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Pee-Yoo… (how do you even spell that word?).. anyway… today is a smelly one 
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Skunks – Teenagers – What’s the difference?
Skunks are very clean animals and smell better?
I knew somebody who had a skunk as a pet! It was pretty cool! when you get a skunk as a pet they usually do something to it to where it can’t spray anymore. She had it done to her skunk. I don’t know what its called but I know it can be done!
horse a piece…..oh and also, SKUNK is a trade mark reg., manufactured by Schaper MFG. of Minneapolis—”The Exciting dice Game FOR the Whole Family”
Pepé Le Pew was pretty cool for a skunk
Test
Random…[test]…Johnny Cash sings from Ridin’ the Rails this is how we got SKUNKED
take my hammer 
Where did “sarah monkay get that skunk? My 5th grade teacher use to have one too. They are a great pet.
Your skunk noise as very annoying to my inquisitive cat. I live near the country so I prefer to enjoy animals that better thrive in their normal habitat from afar. Especially afar when it comes to skunks!!
My mother used to have a car that was black with a white stripe down middle and both sides. She called it stinky.
sorry I couldn’t have a skunk as a pet I’d get paranoid that I would piss it off and it would spray me
Dogs have anal glands too. This is what they sniff when they meet one another.
I Love this site!! I want to be taught about the word Juxtaposition PLEASE!
I saw that green tail and female flower(bhang)….to keep an opponent scoreless, like in a game….good job teacher and no want a skunk pet
cold here in wisconsin and a lot of work with only wood heat….
Where did you move Gorby’s cage to Marina? I guess you rearranged the bedroom.
My sister has a black and white cat that thinks he is a skunk, we caught him sleeping out in the front yard with a real skunk! Kinda like Pepe Le Pew
Hey Marina,
I think animals that are, for the most part, wild should be left to the wild, but if I found some young skunk without a mother, I wouldn’t mind having it as a pet after I got it descented.
By the way, your hair looks very nice in this video.
Hello, Marina,
I wonder where the phrase ‘Roger Wilco’ came from. It was used for military radio in, I think, the 2nd world war. It means “I acknowledge,” or “I got it.”
Why Roger? Why wilco?
Looking at the thumbnail, Marina has a really intense expression like she might have if you ran into her at the mall. She seems to be about to say, “Keep back at least 10 feet, or I will karate your ass into a little puddle of goo!” And then Gorby nips your ankle. (They’re a team, you know.)
LOL I’D LOVE TO HAVE A SKUNK AS A PET! they r sooo cute and fluffy n stuff, i’d have the anal glands removed first tho =P and can u plz do the word ignorent??????
Very interesting point Elahie. Yep, I’d assume you need first to have the anal glands removed if you want a skunk as a pet. I prefer the cats myself, they are way more affectively independants.
I think the correct spelling of your word is “ignorant”.
I wouldn’t have an skank… first where do you get it?
Prison is where you find a ’shank’
Hey Marina!!!! i need to request a word!.. this is actually my first comment and request … hopefully you’ll hear it!!.. i really want to know the origin of the word gay!.. lol …
….pleaseee plesaeee !
Capman911 replied:
Hey V V, Marina discusses Gay in her Maxim Radio Show at this web site. Just click on the play button on the player and listen to her comments.
http://www.hotforwords.com/index.php?s=gay
Thanks°!
No, I don’t think I’d want a Skunk as a pet.
samuels3d
here is how we kids got skunked
The most viewed list on YT is messed up, Smelly is gone and Calendar in #28.
Che I changed your comment on the Word Game about area 51. I found you a picture. Hope you don’t mind.
I checked the rising videos and Marina’s skunk video is where it should be, but not in the most viewed videos. So I don’t know which one she is going by for now.
Capman! That was the joke! “No photo images of Area 51″
I found plenty of images but that is not as funny as saying there are NO photos of a secret base which the government says does not exist.
geeez!!
I’ll change it back, sorry.
Correct wording was:
“There are no photo images of Area 51″
If you don’t word it right it loses the impact.
It’s fixed back the way it was. Sorry Che.
That’s OK no one will ever go back & read it.
A couple people got it though
damn my crap computer plays the hd videos laggy ==
need upgrade
Capman911 Replied:
I added more ram to mine and it helped the hd and hq videos 100%. I was getting lagging voice to video problems and that fixed it. And easy work around would be to check your msconfig from the run menu and see whats running in the back ground that could use up memory and you not know it. Go to start, click on run and type in msconfig. Look in the startup folder to see whats running in the back ground of your computer. There are some of the things you can uncheck but you need to know what program they work with before you uncheck them. Here is a site that may help you speed up your computer.
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/r0704/10r04/10r04.asp
i can’t get anywhere with a 512 RAM computer ==
Back to youtube for now with those pervy comments
That’s what I had was 512 and went to 1 gig and it helped out great.
The trouble nowadays is that every Tom, Dick and Hewlett-Packard that sells you some equipment that comes with a CD wants you to stuff all the crap on the CD in your PC without giving you an option to decline or even telling you what it will be doing over and above the functions you expect. They want to run things to remind you to buy stuff, to do things, etc. There’s all kinds of excuses for them to start your harddrive clicking away when you are doing absolutely nothing and that really ticks me off; if I’m doing nothing, my PC should be doing nothing. The only thing that should start by itself is a virus that I and my obediant minions will instantly rise up and mercilously crush into cyberdust, or at least that’s how I feel about it.
Now, Captain, without disabling the printer and other stuff, how are you going to kill all this crap to give Marina a little elbow room? Or do you just give in and buy more RAM (or is it ram now?)?
Capman911 Replied:
I gave in to HP and bought more ram
Hey guys thanks for all the positive comments about my CSs
just have to hope it gets accepted 
Marina what do you go by now on up loading a video? Most viewed or rising videos.?
I think you should do the saying ” Knock on wood”. The other day I used it and wondered why it exists. But I knew who I should ask.. YOU! You always do such a good job so i figured I’d give it a a shot. I hope to hear the answer soon! Thanks!
Marina I was watching your boobie video from another website. I realized that there were a lot of requests for that word that scrolled down the video screen. I guess there were to many for you to name from a list. Is that the most requests you have had from viewers or members from your site for a word?
Also now that the comment section is bigger can you add more smileys to the site.
http://www.mysmiley.net/free-sick-smileys.php
Dear совершенная Marina, Wow! You posted this video yesterday, but I missed it because I was writing up a batch of Christmas cards. I sent you a card so that you’d get one as part of the Christmas tradition, here! I hope you enjoy Christmas in America! I think we have the best traditions.
It was nice you wore a black and white striped dress while doing your video about skunks, and for the first time in months, you added an “out-take” to your video! 
No, I wouldn’t keep a skunk as a pet. Skunks are common in the hills of Silicon Valley. We occassionally see them on Highway 280. Sometimes, they’re run over by a car, and the highway will smell like a skunk for hours! If Gorby is sprayed by a skunk, I’m told that you must use tomato juice to wash out that smell. The tomao juice reduces that odor. Afterwards, you’d need to rinse the tomato juice off!
Your dear student, seesixcm6
Do you know which component of the juice does the trick? Is it the acid? I know chlorine bleach will do a pretty good job on cat pee on fabrics. I wonder how it would do on skunk spray?
Don’t use chlorine on your pet! It can cause horrible burns! Tomatoes have long, tiny fibers that grab the moecules of skunk scent. It’s more physical than chemical.
Did M say when she needs to decide on the charity? I know of a couple, but I have to find their info.
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marina is number 10
Wrong by an order of magnitude, IMO.
ooh. that was harsh
James – I think “Off by an order of magnitude” means Marina should be #1 as opposed to 10. All’s
, mate! 
Fianchetto got it right, James, that’s what I meant, and maybe you should be 185th too.
congrats James
way to go 
B.B.
200th Comment!!!!
I think the moufettes are lovely little animals (although a little smelly). And I guess they don’t wreck as much havoc in a kitchen as raccoons. Here’s a wild one. You don’t want to step on them though…
wow nice look
How the heil have al’ya minions been. Has anyone new come here interesting? Dose she come by more now? Still reads like a pickle party boys. where are the woman
Le Skunk de Pew!
(cameo by Bugs Bunny)
Marina, would it be worth my wile to do a video request for (sic) I don’t have a clue what it is.
You would have to be very wily to succeed with that.
You can do it.. but I was going to do it at some point as well.
Well I will film my request in the morning and post it as a response to the latest video it is quite strange when you think about it though
Oh good one James. I wondered that for years and I looked it up one day and I forgot what it was for. Maybe Marina’s video lesson will burn that into my gray thingy between my audio receptors.
Gorby “stepped on a skunk”? I have a theory on why dogs…er…step on skunks. It’s because their digestive
systems don’t fully digest the grains that dog foods are
based on. I don’t know if it’s true or not.
For The Record
I have been really naughty this year
For The Record
I have been really Nautical this year1
Here is some joke time with Ronald Reagen when he was president. Telling Russian jokes, I hope you all enjoy and don’t take offense. He says he learned these while he was in Russia from Russian people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A&feature=related
That’s hilarious!
pee time
For marina and anyone else who wants to see, this is what (if accepted) my css change will look like (if you can see ) http://twitpic.com/tnzw
I suggest The way Marina has the replies indenting only on the left is preferable, to stop them getting too narrow.
But they wont get narrow. That screenshot is 5 levels. You cant reply anymore than that. It’s the same as what it was a few days ago (pretty much)
James can you make Marina a little more pinker?
Give her a spanking, Mike.
I can make anyone any colour…. so yes…
Can I be green?
If you only indent on the left, you could go to ten levels without getting too narrow.
That would mess things up. Until marina discovered it I went 16 levels with foxbow on the test page. And 5 levels is enough. I think anymore would make it hard to follow…..
I Still Can’t Believe You Featured My Video Response! Im So Happy Now!!! that Made My Day!!!!!!
checkout my youtube!
My pleasure
Ive always wondered, Were did the word “Naked” come from?
Hi bringerofthecows. Marina has already done a lesson on naked.
Enjoy: http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/04/21/naked/
By the way, I like your name!
Ha sorry for the confusion thanks
no no no its mine! could u do me a huge favor i see ur subscribed to me! and u’ve now done this! do you like my videos? cause if u do can u promote me?? i really need the help and i dont think im being heard! like the ammount i should be ive been a youtuber since january 2007 and yeah
so could u be the first of hopefully many to promote my videos?
Hey, it’s only showing my default gravatar in the Recent Comments!
Does it take longer for the new gravatar to upload to the right?
Try clearing cache memory in your browser.
Robot Chicken Christmas Special
pampararam
Ravel’s Bolero?
what? sorry i don’t understand
Listen to the music and see if “pampararam” doesn’t fit the score.
no)) it’s this)) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LTgRm6Qgscc
Yeah, and Marina is a twenty-first century fox.
Capman Replied:
I think of the movie 10 with Bo Dereck and Dudley Moore when you said Ravels’ Bolero, when they where doing THE dance in the bed to his music.
Great video, but you sure look pissed or kinda wild in that thumbnail.
Must have been that bubble bath and all those chocolates you ate or a candle burnt you 
{with that someone special}.Better lay off the chocolates or stay away from candles.
Homework: I have never had a live skunk. I have played with little skunks, but I don’t think after raising raccoons that I want any more wild animals to keep around. You can have skunks descented and declawed like a cat and get them vaccinated. That way they want tear up your furniture or spray their odor around. Wild animals are better left in the wild unless your a hunter and eat the meat.
As for a charity how about the Ronald McDonald House where they help children and there families in times of medical crises.
Who can smile at Skunk Bubbles?
I couldn’t have anything to do with mcdonalds…. Medical crisis? Well perhaps if they didn’t serve suck crap there wouldn’t be so many.
Are you doing the charity or Marina? I was just curious as to who is doing it. By the way the cancel option is back at the bottom of the page.
Capman911…sexy russian vid/humor”
There has bee a nasty crash just up the road from me but read this article……. HOW MANY AIRBAGS DID SHE HAVE? I think its definatley a typo
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/3985293.WITH_PICTURE__Major_pile_up_closes_A31/
That might be correct.. I know that some cars, like the Mercedes, have airbags all over the place.. in the steering wheel, the side doors, above the doors.. but 25 does seem like a lot.
Especially as it was a convertible!
Is 25 airbags considered a bubble bath?
More like Bubble-wrap.
All I could come up with was 24 airbags
I know what I wanted to ask you. Have you written all the css yourself? Or does it just happen when you make the website?
It came with the website theme that I bought… and then I just started tweaking it. The original theme looked similar to this, but then I played around with it to make it look like what I have.
Yours looks better!! BTW Looking at the css
.userID_27836 {
border: 1px dotted green;
padding: 1em;
}
(smokey hasnt got his border back)
I have been a good student!!! I have managed (by a bit of luck) to get the comments layout looking EXACTLY the same as before, but this time all the stuff you have put on is still there and everyone has still got the dotted border down the right hand side. I am very impressed with myself. Paste it and see what you think… I will email you the code now…
Have you got the package I sent you? It should be there by now
Turns out I can’t send an email that long so I have posted it here instead. Hope you like it..
I nominate James to be next ‘Teacher’s Pet’!
Excellent work!
I was just going through BMW’s web site and the most I have been able to find on a BMW is 6. They may have a car with more than that, but it must be special ordered.
I think its a typo for sure…. No way could you have 25 airbags.. 1 passenger =1 + driver +2 in the doors+ 2 in back seat =5 and you cant have roof ones because its a drop top lol.., Definatley a typo..
Capman Replied:
The article said something about a couple being in each side of the head rests and a chin airbag. There still couldn’t have been 25, like you said a typo or a over zealous reporter or emergency personnel.
james replied:
you tricked me into thinkin the email was working again then lol
Capman Replied:
I figured if we added in who replied to the person it will work until M or you can figure out how to automatically have the program do it.
WHAT! Are you saying that me and marina are the only ones that know how???
Yes, aren’t you and Marina working on this site and trying to get it to look like it was or maybe a little different? Then you two know what is going on as far as how the system works and how to set it up.
Her medical problems are not over. When she hears what it will cost to replace the 25 airbags, the one-use seatbelt grabbers, etc. she will have a heart attack.
25 airbags….. what a goof.
Capman replied:
You have to watch some repair shops. They want replace the airbag because the insurance company deems it to expensive. So the shop just glues the cover back where the air bag was. I have seen this in wrecks that I went to as a firefighter. The car got into a second accident and there was no air bag.
That’s manslaughter!
Capman Replied:
I would think it would be too Bob or a least contributory negligence. But they get away with it here every day.
So you are saying it just wasn’t the repair facility cheating to make a few extra bucks, but they were directed to do it by the insurance co.?
Capman911 replied:
It was left up to the owner of the car to buy the air bag if they wanted it replaced. Shitty HuH. I have been retired now for about 4 years so maybe the insurance companies have changed, but that’s how it was when I was a firefighter.
I almost got sprayed by a skunk once, back in the army. I was just running down the stairs of the barracks. As soon as I reached the bottom, I heard this spraying sound behind the stairs. But I was already way out in the parking lot, looking back, wondering what it was. And I saw a skunk emerge and headed out in the woods nearby.
I headed up to my room and smelled my pants, and I was lucky enough that I didn’t get any of it on me.
I can just see it:
{ AT is smelling his pants, when the drill instructor enters the room. AT braces.}
DI: Are you a pervert, maggot?
AT: Sir, no, sir!
DI: Then what on God’s little green earth are you doing to the uniform of the Army of the United States?
AT: Sir, I am testing for skunk spray, sir!
DI: Did I tell you to smell your pants?
AT: Sir, no, sir!
DI: Never anticipate the command.
AT: Sir, yes, sir!
DI: Prepare to smell pants. Smell PANTS!
{AT sniffs his pants and stands at attention.}
DI: So, what’s it smell like, maggot?
AT: Sir, like flowers in May, sir!
DI: Nobody likes a wiseass, maggot. GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!
AT: Sir, yes, sir.
{AT zips up and doubletimes out the door.}
Ah, yes, the good old days.
Drill Instructors don’t like being called “sir”, they work for a living. And uniforms come with only buttons, not zippers.
In the Navy, we did call our CCs “Sir,” and our dungarees had zippers.
Capman replied:
If you had any on you, you would definitely know it. It’s not a smell you soon forget. When we would drive through the mountains in NC you could smell where a skunk had been run over and his scent glands had been ruptured. It lingers for days in the air and on the road.
Yeah, I know the smell from a previous road trip.
Hi Cap! Did you read my homework
I agree with you 100%! P U 
shhhheeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuwe …..
test 3:10 PM 12/17/2008
Capman911 replied:
Hey Popzzz, I read your question to CJ on the Blog page about when does Marina upload a new video. It’s usually when it reaches number 24 from the first video on the first page. So that would put it on the second page top row right corner. Here is the page to watch for when the next video should be uploaded.
http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=t&cr=US&p=2
Hi Capman! (and thanks)
Is it ANY video or what?
smelly (should be skunk) and romantic BOTH have fell down to be replaced with free beer on the 1st page and nothing on the 2nd.
I see you (or whomever) got the PHP reply fixed.
I can help with PHP also as I’ve already offered.
DEAD SKUNK
The definitive skunk anthem!!!
Now that was more entertaining than some movies I’ve seen.
Loudon Wainwright performs Dead Skunk at Rockpalast Germanydead rabbit too cool song,tayljim
I don’t see a problem with the alternating background, Marina. It kind of gives perspective when scrolling through comments.
Skunks are not something I would consider as a pet, however I’m sure if you did get one it wouldn’t be so bad. You can have them fixed so they can’t spray.
Ferrits are another stinky one. They don’t stink as bad but they do have a bit of a smell to them. You may be able to fix their smell, but good luck fixing their behavior. They are trouble makers lol
All those polecat type animals and ferrets and the like can be pretty nasty. The trick is to get them fat and content enough that they just don’t want to cause trouble kinda like a housecat.
Also… I need a charity for project Awesome video today… any suggestions?
I would suggest a fire dept. charity but that’s just me. (psst, it’s cuz i’m a firefighter
)
You know for a while now I’ve been trying to think of a fire service related word to ask the origin of, but all the words are kind of self explanatory. all our tools are named after what they do or the person who invented them (i.e. Halligan bar, Kelly tool)
And somebody already asked for pole cat.
I don’t get the joke.
How does a fireman get from the second floor of a firehouse to the first floor quickly?
Do you know of a firefighter charity I can link to?
Not a single one that applies to depts. in general just alot of small charity events in local volunteer depts. I was just throwing it out there. The fact is that most Departments do their own fund drives. But recently my department and my rig did a Santa run to a local hospital for Toys for Tots which I would call a reputable charity for you to do.
By the way I really like your new holiday Gravitar
a charity? What like a cancer charity?
Urm,,, Operation christmas child….
How about the Marine Corps project “Toys for Tots”
They are supposed to having a hard time this year.
http://www.toysfortots.org/
How about the Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus?
A breast cancer charity would seem to be appropriate,
and their colour is also pink.
Capman Replied:
I’ll go for the breast cancer charity. That is like a world wide charity also.
Hi Marina!
How about Teach for America? It’s a wonderful organization with a great mission.
http://www.teachforamerica.org/
Cheers, Q
Marina do you want a local charity here in the US or one that would benefit the world as you have members from all over the world that subscribe to you?
OK.. I have a question… get rid of alternating colors (grey, white, grey, white) based on each conversation and go with the background colors for me, etc? Or stick with alternating and do the colored border? Which do you prefer?
Actually.. I’m not even sure if I can do that! Arrgghh!
Ok here iss the deal… I will work on it more later but seeing as I have got no idea about what to do with css and have learned everything i know entirely from this website I think I have done pretty well.
1 the colours are a bit off but its only for demonstration..
your comments that are pink stay pink everything else is white and the borders are fine too I will paste the code in the forum… Tell me what you think!!
Cool.. thanks James.. I think I figured it out.. but I’ll take a look at what you paste.
I just put it on the forum…. urm… I just got a reply and becuase who replied her did a stikethrough. It striked out the whole email!!! HA…. anyway… Here is my “behind the scenes work… I am always happy to do more..
It is on the forum… Just hasnt shown up on the side yet…
and i have got the backgrounds working too
Do I have it running pretty much the way it was now James?
Nearly there. Tomorrow I will go back to the css and try and tidy some things up. But now you have got new settings that will make it easier for me…
Is it possible to put the html code thingys somewhere on the page to copy & paste them easy? and yes to your comments in pink… if possible. hehe, I see Bob’s gravatar & think it’s you commenting… ’til I get my eyes fixed.
MARINA I HAVE SORTED IT OUT!!!!! EVERYTHING!!! Just making finishing touches then i will send you the code ok..
I like you with the pink background. Pink is your trademark. Good one for a word request “trademark”. Besides you stole my border, no just kidding you can keep it, it goes good with the pink border. The alternating gray white background adds to the overall aesthetics of the site. One thing is missing though, we don’t know who is replying to us in our emails that part is missing.
Darn you changed it in mid stream while I was leaving you a comment.
I don’t know how to add who is replying… I asked the plugin developer to add this… so hopefully he will. Unless someone here knows PHP??
OK…….. I will have a look…
How about the cancel a comment before it is posted. It used to be under the Submit Comment if you didn’t want to finish a comment ?
Or, couldnt you just go back to the old reply system?
Cool the borders are back
I know PHP Marina and would be glad to help if I can.
popzzz said it so your email will know.
Popzzz says he knows PHP and can work on it for you.
I think the cancel thing had something to do with cocomment
Marina,
Looks like it’s doing both the alternating colors and putting you in the pink.
Hey she did a blooper like back in the old days. I wonder if she read my comment about the old videos and thats why she did it? WOw kinda self centered of me huh? That first girl with the skunk was almost as cute as Marina.
I love the bloopers…..
what does Pee-Yoo mean????
It means something stinks
It’s supposedly a shortening of “phew,” which is an expression of disgust (said of an odor, probably from an attempt to blow out the odor with the breath). Phew is also and expression of exertion, but the abbreviation P.U. does not apply to that sense.
…now it is time for some smelly music Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Smell
When Lizzy (my dog) got “skunked”,
that wasn’t a fun night. 
Not easy to find baking soda and hydrogen peroxide at 11:00pm.
Hi Marina! I would like to know the origin of the word ’spatula’; it’s a funny word but is a very useful utensil in the kitchen.
Spatula City, we sell spatulas…and that’s all!
Sorry, I couldn’t help but make the reference.
Anagrams of HOTFORWORDS
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Ford Oh Worst
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James it seems like you have a lot of practice with that
position > err #
B.B. tried to fix with edit hope it worksabc
Probably not. Not because of their smelly squirts, since the skunks people have as pets usually have had the skunk’s scent glands removed. The problem I would have has toi do with their being wild animals. As such, they are unpredictable, and may do major damage in your home. (Aside from the added possibility of one taking a bite out of you, or your friends.)
Eric M
Homework
but smelly lesson on skunk 
I requested that word way back on the zipper lesson! I would not want a skunk as pet! I have 20 cats! I don’t need another pet! This lesson reminds of a couple of things. I live near a stretch of highway I call “polecat” alley! There is a family of skunks that live there and it stinks just about every time I go threw there! PHEW!!!! Also when I was in high school someone spilled skunk oil (deer hunters use it to cover their scent) on a rug and in the janitor’s closet! 
It smelled for the rest of the year and into next 
By the way why are skunks called “polecats” 
Thank you Marina for the
Interestingly, the term ‘polecat’ comes from the French term chat de poulet, or ‘chicken cat’, which was shortened to polecat. (The French called their skunks ‘chicken cats’, refering to their inclination to eat chickens. It is often mistakenly assumed that polecat refers to the white stripe down the skunk’s back. However, European skunks do not generally have white stripes and are all black.) AKAIK, that is.
Eric M
That should be AFIAK. Ooops!
Eric M
AFAIK. Third time’s the charm.
This is what I get for posting before I finish my first cup of coffee in the morning.
Eric M
Hey! I was wondering where the word pussy (cat) came from…
thanx
Hi. I was wondering about the word
Charge, since it can mean rushing towards something, charging money, and an elektronic charge.
Thank you in advance.
Rabnuke.
What is the origin of the word “robot”? Does it have any connections to Polish words: “robotnik” (worker), “robota” (work)? Spasiba!
Hi lpgslave I have a question for you. How bad do you want to know the origin of the word robot? If you need it now watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvfPhpdMG-U
My advice wait for Marina’s lesson!
That got me thinking of a goofy movie.
New thread:
***RELATIONSHIP HORROR STORIES***
It’s no secret that a lot of us are here at HFW because we’re between girlfriends. Or we’re between girlfriends because we’re here at HFW. (Remember ShayCarl?)
How did your last relationship end? I’ll lead off…
My wife found a boyfriend at her Bible study group.
When I objected to his picking my younger daughter up by the ankles, he threatened to shoot me.
***PUNCH LINE***
My wife divorced me because of religious differences and my “anger management issues.”
What’s your story?
OK, no replies, so I guess in keeping with today’s lesson, this post stinks
Well, a skunk would make a descent pet…
Yes, but one of a different stripe.
I don’t think that pun quite works, Evan.
Teacher used incorrect word in her video.
. Not that one, the other one (vague hint).
Marina. Your hair is lovely. And I can see those blue eyes coming back too!!
What is the origin for the Sabbath? I read somewhere that it originally came from 3 Hebrew words “sha abba beth” meaning eternal father sign. Is this true? Thanks!
“Beth” means “house” in Hebrew, so maybe it means something about “Father’s House” (synagogue?)
And how did Sabbath enter Russian as Суббота?
the musk glands of pet skunks are removed (avoids those nasty accidents), but i’d still not have a skunk for a pet – just not something i’d enjoy…
anyway, check local laws…some places don’t allow certain animals, including skunks, as pets…
but if we’re gonna make it smell…Stink Up The Place…
Can you find the history of the word ‘pizza’ for me?
or salad! xD
Defiantly a more colorful cousin of a Ferret, but having known those with the ferrets as pets, even descented there are things the nose still catches.
Exotic pets would be either Water Dragons 
of Tarantula’s here 
Homework: Thanks, but no thanks.
Still considering a cat, though:-)
No I don’t think I would like to have a skunk for a pet, even if it was descented. A dog is much better to have as a pet then a skunk.
skunks are a lot like ferrets behaviorly when raised as pets. you want to have them descented of course!
There’s that “Korby” name slipping out again.
I would be too skeeered that a skunk would tear things up while I was away. Even a cat will claw the furniture if you don’t give it a “legal” place to excercise it’s claws.
It’s funny, but I don’t find a mild skunk scent objectionable. I once smelled a WWII aircraft oxygen mask and it had the same odor, so every time I smell a skunk, it reminds me of aviation, a nice association. Maybe we should be so programmed as kids to overcome bad smells. You know, put a dog turd in your teddy bear so that the smell reminds you of good times.
If you were to get within 15 ft of a skunk you would quickly try to get farther away quickly, evidently you have no idea how strong they actually smell.
Yes, you are probably right. I would probable go nuts if I got a direct hit.
“HELP! OMG! SOMEONE HOSE ME DOWN! I SMELL LIKE AN OXYGEN MASK!”
No, you be saying help someone please.
Check it out students- I’ve already applied the latest hotforwords lesson “SKUNK” to a rude dweeb who was bad mouthing our teacher and the entire hotforwords student body on the most recent O’Reilly Factor Show video featuring HotForWords in special Holiday cheer w/calendar appearance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn-t2vLsI6E
do I get extra credit?
You get points for style
To get extra credit, try educating him about the fact that skunk is a word corruption from the Algonquin indian name for a urine sprayer.
“Here are a couple people who have skunsk”
What sort of people are couple people, and if they have skunsk, is it contagious?
So funny
Hi Marina,
Can you tell me smth. about word “The Pirate”???
I wouldn’t take a skunk for a pet, either. Skunks are also known as polecats. The first time I heard them referred to that way was on an episode of “Garfield and Friends.” Jon and Garfield were at Cactus Jake’s dude ranch and noticed an odd smell. It took until the end of the episode for them to find out what it was. “I smell polecat,” Cactus Jake observed after picking up the scent. Garfield asked (and no one heard because only the audience and other pets can hear his thoughts): “What is a polecat?” “Polecat’s another word for skunk, you know.”
Sorry, I had to share that.
I can tell you if you’ve every smelled a skunk and seen it close enough, you will never wonder what that strange smell is again, you will know without having to see the animal itself.
LOL! Reminds me of my first OR rotation for endotrachial intubation practice on pre-op patients. Scrubbed up, dressed up, and entered the OR proper, immediately saying to my partner, “What IS that smell? I KNOW I’ve smelled it before, but can’t place just WHERE… not unpleasant at all, just noticeable.” Then turned to see the patient in [lithotomy position] being prepped for her hysterectomy…
Hi Marina,
I do not have a skunk for a pet, But before born on date, stores used to sell “skunk beer”
Ewwwww, skunk beer is also bad.
Are there skunks in Eastern Eroupe?
Where did the phrase “we skunked them” come from?
Cribbage, maybe?
I will just give the same answer i gave for the raccoon lesson.
Marina, A skunk is a skunk, and you didn’t ask however, I guess their cute, I don’t have a skunk. Thats not saying i wouldn’t have a skunk.
I do have a mouse however that keeps getting into my stores of bread. Skunks for sure aren’t rodents, it is their ability to be a smelly nuisance to mankind that has garnered the moniker pest for this native American species.
Was there or is there a similar species in Russia?
When i was a young boy 8 or 9 years old we had skunks get under our house and barn. Dad trapped and shot them till they were all eliminated or got the hint and decided to live elsewhere. Once he trapped and shot a mother skunk from under the barn and 2 or three days later about four or five of her kits come out kooking for her, they barely had their eyes open. I asked dad if i could keep the as pets and he said we couldn’t keep them as pets and he shot them all. He never explained why we couldn’t keep them as pets. I’ve heard they make good pets but i don’t know if i would keep one now or not.
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Reply to myself…
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Why can’t I use spaces to indent my paragraphs. Edit still hangs and won’t exit after saving edits.
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Why so sad? Got the blues?
Why can’t I use spaces to indent my paragraphs. Edit still hangs and won’t exit after saving edits.
Another test so soon
Everyone has borders now, hmmm?
Notice: Two topics have been started in the forum HFW General category:
1. HFW Website General Improvement Suggestions
2. HFW Website Revision – 200812116
The hope is to move Website discussions/suggestions out of lesson comments where visitors may not appreciate lengthy technical minutia and into the Forum where users and M may concentrate on these matters in one location without disturbing the disinterested. Let’s hope it works.
A skunk for a pet?
I don’t stink so! 
Homework:
No I wouldn’t, but my friend Larry would. Skunk is his favorite animal. He even has a one of a kind Pepe tattoo.
Hello everybody!!!!
Off The Record
I can tell you the last three ‘recent post’ has been a
Romantic Skunk Test
Hope you all passed your RSTNo, Che. It was actually a Romantic Test Skunk. M was attempting to find a replacement for Pepe.
Why you little stinker
Che
Dear Miss Orlova,
I would not have a skunk either. . . nope.
Word Request: Zebra
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
YEAH! Zebras
– are they black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? 
As in…”ze bra holds ze boobies”?
Hi Marina!
Well I now have two nekkid cats (spyhnx) a snake and a bulldog
so why not LOL!
Have had a pygmy groundhog, (neat) emperor scorpion, green-
cheeked conure, minature pekingese, rabbits, hamsters, mice,
rats, finches, black widows, iguanas, and I don’t remember
what all now ….. (not all at once or in that order)
Our most extravagent pet was a horny toad named Spike. Well, my daughter did have a coffee can full of snails, once. The only snake my girls ever had was already dead, so that does not count. Do lightning bugs count as pets? I’ll say no, unless they actually live for more than a day. So, yeah, that’s it: Spike, the horny toad.
Black Widows? I hope by that you actually mean tarantulas…
Sweet! My border is green
Nope ….. red hour glass and all ….. fascinating!
I did have a red knee tarantula many years back now that you mentioned it.
Why is your border green?
I’m one of Marina’s <a href=http://www.hotforwords.com/category/ta/TA’s
… and she knows I like green
Doh! edit function doesn’t work muckin’ fuch!
…TA
Cool Douglas!
Well I spoke too soon ….. another reply to a different comment on this same page had the members name on it in the email but your reply did not.
That’s really strange coming from the same page.
As I’ve offered before I can help you with the PHP.
Thanks again for that info in the forum. I spread that around (and even gave you the credit – LOL!). My YT page looks much improved.
Marina still has some programming to do to get all the functions back into the system notifications. If she gets busy, Captain Jack may get drafted – LOL!
(Hear that, Jack? Mail notification ID’s are still not programmed).
In a word: No.
There is no reason to have rodents, Leporidae or weasels of any kind, including but not limited to rats, mice, ferrets, rabbits or skunks, as pets. I will also say that reptiles are also not pet-worthy.
Those animals are disgusting. Proper pets are dogs and cats. Period.
Fish are acceptable, although they are more akin to decorations, rather than actual pets.
Rodents, Leporidae, and weasels are ugly, twitchy, nasty animals. Blech.
I had a pet rat, named George. As a kid I loved him & he loved me back. One thing about a pet is, that if they are capable of showing love (affection) they do so unconditionaly & yes, George was a very clean animal.
Capman Replied:
A friend of mine had a pot belly pig for a pet. He kept him outside in a pen. A pack of dogs got to him and chewed his ears off before my friend could get to the pig. The ears or what is left have since healed over. The pig’s head now looks like a seals head. Sorry for the pig, but he does look funny.
Hey! What school did Pepe attend?
The Paris School of Fine Farts
Yes! That is it! It is commonly refered to as Paris University or PU. Wow! Che, you must be a
fart smellersmart feller.It’s a gift & a curse
Oh yeah, uh… homework. No, I would not have a skunk, unless, of course, Mrs. Somebody adopted one. She is terrible about that. I have her picture posted at the humane society. They are to deny her admittance to the premises, and I offer a cash reward if they call me to rat her out.
I had a skunk for a pet when I was younger. The scent glands were removed, so there was no danger of that foul smell in the house, or on any person from our pet. It’s a very intelligent animal, and takes to domestication readily, so much so that we never had any fears of a wild skunk hooking up with ours, and our would avoid them like the plague. They’re intelligence level seemed to be that of a cat, but they were almost as affectionate as a dog, if not as easily trained. A great pet. We also had a raccoon, once upon a time, and that pet was fun, too. I lot of rascally, but his comic antics made up for it.
Avec! Avec! Le skunk de Pew!
Homework: No thank you…
Mel Blanc does a Charles Boyer ala Pepe le Pew
Aaarrgh! How did I end up with 3? I was f5ing like crazy!
Maybe your f5r needs an overhaul LOL!
If it did not need one before, it does now.
lil bit of technology helps too bsb
Now I have to go get my Pepe le Pew Gravatar
No way do I want a skunk for a pet
Not just a coincidence Marina is wearing a black & white outfit
My dog got sprayed by a skunk once, took a long time to get the smell out
Hmmmmmmmm …..
Wonder who was first?
I was of course!
Hello Mr. Popzzz, fancy meeting you here
Who you calling “mr” LOL!
You guys are up to something…
(sniff sniff) hmmm… well…
You pass the smell test.
Congratulations for making here first!
Thanks CJ!