Comments on: Rain Check http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/ Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:40:49 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: michael r http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-136407 michael r Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:18:52 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-136407 how old was the Rain Check? how old was the Rain Check?

]]> By: Capman911 http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-128531 Capman911 Wed, 06 May 2009 17:13:05 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-128531 I don't remember what the quote was now. But it was a bit of a brain teaser as you can see from the comments. It was a quote from someone named Cobb. Sorry. I don’t remember what the quote was now. But it was a bit of a brain teaser as you can see from the comments. It was a quote from someone named Cobb. Sorry.

]]> By: hs4mm http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-128491 hs4mm Wed, 06 May 2009 06:10:40 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-128491 What was the quote? What was the quote?

]]> By: hs4mm http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-128489 hs4mm Wed, 06 May 2009 06:08:16 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-128489 I take rain checks from grocery stores -- when they have a product on sale but are sold-out (and so do not have any more of the product on their shelves) they give a rain-check that guarantees the sale price for a future time when they have restocked the product. I take rain checks from grocery stores — when they have a product on sale but are sold-out (and so do not have any more of the product on their shelves) they give a rain-check that guarantees the sale price for a future time when they have restocked the product.

]]> By: 101kasi http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-102832 101kasi Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:19:17 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-102832 Cookies done :grin: Cookies done :grin:

]]> By: Chemikal http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-77010 Chemikal Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:52:54 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-77010 I predict that humans will be able to control the weather in 30 years maximum, so this Rain Check business will die out soon. Since it's impolite to cancel or rain check a meeting. I predict that humans will be able to control the weather in 30 years maximum, so this Rain Check business will die out soon.
Since it’s impolite to cancel or rain check a meeting.

]]> By: mrchex http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-76201 mrchex Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:07:23 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-76201 She's done Taxi dude. check the word list. She’s done Taxi dude. check the word list.

]]> By: pig-in-a-poke http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-75933 pig-in-a-poke Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:55:27 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-75933 Mijj, Pickle me, silly, and eat my brains? I might have the last laugh and a great "Trick or Treat". Capman, The menu sounds great! But, Piggy might want to take a <i><b>rain check</i></b> on that. :eek: My dad an I had a great pulled pork sandwich in La Jolla, CA. He told me taught me to put the cole slaw on top. Yumm! Great way to eat the sandwich! Mijj,

Pickle me, silly, and eat my brains? I might have the last laugh and a great “Trick or Treat”.

Capman,

The menu sounds great! But, Piggy might want to take a rain check on that. :eek:

My dad an I had a great pulled pork sandwich in La Jolla, CA. He told me taught me to put the cole slaw on top. Yumm! Great way to eat the sandwich!

]]> By: onlycasperman http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-75878 onlycasperman Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:04:44 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-75878 Wonderful a women and wonderful a website! Wonderful a women and wonderful a website!

]]> By: reekzilla http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/21/rain-check/comment-page-1/#comment-75351 reekzilla Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:53:33 +0000 http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=1581#comment-75351 OLE COMMODE PISSOIR FEDERAL BOOZE TRAIN from TRAINING-did the word exist before railroad trains? PEEPING TOM LEEWAY DRINK YOU UNDER THE TABLE JACK OF ALL TRADES FOUL-illegal in sports first, or name for birds ARCADE BREAKFAST DIBS FREESTYLE ROCK AND ROLL SUEY-pig call TAXICAB and TAXIDERMY-what does TAXI mean? SHAMPOO ALECK SCISSORS LETTER-doesn't let things NUMBER-doesn't numb things BULLY JERKY LOUSY-anything to do with lice COUNT-to count or be the count of something MUTT DRAG QUEEN WEIRDO BULLSEYE BINGO RIGHTS No=NUMBER=# MUMS THE WORD BOX from BOXING and BOXER a person being troubling is TROUBLESOME, but can a HANDSOME person be handing BATTERY SIZES(a aa c d-how do they classify those) BLOW A RASPBERRY STRAITJACKET not STRAIGHTJACKET PHONEY MAYDAY SPIC AND SPAN SISSY MARATHON why is JAMES plural BOGUS COOKIES TOMCAT MC or EMCEE OLE
COMMODE
PISSOIR
FEDERAL
BOOZE
TRAIN from TRAINING-did the word exist before railroad trains?
PEEPING TOM
LEEWAY
DRINK YOU UNDER THE TABLE
JACK OF ALL TRADES
FOUL-illegal in sports first, or name for birds
ARCADE
BREAKFAST
DIBS
FREESTYLE
ROCK AND ROLL
SUEY-pig call
TAXICAB and TAXIDERMY-what does TAXI mean?
SHAMPOO
ALECK
SCISSORS
LETTER-doesn’t let things
NUMBER-doesn’t numb things
BULLY
JERKY
LOUSY-anything to do with lice
COUNT-to count or be the count of something
MUTT
DRAG QUEEN
WEIRDO
BULLSEYE
BINGO
RIGHTS
No=NUMBER=#
MUMS THE WORD
BOX from BOXING and BOXER
a person being troubling is TROUBLESOME, but can a HANDSOME person be handing
BATTERY SIZES(a aa c d-how do they classify those)
BLOW A RASPBERRY
STRAITJACKET not STRAIGHTJACKET
PHONEY
MAYDAY
SPIC AND SPAN
SISSY
MARATHON
why is JAMES plural
BOGUS
COOKIES
TOMCAT
MC or EMCEE

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