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  1. hott4urblog says: 111
    May 18, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    I’d love to Elope to Vegas to play poker and marry you; If it don’t work out I’m sure you can afford the divorce.

  2. pandion says: 110
    March 1, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    I am smart enough to know that if I ever do get married that my part in the decision making ends the moment she says, “yes.”
    Running off to Vegas does make a lot of sense to me though.

  3. raven62 says: 109
    February 23, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    No I didn’t elope but I did get divorced in Las Vegas. I don’t know how much that was becaus my ex-wife came back to this country just to divorce me :sad: and paid for it all. :cool:

  4. John says: 108
    February 20, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    Marina,
    ….No I didn’t elope We had a proper church wedding :neutral: :neutral: unfortunately i lucked out and married the second girl that asked me , much to my demise. :smile: :smile: Oh well thats been over almost a little over 20 years. :smile: :smile:

  5. John says: 107
    February 20, 2009 at 11:29 pm

    Marina,
    ……Good LUCK on the drive through Divorce place :razz: :razz: See what happens when we drink to much, we all get Beer Goggles and the potentials all get more desirable at closing time, oh that’s right no closing in Vegas, Hmm Here is some music for You, just change girl/women for boys/men. And NO! I’m not saying you hang around/out in the backstreet bars. :smile: :smile:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zDGqLyTNy0

  6. symbyote says: 106
    February 20, 2009 at 11:25 pm

    I have a word request…

    [frank] or [frankly]

    It just makes me wonder who this guy named Frank was, and why is there a word which means ’straightforward’ named after him (assuming this is the case, likely not)?

  7. stifled says: 105
    February 20, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    [identity]
    I’ve been thinking about this word a lot lately because it has two words in it, “id” and “entity” and these could kind of be used to describe a person. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that these two words are in the word “identity,” but I thought I’d ask you about it anyway.

  8. philip1192 says: 104
    February 20, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    [Desert Eagle]
    I’d like to see how you portray that one… :D

  9. havubud says: 103
    February 20, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Hi Marina, I would like to request the phrase [Shooting the breeze]. Thanks! :grin:

  11. James says: 101
    February 20, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Check your e-mail Marina.

  12. emily33 says: 100
    February 20, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    I’m dying to know [explorer]

  14. ztiegs66 says: 98
    February 20, 2009 at 2:13 pm

    [Vanity] always wondered about this word…

    Zach

  15. guitarhead03 says: 97
    February 20, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    Marina,

    My name is Carlos and to make a long story short, I tutor esl students; they always ask where certain words come from and I was hoping you could help me with one in particular. Where does the idom [z's] come from like? To [catch some z's]? Hope you can help. Thanks for your time.
    Carlos.

  17. hotfor_hotforwords says: 95
    February 20, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    Going for a hat trick in my first attempt:

    [blonde]

    [cat's pajamas]

    [Marina]

  18. pedanticKarl - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek says: 94
    February 20, 2009 at 11:24 am

    Awesome behind the scenes HotForWords interview
    from OM TV2 Denmark.
    http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/politik/article.php/id-20583691.html

    Loved seeing the equipment and behind the scenes setup.
    Marina, you were awesome in this interview!!!

  19. mountainboy32 says: 93
    February 20, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Marina you have advatageous, voluptuous, succulent well you know. Can you do these words for me please make reference to mountainboy32@youtube just shake your breast and talk with your sexy voice please. Any of the three words advatageous, voluptuous, succulent. I think if you do these with your flirtly sexy little way mention me mountainboy32. I have alot more big words. :lol: I am sorry if you get my recent e-mail. I thought you blocked me from your comment box on youtube. Sorry, I am not always so dirty with my mouth.I love you hunnie.

  20. kjohn50083 says: 92
    February 20, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Elope with me, Please. My life would be complete.

    • pedanticKarl - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek says: 91.1
      February 20, 2009 at 10:38 am

      Got my radar activated…

      Considering that Associated Press is hogging the Popular pages, that news item should hit YT Popular page#1

      Interestingly, AP has not been in the #1 spot, but has been in every position from #2 – #100.

      Definition of hogging:
      Since Feb 3, I have 573 data snapshots of the YT Popular pages and AP has appeared 1,556 times. How can that be? Multiple videos. AP is averaging about 2.7 videos per data snapshot. Right this minute, there are two AP videos on the Popular pages at #31 and #44

      In comparison, the following have appeared:
      iJustine: 33 times
      HotForWords: 66 times
      sxephil: 462 times
      WhatTheBuck: 377 times
      out of 573 data snapshots.

    • neuroway says: 91.2
      February 20, 2009 at 11:10 am

      Yo!

      I have nothing intelligent to say today. Absolute inspirational blackout!

      Nevertheless, what the heck! Always in search of new knowledge and ideas, I thought I’d aim right for the pink box to see how it feels to be surrounded by this foreign, yet attractive colour! So inside the pink box my words are! Funky!! Funny! Spiffy! Pink above, pink below, pink on the left… All right! I guess I need to get outta here now.

      I’m pretty sure this Associated Press Television Segment will be great. :smile:

  22. leonard says: 90
    February 20, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Elope=”Most forgotten word…forever”…request-[FOUR], not flour that sounds like our(hour)..like 4-H clubs or Four Forest Cantons or Four Lakes; fore what ever you forwards to the forum, and befor the {4 HORSEMEN(why no ladies?) of APO.CA.lypse} peace of pie :grin: Head-Heart-Hands-Health******hail thee ETYMOLOGIA_ISMS :lol:

  23. krypton34a9 says: 89
    February 20, 2009 at 8:24 am

    Marina i would like to request the word [soda]

  24. stigmatasaurus says: 88
    February 20, 2009 at 8:11 am

    HW: No, and no.
    I assume you are joking, Marina, about drinking too much and eloping, a la Britney S.

  25. cufan71 says: 87
    February 20, 2009 at 8:00 am

    :cool: YAH-HOO :!: 10,002 people have veiwed my 20 videos :!: :grin:

  26. sssspike says: 86
    February 20, 2009 at 7:45 am

    Marina, I’ve heard British actors use the phrase [Bob's your uncle] in movies and have always wondered about its origin. I’ve heard it in the context of elapsed time, such as, “I’ll be there faster than you can say, ‘Bob’s your uncle’”. Where, when, how and who originated it?
    Thanks a bunch, Sssspike

  27. James says: 85
    February 20, 2009 at 7:12 am

    Marina, You need to sort out this page, because the background is black…

    http://www.hotforwords.com/forums/?mini-stats

    Also, I have been watching it for a few months now and it looks like the daily registrations are always going downhill … the started at 2000 now its 677…

  28. vyrerus says: 84
    February 20, 2009 at 6:10 am

    Pretty please, use your etymology skills to discuss the origin of the word [game].

  29. fabio_pereira says: 83
    February 20, 2009 at 6:09 am

    WORD REQUEST.

    Hi Hotforwords,

    Could you tell me why the expression “for good” means “forever/permanently”?
    I’m confused because “good” means somenthing totally different.

    Thanks

  30. jake the ripper says: 82
    February 20, 2009 at 6:06 am

    if I could get a life-like picture of you [tattooed] on the inside on my eyelids, I wouldn’t…. because that would be weird.

  31. fconti says: 81
    February 20, 2009 at 5:53 am

    Hear’s a tuff one,,, [CLEVER]. thanks

  32. fatbuffalo says: 80
    February 20, 2009 at 5:49 am

    hmmm , it seems that there aren’t any Maxim radio lessons for a while …

  33. fatbuffalo says: 79
    February 20, 2009 at 5:46 am

    pages ….
    oh yeah , [pager]

  34. hs4mm says: 78
    February 20, 2009 at 5:27 am

    .

    Don’t know if this will help or hurt, but something to consider:

    1) Create a page http://www.hotforwords.com/todays_word (or todays_lesson etc.) that always loads the latest lesson. Then have other sites such as FoxNews/O’Reilly, sirius, the foreign magazines that have written up on Marina, Pepsi(?) etc. link to that particular page.

    2) Sony has their own web-site to showcase people’s videos: http://www.crackle.com/tos and they sponsor Penn (Jillette of Penn & Teller) on crackle and also on http://www.youtube.com/pennsays .

    So what are the pros and cons of having HFW on crackle also?

    3) In a rather long video, Penn makes one very interesting point about the internet: it is replacing “democracy (rule by the mob)” by “leading individuals”.

    –Hs4Mm
    .

  35. James says: 77
    February 20, 2009 at 5:01 am

    I am not being nasty here but….. Is

    (including 50 discussion threads)

    Really neccessary?

  36. James says: 76
    February 20, 2009 at 4:59 am

    I love how if a someone is built like a brick shithouse they are strong….. but what about a shit brickhouse? :grin:

  37. James says: 75
    February 20, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Does anyone know what happened to the first ta?

  38. codemaster says: 74
    February 20, 2009 at 3:38 am

    What about the word [morph] thank you i love you :) :oops:

  39. thegorn says: 73
    February 20, 2009 at 3:08 am

    Marina O.

    Like your elope vid.
    Sounds like fun love.
    A plan for life…

    Stay well , and keep them coming!

  40. Chemikal says: 72
    February 20, 2009 at 1:53 am

    Hahaha, the way the video starts… (*bleah*)
    Is that supposed to be a reflection of the fact that you drank to much last night? :-)
    I hope you found that drive through divorce place you were looking for.
    If not, I’d like to wish you a… Stone house!?
    I don’t know what is the English correspondent, but in Romania we wish newly weds “Casa de piatra!”, meaning “House of stone!”.
    It’s a way of wishing strength and unity between the two.
    Does anyone else practice such tradition?
    Or do you just congratulate them, and that’s that? :-)

    • Evan Owen says: 72.1
      February 20, 2009 at 6:44 am

      Hi Chemikal,

      That’s “Casa de piedra” in Spanish. Random comment, I was just struck by the similarity.

      I can’t think of any similar American tradition, though sometimes we wish newlyweds mazel tov. :lol:

      Evan

      Word request: [petrify]

  41. Chemikal says: 71
    February 20, 2009 at 1:45 am

    I’m sorry, I’m no expert on English grammar, but “I shouldn’t drank so much” doesn’t sound right to me…
    Isn’t it “I shouldn’t have drank…” ?
    Thanks.

  42. misscupcake says: 70
    February 20, 2009 at 12:46 am

    haha one day id like to elope with the man of my dreams. one day :)

    for now, i request the words [arrest]
    because you can be arrested by the police but there’s also cardiac arrest!

    and the word [prom]
    we dont say prom in australia.. interesting to know where the word came from! :mrgreen:

  43. hs4mm says: 69
    February 19, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    New default at YouTube: Rising Videos (then “Popular”, then “Most Viewed”)

  44. silversilk says: 68
    February 19, 2009 at 10:40 pm

    I would like to request [compassion]. Thank you

  45. CampKohler - Sacramento CA says: 67
    February 19, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    After a day and a half, my vote still won’t increase M’s total. Youse guys say I have to clear my cookies, but what could be in them to do this?

  46. luckybob69 says: 66
    February 19, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    howdy, I think I know but I would like to you explain[Crock-Pot]. thanks.

    • CampKohler - Sacramento CA says: 66.1
      February 19, 2009 at 10:18 pm

      A crock is a baked clay vessel. The word pot is superfluous, but in 1970 it was added to crock create a catchy brand name for electric pots. The name has become so familiar (and thus successful) that it is now used for BBQ grills, rice cookers and electric spankers. OK, not the last one.

  47. MeLikaDoTheChaCha - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek! says: 65
    February 19, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    Boa-reese! Time to keel moose and skvirrel :mrgreen:
    (just once, Marina – pleez!) :cool:

  48. CampKohler - Sacramento CA says: 64
    February 19, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    It just dawned on me that, because comments are now assigned to a page, theoretically one could add lower-level comments in unlimited numbers and they would all have to remain associated with their parent comments and hence the page the latter are on. That means you could have a page with an unlimited number of comments.

    It appears that the paging plugin puts 40 top-level comments on each page, with one exception. The latest page may have more than a multiple of 40. For example, one lesson had 137 top-level comments. Perhaps when the count gets high enough, an additional page is added and every comment over 40 on the previously-highest page is reassigned to the added page. I don’t know how that works yet. The point is that, even though 40 per page plus an average number of lower-level comments is the design goal, the number of the latter is not controllable. Thus it is conceivable that an undesireably-large page could occur, thus defeating the goal of paging.

    OK, let’s get out there and really pump those babies up!!!!! :!:

  49. Evan Owen says: 63
    February 19, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Marina, as a Russian, are you familiar with the connection between eloping and ladders? In the classic American elopement, the young woman is held captive in her room by her parents until her fiance comes with a ladder to her window to help her escape, whereupon they run off and get married. Hence all the ladder jokes in the comments. :smile:

  50. mountainboy32 says: 62
    February 19, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    Ectasy can you all comprehend that11111111111!!!!!!!!!! :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: I want Marina for six 6 months on a Yacht nakin= makin love hard on the deck babe!!!!!!!!!!!

  51. chiselstone says: 61
    February 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    Thanks Capman however I would think she has a ton of junk going on right now, to have to worry about dealing with something so trivial can wait awhile. I’ll wait a few more weeks before I ask again……

    Thanks for the help.
    chiselstone.

  52. ihearbs says: 60
    February 19, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    your lil icons under recent posts look like 6’s. your not a boobie trap are you? :lol:

  53. ihearbs says: 59
    February 19, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    fun with parables and para-sight :cool:

  54. americarulez says: 58
    February 19, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Hey, something I was always curious about was the slang term “wifebeater” to describe a muscle t-shirt.

    So, I would like to request [Wife-beater] as a word.

    Cheers.

  55. daboilermaker says: 57
    February 19, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    lol Marina, i finally created a hotforwords account cause your awesome and worth it. I want to be in Las Vegas, I was there for my 23rd Birthday and New Years, for the second time. I simply dont want to do my homework cause i choose not too, cause i too “may have drank too much last night” lol ttyl

  56. mountainboy32 says: 56
    February 19, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    :wink: :wink: :wink: The word is pleasure lease a Yacht and I will give this word Babe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  57. _kristina_ says: 55
    February 19, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Hi Marina,

    Upon trying to email you several times, I keep receiving the message “Errors!No verification code generated”, even after typing in the verification code. How do I send you an email if this keeps popping up?

  58. vshagios says: 54
    February 19, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Marina,
    Since you did AK-47, could you also do the word [ BULLET ], like, faster than a speeding bullet?
    Thanks

  59. absentmindedprof says: 53
    February 19, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    So an elope isn’t an email antelope? :grin: :lol:

    Eric M

  60. Roland Buckles says: 52
    February 19, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    Hey Marina,
    I live in Las Vegas and would love to show you around my town…
    If you get that divorce, Let’s get marriend.
    We can elope.
    Or maybe we can be special friends, with benefits, if you can’t find that drive through divorce window.

  61. r1wolf says: 51
    February 19, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    Don’t elope Marina, you’re too beautiful and sexy to be married :mrgreen: Just let all of us keep thinking we have a shot at you, it’s more fun that way :evil:

  62. zeepunkieone says: 50
    February 19, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    [band ... like a rock band]

  64. Capman911, Go to YT watch, vote, comment says: 48
    February 19, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Marina why doesn’t the timed starts for a video not work any more? I have tried both #T=01m20s and &start=80s and neither one will work,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODt4aD_-qCs&start=80s

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODt4aD_-qCs#T=01m20s

  66. James says: 46
    February 19, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Marina, I have noticed a ….. LESSON ERROR!!! The mutt video is listed again muttonhead in the video list.

  67. James says: 45
    February 19, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    Marinas face showed up on my breakfast this morning too…. http://twitpic.com/1ksyo

  68. jjrakman says: 44
    February 19, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Word Request:

    [burlesque]

  69. thoughtonfire says: 43
    February 19, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Dear HotForWords,

    My sister eloped and that ended in a divorce, she remarried and has a family.

    I sort of eloped and then ended in a sort of divorce.

    Your Student,
    ThoughtOnFire

  70. James says: 42
    February 19, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    AND HERE TOO :eek: :eek: :eek: :sad: OH MY FACE THEY ARE BACK!!!

    :evil: :evil:

    BE GONE WITH YOU :evil: PAGES BE GONE!

  71. James says: 41
    February 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    Urm,,,, There are still paged comments on older lessons.

  72. hotrocky says: 40
    February 19, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Don’t forget! Elope spelled backwards is e pole.

    I recommend an e ladder, since the poles are all being used by exotic dancers these days.

  73. James says: 39
    February 19, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    If you are worried about views 1 sure way to boost them is [lingerie] A good title, you and the origin of this strange word would make for maybe another million hit lesson.

    • originalistrick says: 39.1
      February 19, 2009 at 4:15 pm

      You know, that’s an interesting idea! Now before ya’ll accuse me of being a horny bastard, which I am, of course, hear me out. Marina, you could appear at the intro in some lingerie without showing more skin than appropriate. Just introduce it all flirty like you do so well to set up the tease. After that, heck, you could do the lesson in a bathrobe, or demonstrate with photos of lingerie models, or mannequins in lingerie. (Of course, if you decided to do the lesson wearing lingerie yourself I’d somehow force myself to view it, I guess.) My point is I concur with James about the view count, and most importantly, I would really like to see the effect a lesson like this might have in regards to the YT Most Popular algorithm situation. Maybe irrelavent; don’t know.

      Homework: No, and no.

      Always.

  74. subtlelight says: 38
    February 19, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    I would like to make a request for the word “ostentatious”, please. Thanks you!

  75. webcorruptor says: 37
    February 19, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    I believe the closest thing to a drive-thru divorce is an [annulment]. Maybe, that should be your next word. I believe it can be done for no reason within 48 hours of the marriage. I think Brittney Spears had one of those. It might have been back when she was still claiming to be a virgin. I wonder if she still does that. I don’t know if that had any connection to why the annulment happened. It would make sense if the guy was upset because Justin Timberlake got there first. This was just after she was dumped by him. I wonder if she still claims to have real boobs too. You know how those growth spurts can strike so quickly and unexpectedly.
    Annulments are good for the situation you were talking about where alcohol is involved, but I thought Russians could hold their vodka. As they say, “it’s always better to look before you leap” especially where marriage is involved. Why is divorce so expensive? Because it’s worth it.

  76. muggins says: 36
    February 19, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Elope? No, I cantaloupe.

  77. James says: 35
    February 19, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Marina, on that photo of your room, what are those 3 strange box things? I know I am an an actor so I should know what they are but I have never seen anything like them before.

  78. James says: 34
    February 19, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    Saw some more Marina items today…. Why is it I see most of them when I visit my family 50 miles away… weird… Will post tomorrow.

  79. James says: 33
    February 19, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    Marina, if Michael is your YT BF. Can I be your YT adopted child & prodigy?

    I have the paperwork

    James is my YT adopted child & Prodidgy

    (please sign below)

    ………………………
    Marina O

  80. starfish422 says: 32
    February 19, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    I would like to request the etymology of the word [cursive].

    Thank you. :)

  82. fatbuffalo says: 30
    February 19, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    Is the divorce rate the same for eloped couples ? Or are they married happily ever after ? :???:

  83. fatbuffalo says: 29
    February 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    :lol: at the end it sounds like beatbox

  86. MCLIJazz says: 26
    February 19, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    I still love the sped-up outtakes. :smile: :lol:
    My aunt eloped, but she and her husband divorced (or at least separated) about five years later. Meanwhile, I’m far from marriage, or a relationship for that matter. :sad:

  87. cufan71 says: 25
    February 19, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Word Request :mrgreen:
    [Cantelope] or [Canelope]
    Not sure which is right :?:

  88. Evan Owen says: 24
    February 19, 2009 at 11:54 am

    Word request: [über]

    E.g.: “A Russian is a sort of über-Celt: one who can out-sing a Welshman, out-fight a Scotsman, and out-drink an Irishman.” :razz:

  89. mountainboy32 says: 23
    February 19, 2009 at 11:32 am

    Marina you have advatageous, voluptuous, succulent well you know. Can you do these words for me please make reference to mountainboy32@youtube just shake your breast and talk with your sexy voice please. Any of the three words advatageous, voluptuous, succulent. I think if you do these with your flirtly sexy little way mention me mountainboy32. I have alot more big words. :lol: I am sorry if you get my recent e-mail. I thought you blocked me from your comment box on youtube. Sorry I am not always so dirty with my mouth.

  90. bsomebody says: 22
    February 19, 2009 at 11:08 am

    @Marina I did check by YT before I came here. The new vid had posted, so I guess that is working okay. I only get the e-mail from YT about once per week. I don’t know what the schedule is supposed to be. So – if I check YT, I get the updates on time. If I wait for YT to contact me, it is less than once per week, with a list of your last half dozen or so vids.

  91. Bob says: 21
    February 19, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Well, I didn’t run away from anything, but I did get married on the other side of the world and didn’t tell anyone until afterwards – does that count?
    And it wasn’t a $50 quickie either; there were over 200 guests and the wedding lasted a total of five days and was spread out over three months.
    Edit: Just seen Capman’s comment below; I paid for all of it, so I’m determined to get the most value for my money and make it last. :twisted:

  92. Capman911, Vote for Marina for Miss. Y.T. says: 20
    February 19, 2009 at 10:32 am

    I know it’s tradition, but why does the Brides side of the family have to pay for most of the wedding while the groom only gets by with a minimal amount? I figured it is a carry over from when women had to have dowries, but times have changed. It should be equal share between the two families to get their children married. You know women’s lib and all should have changed that. The bra burning was an excellent idea, but I see they went back to wearing them. So much for that. :???:

  93. BillyB says: 19
    February 19, 2009 at 10:31 am

    … used to think elopes were used for sending emails… I miss seeing lividemerald around here, I suck at puns

  94. Capman911, Vote for Marina for Miss. Y.T. says: 18
    February 19, 2009 at 10:18 am

    Hey everyone copy this comment below the line and go over to the channel attached to my name and paste it to help Marina get voted for Miss YT.
    _________________________________________________________

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  95. niteowl says: 17
    February 19, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Marina, “my video me seen” makes no sense. Do you mean “My video be seen”? Oh that’s right you’re drunk! :)

  96. Capman911, Vote for Marina for Miss. Y.T. says: 16
    February 19, 2009 at 9:33 am

    You sounded like a weed eater trying to start up at the end. I love the out takes and bloopers. :wink:
    Yes I have known a two couples that have eloped. One was because of the parents not wanting the couple to marry, and the other didn’t have the money for a formal wedding. To this day both couples are still happily married. :smile:

  97. neuroway says: 15
    February 19, 2009 at 9:24 am

    Elope? Like a rabbit? Never!

    I think one must stand and fight the music. Even after having been as drunk as a lord!

  98. smokey36bear says: 14
    February 19, 2009 at 9:02 am

    No I didn’t elope and I really can’t think of anyone I know who has.
    I remember reading somewhere that Vegas marrages or more likely to fail than others. :shock:

  99. Evan Owen says: 13
    February 19, 2009 at 8:57 am

    ***Marina gossip department*** :razz:

    OMG, if M. needs a drive-through divorce, that means… :shock: :mrgreen:

  100. bsomebody says: 12
    February 19, 2009 at 8:02 am

    We did have some friends that eloped. We did not find out until their “wedding” two years later. At the wedding, they told us that they had actually eloped before, and this was their two-year anniversary. I thought it was kinda funny, but Mrs. Somebody was pretty hurt by the whole thing. Mrs. Somebody and the bride were pretty close, but the missus was not included in the select handful who knew. It was kind of a bummer. :cry:

  101. rambo508 says: 11
    February 19, 2009 at 7:49 am

    I would like to request the word, [Obtuse]
    I changed it – Marina

  102. hot-dog-lincoln says: 10
    February 19, 2009 at 7:36 am

    A friend eloped because his parents didn’t think she was the right woman. He married her… elope style… and found out that his parents were right. She strayed away… started polishing other guys’ horns! :lol: :shock: :oops:

  103. seesixcm6 says: 9
    February 19, 2009 at 7:35 am

    Dear Marina, You saved a video you made in Las Vegas! You look so happy in you recent videos! It makes me glad to see and hear you. No my parents didn’t elope. I hope you don’t elope either, because you would look so extremely beautiful in a new, white wedding dress! Even I would pay a bit more than $50 for a quickie wedding in Las Vegas with you! :razz:
    Seesixcm6!

  104. MeLikaDoTheChaCha - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek! says: 8
    February 19, 2009 at 7:33 am

    Homework: No. Marriage is grand. Divorce? Around a hundred grand…
    The line in the Twelve Days of Christmas makes sense, now.
    “Eleven lords aleaping….” :mrgreen:
    Placing a ladder at the window and stealing away to get married is an old [cliche] here in the states.

  105. Dezdkado says: 7
    February 19, 2009 at 7:17 am

    I’m loving the bloopers! :mrgreen:

    I have friends who eloped… in order to save money. My parents eloped (sort-of) because my father was shipping out to a new duty station. My grandparents were all happy about it, and wished them well, so it really wasn’t “running away.”

    Hmm… drink, drank, drunk… Marina, you’re not getting too tipsy are you? Don’t get too crazy and get married in one of those chapels.

    Hey, that’s a good word to do… [Chapel]

    I have heard that “cheese,” or rather “fromage” comes from the Roman description of the cheese-packing process. They called cheese wheels “casseus formatus” (or something similar), meaning formed in a case (or mold). Any truth to this?

    • leonard says: 7.1
      February 19, 2009 at 7:30 am

      I 2nd that request..Cheese Roll 2008 – Gloucester, England…wisconsin has better cheddar… :idea:

    • Evan Owen says: 7.2
      February 19, 2009 at 1:07 pm

      Word request: [cheese]

      If “casseus” is the Latin, then Spanish “queso” and Welsh “caws” are obvious cognates. “Cheese” could derive from it also, in the same way that “chief” came from “capita.”

      The “mold” is of course essential to making blue cheese. :lol:

      • Dezdkado says: 7.2.1
        February 19, 2009 at 2:46 pm

        I looked up one source that says fromage comes from the Latin “caseus formaticus”… caseus, meaning cheese, and formaticus meaning formed or molded. This would make some sense as the Romans made great wheels of cheese. From this source it is described that the French modified formaticus (or formaticum) into fromage. The link between caseus and queso is definite, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. As for the French blue cheese connection, we have another problem… is it pronounced “Roquefort” or “Roque-forte”? :mrgreen:

  108. hs4mm says: 4
    February 19, 2009 at 7:05 am

    Marina, how about turning off gravatars for a day or so to see if that would speed things up? Even though each gravatar is small, it could be that 200 or so requests to the gravatar-icon-server is what is slowing page loads on HFW.

  109. Marina says: 3
    February 19, 2009 at 7:03 am

    Am I grammatically correct in my “I shouldn’t have drank that much…”? Now I’m thinking it should be ” I shouldn’t have drunk that much!”. Where is Grammar Girl when I need her?

  110. pedanticKarl - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek says: 2
    February 19, 2009 at 7:01 am

    Hey, Marina, check out the Popular Forum.
    I posted a graph of your “Several” video which has been hogging the Popular board. :grin: Yipeeee!!!!

    Edit:
    I see the video is now gone, but it had a great run.
    It will be baaaack.

    • hs4mm says: 2.1
      February 19, 2009 at 7:12 am

      Pedantic, so did the text based link to YouTube that Marina provided help? Did you know that originally that text based linked added to direct views, and later was changed to add to referred views? If that link helped, which form of the link helped?

      • pedanticKarl - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek says: 2.1.1
        February 19, 2009 at 7:35 am

        Hi hs4mm,
        As far as I can tell, the text based link and the destination link when double-clicking the video are identical. In either case, YT will recognize the click as an “&eurl=….”, or externally accessed link.

        As I pointed out on the forum (my most recent posting), the clicks for the “Several” is very low (1%), yet the video was on the Popular board for 8+ hours. In, fact, two or three other HFW videos should have been on the board, but they are not, nor have they been, which means at this point in time (my limited knowledge so far), YT is capricious in placing videos on the Popular board.

        • hs4mm says: 2.1.1.1
          February 19, 2009 at 7:47 am

          For almost 24 hours, the text based link did not have the “&eurl” part — see Several/Thread 64* including Marina’s comment at 64.2.

          • pedanticKarl - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek says: 2.1.1.1.1
            February 19, 2009 at 8:04 am

            Hi hs4mm,
            By not having the “&eurl” attached, YT would not know the referrer and give credit as a “click” to that referrer.
            (Of course they would know the referrer via the HTTP server logs which is different.)

            Visit the “Several” video on YT, then click the “Statistics & Data” button, then look at the clicks. Very low at 1%, compared to the “Smoking pot with Michael Phelps?” which is 17% and scriptgirls video which as 10%.

            My conclusion is that one cannot isolate just one single variable and use that as the golden metric. There are lots of ratios at play which YT uses.

    • Marina says: 2.2
      February 19, 2009 at 8:55 am

      5th page is not a good run for me. I need to appear on the #1 and #2 pages. I am still very upset by all this.

    • pedanticKarl - Vote Marina for Sexiest Geek says: 2.3
      February 19, 2009 at 10:14 am

      As predicted, the “Several” video is
      back on the Popular page 5, #82.
      It may be up there for another 1-3 hours, or possible more.

  112. hottiefucker says: 1.1
    February 20, 2009 at 5:16 am

    well, sorryfor ur all but i am gonna say what i want to say can i help it you all don’t dare to say [cumming] on this post geez… fucking negative comments on my post because all i wanted to know the origin of the word [cumming] that’s silly

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