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Perks… where does the word come from? And do you ever get any perks?
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A perk today was the wood I’m burning, the heat will warm me…all laws of that kind of payment is weird…peace out
payment for work, I suppose is a debate and man made mad…PERKY is Marina and this random good lesson…thanks and be good
How can u be soo hot!!?
parking
No perks here… :/
Though I think you get plenty of perks being HotForWords, your just to modest to admit it
I’ve found a new form of online comedy. I’ve had to turn off Adblock to see the embedded Flash, and it’s amazing how much of the advertising is not based on the content of the post, but on the content of the comments. According to the ads, this post would have had to have been about women’s clothing and/or swimwear.
My company has an excellent health care plan which includes dental and vision. I would consider that a perk since I only pay $50 per month.
BTW Marina, where do women’s dress sizes come from? As a man I have always wondered how a dress can be size zero.
TAKE OFF UR CLOTHES!!
oh -.- this guy again
still no succes with your e mails?
aha ya MARINA PLZ EMAIL ME AT THEONE2443@gmail.com!
I do not know? My perks came from some forest. learn and burn – luv
Perks as payments?
Wow.
I like the Hooters style outfit. 
Kobe playing with the robo-dog again. You know he might go blind if he keeps doing that.
Oh I dont get any Perks in my Job Teacher , I was wondering if Kobe got any by looking at the Vid.
Perks, I get paid for mileage and a car allowance, if I stay over night they pay for hotel and pay me per diem, and a lot of our customers in SoCal are Universities so I do get to see lots of hot you women
And I occasionally get free trips to the Czech Republic and/or the Netherlands for training.
Just laughed so much seeing the perks that your dog gets ….
Nothing like I get at work. The best we get there is our 401K and
percentage match (8% rather than the typical 6%). And our
investment group has people come into the company to answer
questions and keep up informed.
I do get a couple of perks at my job. One is a ‘company’ vehicle with free gas.
I wish luv ur doggy HAHA
wat u say date me meen being towrite2 u so bad willu?
iluv utoo Marina 1st time always best oya perks means happy 2
P&Q’s ty for game WOKF it is awesome my name timmy2tails &timmy2tails2 & IEATBRAINS haha had2 go with chinese theme so anyway perk is true but there is more 2 story u forgot never mention should i tell or leave it to ur imagination why?u ask cus i luv u u so HOT!:)u forgot another meaning that all>>> 
No perks .everyone pays for it sooner or later
I get perks from my old job. Being retired military I can fly on military transport aircraft anywhere in the world, if space is avaiable, for the fee of customs. And shop tax free on bases, forts and posts.
Hey Marina, I have a request for you.
Your football/soccer episode got me wondering about some other words that are different in England and America, such as “Eraser” here and “Rubber” there. I was also curious to why some words in England have “ou” and only have “o” here, such as color/colour.
Thanks! And keep up the amazing work!
Hey Man , on the Subject of differences, Why you all call a Bumper a Fender and Why is a Bonnet a Hood?? I reside in the U.K..
I have a word request for you, Marina.
I would like to know the origin of either of two words.
The first being ‘balderdash’, and the other being ‘Eskimo’.
Good luck, and keep up the great work.
The word I’d like you to discuss is ‘cheesy’ especially when used in the sense of “a cheesy movie/song/comic gag etc
Also there was a series on the BBC [I'm English btw] called “Balderdash & Piffle” about the origin of words the imdb link is http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498614/
Hope you can explain cheesy. It seems to be a word that is very vague. In once sense it means corny, in another ’sentimental’, kitsch in another.
It may be your hardest word yet.
Not sure what exactly is lurking in this lesson, but it could be a subliminal message, or experiment, or…. you decide. If you rewind the lesson, and carefully watch Kobe the Dog appear in fleeting instants with cartoon thought bubbles bubbling from his head. The male psyche is then lulled into subconscious attention to the pic of a sports car, then a raw beef steak, which leads to the third thought bubble, inside of which you’ll see something rather kinky
If we are being subliminally programmed by Marina, my only wish is that it is for forces of good, and not evil 
QUIZ TIME
Marina says anyone who does well in this test gets a blow job.
(she didn’t say who from, though)
[The LONG Scientific Personality Test]
Glory Hole
[my result]
ENFJ- The Teacher
You scored 64% I to E, 5% N to S, 33% F to T, and 42% J to P!
Your type is known as the teacher, or the educating mentor.
You also belong to the larger group, called idealists.
You tend to bring out the best in other people. You lead without seeming to do so. People are naturally drawn to you. You expect the very best from people which takes the form of enthusiastic encouragement which is so charming that people try their best not to disappoint you. You share your personality type with 3% of the population.
You need to feel a deep and meaningful connection to your romantic partners, and go to great lengths to understand and please your mate.
Harmony is vitally important to you, and you often put others’ needs before your own. You have a pretty thin skin and are easily hurt. Although you strive for harmony, when your values or ethics are violated, you can be very emotional, confrontational, and even punishing. However, you are very insightful about the underlying cause of conflicts, and an excellent communicator, so you have the tools to bring about a quick and peaceful resolution as long as you can keep control of your facilities. You want to be appreciated for your thoughtfulness and compassion. You need your partner to make a real effort to get to know you. Above all, you need to be able to express your feelings and have them taken seriously.
Your group summary: [idealists (NF)]
Your type summary: [ENFJ]
Your result for The LONG Scientific Personality Test …
INTP – the Architect
You scored 0% I to E, 47% N to S, 52% F to T, and 84% J to P!
You are more introverted than extroverted. You are more intuitive than observant, you are more thinking based than feeling based, and you prefer to go with the flow rather than have a routine. The single word to describe your type is the Architect, which belongs to the larger group of rationals. You wish to sculpt the world around you. Others often find you arrogant, yet you have no desire to direct others, only to inform them. You must know the structure of things, and have a voracious appetite for knowledge. You are very rational in everything you do, and probably consider yourself smarter than most.
As a romantic partner, you can be playful with great energy to get things started, but not quite as good on follow through. You may have a tendency to hurt the more emotional types unintentionally by not sharing your own reactions and feelings as you can get swept up in your own ideas and projects. You want to be appreciated for your ability to respond quickly and to fix problems creatively. You need plenty of time to yourself – therefore your parnter must respect your need for independence and originality.
Your group summary: Rationals (NT)
Your type summary: INTP
If by blow job you mean hurricane cleanup or related employment I’ll pass on it… (no matter what you meant). thanks anyways.
INFP – the Healer
You are more introverted than extroverted. You are more intuitive than observant, you are more feeling based than thinking based, and you prefer to go with the flow rather than having a plan. Your type can best be summarized by the word “Healer”, which belongs to the larger group of idealists. You have a capacity for caring that is deeper than most. You strive for unity, are fascinated by the battles between good and evil, and can be something of an idealist. Only 1% of the population shares your type.
As a romantic partner, you are usually supprtive and nuturing, however, you have a high need for individuality. Harmony is extremely important to you as you are very affected by conflict and tension, which also makes you resist confronting your partner directly about problems. When you get angry, you usually blame yourself, rather than your partner. You can also be stubborn and unyielding when you feel you are being criticized or mistreated. You feel the most appreciated when your partner listens to you carefully. You need to be understood. You need to hear your partner express their feelings, the more often, the better. Your group summary: idealists (NF)
Your type summary: INFP
Compared to other takers
32/100 You scored 27% on I to E, higher than 32% of your peers. 48/100 You scored 42% on N to S, higher than 48% of your peers. 23/100 You scored 24% on F to T, higher than 23% of your peers. 97/100 You scored 89% on J to P, higher than 97% of your peers.
one perk from my job got to drive the 2009 z06 corvette the other day 505hp and it was all kinds of fun.
Marina,
The only ‘perk’ I get is to be awed by your intelligence.
I am glad to see you including more of your wardrobe. I am sure you know you can’t deduct what isn’t used in your videos. However, I think you need to reconsider your footwear … get yourself some ‘Naughty Monkeys’ or ‘Jimmy Choo’, ‘Ferragomo’ and ‘Manolo Blahnik’. Every woman I have known loves her shoe collection.
I get the occasional perk. Once it was old but unused sheet steel of very high quality for dirt-cheap,the customer had ordered the wrong color and didn’t or couildn’t return it,it laid in a pile for years and when I looked it was near perfect condition. Things like that happen sometimes but the best perk is working My own hours for the most part.
tryant
Oh and what about YARN? Why do you knit with yarn but you can also tell a yarn (story)?
Marina, you looked particularly seductive today. I don’t get any perks. but I believe you get one of the greatest perks in history. you have more than one hundred million people who watch, love and would do almost anything for you. I have a few requests today; 1.SEDUCTIVE 2.POMEGRANATE get back to me on these if you get a chance.
Marina,
Well done, a PERKY presentation!
You force truth and beauty to percolate to the surface.
Marine, why do people kill time? It seems a rather rude way to describe waiting…
Got it! And it’s retroactive!
Cool man, it’s a Soviet Medal right?
Превосходное пожалование снайпера Великой Отечественной войны
Now?
is it time for a filthy quiz?
.. <… checks watch …> …
I am waiting for the quiz. hurry up
bloody ‘ell, mate! .. you sound a little bit too keen!
Nice gravatar mijj.. I was wondering when I had asked to start a filthy quiz!
funny how people noticed the gravatar but not the lack of the big huge pink surround.
mijj
are you trying to be Marina now?
Did you like to wear your mothers clothes too.
One more time!!!
trying it again….
Aw shit! Again!!!
Hey sniperskaya, you may have to clean out your cache before your new Gravatar will show up. The keep refreshing the page a few times every so often and it should show up. Your cache stores the old cookies and history and files. Your old gravatar is still stored in there until you get rid of the old files and cookies. If you need any more help let me know.
Mike
Thanks Mike, but I finally got it. It just took a while for it to take effect.
Finally got a gravitar!!!
Aw shit!
What is it? A cake, maybe?
These fishbones ain’t working
Gotta find a nice Pumpkin Gravatar…
Perks? Marina, dear, sweet, innocent child of a teacher, I don’t even get lube!
Now I have to ask – where does the word “Perky” come from?
(Your abs look good Marina, keep it up.)
There was this guy who work in a crematorium
his perk was when he sifted through the ashes
he got to take the gold from the gold fillings (in the teeth)
kind of morbid, yes.
but a reality
I had to watch this video 3 times, to understand what Marina was talking about.
This sexy outfit maybe good for bringing new audiences, but hell difficult to concentrate on words.
As I noticed, lately the lessons become shorter, I liked much more the 3.5 minutes long videos at least.
Good Luck
FYI this time of year
hot winds blow in California
Marina may have videoed this on a hot day
No big mystery for those who live here
When you live in a college town you
make a point to go downtown
to see the Poly Dollies
scantily dressed
If this was Moscow she be covered all over.
oh my!
– errm, working for self so no perks from anybody however seeing HFW’s certainly does 
oh, i am suddenly feelin’ quite perky…
nice…’er…work clothes, Ms. Marina…
nope, i get no perks at work…not gonna happen when you work for you ex-wife’s brother…
but i occasionally get a perk or two by refereeing volleyball – bags, shirts, even athletic shoes in the past…sad to say, lately these have been dwindling…one tournament that used to give me a shirt years ago went to a pin (
) a few years ago, and this year went to nada (oh – and where does “nada” come from? or go? or whatever nada does?)…
but i do perk up when i see a fresh…video…yeah, that’s it…video…
Great Miss M your video is already up to page three. Utube must be working pretty good now.
Has everyone visited M’s utube site and watched her video from there to generate views.
Please do so she can get back on track and do a video every day or every other day. Thanks
Mike
don’t view counts get generated if you view them from here?
No it’s two different sites. You have to actually visit her You tube site and watch the video for the views to count. I wish it did count from here.
mijj, you never seen the Pigtail Lesson?
well .. i think i’ve at least heard the explanation ..
i.e. .. a chinese thing about denoting authority ..
but i think in this case it’s more about a pert lass in a submissive posture, as aLx pointed out.
this was the one where i asked about the submissive posture.
yeh? .. well the tied back or pigtailed hair shows good foresight for any girl going into the submissive poses. It would allow the hair to remain neat and gunk free.
submissive, is that the same as sheepish?
that’s disgraceful, mr buzz.
entertaining movie check this out clip
lol .. yeh .. i remember this .. it’s from his pre-Annie Hall funny period.
Hey Mijj I was wrong about the video views counting from here. They do count from here if you watch the video from M’s site. Sorry for the mix up Karl just informed me of that info.
yeh, ta .. i spotted the post from pedant.
you should be ashamed telling me porkies like that!
Sorry, I be sorry. All wrong and thought I knew more than I did, I was. Yes, hmmm.
Yoda speak
ha! .. you’re thrown into confusion and all submissive because of that Marina gravatar.
If it was a different gravatar, you’d've made some long statement ending in “pal”, wouldn’t you.
Well………………………………………………………………………………………yes.
Where did the other end go? It had an answer on it. Oh well.
Mike said:
“No it’s two different sites. You have to actually visit her You tube site and watch the video for the views to count.”
Hi Mike, This HFW site does not store or serve videos. (it could, but bandwidth is expensive) The video’s are stored and served by YT and the video above is an embedded video from YT. It’s sort of like a link, but instead of a blue text thingy, it’s a picture thingy and instead of opening a new page, the video plays in the designated picture thingy area., i.e. embedded.
The views do count no matter where the video is embedded, even on your desktop. The rules for counting varies from provider to provider though. Some providers count the video right away, I think YT you have to watch more than half way through to count.
There are many sites that explain all, like this one.
Thanks Karl. I understand now. So we can just watch from here and the views will count on You Tube.
But what about rating?
For ratings one must visit YT and log into YT and then rate.
Yes, viewing from here will count as views.
Since I need to be an efficient student, I watch all 288 videos at once.
I embed all 288 videos on one page and watch them all. What a blast. I get to learn so much more with out teacher talking all at once.
Check it out, this is what my page of embedded HFW videos looks like.
Nice, very nice
Keep in mind our teacher is wearing pigtails which is a sign of authority. So, remember to be good as our teacher requested. I can’t hand in my homework right now as I am enjoying my perks for the rest of the day. Hmmmm, maybe I’ll get detention, ahhhh, another perk of HotForWords University.
well, wearing pig tails is one thing … but … sitting on the ground in a hooters outfit … there’s just not too much authority left, is there.
Oh yeah, that submissive thing you mentioned way back when…
I think the teacher is trying to get us to sit on the floor just like we did in first grade. That was fun back in those days….
i don’t see how pigtails on Marina is an authoritative look .. they look like handlebars.
Look further down the page and look at all the pink comments. She was using her authority very well. Some one got a royal chewing of the arse. I am not going to mention any names, but I was a perfect student. {ducks and hides}
Too bad,
No Saturday detention for you
The rest of the trouble makers will
be in the ‘Breakfast Club’
with Marina, BYOB
Bring Your Own Bagel…..
if Marina chewed someones arse, i’m sure they loved it.
@ Mijj I plead the fifth on that question.
sorry 
Oh well no perks Guess you shouldn’t have broke the bottle., None for me none for you.
Hey Marina. I was wondering about the word, appetizer. Me and my family get a movie from Movie Gallery almost every weekend and make appetizers while watching the movie, and I thought about this. Thanks!!!
What a perky Brood!
mijj – Are you playing dress up?
I thought we were supposed to wear scary
Halloween Gravatar’s
LMAO
Marina is scary!
i am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
me to
Beatles?
wha? .. !!!!
you said that with a question mark!!
[i am the walrus]
Because I was uncertain which track it was from.
Now, it’s late so I’m going to walk a little faster to my bed before you tread on my tail.
hey mijj, havnt been in HFWs for a while so just popping in and couldnt help but noticing how hot you are looking these days, how much did the cosmetics come too, any pain with that, whats it like now you are intouch with your more femanine side, I bet you are getting hit on loads, did one of those peronality quizes do something strange or has this been something you have always wanted to do? Can I give you my tel number???
well actually we’re both hotter than each other …
i’m hotter than Marnia in a more masculine but sensitive way. Marina is hotter in a “shove your tits out and wobble them around” kind of way.
+
keep your tel number to yourself!!
omg .. i hope M dont see all this!!
{… runs n hides …}
EMO PIC ANGLE??? EMO VIDEO ANGLE just looks dumb
What!?
What is the EMO I see here?
Is this video an example?
I do not understand the anger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAdhgiGh2Ls
I love the thumbnail Marina.. Its nice and quite funny,,
Mijj, I like you and I don’t want to piss you off but could you please change that gravatar it is really confusing I scanned through and thought wow marina has been busy when really it was you.. I did think about using her gravatar once but decided not to because
A its her gravatar and
B its confusing
no!
<folds arms in a resolute manner>
it’s meant to be confusing.
plus .. you’re a complete bastard for making us use that extra depth of comment nesting and messing up Marina’s lovely comment pages.
you did it.. Dont talk to me right now.. I cant think .. i will be ok in htee morning
do you mean yesterday morning, or tomorrow morning?
I come back from watching the Happy Slip Channel
and it is total chaos here
what are you talking about
HappySlip on YT she is a funny and talented director,
beautiful young Filipino lady, here’s a sample.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtTEGOxnq8M
She the girl in the Matt Koval Rules of Floss video.
Capman is this really you?
or is this Marina playing tricks on me?
mmmmmhhhh
neither one of them I think
This is a lot of fun
Now I must leave to take the girls
to the park
but I’ll be back
orita vengo, hasta la vista
Chevolay I still have my red square. Someone is pulling your leg.
Oh, you’re a riot Alice, a real riot
bamb zoom to the moon
Now I must come up
with something….. let’s say
amusing……nahahahaha evil laugh
I got to be honest… I don’t like perky people. They always make me feel pressured into having to feel as “bright” and “shiny” as they are. Good thing times have changed now, I can stay away from them.
Здравствуй Marina! I have a very interesting word for you.
Chthonic (yes–it is spelled correctly!!)
I absolutely love this word–even though the definition is “relating to the underworld.” lol
But anywho, where on earth did a crazy word like this come from? Maybe you would like to investigate?
ok this is really messed up now
You can say that again lol
@ Alx and Mijj you Goth like this.
no … .. sigh .. …
a goth like [this].
now, that goth is quite elderly, but i think you get the idea.
ooo .. …
[here's a nice goth girl]
more like this. or this. you get the picture.
.. actually, .. erm .. no.
what do you mean, no?
damn. what the hell … it worked before. :/
i bet it’s Marina’s fault. She hates you, you know. She probably messed up your pics to spite you.
well, it still works with right-click -> open link in new window.
yeah, yeah. right click and all.
plus, everybody loves me. O:)
nope … still dont work .. same, but in a new window.
i think Marina caught on and messed it up again. I think she’s upset because she can’t pull off the Goth thing.
it works for me. damn. :/
this work for you?
yeh .. that’s better .. i dont think they like people linking directly to the pics.
i like this one ..
http://www.gothicmodels.net/gothicmodels/gallery/displayimage.php?album=487&pos=24
i was thinking, it’s more than just throwing goth clothes on any ol’ girl that happens to be passing.
i think there’s more of a sensuality to a goth girl … it’s like instead of just seeing a goth girl you practically taste her.
.. if you see what i mean.
that was completely accidental!!
i was just talking about tasting goth girls and put the post at teh wrong level.
punish him! no goth girl pictures for an entire week!
http://www.gothicmodels.net/
I got 1000 views on my John Deere 620 plowing video!!!!!
Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-snC-NuN-i8
Marina’s videos get a 1000 views a day or an hour, but mine took 3 months!!!!
I watched that video. Does that tractor have hydraulics on it. It looked like an old style sod buster.
yeah
I…? no foxbow, has a cool red trim And a useless white block arround his comments 
.
foxyboy that is…
HarHarHar
bow-.-
The tractor does. The plow is older than the tractor and looks like it has adjusting leavers.This is not my tractor, but I wish it was!
I recently found a 1947 JD I can buy for $1000,they painted it gloss grey and are planning to put a FORD emblem on it! Heard it run and watched them back it out of the shop. If I was to get it it would need a rear plow and hydraulics/arms for a bucket loader.
then you should get your tits out.
Not interested in seeing ‘man boobs’
or are you talking about lady boobs
Nice tractor cufan, you should change your handle to plowboy
unfortunately … the smiley next to the ‘man boobs’ looks like it’s drooling.
tut tut.
if it’s got boobs, people will rush to see it. .. afterwards, they may gag if they realise it wasn’t a lady at all, but a tractor. but .. the viewing is there, so who cares.
Not a bad idea!
I guess his gravatar is the cheese from his ploughman’s lunch.
Hey folks I have an idea. Let’s all us use Marina’s Gravatar for Halloween. Not that it’s scary or anything, but it would be cool that every Gravatar was the picture of our dear Teacher.
It would pay homage to her. 
http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3e8cdb6a0b63644f5cc43be3b2f1209b?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G
Ok lets don’t then. Bad idea. my bad
.. what do you mean? .. elucidation, please.
We all put her gravatar by our names in honor of Marina for Halloween. The most compliment you can pay someone is to imitate them. I forgot who quoted that phrase.
Mijj, What do u mean I am a complete bastard
actually .. i’ve tried to do that.. but it’s stil the M .. i guess it takes a while to come through.
You may have to clear your cache and refresh a couple of times before it will come through..
plus .. let’s not go overboard on the honoring Marina department .. she’s only a fallible human being, like the rest of us.
It’s a joke really to see how many people we can get to do it.
who are you……….who am i…..?????? aaaah
we are we……… then that makes two of us…..~~~~~~yessss
hey! .. it’s little capman!
well .. you know .. now i’ve thrown my lot in with Evil Marina, it rankles when Good Marina is worshiped.
speaking of rankles .. whatever happened to drshi? .. that guy was fun the way he strangled the entire thread that day!
I think him and bullwinkle left. drshi told James that if he got tired trying to swim up river then he would move on to smoother waters.
there is a guy giving Misscupcake a fit on her site. He found out that she was friends of Marinas. He said he was coming over here to comment and get on Marina’s good side. That way he could drive a wedge between the two. may of been him. just speculating.
what do you mean “giving her a fit” .. is he messing up her site? … is this drshi .. or another loon cut from the same cloth.
I see your picture has come through. I don’t know if it’s the same guy but he has sent her 300 harassing emails, and is doing the same thing in her comments.
oh .. is that the one she put up a video about a week or so ago?
Yea he’s the one. She will block him and he comes back with another name. Utube want do anything about it.
Yeh, they both seemed of good intellect and each had his own unique pallette of colors to paint the site with … I hope they are not gone for good.
you know that foxbow guy? he is so cool
so is little capman911. he is my long lost son from the other side of the big pond.
so how are you now
No thanks, I’m getting confused enough as it is of which of you two are actually making the comments.
I’ve been doing that for months.
i have a word request!
where does “adamant” come from?
does it come from my name?!
Adamant comes from Latin, but I’ll let Marina explain, as I think it’s an excellent word to request…
The name “Adam” comes from Hebrew “adamah”, meaning “earth” or “(from the) ground”, but it also implies a “red” or “ruddy” color. Hebrew language folks, check me on this…
Also “adam” in Hebrew means “firm”, as “adamah” also means “fortress.”
I have a brother who uses that word as part of his screen name on another website.
I was recently reading some Egyptian hieroglyphs and came across the word “sack.” My curiosity was aroused, and I find the same word, same meaning, same pronunciation (basically) in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, then English. I could ask my mom who is fluent in Russian, but I wanna ask you because you are more cute. Is there an analog in Slavic languages?
Marina, I am speechless. How is it that you can constantly and continually get more and more beautiful?
You must be working out. Your body is phenomenal.
Homework: The only perk I’ve seen in quite a while is noticing that Marina’s outfits are shrinking… perhaps she is finally working toward that video lesson on BIKINI
And I don’t mean the atoll…
Marina, I would like to know about the word “reckon” or “reckoning”. You hear people say “I reckon” and “a reckoning is coming” and so forth. I would be interested in hearing your information on the origin.
Thanks and keep up the work. You’ve been great on the O’reilly Factor.
Site is working great on my Mac here….
Phrase request please… “To coin an expression”
byes ~
Can you guys stop with going down so many levels in the comments? I think you are messing up the page. Is the page messed up right now? I can’t tell on my mac… but if it is I will have to delete the comments that go too deep.
I deleted the comments that went too many levels deep… sorry guys but it messes up the whole page for people on Internet Explorer on a PC.
all that wisdom .. lost
jäääär. \o/
fuck wisdom.
P
ha!
trust you to suck up to teacher.
you suck up!
nah, you better ask p11 about suck ups.
anyway …
who’s p11? .. 911?
looks an awful lot like you ran up to miss and told her to stop the bad boys from messin up the thread.
.. i have no option but to lodge a complaint with evil Marina.
yeah, “bad boy”, you’re really pretty fucking bad with your new gravatar … lol.
uh huh, i’d love to see her evil twin.
you probably already know this is but, on the offchance you don’t ..
[Evil Marina]
lol .. i keep dropping those superfluous words into my posts. … dunno how that happens. .. i guess i think two strands at the same time and pick words at random from each.
yeah, i know it.
do you think the evil one wears black boots, spider-web stockings, a red velvet dress, and black elbow-length gloves?
that wouldn’t be evil though, that would be good.
… the marina that dresses in silly college girl outfits is the evil one.
… the marina that dresses in flithy seductive sensuous goth clothing is the good one.
except .. Marina couldn’t carry off Goth .. she doesn’t have the character.
…deep…
ha .. you’re just sucking up too.
the small cramped illegible text display boxes were ideal.. if you value information it’s worth a struggle.
Well, actually, I wasn’t sucking up… I was just being silly by zoning in and snapping out of the whole thing with Marina mentioning the word “deep”.
But, really, it can be annoying at times… especially if you don’t know how to do it. I think that maybe the boxes should only go down to level 4 at the most. Because it is kinda weird having to reply to myself, when writing to someone else. And plus maybe make the boxes a little bigger to make more room to write.
Sorry Marina I started this.. I did tell people not to go too deep, but they will not listen.. I think I did a 5 level reply once. But I rarely do more than 4 ..
SORRY!!
hi James
you’re a complete bastard.
it’s no wonder she hates you.
Kobe is Marina’s perk.
My perk.
Getting to watch HotForWords display the 6 pack.
I guess I get to pop a can with my lunch now.
Here’s you a Six Pack Wetsuit.
Hi Marina,
Perks!
I used to be a chef at a golf course… free buckets of balls at the driving range, free beer from hottie bartender, free pool in the billiards room, free food. I liked that job.
There was this guy who worked in a
toilet paper factory
he would bring rolls & rolls of toilet paper home.
One day I ask him, “Why all the toilet paper?”
He said he was dating a Russian girl and
wanted to impress her. Da Dum!
There’s an old joke, goes like this:
Neighbor Lady: Little girl, what does your Daddy do?
Little Girl: He makes light bulbs and toilet paper
Neighbor Lady: He does?
Little Girl: Yes, he always brings some home in
his lunchbox.
How many straight couples does it take to screw in a light bulb?
The origin of the word Byte?
+ .. did you know … whereas 8 bits = 1 byte;
4 bits = 1 nibble
+ … yawn … information is measured in “bits”.
to measure the amount of information, you’d determine the total number of possible alternatives and take the log(base 2).
i.e. … if the info was just one character and it could only be 1 or 0 .. then that’s 2 alternatives .. and log2(2) = 1 … so that’s 1 bit of information.
if the info was one lowercase character from {a..z} .. that’s 26 alternatives .. so that one character would be log2(26) = 4.7 bits of information.
if the info was three characters from the set {a..z, A..Z, 0..9} .. that’s 3*62 alternatives .. so that’s log2(3*62) = 7.54 bits of information.
… whew ..
Word…
+ to ramble on a little …
of course, the info measured above assumes that each character is entirely independent and has equal probability of manifesting.
usually though, characters are used to portray words in a language. Which means they’re not entirely independent.
e.g. in english, the letter following the letter “q” is very likely to be a “u” rather than any letter chosen at random. Thus if the information is measured for the letter following “q” then it is much less than the info for a letter which is entirely random. .. i.e. .. the more predictable the information, the less information it holds. .. ultimately … if you already know what the informations going to be (certainty) then it has no information content (for you).
so .. the information in data depends on the knowledge of the form of that data. .. and the measure is not a feature of the information itself, but a representation of the reader’s ability to predict the information.
tsk .. overloaded the meaning of the word “information”
the last makes more sense as:
the information measure is not a feature of the data content itself, but a measure of the reader’s ability to predict the content.
… or rather .. inability to predict the content.
i.e. .. less predictable implies more information.
So, how many bits does it take to measure the position and momentum of an electron?
you tell me the probability density function of the position/momentum, and i’ll translate that into a measure of information valued in bits.
i.e. .. using the probability density function in a similar way to predictability of an element of data.
of course, by “… i’ll translate that into a measure of…”, i mean “… i won’t translate that into a measure of …”
i thought i’d better clarify in case you called my bluff.
Now I’m uncertain about what you mean.
lol .. me too …
i never actually studied physics a la electronics level …
but i had a little scan of stuff to do with bouncing photons off electrons and how you need higher photon frequencies to measure position more accurately, – but that means more energy in the photon and extra energy transferred to the electron – and so there’s greater momentum difference and so the value of momentum is more uncertain.
which looks kind of interesting .. but no bits in there.
a perk when i was involved in a consortium bid to provide air trafic control sw was a free flight back from berlin to heathrow. i was a little puzzled cos i was a mere serf, but on the other hand, i was the project manager’s pet.
I work at a sports fitness complex right now and the perk I get from my current job is use of the whole fitness facility for free and I can join any hockey league for free.
I work at UCLA, and as most people know, you’ll never get rich working for a state funded university. We have only had raises 3 times in the last 8 years with no hope of a raise in the next fiscal year. But, one great perk is that I’ve been able to sit in on the Russian language classes for the last two years, and I love that!
Пока!
Bruce
PS: All you Marina fans, take a look at the video that I made for her!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3NfqUhxVMM
Great video. You did a fantastic job.
Bravo! She simply MUST investigate that one! Brilliant!
Dear совершенная Marina, I’m doing your homework “right now” just the way you want! The “perk” I get at the office is free coffee, but it’s cheap for them since I don’t add sugar, sweeteners or even milk to my coffee. You made us wait two days for this video, so I was very eager for it, and in this video, you wore the nicest outfit I’ve seen in any of your videos. You even wore nice shoes! Because you were leaning on your left arm, I expected you to shift position sometime during your video and perhaps cross your legs.
But you are so slender and light, you probably could hold that position a very long time. I think it would be nice “perk” to treat you to dinner because you probably don’t eat very much! 
Your dear student, seesixcm6
Your a cheapskate seesixcm6.
Take her to dinner cause she doesn’t eat very much. LMAO I am just razzing you pal. She probably just eats water crest salads and a glass of water to keep her figure. I though she would at least have on high heels to do her work outs. 
Hey that would make a good word request cheapskate.
Grrr! Capman911, your gravatar is just like Marina’s. That’s unfair. I thought Marina just accepted my invitation to a nice dinner!
(By the way, Marina, you can eat all you want when I treat you to dinner!) seesixcm6
Gottcha lol
I wish she would except your invite to dinner. She would be great company.
no she wouldn’t.
she’d be droning on and on about the etymology of “potato” and “fork” ..and feeding bits of stuff to that weird little dog thing and ignoring anything you said.
I like the video an interesting word perquisite down graded to perk. I can see why a lot of our words are shortened. Most are turned into slang then adopted as words. When I was in school we learned the slang version of most words and not the correct elongated version. No wonder we have so many different meanings of the same word, “ie” perk as in a tip or perk as in to brew coffee.
Marina .. how come you only go back as far as Latin for the sources of the word. Language didn’t start with latin. … so what’s the source of those latin words?
try this.
it’s kinda like … everything earlier than latin is just guessing. like, indo-european is just a reconstructed thing, they can’t be sure about it.
oh .. that makes sense .. M won’t go further back than reliable evidence will allow .. pity she wont indulge in a little word-type archeology and conjecture – that’d make the content part more .. erm .. voluptuous.
oh, i forget. click on the first entry in that list (ethnologue).
Many Latin word origins come from the Greek, and some from Etruscan sources, and therefore do go further back… but aLx makes a very good point.
Some of our earliest word origins come from languages outside of Latin and Greek, such as German, Hebrew, Aramaic, Sanskrit, etc.
i dont find it that interesting when she stops where there’s certainty.
i’d find it much more interesting if she wove around in conjecture and alternatives that went much further back.
… but i guess that’d take a lot of work.
i forgot that M’s approach to answering sensible questions is entirely idiosyncratic. so .. is there any point? Thus i shall salute teacher in the appropriate manner: {… gives teacher the grand british “V” as she turns her back …}
No wonder perquisite was shorten to perk
who can pronounce it
“Oh, Death, where is thy sting?” .. to which i reply .. “Down there, on the bottom right.”
Yea that does have one hella of a barb doesn’t it.
yeh … and they keep asking that silly question .. and it’s right there where everyone can see it.
You need to find Kobe a girlfriend. He’s got something on his mind and it’s not his squeaky toy.
Poor Kobe,
no perks for him
Love that Kobe. He is a true hot blooded male thinking of only one thing every seven seconds.
(Disclaimer: yeah, I know its false,
)
but what the heck does Kinsey know.
Your hot Marina. By the way have you ever gotten into an accident because I want to know whos fault it was because I got in one recently on the free way
Thanks
Never had a job where I rode the gravy train
A valuable perk for being a member of youtube is being able to see Hot for Words videos and comment on them!
Eric M
I got a 2500 euro costing bike from my boss haha
yeah, i’m a bike messenger 
I also got some other stuff and i get free repairs on my own mountainbikes.
it’s good money tough ,all my friends are like WTH!!!! when i tell them how much i make 
i’m 18 so don’t think i’m some retard who’s only job is to ride a bike all day long
but…..that outfit…….isn’t that cold
at leasts it’s pretty cold over here……in europe 
oh some other job i do ocasionaly is working at a mars factory, you can eat as many snickers mars’s and other types of candybars, sounds fun, but after like 3 orso you’v had enough
Foxbow there college students 18 to 30 years old. Pretty ones at that.
a [bike messenger called "Tyres"] in the classic brit tv thing: “Spaced”.
Perks at work: Free food
Perks at school: I get to see you every day
Smokey if you work at a school or university I know other perks you get to see.
Funny thing. I work at a college that started as an all MALE school in 1909. Now the girls out number the guys 2.5 to 1.
I want to find the guy who let them in and thank him profusely 
that’s perverted…..
i duno how old they are but still 
My fire station covered a college here in Fayetteville. We would have to go there every day on rescue calls. One lady we went to was an exchange student from of all else Russia. She was having an anxiety attack. She was just like Marina, blond the most perfect skin tone and not a blemish on her anywhere. She had the most beautiful face of any young lady I had ever seen besides Marina. There is just something about Russian women. It must be in the water over there or something. I always liked rescue calls at that college.
I love the new lesson. Uh what was it about again? Oh yea Perks!
I’m a hired hand on a chicken farm!
Nah! No Perks here!
I also like the HOOTERSesque outfit!!!!!
what is “HOOTERS” .. is that the University of California, San Diego Philosophical Debate Society?
.. no .. that’d be UCSDPDS. sorry.
Hooters or HOOTERS WOW
hooters protest.
really? don’t be so sure about that.
)
it’s a matter of taste, anyway.
Capman that was
& 
& 
That guy in Capman’s second photo is not wearing a hairnet.
Hi Alx! Yeah, That’s a losing battle!
I think they are a branch of the Sierra club dedicated to preserving the Great Horny Owl..
a couple are NESOILTs, aLx, but you make a valid point
NESOILT = Never Ending Spiral Of Infinite Load Time
umm, would you people please quit replying on fifth level? wtf. can’t read shit.
anyway, no, she doesn’t have a mustache. but if you don’t like her, how about the one on the left?
plus, last pic is an anti-war protest. (shouldn’t it be “war protest”?)
you just had to run and complain to teacher, didn’t you.
I’m disappointed in you, aLx. I assumed you had … all those words with positive connotations that i can’t think of right now. Instead, it seems you have all those words with negative connotations.
You know the more we add to this thread is loading down Mijj’s inbox on his email. Keep adding to it.
Sorry Mijj, but it’s pick on Mijj day. 
well .. foxbow .. personally, i admire people with principles (but not the blind fanatics) and especially those who’re willing to stick their necks out. I find that boldness attractive.
zoom in, i’m 99.9% sure she has a mustache.
well they should stick their necks out for something usefull like global warming or something other important, not animal protection stuff,
vegans……… -.- PLANTS HAVE FEELINGS TO YOU KNOW!!!!
You ever choke the chicken
Do you get eggs that way?
no! .. i won’t do my homework.
I hate you … i want evil Marina to take over this site!
That’s IT, mijj. I am FED UP with you being angry at Marina. So, you march over there RIGHT NOW, young man, tell her you’re sorry and kiss and make up! Do it!
X
…NOT good enough. try again…
X
…again…
X
aw, c’mon, pal – like you MEAN it…
X
better, but still not there yet…
X
…again…
X
…this time with feeling…
X
Dammit, mijj do I have to show you EVERYTHING??
Like THIS:
X X X
Ok, now you:
X X X
very good. I don’t want to have to take you to task on the matter again (NOT!)
so straighten up and fly right! 
hey .. you didn’t leave a dry spot!!
{wiping chin}
just don’t let it happen again.
{whispering}
BTW – I saw you trying to cop a feel on ##’s 3 and 5…
…Rock On, brother!
lol
… and what do you mean by “straighten up”? … what are you getting at?
{.. crouches a little ..}
{raising hand}
Dear Teacher… mijj just told me he’d like to stand and address the class to present his homowork, and describe several points at great length…
No perks for me except when I perk some coffee in the morning. I see Kobe finally came home.
5 th
Love your piratin’outfit, Capman! You ever seen ‘Yellowbeard’?
Yellowbeard’s Disguise
Yes I have with Graham Chapman as Yellow beard. His beard always smoking, I LMAO at that movie. Forgot about it. I’ll need to rent it on Netflix to watch it again.
Or you could buy it here.
It’s my Halloween out fit. I change back to my bike when Halloween is over. I might have to pick something else as Jack my want the Jolly Roger.
You know what would be so cool if everyone of us used the same Gravatar. Everyone would be F**ked up as who was who.
3rd
4th!!!
ummm ..
uh. i’ve been posting here and didn’t even notice that this is a new vid. lol.
lol
+ i wrinkled my brow considerably in making that post on the other thread .. any opinion?
2?
Homework: will soon take advantage of a discounted LCD TV for my new home
Gotcha, ortra vez
Santa Ana wind condition in Southern CA,
you look dressed for the 100 degree heat.
No perks for me but I do get Percocets on occasions
