponym
ok. here we go; one of the most common toponyms in latin america is the drink call CUBA LIBRE which is made with one pint of rum, ice cubes, half lemon squeezed, sprinkled salt and filled with coke, it come from the revolution times in cuba in the 50´s when a group of guerrilla guys was trying to overthrow batista´s goverment and USA send help to his goverment and in response a cuban political campaign said that both presidents drank a perfect combination: cuban rum and american coke and the result would be CUBA LIBRE. For the martine shaken not stired it comes from the most famous secret agent in the world james bond which in his movies every time that he asked for a drink in a place that he arrived he asked for it, and even he could know if it was shaken or stired, until pierce brosnan arrived in the movie “tomorrow never dies” james bond is drinking vodka straight shots but that was publicity device the vodka company paid several millions of dolars for james bond taking a sip of its vodka. I hope this could help you
Hum, one thing I can tell about Russians is that the can drink more than most humans
.
. I don´t want to talk about everything but the last “Vodka session”, I don´t know anything about it….. We were at a friends house and while all were in the living room me and a friend were sitting in the kitchen. The only thing I know is that the bottle was empty, and we left the house…….Later I woke up and a Woman told me what I did and said….Hell no way I do that again 
Some/Most of my old experiences end with falling from one street to the other (backward) and sing this Russian song, “Ruska ya Vodka….” I forgot the rest, and I never knew what it meant, but for some young ball-heads like we were it was just funny to sing it the whole day
I mean, http://raad.wordpress.com
You order a martini shaken, not stirred, when you want to water down the drink and make it weaker. A good way for a secret agent to try and not get completely drunk while on a mission.
great episode!
Dany
hrttp://raad.wordpress.com
Dear teacher,
ve… ve.. very intttt……………erresti”hips” shtory. I decided to learn my lesson and I bought a bottle of martinez.
Amicalement
Don 000
DEEEEEEEEar tEacHer,
“hips” it hurts. I forgot something : l’alcool non, mais l’eau ferrugineuse oui”
THaNk YoU
DoN MarT… euh Felipe
Simply put, Bond was a wimp when it came to alcohol. The only reason you would shake a martini is to water it down as the ice will melt faster when the alcohol passes around it.
But what can I say? He needed to keep his head in the game, so a weak martini shouldn’t count against him in the long run.
When not drinking martiti’s, Bond shows a
preference for Bollinger’s champagne.
Dr No “Would you care for some champagne, Mr Bond?”
Bond “It’s nine o’clock in the morning”
Dr No “I find a glass of champagne in the morning puts a sparkle on the day”
classic…
Gawd! faux pas, gesundheit!
oops! martiNi, not martiti
My favorite cocktail is a Cape Cod (Cape Codder), vodka & cranberry juice with a lime. I don’t know if it was created on Cape Cod or just named that for the bogs near the cape.
Love your work Marina. Excellent!
One more reason why Hot For Words - both teacher and pets like
their Martini’s shaken, not stirred.
Invariably any Martini customer has chosen thier bar wisely. They’ve
chosen their attending staff … wisely. Whether that staff member is
male or female will not detract from the effect of making a Martini
well by shaking - it is merely a side concern.
Regardless, there is an undulating effect within the pectorial muscle
area of the male or female bartender while making the drink. This
can be as hypnotic as the drink itself. The phenomenon is reputed
to have first occurred at Hooters or Winghouse however, this is
unlikely. Reports of women getting the Martini’s shaken urge have
occurred equally as early as Chippendales has been invented -
- possibly earlier.
Sweet you are. Did you ever hear the song “WORDS” by the BeeGee’s? word request “hip” or “hopps” as in beer or rushing”russian water” and cotton gin not vodka
Let me get caught up. Answer to the shake question: shaking the mixture make it colder by the ice melting faster, and back then (early James Bond movies) the vermouth was made from potatoes, so shaking it made the potato oil blended. Toponym answer: Cognac, Java, Manhattan, Bordeaux, Champagne.
P.S. Video works A-OK for me with Firefox-Mozilla #3
Something is wrong with this video. At 1:39 it skips to the end, right as you’re talking about the most popular maker of vermouth at the time.
Hello Arx Virtus,
Yes, it is true, there is an issue with that version (Std Quality) of the video. Sometimes, randomly it can work fine.
Click on the YouTube logo in the video above and it will take you to YT. Then, underneath that video on YT you’ll see a High Quality link of the video which works fine.
When you read the comments you’ll see many people had the same problem.
pORTO….TO REFER TO WINE FROM PORTO, IN PORTUGAL.
The reason one would order a Martini shaken and not stirred is because when you shake a Martini you break and melt the ice quicker, the result is a weak or - more mellow tasting Martini.
PS. – I love your channel.
I posted this on your Cannel, but the haters buried it with their ignorance and stupidity.
Happy Birthday America!
>Al
Glad you found this forum!
We have got some instigators
in here, but no haters.
Snif snif, see? no ignorance
You need a Gravatar.
and you need to read
the words list. This way,
when you request a word,
it won’t be a repeat.
See ya on the playground!
the swing on the left is mine!
tayljim’s reply:
( I think they were scared off by your wit )
I can not find your post but at least I will reply;
Don’t be upset if you don’t understand yet, It takes time to understand.
If you will watch Dennis Miller,( He is much better then I ) , But you might get the idea. Those I comment on say something Interesting or Witty, And so gives me a set up. If I have not commented on you, it might be your not interesting me. Sorry I will look harder.
RRRshole
LOL!!! Roadrunmch has that
effect on people, but he’s good beef.
I wish I had all the loose energy he has!
I’ve seen you pop a few bubbles,
you do ok. You got the right idea.
Bounce off the setups, waft a few
thoughts as bait to setup others.
keeps the site buzzing, all us
drones around. Get Busy!
What! Are you drunk!
Why is it this always stops at 0:53 on me?
MAN THIS VIDEO DOESENT WORK ON MY COMPUTER
Been there, done that - hated it.
if it still is a problem, holler back.
there are a few fixes we could
try - that WORK!
I can’t think of a drink other than scotch
The last frame of your video shows a rifle - it’s not an AK-47, what model is it?
It’s an AK, you’re probably just not used to seeing it from that end…
“the AK47 makes a distinctive sound when it is fired at you” LOL
melikadothechacha, you’re right but only if you are lucky enough to hear it. If you don’t hear it you’ll never have to worry about it…
“in one ear and out the other”
ouch!
Marina, I turned my homework in! I swear it!!! One of my toponyms was the White Russian (in honor of our favorite teacher, consisting of equal parts of Stolichnaya, coffee liquer and cream). PLease check your dogs for the rest of my homework. Thanks and Happy Fourth of July/Independence Day! What day does Russia celebrate as her independence day now that the CCCP is no more?
I remember seeing that! Some stuff
got sucked up into the ether during
the server switch. Vodka and Kahlua
Tasty, my WORST hangover, ever!
I am curious to know the answer to
the question you raised about
Russian Independence day.
Never thought about that, before.
melikadothechacha, I got this from the link below:
http://www.worldeventsguide.com/event/2891/Moscow- Russian-Federation/Russian-Independence-Day.html
Russia declared its sovereignty on 12 June 1990 as a way of distancing itself from the crumbling Soviet Union. The following year when the Soviet Union was formerly broken up, Boris Yeltsin came to power and declared 12 June Russian Independence Day and a national holiday. But it was not until over a decade later in 2003 under the presidency of Vladimir Putin that the day became a grand parade. Now each year on 12 June there is a big celebration and parade at Moscow’s Red Square.
Now Marina, dear teacher a small test for you, a tit for tat as it were:
Do you know how Red Square got its’ name?
(Hint: it has nothing to do with Communism. I found this bit of historical trivia in a book from the 1890’s.)
ach so! most of 1990 is a blur
for me. June 12 was my wedding
anniversary. …bad karma
“D” word stuff - nasty
Cool! now I can remember it as
Russian Independence day!
Test
Test Reply….
you lost your comments on “Nice Article”…
Holy crap!! This sites crackin’ now!!…that means fast…
good morning!
thanks for you-know-what
out all night, eh?
get some coffee….
Damn! And I’m not ready for a test!
Marina, the site was down for maintenance and now all my homework answers are missing? The site dog ate my homework! I swear it’s true!!!
i saw your homework. the dog yakked
ok i got two guys making jokes beside me…(two other future students)…one said a shaken martinez is a him after passing out after drinking one too many shots adn being woke up by his wife by shaking him..whereas a stirred martinez is a guy pissed off and will shoot a passerby if he dont get andother drink…hehehe…ok now hes changing it..not a passerby…just shoot….idiot….he dont even have a gun..(he is making fun of the other guy who is making fun of him and so on and on …..hes not even a martinez just a simple jalapino….oh sorry halpino…oh no he has that shot to my head ….a hernadez…he has a shot glass and a can of beer…shoot all you want martinez….hes not even paying attention anymore…he heard a boom outside and like a 5 yr old runs out thinking its more fire works……ok teacher….whats the word for feeling sorry for a guy with a short attentionspan disorder…..????
Jalepeno? drinking’ tequilla?
you can have the worm, just
save me the gead - LOL!
ok - what is the word for feeling
sorry for a guy with a short…
something something?
oops! not gead, Head!
one more thing…when can I get the HotForWords t-shirt?
tt
Working on it yankeegato
a martini shaken gets the bubbles out …easier to to drink…vs…stirred…leaves a bite on the tounge…..that was a good guess…my home work answer is.. well i got a lot…regarding wine mainly…welp im not a wine drinker but i know the names or types of the wine come from the regions in which they are made…wether it be from france or california….zifidale….ouch i cant spell that one…but as far as beer goes “ein bit” is short for a “bittenburger” which is a beer made in where else ….bittenberger…..does that count?. on the bottle it says “bitte ein bit” …please a bittenburger…..no?..im not feeling good with this answer….martini from martinez…and bit from bitenburger….i know its not at his resturant only cause my sister in ohio volenteered herself in ohio to help in a beer stand sponsered by this company….it was the first flight aniversery and planes and stuff irrellevent to this but they did have a bittenburger hot air ballon there and it said in english….”bitte ein bit”…she gave me a write brothers cap..and a shot glass…and some odd shirt …..wont waste your time describing it…….whats the word for that……the way i descrbe it is as loud, non fuctional, given to someone as a souvoiuner but too ugly and loud and way way loud to keep….but you dont want to hurt the otherones feelings by throwing it away…so have to show up every other year when they come in from ohio to texas and wear it proudly although i dont iron it and wear it over another more fuctional sirt…..im getting the word now…..no just simplifing the defintion….
take 5 ill figure it out….ok grandma gets you a quilt made of cactus feathers….you love its from granny but cant take it anywhere….but yo u still keep it..only cause when she comes over shell ask about it…might want to see it…no its not nestalgic or and heirloom (yet)…what is that word called…..
I want the Hot For Words t-shirt,
ballcap, keychain, etc , too!
the word you’re looking for is “swag”
I did laugh to read
… and it said in english….”bitte ein bit”…
all the good comments here are already voiced…007 drank “shake, not stirred” martinis, btw…but I wanted to mention that “wartungsmodus,” the word you put up during maintenance time, means “maintenance mode” in German.
tt
Marina, I think it would hav ebeen more effective (and funnier) if you had shaken (or jiggled) when you said “shaken - not stirred).
I think that’s called
“the Osterizer effect”,
just less noise and fury
Marina, dear teacher, I think you’re a fan of GTA IV based on your numerous references to it in your videos but did you know that it’s based on reality?
I had no idea!
http://wwwwbipicomlink.blogspot.com/2008/07/albani an-islamic-mafia-runs.html
I hope she gets a ton of publicity. She has gotten my son to learn every single one of those words and actually remember them, not just the teacher
Homework: Tequila.
TEQUILA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKsd8z6scw
hmmm…another net write-up for Marina…at this page:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/857139/se xy_marina_orlova_almost_too_hot_for.html?cat=15
What the H E double hockey sticks doe she mean “ALMOST”?!?!?!
I would like to request the origin of the phrase “Fit to be tied”. Thank you!
How about “toady” I know what it means but can’t imagine where it originated.
hey marina…
i was wondering where “jaded” came from?
thanks and i love your show!
Hey Lady,
Enjoyed your segment on O’Reilly who brings to mind my word request for crackpot.
Watch it.
By “watch it,” I mean that as a loyal viewer, listener, and BillOReilly.com premium member, I take offense to that. But I won’t stand in the way of your opinion.
Bill’s show thrives on
controversy. He was
a good boy, and he
behaved very well.
Marina shined him a little,
the “crackpot” part?
it’s just for show.
I have two words for you…
From my DDS.
Molar, Inciser and “Wisdom” Tooth. I’m just curious.
Thank you.
Oh, and if I had a teacher like you when I was in school…I would have paid attention a heck of a lot more. I would have gotten straight A’s.
my comments are so good i got a leg up on the competition!!!!!
thats a hint my teacher!!!!
also how did dork end up meaning dork.
maybe you should also look into the word gay
Nice short and sweet episode on martini. In a similar vain, there was an english version of the French word “vigneron” around the time of Shakespeare somtimes written as vinearoon or vinaroon. What happened to it? Do english speakers not care who grows their wine grapes?
vane? vein? vain?
sometimes english
is fu*ked up - LOL
Marina,
One other idea: discuss why certain words are spelled a certain way. Ex. why does knee have the silent K? Because it is borrowed from the german word “knie” where the k is pronounced.
Understanding spelling based on word origin is another area that helps children with dyslexia. Talk to you later.
David
Marina,
The Brits use the term “nappy” to refer to a diaper. Any chance it is related to Wellington and Napoleon?
I’d like to request the word bourgeois.
Also, since I have a 15 year old who has dyslexia, I wanted to forward another idea for you. Why not have a separate section teaching latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes in your typically seductive, interesting, and comical fashion?
I know that my son would love to watch you, and he’d be learning even though not realizing it.
I joked with my cousin that if all teenage boys watched a little of you each day, they would all score perfect SAT scores on the english section of their college entrance exams.
Take care,
David
best class i ever took in HS (just a year or so ago
) was entitled Latin-Greek Derivatives…the teacher was nowhere near a school favorite, in fact, we all thought him a kind of useless bit of twaddle (whatever twaddle is)…
but that class rocked, and has helped me understand more terms than i ever could have learned by studying…great for the SAT, too!…
i’m all for such a section…
I won’t do the Longasing song, again
respect
i’ll just play a fish song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfK-x7_9SD0
this is a fish song by some 15 yr olds!
found it by accident
this is what happens when you leave the kids alone too long
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbD36gjqFc&feature =related
White/Black Russian are called that way b/c of the vodka, wasn’t invented in Russia. Like ‘Cape Cod’ is named after the Cranberries from Cape Cod or Irish Car Bomb is named b/c of the Irish drinks mixed in. Other than ‘Long Island Ice Tea’ I can only think of ‘Singapore Sling’
** And now for your history lesson for the day **
Female vs Male
If you haven’t seen this? Then you better check it out. It just might blow you away!
I just now did tick and watch it, CaptainJack. Marina is a most fascinating specimen, indeed. The manner in which she pauses in thought while searching for the appropriate words and then uttering another three, four words, and then again pausing for a moment before speaking. The mind searching for the better words to speak …, as Spock would say to Kirk, “Fascinating, Captain.”
Fascinating, indeed.
I didn’t just step off a spaceship and this is my first encounter with a human female. At this point in time all aspects of biological cognition is of interest to me, from the arachnids on up to mammals. And Marina, cerebrally speaking, is intriguing. I’m not just saying this to say it, either. I’m serious, as serious as cancer.
Someday …, I imagine she most definitely would make a fine research partner. Perhaps I should or could change the name of a certain character in a book manuscript, too. Hmm …
Thanks for that video link, Capn’. It’s a download; she gets her own folder.
summer re-runs already?
Hey! Captain! When is Marina’s 1 year anniversary date?
Did I hear the word party?
All are invited, too? Great, I’ll be boatin’ down the ports of the eastern seaboard then.
I think it was long since passed. Her first video lesson was first uploaded March 02, 2007…
As for me its been one year since I seen my first lesson back in July something. I watched a few videos but never went to the site until September but never really got into her thing because I really didn’t think she was serious.
did you guys ever get a report card?
she sent me something pretty soon
after she noticed I was around and I
wasn’t going away. LOL
I haven’t seen a report card yet…
A nice anniversary card - there’s the ticket
see how easy i am
I never got a report card yet. I think I got the April fools card. I think she will be over taxed by operating her site. She should really get others involved to keep the flow going.
Well i had downloaded several of Marina’s wallpaper pictures but, after watching one of her videos at the end of it she said all the picture belonged to her so i deleted all of them except the one she sent me in the April fools email. I decide just because something is in the downloads section doesn’t make it free to download, we should at least get a confirmation from her if its alright to download them. I have never heard her say we could download them if we wanted.
sorry guys wrong post
I think what she meant was she retains the rights to the photos. You can download them, but you can’t sell them for $$$.
I see some comments were lost in the transition.
I can’t say it bothers me, given the subject.
without bringing it all up again - a quick response
I am relieved knowing you’ll have a safe weekend.
You were very forthright with me, and Marina.
For myself, it was a bit of a surprise to learn
some of the more colorful details. Clearly, you
have a desire to get past this so I won’t dwell
on it. Glad it didn’t take a lightning strike to
get you to mend your ways. Maybe a one in a
million chance but I hear it hurts like hell!
You’ve always struck me as having many good
qualities. Your stories and intel show a knack
for the kind of detail that fuels my interest.
Your instincts are basically good, but you still
need to practise those typing skills! Don’t we
all - LOL. Keep ‘em Flying!
Tick tock another hour of Wartungsmodus… Wie so
Ich will essen und trinken nach eine uhr!
Und dan jetzt wan diesen zeitblog sind fertig,
wir will mach spielen mit ihnen!
sorry ’bout the accent meinen hocht deutscher’s
i gots no oomlats on my keyboard - too lazy to
use ASCI codes - nyuk! nyuk!
tick tock Yaaawn!
Ok Jack - think we just found those missing
gravitons. The interdimensional time portal
spilled a few which is why 6- minutes seemed
like 15 hours LOL!!!
“”You were very forthright with me, and Marina.”"
I was? With what?
“”For myself, it was a bit of a surprise to learn
some of the more colorful details. Clearly, you
have a desire to get past this so I won’t dwell
on it.”"
Which details where you referring to?
“”You’ve always struck me as having many good
qualities. Your stories and intel show a knack
for the kind of detail that fuels my interest.
Your instincts are basically good, but you still
need to
practisepractice those typing skills! Don’t weall - LOL. Keep ‘em Flying”"
Doug that was the nicest comment I have had in many years. Thanks Doug! Oh I will keep practicing the typing skills. Marina site will help with that. If you feel the urge to correct me, be my guest. I could always us a tip or two.
“”Ok Jack - think we just found those missing
gravitons. The inter-dimensional time portal
spilled a few which is why 6- minutes seemed
like 15 hours LOL!!!”"
Damn I must passed through another parallel universe again, what you said about 6 minutes and 15 hours lost me. Doug could you be gentleman sir and guide me back to the universe that I was just in. I always seem to feel like that guy in Quantum Leap TV show.
Oh and btw Gravitons don’t exist yet until the day somebody discover them.
Hey! I’m getting my responses caught up
started of with 50, whittling away
I think you got the joke about the typing pretty good - LOL
sum of those misteaks were intentional - I know my audience.
1st part, you were forthright about your drinking, furthering
my awareness beyond that previously known.
2nd part, you discussed a very personal aspect regarding
the help you received from your shipmate firend that was
the big motivater for you to amend yourself.
and…
die Wartungsmodus put a screen up saying 60 minutes
with a nice message from Marina about how the default
message in German was cool, so she left it. Marina’s
site upgrade message was the German text translated.
well, i saw the screen come up, noted the time, and
the next day - it was still there, about 15 hrs.
if you look at the keyboard, “-” is a finger away from “0″
(i typoed - sorry)
I need you to resend your request for cocmment
the other one is timed out, or something.
about the “nicest comment” part.
I’ll leave that honor, yet to come,
to Marina. Gio took the TA spot!
you can tell he’s smitten, everytime
he comments, practacally. Worked
for him, gotta work for you!
Well somelimse my misteaks are International. Some are truly mistakes.
Yes I keep my drinking in balance. I don’t even have to think about it
Credit goes to you man…
I get comments from sheeple all the time. It means nothing to me. But to get a comment from someone as intelligent as you, really means something to me. Again thank you Doug.
Gio got mentioned in as the pet. Good for him. Marina says the Teacher Pet is completely random. Which makes sense to me. I rarely win anything from random games. People have stated to me that I have the worst luck ever. There was a time I did a drawing where I had like 5 entries and there was one other entry. He won! Everyone’s jaw dropped to the floor. Then they congratulated me for being the unluckiest guy in the Navy. That actuality was better because I received more attention for the fact.
What really got me excited was that Marina for once did respond to a comment I made a while back. I about fell out of my yacht.
I do send an email or two now and then. They where purely a professional level. She respond back in a professional level. The conversation was the usual Ice cold business chit chat. Marina has much work to do. She has millions to teach. Its not fair for me to take away from any of that. I am just one little tiny voice in her world, as it should be.
So enough of my crappy ranting. So if I say “Hoquiam traffic, this is Cherokee 29992 preparing to take of on runway 26 for a straight out departure, Hoquiam traffic.” You know what the heck im talking about?
Just wondering what kind of flying you did.
I ‘ve gotten replies from Marina, too.
It is as good a feeling as being TA.
my first time was a little humbling.
when a woman like that notices you,
you don’t want to bi*ching like I was,
with your luck, you might win at a
game of Russian roulette, but I
wouldn’t do it! Your luck could
change!
Flipping Yahoo was all fine
until it got a mind of it’s own.
If it can be fixed, I’ll keep it
Got Hotmail, as a backup,
just in case.
Flew quite a bit growing up,
largely private planes.
Bonanzas, Piper Cubs and
Cherokees, biplanes - all
sorts. My dad owned a radio
shop at Lunken in Cincinnati.
Two way radio, radar,
transponders, Bendix and
Motorola - predominantly(sp?)
I wouldn’t mind being TA once.
Just to here Marina say
me-lika-do-the-cha-cha
would be peachy! Some
pets are luckier than others.
More memorable…PetmeFish - LOL
Random? Really? Could be!
I think Marina has her eye on
the ball(s) - keeps her juggling!
no rest for the mighty!
let the rest sleep.
guess i’ll taxi over to 2L
got one on approach
bucking a crosswind
out of the southwest.
(somone’s at my door)
Word Suggestion: Novel
Does the word novel, as in the kind you read related to the adjective, novel, as in “that’s a novel idea”?
I can make a video suggestion, if you’d like.
Hey Marina ! But what about MARTINEZ and MARTIN !
here is the origin : http://www.dictionaric.com/dicoetymnom/dicoetymnom .php?rech=martin+%28english+text%29&bmit=SEARCH
Yipes! thanks for not cutting and pasting, thanx!
A quick read, though - covered Martin back to the dirt age!
You know I have never drank a Martini. Nope, never have. Im not even a wine drinker. I’ll drink wine if offered but I rarely buy it. I just haven’t found a wine that I like. I don’t like mixed drinks. They make me sick. I do on occasion have a margarita. It was the only drink my step mother would allow me to drink. Weird hu? Naw. Whats weird is I have Jimmy Buffett’s song Margaritaville as my calling party ringer.
I usually just drink beer. Mac and Jack or Guinness.
I have one beer every night before I go to bed so I can shut my brain down. Usually I buy that cheap beer, 211. 8.1% alcohol.
tried one, didn’t like it, and couldn’t figure out wth James B ever saw in ‘em…
switched to Jack and coke for a while, devolved back to beer, and now i’ve had a bottle of Jack in the fridge for over a year…
and nothing else…
unless i go out someone, i just don’t feel the urge…
*sigh*…danged ol’ age…
In the fridge? Jack needs to room temp, drunk out of the bottle and past to the hand next ta ya’. Followed with a beer.
I just lost the kidnap page
while making a post.
will this post or be resigned
to the never-never?
i will give it back to you but you have to fork over all your Marina pics AND $1M…
making the total ransom…
priceless…
I don’t negotiate with terrorists = LOL
that made me laugh!
with 200 videos to “kidnap”,
yer gonna be busy!
Well i had downloaded several of Marina’s wallpaper pictures but, after watching one of her videos at the end of it she said all the picture belonged to her so i deleted all of them except the one she sent me in the April fools email. I decide just because something is in the downloads section doesn’t make it free to download, we should at least get a confirmation from her if its alright to download them. I have never heard her say we could download them if we wanted.
What a piece of work.
Someday, you’ll say
something that makes
sense - and shock
the whole world
Not today, though, huh?
I don’t think you had to delete them. Just you can go out and sell them. I think what she meant was that she owns the copyrights to them. You can’t use them for your website unless you get her permission in writing.
This actually reminds me of something I heard, probably on the History Channel, that you might find interesting. James Bond drank vodka martinis, and for specific reason. The movies were made during the cold war, and vodka was really unpopular in America because it’s a Russian drink and therefore was heavily associated with communism. So to help Vodka sales in capitalist countries, they made James Bond, this good freedom-loving bad-guy-shooting secret agent, drink vodka.
Hey, Marina.
I’m requesting your vast knowledge of the word “fop”. I heard a friend use it in describing another aquaintance. I didn’t want to sound stupid, so I didn’t ask him about his choice of descriptive terms.
Thanks so much, sssspike
similar to milquetoast, i should think
naw…a milquetoast is a weak character, timid…originating from some comic strip…
from the German verb foppen, “jeer” or “tease”…
a fop is one who takes extreme measures to appear classy and gain approval that way…basically what we used to call a dandy…
or maybe a Pimp…
Why don’t you take a crack at the word ’slang’?
144th that’s gross
Hey this is me Demonus, and yes the word im looking for is the football (soccer) term “Hattrick”
Please use the word demonus instead of Cheeks on the video
Thanks
your james bond-esque music made me think–you should tell us the origin of the word “spy”!
ROFLMAO !!!!
** BEST LESSON TO DATE !!! **
Couldn’t stop laughing!
I’m from Long Island where they have the iced tea’d drinks.
I think they shake it because of the better mixing effect it has
and bringing on a better flavor outburst.
Honestly Marina - love your humor. Please make a lesson
on the word joke or the word comedy. It could only be hilarious.
Now don’t sip too much of that homework !!
Extra–Maybe you like your drink cooler which shaking usually does. I know a lot of people who keep their Vodka in the freezer so they don’t have to ice it. Along with just more blended shaking will oxygenate something making the taste different…But I think you like to shake things up as well as stir things up so, Marina, it is hard to say why…
I really enjoyed that change of outline for today’s …lesson!!
P.S. How do you spell that “Atop-a-new?” - I’m not sure I understood the label for today’s type of word..
Toponyms for drinks is proving harder than I thought.
Apart from Scotch and all the wines that others have already mentioned, I can think of liqueurs like Chartreuse, Calvados, Danzig brandy and Curaçao, Spirits like Cognac and Armagnac and Jamaica rum, alcoholic Coffees like Irish and Caribbean Coffee, Mekong Whiskey from Thailand and Canadian Club.
Don’t forget, too, that single malt Scotch Whiskeys are named after the Glen or Island where they are distilled.
After further thought, how about waters like Vichy, Evian, Highland Spring.
Now I’m getting into my stride - Bombay Gin, London Gin, Bristol Cream Sherry (is that a portmanteau toponym