Your video ending, with your hair bangs and glitchy video, reminded of the movie The Ring. Am I going to die later after watching that?
Oh wait, I don’t remember seeing any ring… so I guess I’m okay.
My scariest nightmare was about Halle Berry with fangs, red glowing eyes and long grey streaked black hair…
She also had an ugly white “baby” in her arms that looked the Fluke Man from that X-Files Episode… It also had bushy blond hair and blue eyes… It also had a mouth like a Lamprey eel…
I had that one Four Times in the Same Night!
What a blow out!!!!!!!!!!!
I’d like to know how the word ’skinny’ became used as in “what’s the skinny?” Like, “What’s the skinny on this situation” or “What’s the skinny with this HotForWords girl? Is she available?”
Fava Beans kind of like a Lima Bean, the Fava Beans I ate in Mexico are better than the package stuff I found in the US so far. It’s a big bean, grows in a pod. It makes an excellent soup base since it is rich in flavor, somewhat butter flavor.
I have two bags now in the cupboard so I’m off to cook some.
I love what an how you do what you do..you are great therapy for my reprogramming.I,sadly am a typical north american male,with all the usual fetishes(BOOBS blonde hair,blue…eyes,so beautiful)I even luv ur dog….I asked for a def…or origin of SCUMBAG but I dint go thru the right channels,now I am a reg fan keep up the most excellent work your most obedient student mfrmack
Well, if you’ve ever laid eyes on Adriana Lima, i’d say…u would ditch the blonde hair/blue eyes girl…i said don’t let, don’t let it go to your head…girls like you are a dime a dozen, girls like you are a dime a dozen
Marina, may I suggest a ideal costume for Halloween:
Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz you already have Toto just put Gorby in a basket; then put on a gingham (mini) dress and ruby shoes….wa la; I’ll go out Trick or Treating with you as the Tin Man, if you catch my drift.
Our difference of political views is NOT exclusive of a mutually respectful friendship. Just means that our votes on Election Day will cancel one another out…
Word Request Smashing.
Marina, how did smashing come to mean, “anything uncommon, extraordinary or unusual, esp. unusually large or excellent.” (O.E.D.)
I do not want to marble my words. Block of marble and wondering the mental block, that this quote may have on nightmare’s comments. Does that carry on? MAMA—wordrequest, because, mammon and mamba are nouns and the dance of free milk sold the cow. is there a connection between mammary gland and the baby crying “mama” lets just do the mambo
HotForWords I’m studying for my final english exam tomorrow! And I just came across this word copemate. I looked it up and I think my brain was just blown to smithereens.
copemate:
1. An associate or friend.
2. An opponent or adversary
How can it be both?!
Holy mother fudger!
PLEASE PLEASE I don’t want to die. I love you.
Marry me.
There are more words that can mean two things that are opposites, e.g. cleave (to split apart or cling together). It would be interesting to know how they get that way, although the language could certainly do without the confusion.
Hi, Marina. Congratulations on all of your success.
I’m wondering if you could research the word “copacetic”. It seems to have fallen out of common use, but it’s an interesting word with a mysterious past.
Awhile back you did the origin of the word “deja vu” isn’t there another word called,”preja vu” or knowing you are going to experience deja vu before it happens?
and If you don’t mind me asking, if I would like to make a video request, can i make that request only as a video request? because, awhile back i received a reply to a post from a fellow member that you now only reply to video requests! is that true? unfortunately for me, im unable to do so
Anyway,
tc & thanks!
How about alzheimer vu, where you can’t quite remember what it was that you thought you might have again experienced once upon a time beforehand.
On the matter of requests, it appears that the frequency of requests for a particular item has the greatest bearing on a requests success, the exception being a video request that happens to strike her fancy.
And thanks for pointing out the matter on requests CampKohler! Well, I’ll just have to keep trying! as someone once said, Try, Try and Try, someday you can fly!
Ciao!
What is your costume for Halloween will you be, let’s say a Tootsie Pop, a hard candy lollipop with a chewy Tootsie Roll underneath.
“How many Licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop”. Toosie Pop
It doesn’t really matter which state is represented by zero and which by one; that’s just a matter of convenience for humans, who feel more comfortable with the idea that truth is of more value than falsity. The logic doesn’t care; the answer is the same no matter which method is used.
He: “YOU’RE WEARING TRUTHIES, AREN’T YOU?”
She: “YOU’LL NEVER SEE ‘EM.”
See, the answer’s the same!
danielpool, never mistake the things a person sees other do or things a person overhears from others as the things that a subject person have done. It could very well be interpeted not correctly as against said subject.
That’s a really good one. I always wondered why a door nail would be any deader than, say, a boot nail, roofing nail or any other kind of pointed, threadless wood fastener.
Could it have anything to do with the reputed punishment of excoriation, practised by our barbaric ancestors, for those “convicted” of such heinous crimes as Treason, Lese Majeste, and for foreign invaders captured in the acts of pillage and plunder.
This punishment involved the accused being flayed alive and their skin nailed to a door of a public building, often a church, as an example to the common people of what they should expect if engaging in similar crimes.
Many of such tales have been dismissed as folk legends, but that would not have prevented the tales from giving rise to a colloquial expression.
How DO you manage to retain all this stuff? You’re truly amazing, Bob. While slumming some old posts in an effort to reduce the backlog of lessons that slipped past me while I battled the dark forces of academia, I ran across this posting in regard to Che’s request, [dead as a doornail].
The link you posted here is of interest to me because one bloodline in my admittedly tangled lineage has been directly traced to the House of Essex and ostensibly to the ill-fated Earl of Essex who apparently was granted the poverbial axe by order of her majesty Queen Elizabeth I. My dad has a photocopy of the Death Warrant signed by Elizabeth that he keeps for conversation value. Gee, I’m so very proud… But I digress.
Regardless of its true origin, I believe that the power of creative alliteration has probably played a major role in the persistence of this expression in our language over the generations. It sounds much more poetic than, say, “Dead as a fieldstone” would. “Dead as a Dane’s hide parching in the sun on the sanctuary door” just doesn’t seem to transmit quite the same verbal panache either. Thanks for bringing this bit of historic trivia to light.
Well, what a hell of a coincidence!
Devereux is one of my family’s names which family legend says has been passed down through the eldest son of each generation from the same Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
I don’t carry the name myself as my father was a second born, but could it be that you and I are distantly related?
Enquiring minds MUST investigate.
Essex, Wessex, and Sussex were named after (respectively) the East, West, and South Saxons. Why is there no county named after the North Saxons? Did they all die out?
You have got to be kidding me. My first cousin’s middle name is Devereux and he’s the eldest son. Okay, this is getting spooky.
We’re probably more closely related than either of us imagine, if that’s the case. My uncle, father of the aforementioned cousin, was not the first born son of his generation but one of his older brothers died of polio as a youth, and I’m not positive but I’m pretty sure it was the eldest son, which leaves the gate open for speculation. This is wild.
We may have to consult the gene genie. You know, Bob, I always had a sneaking suspicion something was terribly wrong with you. We should try to figure out a way to communicate via email.
Yes, too bad there isn’t a private messaging facility on this site, however, now you have the privileges of a TA, you have access to Marina’s back end ( Sorry Marina, I didn’t mean it like that ) so you should be able to get my email that way. If that doesn’t work, you can get it from Captain Jack; or you could Tweet me at https://twitter.com/2486Bob.
I handed over all my family history stuff to my sister who is researching another branch of the family, so I shall have to get it back to see if we can find a link.
By the way, it occurs to me that Kent is a strange name for an Earl of Essex, or has it just slipped south over the years, like so many other things do?
“however, now you have the privileges of a TA, you have access to Marina’s back end”
TAs do not have backend access. There are different levels of access to the backend. I have limited access for the function of posting and some maintenance tasks.
I’ll take care of forwarding your email as per request.
I don’t know what that had to do with the discussion at hand. However, the facial animation was very good, but the snowboarding was way to fast to be realistic.
Main article: Laplace’s demon
Laplace strongly believed in causal determinism, which is expressed in the following quote from the introduction to the Essai:
“ We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at a certain moment would know all forces that set nature in motion, and all positions of all items of which nature is composed, if this intellect were also vast enough to submit these data to analysis, it would embrace in a single formula the movements of the greatest bodies of the universe and those of the tiniest atom; for such an intellect nothing would be uncertain and the future just like the past would be present before its eyes.[21] ”
This intellect is often referred to as Laplace’s demon (in the same vein as Maxwell’s demon). Note that the description of the hypothetical intellect described above by Laplace as a demon does not come from Laplace, but from later biographers: Laplace saw himself as a scientist that hoped that humanity would progress in a better scientific understanding of the world, which, if and when eventually completed, would still need a tremendous calculating power to compute it all in a single instant
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Hey, I had that idea, too, but my example was of a room full of pingpong balls. Unfortunately, the Heisenberg principle states Mother Nature’s striction that you can know where a particle is or it’s velocity, but not both simultaneously. Therefore, even an intellect that could analize all the matter in the universe could not determine what its future state would be. If it could, then it would follow that what took place took place because that was the only possible outcome. And that would mean that we had no free will. Thus we have free will precisely because of that which cannot be precisely known.
For your homework, go to the mall and grab a cutie by the butt. Try to get out of it by explaining that there is no free will and you grabbed him/her because that was the only thing that could possibly happen. If you get away with it, you will be the first to prove Heisenberg wrong and will win the Nobel prize (not for physics, but for extemporaneous speaking).
nightmares, huh, every night….hense insomnia…almost becoming a master of my own dreams….just so cold, always so cold…..cant move…..cant sleep……close my eyes just for a second you can feel its breath, icey cold running down my spine chillin’ to the core…., then one day, i found the thermostat turned it upto 30 degrees and hey no problem, demons gone, got some great sleep, wonderful dreams of beaches babes and tequilas, a little dancing a little night life, all good……shame my central heating is on the blink tonight, looks like the beach party is over….just cant fall asleep….just got to stay awake…..so cold……so co…..zzzzzzzzz
Hey Marina, i was wondering where the phrase or saying “Nit-Picking” came from? you know what i mean right? i hear it alot and i guess when people use it, its ment to pick out little flaws in something. So i was just wondering where it came from. Thanx Marina!
Hey Darknight_lo. Marina did a video on the Hippo word. It’s listed in the Word / Lesson section at the top of the page. It’s listed as Sesqui-what on the video. But she will see your word request of Dark Night and make a note of it. So enjoy the Hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia video.
I have never heard of a fecal _nightmare_ before, although I did experience a rude awakening to find that our cat shat it the bathroom sink (the stinking little incubus).
It is a city in Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie (so named because it is really wierd). It serves as the bedroom community for those working in the more affluent city of Akron, some miles to the south. Its chief economic engine is the sewage plant that also treats Akron’s waste. The waste flow first enters what is known as a trash rack to pull out all solid objects greater than one inch in diameter. These objects are then classified, cleaned, evaluated, wrapped in old Macy’s boxes and put on Ebay. The resultant income funds about 86% of the city’s municiple budget. Thus the city is very green, although the plant workers are proud of their slogan, “Brownest town around.”
Hello Marina. I would like for you to investigate the word “tickle”. It is my favorite word in the entire English language. And I would certainly enjoy a chance to tickle your pretty feet! Thank you for your consideration and this wonderful service!
Hey Parchedsquid hows things going? I just checked the site for you and it works for me. Have you tried cleaning your cache “ie” history, cookies, old files and then reboot your computer, just a few little hints that may help. A good and free program for that is http://www.ccleaner.com/. It will do it all for you and evens cleans your registry of old unwanted files. Wish you luck
It was failing on both my home and work computer so I thought it was the site. But it could be something goofy like that. I am also using Google Chrome. Not sure if that’s involved… I will goof around with it later.
Any of the Mozilla products like SeaMonkey (my favorite) and FireFox have spellcheck. Adding WhiteSmoke will check your spelling as well as your grammar.
hey che, you have got rid of that beard….awesome, scared the crap out of me man.
great film too, the doors, surreal backward time, all them cops trying to stop a little fun…..not like these days HA! big bro says NO to fun people….police state is such a drag…when will they ever learn?
The ships capitain told his first mate to bring his red shirt.
The first mate said “Why the red shirt?”
The capitain said “We’re going into battle and if I get shot, I don’t want the crew to get scared if they see blood.”
As they were sailing toward the enemy, the first mate came to the capitain and said “Capitain, I can see the enemy and they have eleven ships.”
The capitain said “You better bring my brown pants!”
I heard that Hansen Gregory claims to have invented the ring shaped doughnut in 1847 aboard a lime-trading ship by punching a hole in the center of dough with the ship’s tin pepper box. Doughnuts have a disputed history so can you tell us where it came from and how it got its name?
Very good find cufan71… I think most of us can relate some how
Was going, no pun intended, down the beach in So Cal & stopped at a public restroom near that big ferris wheel on the beach place, walked in & walked back out again before I puked too. That vid. loo looked clean in comparison. I endured the pain but barely.
That actress in the clip, T.J. Myers, looks like a classy & well adjusted Lady, with a good sense of HaHa.
I’m having a Very Sexy Date with our teacher.
I go over to her house and I spend the rest of the evening being chased around the room by Gorby the Zombie Slayer.
Then I learn our Marina defines a Sexy Date as a Karate Workout Session.
I try to hide under the Magic Fluffy Rug.
She sits on top of me and Gorby goes Grrr Grrr pulling the rug.
I then wake up with a desire to have some Blue Berry Crepes at a restaurant called Blu Jam with our HotForWords.
All is well.
There I Gooo Ohhh.
Humm where did these bruises come from.
Looks like toes and knuckles.
Nightmare? Seriously guys, few things are as romantic as a Karate Workout session with Marina. Nothing like a few sparring sessions to build some heat.
Brains, beauty and the undoubted butt kicking ability. The perfect girlfriend.
i seldom have nightmares – and those i do usually come at times of stress, of course. then i dream of some harm coming to my children…a parent’s worse nightmare, i guess…
Please be patient… repeated requests do not help your case, Our Dear Teacher just doesn’t work that way. It is certain she has recieved your request, and parsed or vetted it for potential use. Some words have very interesting etymologies, some are simply not endowed with a rich enough history to make an appealing video. Please, PLEASE do not be discouraged! Please continue to request words, just not the same ones repeatedly, my friend.
Till she does (or doesn’t) make a video on the subject, here a couple of cool talks on the matter:
Please continue your valuable input and valued presence here at HFW!!! Your input is a welcome and wonderful addition to the site. You are a deep and thorough individual, and worthy of praise for all your positive input here at HFW!! Please know that I appreciate you and your opinions here at HFW.
Word request…goofy…..stuff….jazz…funky…silly…buzzed…hotheaded…draw and quartered…disembowl…slammer…jam…ferment…oops…fart…dopey…wink…lucky And, that is in one sitting folks in about 90 seconds…
My nightmare? I am worried. No Kobe (or is it Gorby now?). Was he the victim of a putsch? No Captain Jack. Capman is a ghost. Other trusty HFW denizens are vanishing (Mijj). Is this a pogrom? I am frightened. Is the HFW community under zombie attack? This is my nightmare…..or maybe it’s just Halloween.
Why do I have the feeling that Marina’s nightmare involves the sudden and unexplained disappearance of the Oxford English Dictionary from terrestrial existence? And somehow, she is the only person who remembers its existence in this version of the universe, where this piece of literature never existed?
I’ll be happy if you could tell me how close I am to guessing your nightmare correctly.
It’s OK, Marina, you can’t embarrass yourself in front of me and I will never intentionally hurt your feelings.
I would like to know why the prefix “homo” seems to have two very different meanings. One meaning is “man”, as in “homo sapiens”, or the words “hombre” or “homme”. The other meaning seems to be “same”, as in “homonym” or “homosexual”. And the term “homosexual” usually refers to men, with women of that genre being instead referred to as “lesbian”. Is that the connection between the words? What is going on here?
Lynn, I think your observation is a good one. I hope that Marina chooses to feature your question in one of her videos. In the mean time the difference is in the source language. Homo Sapiens means “wise man”. Here the word “homo” comes from Latin and means specifically a “male human being”. For the scientific nomenclature “homo” refers to “mankind” in general. In words like homonym, homophone, homosexual, etc. the portion “homo” comes from the Greek word “homos” which means “same”. Therefore we get “same sound” from homophone (homos + phone) and “same sex” or “same gender” for homosexual (homos + sexus). Interestingly, the term homosexual did not exist until the end of the 19th century, and is a hybrid word… a combination of Greek and Latin root words. Sexus is Latin, meaning “state of being male or female; gender.”
Sorry, I don’t mean to repost but I want to tell you what my “scariest” nightmare was.
I was at my old job I had three years ago when I was sixteen and I was standing by one of the machines that molded plastic. Suddenly six clear rubber tubes shot out of the machine. Two penetrated each side of my neck, two on each side of my ribs, and two into each of my legs. Then i was somehow chained to the machine and couldnt move. Then the tubes started pumping my blood and I could see three men who looked like a Human-Demon hyprid standing about 20 feet away watching me and laughing, then I woke up.
Word Request: Insane
Word Request: Clown
Word Request: Posse
You run an excellent show here, thanks to you I want to go to college for Philology along with Philosophy. I had never heard of Philology until yesterday when I came across one of your video’s on youtube. It sparked an interest in me that I never knew I had and I have already spent about 2 hours watching your videos today. You said in the staring contest video that you wanted to make learning fun, and you did. Many thanks and much respect.
Animal zombies are the best type of zombies.
I didn’t get to dream about any YET.
Once I dreamt that I was shooting at my zombie stalker, but he just wouldn’t give. He was pretty fast and very persistent. Finally when I ran out of bullets, I just teased him that he was slower than me, and that he should just give up, he’d never catch me.
It worked, but before I could enjoy my success, it was morning :/
Until the next time we meet zombie of my dreams. And I’ll get a bigger gun.
BULLSEYE A word request for you MARINA…Where did that come from for target shooting That has to be some fun research for you..maybe you could wear a matador hat while filming it..would that not be fun to do
MARINA…QUESTION…what happens to all the word requests when you do a remake..do they get destroyed, lost, or can you save them I had few good requests but forgot them and worried they are destroyed
WTF Are you talking to me??? My question was legitimate and your name is not Marina so I do not care what you have to say. Secondly, this name I have has been in use for three years either here or on other sites. Third, no one asked for your opinion so keep it to yourself and I will finish with the smiley face you used to keep it all warm and fuzzy around here
so your not capman? No ofense ment bro
Hahaha, darn, a case of mistaken identity.
He had a couple of alternate screen names, such as KillMooseAndSquirrel, MooseAndSquirrel and I thought this one was also one of his figments. (you know how fearless leader used to yell out Kill Moose and Squirrel!) We thought that it would be funny to make Marina say it, so Capman made the screen name and suggested words, just so he will be mentioned. Also I will add, that if Marina ever mentions your nick in her videos I will consider it a victory, since it’s just as funny.
I read his comments several weeks ago about wanting her to say a strange name and he commented on my name. Maybe that is why she never comments on any of my suggestions or has used one yet. I think she responded one time to use a suggestion but have not seen it so far. I even wonder if she really reads everything people type for some of it is really silly. Or, I am just plain wrong. Yea, I was offended but kept my cool for emails can be read wrong sometimes. And, I apprecitate your sincere apology for you had me shaken my head after reading my comment and then yours trying to interpret where the heck you comment came from other than left field. But, it makes sense now for capman did tell me he would find it funny to hear her say my name. and, why my name? Well, moose are a way of life in Alaska and dodged many with my car. I thought, how about bluemoose, chillymoose,frostymoose, but no luck on you tube using those names. I said, DAMN IT, and out of pure frustration and being goofy (WORD REQUEST…does she really read this stuff), NAKEDBULLWINKLE…well, no one thought that weird one up and the rest is history
I read her article that she wrote about not really liking Kobe Bryant and everyone she met that their dog’s name was Kobe so some one ask her if her dog was named Gorby. So the rest is in the article that she wrote and wanted us to vote on changing his name. I don’t think it’s a Halloween prank if it is Marina is being naughty with us again, which is fun. Here’s the link if you haven’t read it yet. I like Gorbachev who she named him after he changed Russia a lot. Gorby and Kobe sounds so much a like her dog probably want know the difference as the phonics are relatively very close.
Hey Nakedbullwinkle and Chemikal sorry for the misunderstanding between you two. As Chemikal said I have an alternate screen name of Moose and Squirrel. We were trying to get Marina to say squirrel to see if her Russian accent sounded like Boris and Natasha on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. Nakedbullwinkle I know I am not Marina, but if you will look in the Word / Lesson videos at the top of the page you will see if she does another vid the comments still stay with the original video. It’s just not you that she hasn’t done a request for. I am a TA and have been on here a long time and still haven’t gotten a word request by myself. I have been mentioned with others so don’t feel like she is ignoring you, she not. There are a lot of older members on here that haven’t gotten a request yet. Please be patient and she will get around to one of your requests.
TA Mike = Capman911 = Moose and Squirrel = Ghostrider is just for Halloween then it’s back to Capman911
Oh.. Mike, there you are!
Don’t worry about a thing, it’s all gay between us niggas
(gay=good and niggas=friends to avoid possible mix ups )
Please tell me how is it that Kobe is now called Gorby? Is it a Halloween thing?! (ANJ and Gorby Save Hot Girls from Stalin Zombies)
IS THAT some of the white carpet in her belly button hey, how about that word BELLY BUTTON for word request and get that carpet out of your belly button girl
No, no, no, you’ve got it all wrong. That’s not carpet in her belly button. She had a belly button piercing that went terribly wrong. You are actually looking completely through her, and of course, you see white carpet, which is in the background. When she is using the red carpet, you can see red through her belly button.
Cool, if this is a new trend, I’ll pierce my torso
And/Or one of my feet. That would make my walks to the store much more interesting, and painful
Get with the times people!
It’s her bellybutton pin, but not her bellybutton. She sent me a message and wanted to know how I got a picture of her that close. I finally fessed up and told her I found a picture that looked like her pin and she said back that indeed was her pin. So we can dream on fellows.
For extra credit: I give you a true post-nightmare scare.
I used to drive “over the hill” to Reno a lot for work. I could pull over any time day or night and snooze and my internal clock would wake me up exactly 20 minutes later (which never worked anywhere except in the car, for some reason). One night, with no moon, I parked facing a forest, which was pitch black. Soon I dreamed I was still driving, but I knew I was asleep, so I instantly awoke to save myself. All I could see was a dead-black windshield, so I jammed on the brakes with all my might, but since the wheels weren’t turning, there was no feel of brakes and I mentally pictured oiled, perfectly-slippery brake rotors allowing me to roll to my doom. About two very-long seconds later I realized the true situation. By then the adrenalin that had shot through me made sure I was awake the last hour home no problem. After that night, I always parked facing a light in the distance just in case it ever happened again.
Look for the sand runoff on the right Warren. I have seen a lot of those on some of my north and south travels. The state would put a long sand road or run off which went up a slight incline on the shoulder for trucks that lost their brakes. I would go pickup or deliver fire trucks to manufacturers in Flint Michigan and Ocala Florida. I recently was a transporter for vehicles for local dealers. Two or three of us will go to different states and pick up vehicles from GM or Ford to be brought back here. It was cheaper for them to send us than having a trailer truck deliver them.
Down below, CampKohler replied:
“Turn on the editing for me and turn it off for everyone else that doesn’t like the idea. Yeah, that’s the ticket!”
CK, you’re too funny.
How about this much, much better idea. Marnia gives me editing rights to your comments and you get to edit any user comments where that user contains twenty spaces in their name. I would be so very happy to edit your comments. Yeah, now that really fits the bill.
By the way, comparing this site to “current.com” (in terms of editing comments) is like comparing shiny apples to rotten raisins (”Current.com”).
“Current.com” barely has any threads, most responses are way below one hundred compared to any of Marina’s video pages which get in excess of 300+ comments in any one day. “Current.com” doesn’t have the community that this site has. If I am in error, please show me the way.
By the way, wasn’t Marnia supposed to be involved in some project on “Current.com”? Anyone know what’s going on with that?
I don’t know if this is a nightmare, but I dream about work alot. More so on heavy weaks. I get home from work, un wind, go to bed, dream of being at work, wake up, go to work, and think F**** I just left thi place.
hey I remember that Incubi Succubi video. When it came out, I was listening to band named “Inkubus Sukkubus” and wondered what that meant. What would I ever do without you, HotForWords?
Well..I guess i’d still be wondering what that means, until I went and researched it myself out of curiosity.
Oy! Firemen should not skate on thin ice – the hot skates will cut through the surface like a hot knife through butter.
Far better to butter me up …
No … forget I said that. Now you’re going to put up a video of “Last Tango in Paris”.
My worst nightmare occurred in a hospital while recovering from surgury. I was being treated (in the dream) by being fed bars of wax, which came in a box like gift bar soap. The wax would swell up a choke me. My mind brilliantly overcame this horror by making up a box of rolled up washcloths, which the doctors immediately accepted as an acceptable substitute. The towels did not choke, so I could breath. Later I was told that such wierd dreams were a side effect of the percodan and morphine combination I was receiving. If I ever entertained thoughts of taking drugs, it was cured by this for sure.
Marina, you can come suffocate me anytime in my sleep. Then we could have carnival relations.*
Joke:
A fellow was found eating yeast and vaseline. He was taken to the Hospital and the doctor informed about what he had ingested.
The doctor issued the prognonsis. He said the fellow would “Rise and shine.”
WORD REQUEST!!!!
The Croc hunter was known for his exclamation Krike
I have heard this recently in reruns in BBC shows from the early 90’s. Where did this word originate and does it realy mean anything?
thank you so much your dear student,
smokey
Dear совершенная Marina, Well, first of all, a dream of you having carnal relations with me is definitely not a nightmare! (Well, not for me, and I hope it’s not a nightmare for you, either! I’d want it to be good for you!) For your homework, I seldom have nightmares any more. I used to have them as a child. Now, the most difficult dream I’ve had is one in which I’m in a strange building and can’t locate something, such as a restroom, or a cafeteria, or a conference room! I hope you don’t have many nightmares, either.
Your dear student, seesixcm6
I haven’t had a nightmare in a looong time,but,back when I was 7yo or so I dreamed I was being chased by a big mean sheep. I ran and ran till I couldn’t run anymore,then,I turned and grabbed the sheep by the upper and lower jaws and ripped them apart,then,woke up. I don’t think that is very normal for a child.
The last nightmare (sort of) was when one of the two cats was on my bed “speaking English to me!” I freaked out!… like what is going on?… the cat told me… “if you are not going to be nice to me then I am going move to the HotForWords house!” Whoooa!
Actually, the cat winked and said “just kidding!”
Lol!! Sounds like a cool dream to Me,but then,I like cats. I just left the neighbors house and their grey tiger cat is the friendliest pussy ever born. It will dodge the pug just to jump in My lap and get some pettin.
Hey Che Volay that was great! I enjoyed the story. I grew up in Western Canada and out there poutine has risen in popularity over the years. It is like “deluxe” fries and gravy… just add chesse. Very good “scooby” snack!
My My what a conUndruM 2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma…………first you gotta know ?whom? your trying too tomb ToTmy rb carting be from the woods EYE know you may never heard the expression “a Roosevelt marries a Roosevelt” think more along the lines ” a Gabriella meets a GabriellB” what a lowly female to do is much to do about something. My Father owns everything he see and he see everything known and unknown, as his Father before him………..soa IosEEE
If Christmas is going to be anyway like Halloween I can’t wait. That was a great video with all of the scary scenes. Most of the time it looked like you didn’t have any legs below the knees. lol With all that screaming no wonder Gorby wasn’t no where to be seen. You scared the little fellow.
Your Halloween Shows get scarier and scarrier!! You are going to give me nightmares tonight probably…except…if the cartoon part of the show where you go in black and white wasn’t so funny. HAHAHA…
Homework (Quick, Kobe eat this one): I’m in a very tall building which was on fire. The fire was completely out of control and consuming the whole building below me. There was no way down. The flames kept creeping coming closer and closer, as the air got hotter and hotter, smoke becoming thicker and thicker. It became harder and harder to breath. Then suddenly I’m in the air falling. It rushes towards me. I wake up suddenly, screaming my lungs out and in a cold sweat.
Hate to burst the bubbles, but the absolute insistence of the casino capitalism that pervades the US and is spreading to ever more countries is
Thomas Jefferson (A former US President) said:
“I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a money aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.”
The Presidents that actually TRIED to take power away from the banks ended up very dead indeed (think Abraham Lincoln and J.F.K).
By the way, Stalinism is basically a very twisted form of “Communism”, created by a boy whose mind has been twisted trough years of being cooped up in a “BIG BROTHER” environment. There is nothing socialistic about a system that sanctions any form of corrupt and unjustifiable privileged. I could go on forever to try to explain things, but time is of the essence.
The economy should have served the people, but instead it is now in the hands of a few self serving rich that produce nothing and take everything. Socialism wouldn’t even need to exist if the former statement wasn’t so painfully true in reality. Economic systems can only work in the long term and prevent unnecessary wars and hardship if the main goal was, is and always will be to provide real hope for today and the future. Interestingly, the former statement explains what socialism, at its very core, is all about.
I know I will be barraged by all so many individuals after this post, and frankly I’ve seen worse. My sincere advice is to remove all forms of dogma from all our minds and seek the truth.
Hey Tok-715, I can answer that for you. The edit function would over load the site and the servers. We mention that to her before and that was pretty much Marina’s answer. You could always try WhiteSmoke.com that edits you sentence grammar and structure for you and leaves a clean comment.
An edit overloads the servers, but the original posts don’t? Phooey! I don’t believe it. I have been on BBSs that had full edit turned on and the single PC that hosted them had no problem keeping up and that was on a 1995’s PC. (Searching the entire archive of posts for a few keywords was a different matter, but they allowed that, too.) No, I think this was entirely an administrative decision, and a bad one at that. “KOBE, ATTACK! EAT THE BAD ADMINISTRATORS! THEY TASTE LIKE CHICKEN.”
In my own words, the way I see it is that the editing of comments makes the thread also useless. In other words if the first person said the sky is green and the second person said you’re a moron and then the first person edited the post to read the sky is blue, and the second person doesn’t correct his post, then you have a thread that is worthless. Might as well erase all comments and have a blank page after a few days.
When threads are left in granite, you have a historical account, with all the blunders and fubars intact. Much more fun that way. What if Marina edited her comment from April, I would never be able to quote her correctly. She does have editing rights, obviously.
So, I agree with Marina, no edit button.
For Marina:
What I recommend is this:
A “comment preview button” would be the most effective way to see how a comment looks. Lots of blogs have that already. Also, as Mike suggested, edit your stuff in Notepad or text editor, then do a careful second look and then post the comment. Develops character, you know.
Although an alternate method could be a timed edit button whereby you could edit a post within 5 minutes, after which the comment is in granite. I think that has been suggested many times and I’m sure there will always be one person who will complain about extending the time to 10 minutes, if you know what I mean.
OK, I’ve re-read everything… here I go, I push the submit button now…
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all know what people could do, but then we would have the benefit of that knowledge and could phrase replies accordingly if there was a worry. Take a look at current.com (which is wide open) and there seems to be no problems at all. Or is it that you fear that this site attracts a substandard crowd?
Socialism???
This idea has worked where?? OR when?? What Super Power?. And or, Would still be if the US did not protect it from Evil do-ers. Freedom is NOT FREE and Wealth is not a right. Just the Opportunity to be Wealthy is Free.
In a Free Society you also have to Opportunity to Fail. I have the right not to care if you do.
Starvation is the Great Motivator. Great Civilizations are taken down from within by it’s own People. By taking from the Do-ers and giving It to the Do-Nothing.
If you pay People for doing Nothing, You will get is a lot of ….. Nothing.
Behold! The Nightmare
Your video ending, with your hair bangs and glitchy video, reminded of the movie The Ring.
Am I going to die later after watching that?Oh wait, I don’t remember seeing any ring… so I guess I’m okay.
My scariest nightmare was about Halle Berry with fangs, red glowing eyes and long grey streaked black hair…
She also had an ugly white “baby” in her arms that looked the Fluke Man from that X-Files Episode… It also had bushy blond hair and blue eyes… It also had a mouth like a Lamprey eel…
I had that one Four Times in the Same Night!
What a blow out!!!!!!!!!!!
BUTT PLUGS.
I’d like to know how the word ’skinny’ became used as in “what’s the skinny?” Like, “What’s the skinny on this situation” or “What’s the skinny with this HotForWords girl? Is she available?”
N0o0o0o0o0o she’s dating Tony Romo.
Really???!!??, I guess I’ll return the ring.
Oh, wait, that’s Jessica. lol. I spaced.
“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.” Hannibal Lecter
You know Che I watched two of his Silence of the Lambs movies and have haven’t never eaten any fava beans. What do they look or taste like.
Fava Beans kind of like a Lima Bean, the Fava Beans I ate in Mexico are better than the package stuff I found in the US so far. It’s a big bean, grows in a pod. It makes an excellent soup base since it is rich in flavor, somewhat butter flavor.
I have two bags now in the cupboard so I’m off to cook some.
Che what did u think of the movie Doomsday?? since u seem to be into canibalism.
not into cannibalism, never saw the movie, only playing on a horror movie quote website.
Well, if you’ve ever laid eyes on Adriana Lima, i’d say…u would ditch the blonde hair/blue eyes girl…i said don’t let, don’t let it go to your head…girls like you are a dime a dozen, girls like you are a dime a dozen
What do you think “dime a dozen” means?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8siYJyDc8ng
Anybody want to go hunting. If you do it’s very graphic and violent towards the critters. This is why you don’t hunt with a 50 caliber rifle.
Rated PGV
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/1027556/
You are so bad, I don’t why I laughed at that but I did.
I shot ground squirrels with a 22 cal but that looks like a whole lot fun.
{ preparing myself for the backlash from the animal lovers }
I had a video of people getting shot by a sniper with a 50 caliber it tore them all to pieces.
“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.” Groucho Marx – Animal Crackers 1930
Here’s a Little Johnny joke. hehehe
At school little Johnny’s class is learning about medicines. Sister Catherine, the teacher, asks the pupils
what kind of medicines they know and what they are used for.
The first pupil said: ‘Tylenol?’
‘Very good! And what is it used for?’
‘It is used for a headache.’
The second pupil said: ‘Nytol.’
‘Excellent!’ said Sister Catherine. ‘And what it is used for?’
‘To help you sleep’, replied the student.
Now it is Johnny’s turn and he said: ‘Viagra.’
‘And what is it used for, Johnny?’ asked the surprised Sister Catherine.
‘It is used for diarrhea.’
‘And who told you this, Johnny?’
‘Nobody, but every evening my mother tells my father ‘take a Viagra, and
maybe yuh shit will get harder.”
Sister Catherine fainted.
Hello Marina.
I always had a fascination with the term/word “HeeBeeGeeBees”. Where in the world did this originate?
Failing that, where does “brainfart” come from?
dear, like chris crocker says, don’t just fuck anybody the first night, you don’t know what critters he’s got in them pants.
You what?
Someone once said that a brainfart was when a conversation briefly stops. I’m not sure what other ppl use that word for.
Marina, may I suggest a ideal costume for Halloween:
Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz you already have Toto just put Gorby in a basket; then put on a gingham (mini) dress and ruby shoes….wa la; I’ll go out Trick or Treating with you as the Tin Man, if you catch my drift.
Hey Che can I go I’ll dress up as John Holmes
You got the right equipment
or are you going to pack a fake salami 
you may wat to research his life before using such a joke
Thanks Stokes, I know his life and what eventually killed him. He was the only one I could think of that was so, well you know.
I have big hands and feet so what does that tell ya.
Tells me you pay more money for your shoes and your ring size is probably the same as your shoe size; Size 13 EE
It tells me that you better be packin’… ’cause you’re one goofy looking guy.
Sorry, Cap… When I read “big hands and feet” I imagined a clown. 
Paris Hilton has size 11 feet, so it’s okay to have big feet. Big hands, i’m not so sure.
Gorby??? She didn’t name her dog after the last Soviet leader. It’s Kobe (after the Japanese city because he’s such a “little earthquake?”).
Hey Che here’s you and Marina going trick or treating.
Che & Marina </a.
Again
This is more like I’m thinking Sexy Dorothy Costume
How about a Sexy Maid
Sure, Capman you can be the chauffeur and I’ll be the butler in the back of the limo playing with the sexy maid.
HI MARINA I WOULD LIKE TO TO ASK FOR THE WORD PROCASTINATION THANK YOU!
I was going to ask that but never got around to doing so.
I was going to request it tomorrow!
I was going to request it NEXT thursday.
I’ve just been waiting for someone else to request it, so now I don’t have to. Thanks!
My scariest nightmare is that Barack Obama loses the election.
Mine is that he should win
**DISCLAIMER**
Our difference of political views is NOT exclusive of a mutually respectful friendship. Just means that our votes on Election Day will cancel one another out…
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Which Obama do you like? The present middle of the road Obama running against McCain, or the leftist Obama that ran against Hillary?
Hi Marina, I would like to ask for the word “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”
It refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling the particles from a volcano.
Thanks
Word Request Smashing.
Marina, how did smashing come to mean, “anything uncommon, extraordinary or unusual, esp. unusually large or excellent.” (O.E.D.)
…..now it’s time for a song just because the band has the words Smashing Pumpkins in their name.
Time to change my Gravatar, I think.
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No longer a spirit…I’ve been resurrected
Thanks to Ambrose Bierce, all I had to do was pray…
PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
You cannot Petition the Load with Prayer
would have have been good if it worked properly
try again Doors
sometimes it works, but you know what I mean anyhow
I love it, Che… a propo, AND IRREVERENT, TOO!!
Bravo!
I got it to work Che. Cool video. Always liked the Doors
I do not want to marble my words. Block of marble and wondering the mental block, that this quote may have on nightmare’s comments. Does that carry on? MAMA—wordrequest, because, mammon and mamba are nouns and the dance of free milk sold the cow.
is there a connection between mammary gland and the baby crying “mama” 
lets just do the mambo 
Please state the names and quantities of drugs you have been taking.
scarey, eh! happy holiday all
HotForWords I’m studying for my final english exam tomorrow! And I just came across this word copemate. I looked it up and I think my brain was just blown to smithereens.
copemate:
1. An associate or friend.
2. An opponent or adversary
How can it be both?!
Holy mother fudger!
PLEASE PLEASE I don’t want to die. I love you.
Marry me.
There are more words that can mean two things that are opposites, e.g. cleave (to split apart or cling together). It would be interesting to know how they get that way, although the language could certainly do without the confusion.
Fat chance, slim chance, both mean the same.
A Nightmare.
Going a whole day without a new lesson from Marina.
I would like to request this word:
manipulative
Thank you, Marina.
Oh yeah I’ve got a good one. Has anybody heard of a song called Everyday is Halloween by Ministry?
http:// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HigWG9Sxv8&feature=related
I think my worst nightmare was when I fell off the Sears Tower from high above. What also happened is that I fell off my bed.
Hi, Marina. Congratulations on all of your success.
I’m wondering if you could research the word “copacetic”. It seems to have fallen out of common use, but it’s an interesting word with a mysterious past.
Thanks!
I second that word,
‘copacetic”
Marina words request define: Karma Sutra
Hi Marina,
Awhile back you did the origin of the word “deja vu” isn’t there another word called,”preja vu” or knowing you are going to experience deja vu before it happens?
and If you don’t mind me asking, if I would like to make a video request, can i make that request only as a video request? because, awhile back i received a reply to a post from a fellow member that you now only reply to video requests! is that true? unfortunately for me, im unable to do so
Anyway,
tc & thanks!
How about alzheimer vu, where you can’t quite remember what it was that you thought you might have again experienced once upon a time beforehand.
On the matter of requests, it appears that the frequency of requests for a particular item has the greatest bearing on a requests success, the exception being a video request that happens to strike her fancy.
wow! i never heard that one before!
And thanks for pointing out the matter on requests CampKohler! Well, I’ll just have to keep trying! as someone once said, Try, Try and Try, someday you can fly!
Ciao!
CAMELTOE
as in…GROSS!! I can see Marina’s cameltoe!
Whale Tail
Coin Slot
Smuggling a yo-yo
Moose-knuckles
Get with the times, Mr.Potato Head.
It’s a card swipe these days.
What is your costume for Halloween
will you be, let’s say a Tootsie Pop, a hard candy lollipop with a chewy Tootsie Roll underneath.
“How many Licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop”.
Toosie Pop
3.
Want some candy lil’t “girl” I’m giving out Sugar Daddy candy at my house. When your done Trick or Treating at the trailer park come on over.
You can suck on them all day long, “Everybody needs a Sugar Daddy”
For halloween, you need to disregard all the other ppl’s opinions on this website, and be a plug. And I will be the socket.
BOOLEAN
(1) True
(2) False
Yes, that’s what u are.
i knew you’d figure yourself out, u just needed a push in that direction.
I thought it was:
0 = False
1 = True
It doesn’t really matter which state is represented by zero and which by one; that’s just a matter of convenience for humans, who feel more comfortable with the idea that truth is of more value than falsity. The logic doesn’t care; the answer is the same no matter which method is used.
He: “YOU’RE WEARING TRUTHIES, AREN’T YOU?”
She: “YOU’LL NEVER SEE ‘EM.”
See, the answer’s the same!
Touche, CK! valid point, well made!
HAMBURGER.
Look
I’m under you tickling your buns
Don’t order the fries, they might be my relatives
Ah, the doe-eyed mr.potato head. U are always so boolean.
Hmm, the only nightmares I have anymore are of my ex-wife and her redneck family…
Hello Dear teacher.
I would like to know abiut the phase…
” Tickle My Fancy”
Thanks!
Tickled-pink sounds hotter.
Hello Marina i have a word request. Could you please do the word. PROPAGANDA Things are getting bad. Where do we go from here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPmaHF3R3e8
Hi stokes jrj\I COULD you you investigate the word HYPOCRITE you are a very good one
Y do you say that?
hmm sounds like you must not have asked something before you did something.
danielpool, never mistake the things a person sees other do or things a person overhears from others as the things that a subject person have done. It could very well be interpeted not correctly as against said subject.
HYPOCRITE something u should discuss with mother
don’t sell me your bullshit propaganda, turd monkey.
Is that the turd monkey from the left or from the right?
You tell him rosiecheeks
say it, sistah.
EVERYONE request the orgin of the word BREASTS!
Word/Phase Request – ‘dead as a door nail’
That’s a really good one. I always wondered why a door nail would be any deader than, say, a boot nail, roofing nail or any other kind of pointed, threadless wood fastener.
Could it have anything to do with the reputed punishment of excoriation, practised by our barbaric ancestors, for those “convicted” of such heinous crimes as Treason, Lese Majeste, and for foreign invaders captured in the acts of pillage and plunder.
This punishment involved the accused being flayed alive and their skin nailed to a door of a public building, often a church, as an example to the common people of what they should expect if engaging in similar crimes.
Many of such tales have been dismissed as folk legends, but that would not have prevented the tales from giving rise to a colloquial expression.
How DO you manage to retain all this stuff? You’re truly amazing, Bob. While slumming some old posts in an effort to reduce the backlog of lessons that slipped past me while I battled the dark forces of academia, I ran across this posting in regard to Che’s request, [dead as a doornail].
The link you posted here is of interest to me because one bloodline in my admittedly tangled lineage has been directly traced to the House of Essex and ostensibly to the ill-fated Earl of Essex who apparently was granted the poverbial axe by order of her majesty Queen Elizabeth I. My dad has a photocopy of the Death Warrant signed by Elizabeth that he keeps for conversation value.
Gee, I’m so very proud… 
But I digress.
Regardless of its true origin, I believe that the power of creative alliteration has probably played a major role in the persistence of this expression in our language over the generations. It sounds much more poetic than, say, “Dead as a fieldstone” would. “Dead as a Dane’s hide parching in the sun on the sanctuary door” just doesn’t seem to transmit quite the same verbal panache either. Thanks for bringing this bit of historic trivia to light.
Well, what a hell of a coincidence!
Devereux is one of my family’s names which family legend says has been passed down through the eldest son of each generation from the same Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex.
I don’t carry the name myself as my father was a second born, but could it be that you and I are distantly related?
Enquiring minds MUST investigate.
Kent, did I ask you this one before?
Essex, Wessex, and Sussex were named after (respectively) the East, West, and South Saxons. Why is there no county named after the North Saxons? Did they all die out?
We’re probably more closely related than either of us imagine, if that’s the case. My uncle, father of the aforementioned cousin, was not the first born son of his generation but one of his older brothers died of polio as a youth, and I’m not positive but I’m pretty sure it was the eldest son, which leaves the gate open for speculation. This is wild.
We may have to consult the gene genie. You know, Bob, I always had a sneaking suspicion something was terribly wrong with you.
We should try to figure out a way to communicate via email.
-Kent
Yes, too bad there isn’t a private messaging facility on this site, however, now you have the privileges of a TA, you have access to Marina’s back end (
Sorry Marina, I didn’t mean it like that 
) so you should be able to get my email that way. If that doesn’t work, you can get it from Captain Jack; or you could Tweet me at https://twitter.com/2486Bob.
I handed over all my family history stuff to my sister who is researching another branch of the family, so I shall have to get it back to see if we can find a link.
By the way, it occurs to me that Kent is a strange name for an Earl of Essex, or has it just slipped south over the years, like so many other things do?
TAs do not have backend access. There are different levels of access to the backend. I have limited access for the function of posting and some maintenance tasks.
I’ll take care of forwarding your email as per request.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUkN2dXCe4
and for you
I don’t know what that had to do with the discussion at hand. However, the facial animation was very good, but the snowboarding was way to fast to be realistic.
Last night I had a nightmare that I was just Half a Man.
Main article: Laplace’s demon
Laplace strongly believed in causal determinism, which is expressed in the following quote from the introduction to the Essai:
“ We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future. An intellect which at a certain moment would know all forces that set nature in motion, and all positions of all items of which nature is composed, if this intellect were also vast enough to submit these data to analysis, it would embrace in a single formula the movements of the greatest bodies of the universe and those of the tiniest atom; for such an intellect nothing would be uncertain and the future just like the past would be present before its eyes.[21] ”
This intellect is often referred to as Laplace’s demon (in the same vein as Maxwell’s demon). Note that the description of the hypothetical intellect described above by Laplace as a demon does not come from Laplace, but from later biographers: Laplace saw himself as a scientist that hoped that humanity would progress in a better scientific understanding of the world, which, if and when eventually completed, would still need a tremendous calculating power to compute it all in a single instant
IN REGARDS TO QUOTE
Hey, I had that idea, too, but my example was of a room full of pingpong balls. Unfortunately, the Heisenberg principle states Mother Nature’s striction that you can know where a particle is or it’s velocity, but not both simultaneously. Therefore, even an intellect that could analize all the matter in the universe could not determine what its future state would be. If it could, then it would follow that what took place took place because that was the only possible outcome. And that would mean that we had no free will. Thus we have free will precisely because of that which cannot be precisely known.
For your homework, go to the mall and grab a cutie by the butt. Try to get out of it by explaining that there is no free will and you grabbed him/her because that was the only thing that could possibly happen. If you get away with it, you will be the first to prove Heisenberg wrong and will win the Nobel prize (not for physics, but for extemporaneous speaking).
“It was the worst nightmare I ever had. You wouldn’t believe it.”
“Matter of fact, I had a bad dream last night myself.”
“I had a hard on this morning when I woke up, Tina, it had your name written all over it.”
“There’s four letters in my name, Rod. How could there be room on you joint for four letters?”
“Hey… up yours with a twirling lawnmower!”
Quote from A Nightmare on Elm Street
Too scary and personal.. the nightmare..
nightmares, huh, every night….hense insomnia…almost becoming a master of my own dreams….just so cold, always so cold…..cant move…..cant sleep……close my eyes just for a second you can feel its breath, icey cold running down my spine chillin’ to the core…., then one day, i found the thermostat turned it upto 30 degrees and hey no problem, demons gone, got some great sleep, wonderful dreams of beaches babes and tequilas, a little dancing a little night life, all good……shame my central heating is on the blink tonight, looks like the beach party is over….just cant fall asleep….just got to stay awake…..so cold……so co…..zzzzzzzzz
Marina, The word toast, as ” You’re toast, motherf****r”. Thanks
That is like “I eat _____ like you for breakfast.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUkN2dXCe4
for you 2
Dear Marina,
I’m curios about the origins of the word exuberant.
Hey Marina, i was wondering where the phrase or saying “Nit-Picking” came from? you know what i mean right? i hear it alot and i guess when people use it, its ment to pick out little flaws in something. So i was just wondering where it came from. Thanx Marina!
I have a 2 words I would like to recommend. One, is Dark Knight and the other is Hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. It is an actual word yes
thank you!
Hey Darknight_lo. Marina did a video on the Hippo word. It’s listed in the Word / Lesson section at the top of the page. It’s listed as Sesqui-what on the video. But she will see your word request of Dark Night and make a note of it. So enjoy the Hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobia video.
Thanks for the link. Great lesson!
I was curious where the term mate as in the first mate came from. That and if it has any thing to do the other uses of the word.
i was wonder how people used the word jerk in food sense?
I have never heard of a fecal _nightmare_ before, although I did experience a rude awakening to find that our cat shat it the bathroom sink (the stinking little incubus).
Me and my friends are HUGE harry potter fans and we were wondering where the word Mortal came from
SHOOT yourself.
What is the difference between Sympathy and Empathy???!!!
I have had an ongoing debate with a friend for about 3 years on this subject. You would totally settle it between the two of us.
SY and E.
Good video Marina it was very interesting you did a very good job on the special effects
Word Request
provocative
si, senor.
Buenos Diaz rosiecheeks!
what is the origan of the word “cleavage”
It is a city in Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie (so named because it is really wierd). It serves as the bedroom community for those working in the more affluent city of Akron, some miles to the south. Its chief economic engine is the sewage plant that also treats Akron’s waste. The waste flow first enters what is known as a trash rack to pull out all solid objects greater than one inch in diameter. These objects are then classified, cleaned, evaluated, wrapped in old Macy’s boxes and put on Ebay. The resultant income funds about 86% of the city’s municiple budget. Thus the city is very green, although the plant workers are proud of their slogan, “Brownest town around.”
It’s true, I tell you.
so their hometown motto is “Cleve unto me”?…
Hello Marina. I would like for you to investigate the word “tickle”.
It is my favorite word in the entire English language. And I would certainly enjoy a chance to tickle your pretty feet! Thank you for your consideration and this wonderful service! 
Hi Marina,
Love the site. Just thought I’d mention that the “Random Lesson” link has been broken for me for a few days (maybe a week).
Cheers!
Hey Parchedsquid hows things going? I just checked the site for you and it works for me. Have you tried cleaning your cache “ie” history, cookies, old files and then reboot your computer, just a few little hints that may help. A good and free program for that is http://www.ccleaner.com/. It will do it all for you and evens cleans your registry of old unwanted files. Wish you luck
TA Mike = Capman911
Thanks Mike,
It was failing on both my home and work computer so I thought it was the site. But it could be something goofy like that. I am also using Google Chrome. Not sure if that’s involved… I will goof around with it later.
the orign of needle in a hey stack
Marina, you really, really need to turn on the spellchecker.
Yue are sew wright! Wee nead spellckeck BED!!!!
Reel lee, a spell cheque applique wood bee of little ewes four us what knot no gram mar.
Any of the Mozilla products like SeaMonkey (my favorite) and FireFox have spellcheck. Adding WhiteSmoke will check your spelling as well as your grammar.
My most recent nightmare contained a presidential candidate named, Barack Obama, becoming president. Vote for John McCain.
I think I had that same dream.
……now is the time for some morning music (US West coast edition) Waiting For The Sun
….some seasonal music Indian Summer – The Doors
This song is more fitting for the weather here in Scotland.
….oh I thought you were in England,…..what time is tea time 3:00PM?
…yes great minds, yes sir you are so right & did you get the link to ‘bier’ website
Tea-time is whenever you feel like having
ita cup of tea.Yes, I got the link, thanks; nothing special compared to MFHW, though.
….MFHW???
{slap fingers}
MHFW.
OK?
hey che, you have got rid of that beard….awesome, scared the crap out of me man.
great film too, the doors, surreal backward time, all them cops trying to stop a little fun…..not like these days HA! big bro says NO to fun people….police state is such a drag…when will they ever learn?
can you investigate ‘hamburger’
WORD IS:HAMBURGER
The ships capitain told his first mate to bring his red shirt.
The first mate said “Why the red shirt?”
The capitain said “We’re going into battle and if I get shot, I don’t want the crew to get scared if they see blood.”
As they were sailing toward the enemy, the first mate came to the capitain and said “Capitain, I can see the enemy and they have eleven ships.”
The capitain said “You better bring my brown pants!”
I heard that Hansen Gregory claims to have invented the ring shaped doughnut in 1847 aboard a lime-trading ship by punching a hole in the center of dough with the ship’s tin pepper box. Doughnuts have a disputed history so can you tell us where it came from and how it got its name?
I keep having a horrible vision of Obama winning the presidentail race. Oh wait… That may be real!! ARGHHH!!!
NIGHTMARE ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
oh yeah , and by the way i don’t remember having any nightmares . I have a lot of weird dreams though
wow, real scary effects there , must be a good video editing software , im getting one
Hi Marina!
Was this your nightmare? POOP
Nice Music!!
To go by.
Kewl video beautiful lady. I would lend her a hankie any time.
Hello Ghost Rider,
Here’s a scary prank.
This was a related video.
This was creepy.
CUfan that’s a great web site, my fav is the Border Partrol
Funny! Thanks for the link to new vids.
bowel movement, no time like the right time—bloom on
Very good find cufan71… I think most of us can relate some how
Was going, no pun intended, down the beach in So Cal & stopped at a public restroom near that big ferris wheel on the beach place, walked in & walked back out again before I puked too. That vid. loo looked clean in comparison. I endured the pain but barely.
That actress in the clip, T.J. Myers, looks like a classy & well adjusted Lady, with a good sense of HaHa.
My nightmare.
I’m having a Very Sexy Date with our teacher.
I go over to her house and I spend the rest of the evening being chased around the room by Gorby the Zombie Slayer.
Then I learn our Marina defines a Sexy Date as a Karate Workout Session.
I try to hide under the Magic Fluffy Rug.
She sits on top of me and Gorby goes Grrr Grrr pulling the rug.
I then wake up with a desire to have some Blue Berry Crepes at a restaurant called Blu Jam with our HotForWords.
All is well.
There I Gooo Ohhh.
Humm where did these bruises come from.
Looks like toes and knuckles.
Hey at least she didn’t start singing Karaoke
Talk about a nightmare 
Just kidding! 
Good one Cufan71. That was a great add on.
Capman
That was a good nightmare and imagination to think up all those things Wetsuit.
Nightmare? Seriously guys, few things are as romantic as a Karate Workout session with Marina. Nothing like a few sparring sessions to build some heat.
Brains, beauty and the undoubted butt kicking ability. The perfect girlfriend.
I’d like to know where amaneunsis came from
word request: hole shot and a nice meal http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/paula-deens-roasted-pork-tenderloin-with-root-vegetables?GT1=47002
http://www.holeshotwheels.com/
mine is when i just learned swimming and i dreamt i was being chased by a shark who bit off my fingers
I have a word request: Wimp/Wimpy
i seldom have nightmares – and those i do usually come at times of stress, of course. then i dream of some harm coming to my children…a parent’s worse nightmare, i guess…
that’s all i remember…
stay sweet…
Naughty
Intelligent
Gaudy
Hot
Talented
Modest
Antics
Realist
Energic
“May all your dreams come true” is not really a great thing to say to someone who is prone to nightmares, I guess.
L-O-Friggin-L!!!!!!!!!!
Отличное видео Марина! Мне лично очень понравилось!))
Вот мой ЗАПРОС ORIGAMI
Спасибо
My russian is little rusty but think he has word request for Origami
Glad I picked scissors.
Here’s what he said.
Excellent video Marina! I personally would like it!))
Here’s my request ORIGAMI
Thank you
Capman
yes it’s my request!
Pavel, Friend…
Please be patient… repeated requests do not help your case, Our Dear Teacher just doesn’t work that way. It is certain she has recieved your request, and parsed or vetted it for potential use. Some words have very interesting etymologies, some are simply not endowed with a rich enough history to make an appealing video. Please, PLEASE do not be discouraged! Please continue to request words, just not the same ones repeatedly, my friend.
Till she does (or doesn’t) make a video on the subject, here a couple of cool talks on the matter:
[Origami 1]
[Origami 2]
Please continue your valuable input and valued presence here at HFW!!! Your input is a welcome and wonderful addition to the site. You are a deep and thorough individual, and worthy of praise for all your positive input here at HFW!! Please know that I appreciate you and your opinions here at HFW.
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Try again:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bruno_bowden_folds_while_rufus_cappadocia_plays.html
Thank you Fianchetto for your videos! they are really pretty! I hope Marina appreciate my requests like you.
Ciao,
Pavel ^_^
Word request…goofy…..stuff….jazz…funky…silly…buzzed…hotheaded…draw and quartered…disembowl…slammer…jam…ferment…oops…fart…dopey…wink…lucky
And, that is in one sitting folks in about 90 seconds… 
spam
Dear Marina,
My nightmare? I am worried. No Kobe (or is it Gorby now?). Was he the victim of a putsch? No Captain Jack. Capman is a ghost. Other trusty HFW denizens are vanishing (Mijj). Is this a pogrom? I am frightened. Is the HFW community under zombie attack? This is my nightmare…..or maybe it’s just Halloween.
Q
I wonder if Marina ever dreams of words…
Why do I have the feeling that Marina’s nightmare involves the sudden and unexplained disappearance of the Oxford English Dictionary from terrestrial existence? And somehow, she is the only person who remembers its existence in this version of the universe, where this piece of literature never existed?
I’ll be happy if you could tell me how close I am to guessing your nightmare correctly.
It’s OK, Marina, you can’t embarrass yourself in front of me and I will never intentionally hurt your feelings.
I love your classes!
I would like to know why the prefix “homo” seems to have two very different meanings. One meaning is “man”, as in “homo sapiens”, or the words “hombre” or “homme”. The other meaning seems to be “same”, as in “homonym” or “homosexual”. And the term “homosexual” usually refers to men, with women of that genre being instead referred to as “lesbian”. Is that the connection between the words? What is going on here?
Thanks! You’re the best…
Lynn
Lynn, I think your observation is a good one. I hope that Marina chooses to feature your question in one of her videos. In the mean time the difference is in the source language. Homo Sapiens means “wise man”. Here the word “homo” comes from Latin and means specifically a “male human being”. For the scientific nomenclature “homo” refers to “mankind” in general. In words like homonym, homophone, homosexual, etc. the portion “homo” comes from the Greek word “homos” which means “same”. Therefore we get “same sound” from homophone (homos + phone) and “same sex” or “same gender” for homosexual (homos + sexus). Interestingly, the term homosexual did not exist until the end of the 19th century, and is a hybrid word… a combination of Greek and Latin root words. Sexus is Latin, meaning “state of being male or female; gender.”
If you remember your Greek mythology, the word “lesbian” comes to us from the Island of Lesbos, the home of Sappho.
Sorry, I don’t mean to repost but I want to tell you what my “scariest” nightmare was.
I was at my old job I had three years ago when I was sixteen and I was standing by one of the machines that molded plastic. Suddenly six clear rubber tubes shot out of the machine. Two penetrated each side of my neck, two on each side of my ribs, and two into each of my legs. Then i was somehow chained to the machine and couldnt move. Then the tubes started pumping my blood and I could see three men who looked like a Human-Demon hyprid standing about 20 feet away watching me and laughing, then I woke up.
You can’t blame them for laughing; it was pretty funny.
Why would that be funny?
You had to be there.
Word Request: Insane
Word Request: Clown
Word Request: Posse
You run an excellent show here, thanks to you I want to go to college for Philology along with Philosophy. I had never heard of Philology until yesterday when I came across one of your video’s on youtube. It sparked an interest in me that I never knew I had and I have already spent about 2 hours watching your videos today. You said in the staring contest video that you wanted to make learning fun, and you did. Many thanks and much respect.
Scariest thing ever!…Marina does a good job on clowns, with this video…have a clown-full day
word request: Tummy
waterless cookware
No, that’s Tupperware.
CampKohler replied on October 29th, 2008 12:01 pm:
No, that’s Tupperware.
no its cookwear
cookware
Animal zombies are the best type of zombies.
I didn’t get to dream about any YET.
Once I dreamt that I was shooting at my zombie stalker, but he just wouldn’t give. He was pretty fast and very persistent. Finally when I ran out of bullets, I just teased him that he was slower than me, and that he should just give up, he’d never catch me.
It worked, but before I could enjoy my success, it was morning :/
Until the next time we meet zombie of my dreams. And I’ll get a bigger gun.
“It worked, but before I could enjoy my success, it was morning” see he did catch you,., you bumped right into him “morning”.
and Time keeps marching on
request : Gentleman
Cannot resist…….request….white trash…..
BULLSEYE
A word request for you MARINA…Where did that come from for target shooting 
That has to be some fun research for you..maybe you could wear a matador hat while filming it..would that not be fun to do 
MARINA…QUESTION…what happens to all the word requests when you do a remake..do they get destroyed, lost, or can you save them
I had few good requests but forgot them and worried they are destroyed 
yea well, if you change your screen name once every week, that would make it harder to keep track of your posts
WTF
Are you talking to me??? My question was legitimate and your name is not Marina so I do not care what you have to say. Secondly, this name I have has been in use for three years either here or on other sites. Third, no one asked for your opinion so keep it to yourself and I will finish with the smiley face you used to keep it all warm and fuzzy around here 
so your not capman? No ofense ment bro
Hahaha, darn, a case of mistaken identity.
He had a couple of alternate screen names, such as KillMooseAndSquirrel, MooseAndSquirrel and I thought this one was also one of his figments. (you know how fearless leader used to yell out Kill Moose and Squirrel!) We thought that it would be funny to make Marina say it, so Capman made the screen name and suggested words, just so he will be mentioned. Also I will add, that if Marina ever mentions your nick in her videos I will consider it a victory, since it’s just as funny.
I read his comments several weeks ago about wanting her to say a strange name and he commented on my name. Maybe that is why she never comments on any of my suggestions or has used one yet. I think she responded one time to use a suggestion but have not seen it so far. I even wonder if she really reads everything people type for some of it is really silly. Or, I am just plain wrong. Yea, I was offended but kept my cool for emails can be read wrong sometimes. And, I apprecitate your sincere apology for you had me shaken my head after reading my comment and then yours trying to interpret where the heck you comment came from other than left field. But, it makes sense now for capman did tell me he would find it funny to hear her say my name. and, why my name? Well, moose are a way of life in Alaska and dodged many with my car. I thought, how about bluemoose, chillymoose,frostymoose, but no luck on you tube using those names. I said, DAMN IT, and out of pure frustration and being goofy (WORD REQUEST…does she really read this stuff), NAKEDBULLWINKLE…well, no one thought that weird one up and the rest is history
Sorry Chemikal for the mixup
Mike Capman911
I read her article that she wrote about not really liking Kobe Bryant and everyone she met that their dog’s name was Kobe so some one ask her if her dog was named Gorby. So the rest is in the article that she wrote and wanted us to vote on changing his name. I don’t think it’s a Halloween prank if it is Marina is being naughty with us again, which is fun.
Here’s the link if you haven’t read it yet. I like Gorbachev who she named him after he changed Russia a lot. Gorby and Kobe sounds so much a like her dog probably want know the difference as the phonics are relatively very close. 
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/28/gorby/
Hey Nakedbullwinkle and Chemikal sorry for the misunderstanding between you two. As Chemikal said I have an alternate screen name of Moose and Squirrel. We were trying to get Marina to say squirrel to see if her Russian accent sounded like Boris and Natasha on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. Nakedbullwinkle I know I am not Marina, but if you will look in the Word / Lesson videos at the top of the page you will see if she does another vid the comments still stay with the original video. It’s just not you that she hasn’t done a request for. I am a TA and have been on here a long time and still haven’t gotten a word request by myself. I have been mentioned with others so don’t feel like she is ignoring you, she not. There are a lot of older members on here that haven’t gotten a request yet. Please be patient and she will get around to one of your requests.
TA Mike = Capman911 = Moose and Squirrel = Ghostrider is just for Halloween then it’s back to Capman911
Oh.. Mike, there you are!
)
Don’t worry about a thing, it’s all gay between us niggas
(gay=good and niggas=friends to avoid possible mix ups
Please tell me how is it that Kobe is now called Gorby? Is it a Halloween thing?! (ANJ and Gorby Save Hot Girls from Stalin Zombies)
IS THAT some of the white carpet in her belly button
hey, how about that word BELLY BUTTON for word request and get that carpet out of your belly button girl 
No, no, no, you’ve got it all wrong. That’s not carpet in her belly button. She had a belly button piercing that went terribly wrong. You are actually looking completely through her, and of course, you see white carpet, which is in the background. When she is using the red carpet, you can see red through her belly button.
It’s true, I tell you.
wow……..
I thought I saw chewing gum in her tummy…mommy said never swallow your chewing gum or it would be a big ball and kill you..arhhhhhggggghh
Cool, if this is a new trend, I’ll pierce my torso
And/Or one of my feet. That would make my walks to the store much more interesting, and painful
Get with the times people!
Hey Nakedbullwinkle this is her bellybutton pin that you see. And yes this is her pin.
http://i34.tinypic.com/30iw1z8.jpg
But her belly button is that really, hmm?
How did you zoom in so close without distortion?
It’s her bellybutton pin, but not her bellybutton. She sent me a message and wanted to know how I got a picture of her that close. I finally fessed up and told her I found a picture that looked like her pin and she said back that indeed was her pin. So we can dream on fellows.
…..betcha from know on she will clean the lint out
Navel lint goes good with toe jam.
…..{ pssst…Mike go to the learn/practice page and click on the belly button jewelry link. See what kind of mischief I been up to. }
Absolutely gorgeous
For extra credit: I give you a true post-nightmare scare.
I used to drive “over the hill” to Reno a lot for work. I could pull over any time day or night and snooze and my internal clock would wake me up exactly 20 minutes later (which never worked anywhere except in the car, for some reason). One night, with no moon, I parked facing a forest, which was pitch black. Soon I dreamed I was still driving, but I knew I was asleep, so I instantly awoke to save myself. All I could see was a dead-black windshield, so I jammed on the brakes with all my might, but since the wheels weren’t turning, there was no feel of brakes and I mentally pictured oiled, perfectly-slippery brake rotors allowing me to roll to my doom. About two very-long seconds later I realized the true situation. By then the adrenalin that had shot through me made sure I was awake the last hour home no problem. After that night, I always parked facing a light in the distance just in case it ever happened again.
Hahaha, funny situation, funny reaction and a funny way to violate your brakes.
I do feel bad about the scare you had, but it sure was funny 
Huahuahua 
I drive for a living and my nightmare always involves no brakes while I’m driving down a hill.
Look for the sand runoff on the right Warren. I have seen a lot of those on some of my north and south travels. The state would put a long sand road or run off which went up a slight incline on the shoulder for trucks that lost their brakes. I would go pickup or deliver fire trucks to manufacturers in Flint Michigan and Ocala Florida. I recently was a transporter for vehicles for local dealers. Two or three of us will go to different states and pick up vehicles from GM or Ford to be brought back here. It was cheaper for them to send us than having a trailer truck deliver them.
Down below, CampKohler replied:
“Turn on the editing for me and turn it off for everyone else that doesn’t like the idea. Yeah, that’s the ticket!”
CK, you’re too funny.
Yeah, now that really fits the bill.
How about this much, much better idea. Marnia gives me editing rights to your comments and you get to edit any user comments where that user contains twenty spaces in their name. I would be so very happy to edit your comments.
By the way, comparing this site to “current.com” (in terms of editing comments) is like comparing shiny apples to rotten raisins (”Current.com”).
“Current.com” barely has any threads, most responses are way below one hundred compared to any of Marina’s video pages which get in excess of 300+ comments in any one day. “Current.com” doesn’t have the community that this site has. If I am in error, please show me the way.
By the way, wasn’t Marnia supposed to be involved in some project on “Current.com”? Anyone know what’s going on with that?
I don’t know if this is a nightmare, but I dream about work alot. More so on heavy weaks. I get home from work, un wind, go to bed, dream of being at work, wake up, go to work, and think F**** I just left thi place.
Solution : watch HFW videos right before you go to bed, and if you still dream of being at work, then your a hopeless case
Hope I helped :>
Or put a picture of Marina on the ceiling right above your bed so that is the last thing you see before going to sleep.
hey I remember that Incubi Succubi video. When it came out, I was listening to band named “Inkubus Sukkubus” and wondered what that meant. What would I ever do without you, HotForWords?
Well..I guess i’d still be wondering what that means, until I went and researched it myself out of curiosity.
Robert Englund ROCKS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpYCoovfnRs
this is a picker, we youse cotton strippers here basic same
Dracula has a daymare
Dang I thought it was Bob for a moment.
Tweetypie
Oy!
Firemen should not skate on thin ice – the hot skates will cut through the surface like a hot knife through butter.
Far better to butter me up …
No … forget I said that. Now you’re going to put up a video of “Last Tango in Paris”.
Last Tango In Paris
Last Tango with Paris Hilton for you, Matey.
@ Bob Paris Hilton’s crotch crickets
My worst nightmare occurred in a hospital while recovering from surgury. I was being treated (in the dream) by being fed bars of wax, which came in a box like gift bar soap. The wax would swell up a choke me. My mind brilliantly overcame this horror by making up a box of rolled up washcloths, which the doctors immediately accepted as an acceptable substitute. The towels did not choke, so I could breath. Later I was told that such wierd dreams were a side effect of the percodan and morphine combination I was receiving. If I ever entertained thoughts of taking drugs, it was cured by this for sure.
Marina, you can come suffocate me anytime in my sleep. Then we could have carnival relations.*
—-
*Just clowning around.
Joke:
A fellow was found eating yeast and vaseline. He was taken to the Hospital and the doctor informed about what he had ingested.
The doctor issued the prognonsis. He said the fellow would “Rise and shine.”
WORD REQUEST!!!!
The Croc hunter was known for his exclamation Krike
I have heard this recently in reruns in BBC shows from the early 90’s. Where did this word originate and does it realy mean anything?
thank you so much your dear student,
smokey
Hi Marina! In this political season, what is the origin of the word, “hoopla”?
I find it interesting that the indo-european “mer” found its way into French as “the sea.”
Dear совершенная Marina, Well, first of all, a dream of you having carnal relations with me is definitely not a nightmare! (Well, not for me, and I hope it’s not a nightmare for you, either! I’d want it to be good for you!) For your homework, I seldom have nightmares any more. I used to have them as a child. Now, the most difficult dream I’ve had is one in which I’m in a strange building and can’t locate something, such as a restroom, or a cafeteria, or a conference room! I hope you don’t have many nightmares, either.
Your dear student, seesixcm6
I haven’t had a nightmare in a looong time,but,back when I was 7yo or so I dreamed I was being chased by a big mean sheep. I ran and ran till I couldn’t run anymore,then,I turned and grabbed the sheep by the upper and lower jaws and ripped them apart,then,woke up. I don’t think that is very normal for a child.
The last nightmare (sort of) was when one of the two cats was on my bed “speaking English to me!” I freaked out!… like what is going on?… the cat told me… “if you are not going to be nice to me then I am going move to the HotForWords house!” Whoooa!
Actually, the cat winked and said “just kidding!”
Lol!! Sounds like a cool dream to Me,but then,I like cats. I just left the neighbors house and their grey tiger cat is the friendliest pussy ever born. It will dodge the pug just to jump in My lap and get some pettin.
David have you see this report about Poutine
Hey Che Volay that was great! I enjoyed the story. I grew up in Western Canada and out there poutine has risen in popularity over the years. It is like “deluxe” fries and gravy… just add chesse. Very good “scooby” snack!
My My what a conUndruM 2. A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma…………first you gotta know ?whom? your trying too tomb ToTmy
rb carting be from the woods EYE know you may never heard the expression “a Roosevelt marries a Roosevelt” think more along the lines ” a Gabriella meets a GabriellB” what a lowly female to do is much to do about something. My Father owns everything he see and he see everything known and unknown, as his Father before him………..soa IosEEE
http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJZuL50iFY#t=2m50s
Thank you Marina, your Halloween lessons are a great enjoyment.
{muuuwah! blowing a big kiss your way
If Christmas is going to be anyway like Halloween I can’t wait. That was a great video with all of the scary scenes. Most of the time it looked like you didn’t have any legs below the knees. lol With all that screaming no wonder Gorby wasn’t no where to be seen. You scared the little fellow.
Capman911
……now is the time for Nightmare Rap – Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff
Dear Marina,
Your Halloween Shows get scarier and scarrier!! You are going to give me nightmares tonight probably…except…if the cartoon part of the show where you go in black and white wasn’t so funny. HAHAHA…
YS,
TOF
Where does the word Yore come from?
How about Jack-o-lantern?
Ghost? Ghoul? Goblin?
Please don’t eat me.
I don’t want to be a Zombie anymore, I want to be a Vampire.
Tell us a Ghost Story!!
Homework (Quick, Kobe eat this one): I’m in a very tall building which was on fire. The fire was completely out of control and consuming the whole building below me. There was no way down. The flames kept creeping coming closer and closer, as the air got hotter and hotter, smoke becoming thicker and thicker. It became harder and harder to breath. Then suddenly I’m in the air falling. It rushes towards me. I wake up suddenly, screaming my lungs out and in a cold sweat.
After that horror, I’ll bet you never went to sleep again.
Ah
Your so wrong CampKohler. I sleep like a baby as long as I’m on the ground floor and have easy access to a fire escape.
Hate to burst the bubbles, but the absolute insistence of the casino capitalism that pervades the US and is spreading to ever more countries is
Thomas Jefferson (A former US President) said:
“I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a money aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.”
The Presidents that actually TRIED to take power away from the banks ended up very dead indeed (think Abraham Lincoln and J.F.K).
By the way, Stalinism is basically a very twisted form of “Communism”, created by a boy whose mind has been twisted trough years of being cooped up in a “BIG BROTHER” environment. There is nothing socialistic about a system that sanctions any form of corrupt and unjustifiable privileged. I could go on forever to try to explain things, but time is of the essence.
The economy should have served the people, but instead it is now in the hands of a few self serving rich that produce nothing and take everything. Socialism wouldn’t even need to exist if the former statement wasn’t so painfully true in reality. Economic systems can only work in the long term and prevent unnecessary wars and hardship if the main goal was, is and always will be to provide real hope for today and the future. Interestingly, the former statement explains what socialism, at its very core, is all about.
I know I will be barraged by all so many individuals after this post, and frankly I’ve seen worse. My sincere advice is to remove all forms of dogma from all our minds and seek the truth.
is… the very cause of our endless cycles of economic bubbles, crashes and pointless wars.
note: incomplete 1st paragraph.
BTW Marina, is there any way to incorporate an edit function in case we want to fix errors in our posts?
Hey Tok-715, I can answer that for you. The edit function would over load the site and the servers. We mention that to her before and that was pretty much Marina’s answer. You could always try WhiteSmoke.com that edits you sentence grammar and structure for you and leaves a clean comment.
Mike=Capman911
An edit overloads the servers, but the original posts don’t? Phooey! I don’t believe it. I have been on BBSs that had full edit turned on and the single PC that hosted them had no problem keeping up and that was on a 1995’s PC. (Searching the entire archive of posts for a few keywords was a different matter, but they allowed that, too.) No, I think this was entirely an administrative decision, and a bad one at that. “KOBE, ATTACK! EAT THE BAD ADMINISTRATORS! THEY TASTE LIKE CHICKEN.”
Maybe the servers run on Windows?
tok-715 asked:
“…is there any way to incorporate an edit function…”
Mike said:
“… edit function would over load the site…”
Mike, if I may correct you, the edit has nothing to do with server overload as such. Here is Marina’s comment back on April 4, 2008. In short:
Marina said: “We’ll try out the edit to see if it works”, then she said, “I’ve turned off editing comments.. I prefer the “rawness” of the mistakes
Here is the link to that thread:
In my own words, the way I see it is that the editing of comments makes the thread also useless. In other words if the first person said the sky is green and the second person said you’re a moron and then the first person edited the post to read the sky is blue, and the second person doesn’t correct his post, then you have a thread that is worthless. Might as well erase all comments and have a blank page after a few days.
When threads are left in granite, you have a historical account, with all the blunders and fubars intact. Much more fun that way. What if Marina edited her comment from April, I would never be able to quote her correctly. She does have editing rights, obviously.
So, I agree with Marina, no edit button.
For Marina:
What I recommend is this:
A “comment preview button” would be the most effective way to see how a comment looks. Lots of blogs have that already. Also, as Mike suggested, edit your stuff in Notepad or text editor, then do a careful second look and then post the comment. Develops character, you know.
Although an alternate method could be a timed edit button whereby you could edit a post within 5 minutes, after which the comment is in granite. I think that has been suggested many times and I’m sure there will always be one person who will complain about extending the time to 10 minutes, if you know what I mean.
OK, I’ve re-read everything… here I go, I push the submit button now…
Thanks Karl I thought she said servers at one time. It must have been a different issue.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all know what people could do, but then we would have the benefit of that knowledge and could phrase replies accordingly if there was a worry. Take a look at current.com (which is wide open) and there seems to be no problems at all. Or is it that you fear that this site attracts a substandard crowd?
Wait! I’ve just come up with the perfect solution. Turn on the editing for me and turn it off for everyone else that doesn’t like the idea.
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Socialism???
This idea has worked where?? OR when?? What Super Power?. And or, Would still be if the US did not protect it from Evil do-ers. Freedom is NOT FREE and Wealth is not a right. Just the Opportunity to be Wealthy is Free.
In a Free Society you also have to Opportunity to Fail. I have the right not to care if you do.
Starvation is the Great Motivator. Great Civilizations are taken down from within by it’s own People. By taking from the Do-ers and giving It to the Do-Nothing.
If you pay People for doing Nothing, You will get is a lot of ….. Nothing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUkN2dXCe4
here guys
…..and now is the time for some seasonal music I Put a Spell on You – The Animals
“I Put a Spell on You” (1956),http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc&feature=related the better one,Marina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc&feature=related
I’ve heard the song many times… never that version… great, that’s the way it’s supposed to be done. LOL.
…..great theater in the video
I’m demoned
I’m de-moneyed.