What an excellent, excellent word to request the origin of. Kudos to your friend David for thinking up such a clever word request!
I am a little surprised that snorkel is a relatively new word to the language. It seems to have started around World War 2, but maybe it was more like World War 1. Truly an odd word, especially when you consider it has a German origin but became popular due to a Frenchman!
This lesson totally reminded me of the novelty song ‘Wet Dream’ by Kip Adotta. If you haven’t heard that song yet, you’ve got to check out, Marina! I’m betting you’ll get a big kick out of the very clever word use in the song. Here’s a link to it’s video on YouTube:
I just had to put up the lyrics to ‘Wet Dream’ after mentioning it:
It was April the forty-first
Being a quadruple leap year
I was driving in downtown Atlantis
My barracuda was in the shop
So I was in a rented stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell Station
They said I’d blown a seal
I said, “Fix the damn thing
And leave my private life out of it
Okay pal?”
While they were doing that
I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar, a real dive
But I knew the owner
He used to play for the Dolphins
I said “Hi Gil”
You have to yell, he’s hard of herring
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Gil was also down on his luck
Fact is he was barely keeping his head below water
I bellied up to the sandbar
He poured me the usual
Rusty snail, hold the grunion
Shaken not stirred
With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side
Heavy on the mako
I slipped him a fin
On porpoise
I was feeling good
I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry’s squids
For the halibut
Well the place was crowded
We were packed in like sardines They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal
What sole
Tommy was rockin’ the place with a very popular tuna
Salmon Chanted Evening
And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers
Probably there to see the bass player
One of them was this cute little yellowtail
And she’s giving me the eye
So I figured this is my chance for a little fun
You know, piece of Pisces
But she said things I just couldn’t fathom
She was too deep, seemed to be under a lot of pressure
Boy, could she drink
She drank like a . . .
She drank a lot
I said “What’s your sign”
She said “Aquarium”
I said “Great, let’s get tanked”
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
I invited her to my place for a midnight bait
I said “Come on baby, it’ll only take a few minnows”
She threw me that same old line
“Not tonight, I gotta haddock”
And she wasn’t kidding either
Cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock
I’d ever seen come down the pike
He was covered with mussels
He came over to me and said
“Listen, shrimp, don’t you come trollin’ around here”
What a crab
This guy was steamed
I could see the anchor in his eyes
I turned to him, I said
“A-balone, you’re just being shellfish”
Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil
�Cause he was already on the phone to the cods
The haddock hits me with a sucker punch
I catch him with a left hook
He eels over
It was a fluke but there he was
Lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel
Kelpless
I said “Forget the cods Gil
This guy’s gonna need a sturgeon”
Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend
She came over to me, she said
“Hey, big boy, you’re really a game fish
What’s your name”
I said “Marlin”
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Well, from then on we had a whale of a time
I took her to dinner, I took her to dance
I bought her a bouquet of flounders
And then I went home with her
And what did I get for my trouble
A case of the clams
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
A few days ago I was having some work done at my local garage. A blonde came in and asked for a seven-hundred- ten.
We all looked at each other and another customer asked, ‘What is a seven-hundred- ten?’
She replied, ‘You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I have lost it and need a new one..’
She replied that she did not know exactly what it was, but this piece had always been there..
The mechanic gave her a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like.
She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710. He then took her over to a car just like hers which had its hood up and asked ‘is there a 710 on this car?’
She pointed and said, ‘Of course, its right there.’
That’s hilarious. People don’t think outside the box enough, or in this case, they don’t think upside down. But it does smack on the font problem with trying to decypher between 1 (number one), l (letter L, lower case), and I (letter i, upper case).
That was a great article with some new information about Marina.
The article also mentioned a favorite subscriber to this site,
big B who was at the NYC book signing.
I know its a strange request, but where did the word [Sword] come from? People used swords for thousands of years, but who first came up with the word? It almost sounds like a portmanteu of some word that starts with an s and word.
Hi: this moment is my request of…[random]….Quote”A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.” – General George S. Patton 1885-1945….Love lies Bleeding________do you want your health records public?______insurance is based on what????["in G*O*D we trust"]…0uch of money and message my sexy mouth
my sun is out shining and weighting for me…A mess is a mas-sage…rub my peas that feeds the needs….
That really [hits] my heart…golly, my printer needs another refill…my scribbing is not fibbing____blue is wrote from my “blood-oranges” and vinegar holds the “blood-sau(w)-sage-s”…kEyed-bOrEded[home]…blood write my secrets–”I LIVE” “Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) Quote”A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.” – General George S. Patton 1885-1945
Hello chiptheawesome,
Some of Marina’s music comes with samples from Apple’s GarageBand, an application which allows one to create music from a variety of sources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand
Additional music comes from non-copyrighted sources or sources that have given her permissions to use that music. Click on the MUSIC link at the top of the page and you will see some of that music.
You’ll also see a Music Player way down there at the bottom of any page which will play some of that music.
I agree with those who would like to see you ignore the YT suggestions about “dumbing down” your work. Any elaboration by me would be redundant. YT advising you on your lessons is like Decca discounting the Beatles and the guitar’s impact on popular music.
I was told today from Amanda350x that AT&T is going to allow picture messages on the iPhone starting tomorrow! So if you have one check with AT&T and see if this is true.
OK.. do I go 5 levels deep on the comments and bring the margin to the left to make room.. as I have done now… which results in the comments area looking more cluttered?
Or do I go with 4 levels deep and the sub-comments being pushed to the right more as they were earlier today looking less cluttered?
5 level with push to left better. I do not see the clutter. Also, in the previous scheme, the images looked too big (as though wasting space); with the push to left, the same sized images look appropriate.
It means your design is a true reflection of the activities that it houses.
In this case: when you lose to much functionality you need the change the shape of the “design”
FLR made it famous
(The apprentice surpassed his teacher)
ps. If its lack of space, you could lose the white lining around the gravatars.
By the way, if comment numbers are missing because they clutter the view, how about making them invisible by being the exact same as the background color? Even though they are invisible, I think one can still see them by dragging the mouse over them and highlighting them; one cannot highlight a background area — but if the area has text in the same color as the background then one can highlight it and see the text — I am fairly certain of this.
At one time there were numbers barely visible to the eye on the right side of all of the comments. It started out like 1, then if someone replied to you it would go to 1.1 and 1.2 and so on this was all in the same thread. So you could refer back to comment 1.2 and knew where to go look for the comment the person was referring to. If you started a new thread it would go to 2.0 then 2.1 then 2.3. and so on. You could mouse over them and they would become visible.
5 levels looks fine to me, as do all the features of the modified site.
There is plenty of white space in the design as it is now with 5 levels – any more and we’ll all be going snow-blind.
I like the 4 deep as it doesn’t look so cluttered. Remember we tried 5 before and the TA’s could go more than that and the words were to small or run off of the page. Some replies you couldn’t even read. We can always refer back to a certain comment by using the comment links in our message to the commenter.
It is easier to follow the site this way because the comments are fairly close together unlike Twitter where if you make a comment and a reply to that comment may be 5 or 6 comments if not more away from your original comment instead of close together.
The site really, really looks great! – and I know all the work you put in on it…
ONE thing though – the counter on the Home Page doing a wrap-around for the last digit [sticks out like a sore thumb] to the otherwise thorough professional composition of the site. Isn’t there a way to adjust colum widths slightly or something so it’s all on one line.
Do that and i won’t bug you again (about that ) until you go over a Billion views.
[][][]will there be [random lesson] added to your web-site?[][][] please play off your div-vi-tions—diversions—divide me knot and halves R not snarled…*peace*…
Hmm, thats odd how come new people are putting word requests in between [ ] Are they seeing something I am not, I also don’t see the smiley list, but I don’t see many people using them now anyway so maybe they have gone, but I still see new people [ requesting ] with the [ ]
Marina I miss your old thing that said about your tweets, now I have to search through tweetdeck.. Maybe you could insert something with your tweets in next to the twitpics part, it looks a little bare there.
Marina, I looked at the YouTube comments and I kinda agree with A few people (btw who is michellephan where did she come from and how did she overtake you?)
I can’t actually find the comments I am looking for but to sum up they basically say that people are finding your videos less stimulating. I think the lowest point for you was “jump” where you pretty much said “jump with me” “jump is onomatopoeitc” FIN
Your highest points were around the “sisyphean” times
Sandwich lesson structure
1) title
2)info
3) xxx xxx xxx xxx from my website wanted to know origin of sandwhich
4) hfw decided to investage (globe and postcards)
5) sandwhich is an eponnym named after
john montagu
5a) info on him
5b) country word came from
5c)year of first recorded use
5c)how info ties into word origin
5d)funny jokes
SNORKEL
1) Comedy
2)david furnish
3)Origin
3a) country
3b) old usage
3c) year of origin
3d)comedy
4)Outtakes ( )
FORTNIGHT (good to see lessons are back to being over2 min long!)
Now this is why I think people were feeling bad about some of your videos looking at snorkel and sandwich the word origin is there, but only when you look really deep, because now the origins seem to be covered up by cutscenes
FORTNIGHT
“A long time ago” …. How long? 100BC? 100AD?
No mention of first recorded usage and who used it…
Now, I am not having a go at you, I just feel that all the effort you put into things not related to the actual word origin distract from what you are on youtube to do…. teach.
The history of the word is still there but is harder to find because it is buried under unrelated things.
I think it would be a good idea for you to have 75% origin 25% other over 2 to 3 mins, I think your views would go up too.
I would phrase the issue as: Is the primary purpose comedy/entertainment with word-origins thrown in on the side, or is the primary purpose communication of word-origins with comedy/entertainment/whatever-else being there but only as secondary enhancements to the primary purpose of communicating word-origin?
On the advice of people at YouTube, when YT changed to popular I was told to shorten the video length in order to appear on popular, that got me back on popular. Then YT changed again and I was told to try to appeal to 12 year olds in order to appear on popular, because you will not appear on popular unless your video is favorited a ton, commented a ton of times and rated like crazy, so I tried to appeal to 12 year olds, but I am not digging it. Just watch a SHAYTARDS video or a CTFxC video to see what appeals to young kids.. and I really can’t do videos like that, it’s not my style. It works for them but won’t work for me. So I am going to try to go back to what I did. I feel that the advice I got resulted in my videos not being what they used to be.
That’s good to hear Marina, I thought the idea was you had to be 13 because you are not allowed to track browsing habits of people under that age.. thats me being [pedantic] (anything to do with pendant?)
I guess that explained the fred phase you went through. I would never take the advice of youtube, they would just try to ride off my own success in the long run.
Also I think that YouTube saying what it did never had any effect, how many 12 year olds do they think write
” I just turn the volume down and stare at your tits”
You are the only philologist on YouTube. So even if YouTube said you should start making videos trying to appeal to 110 year olds you would still get the same comments.
I feel that when you were showing your intelligence was when you were most appealing to everybody.
I can’t wait for some new stuff.
You have 260k subscribers, you don’t need to be told what to do by YouTube, thats like the government telling the Queen what to wear; sure she could wear a pink outfit but she is the Queen, it doesn’t matter what colour dress she wears, people will still come to see her!
“You have 260k subscribers, you don’t need to be told what to do by YouTube, thats like the government telling the Queen what to wear; sure she could wear a pink outfit but she is the Queen, it doesn’t matter what colour dress she wears, people will still come to see her!”
I could not agree with you more. YouTube corp people are not the experts on how Marina should make her videos. Only Marina is the expert in that area.
I’m delighted to hear that you are going back to your original concept.
I was never convinced that “dumbing down” was the thing to do – it’s diametrically opposed to what you set out to do when you started your videos.
What puzzles me is why YouTube wants you to appeal to 12 year-olds. If their revenue comes from advertising, then 12 year-old kids are surely not going to attract advertisers – they have no income and therefore no spending power.
Further to my comment about dumbing down, if intelligence is sexy (and here’s the proof ) then what is “un-intelligence”?
(What IS the opposite of intelligence?)
Hey Bob,
Did you notice that the article made a grave error or they are playing bait and switch. The title uses the word “Intelligent” by itself and right below it they say, “Women with brains have more fun in bed …”, yet, in the rest of the article all of the words “intelligence” are preceded by the word “Emotional”, as in “Emotional intelligence”.
Studies have shown that there is little or no correlation between IQ and emotional intelligence. Not all people with a high emotional quotient have a high IQ and vice versa.
Yes, I noticed that they singled out emotional intelligence; maybe a sexist prejudice that women are emotional and men are not. There are many different intelligences as Tony Buzan points out in his book “Buzan’s Book of Genius” (ISBN 0 09 178551 0) where he talks of verbal, Numerical/Logical, Engineering/Spatial, Sensual, Bodily/Kinaesthetic, Creative, InTRA-personal, InTER-personal and Spiritual intelligences, as well as an overall Genius Quotient.
IQ tests only test the verbal and numerical intelligences whereas the pilot aptitude tests I underwent to get into the Navy also tested the Engineering/Spatial, Bodily/Kinaesthetic and InTER-personal ones.
I disagree that stupid is the opposite of intelligent – the two are unfortunately not mutually exclusive, intelligent people are as often doing stupid things as those not so intelligent. The thing is, intelligent people learn from their mistakes.
I have, after a little pondering, come up with a new nerd-word for the opposite of intelligent – it is “dumbinance”.
LOL, I read that article a few days ago. I thought it was stupid play on words. Like PK said, it’s was a bait and switch. Emotional Intelligence is the same as mental intelligence. People like this should not be in a position to write stories for a major online company that makes a lame attempt at deceiving people. These type of writers are just there to write something stupid just so can can pick up their paycheck at the end of the week and go get drunk.
1) Bob’s reply below make me want to amend the purpose stated earlier (by adding “in a manner that demonstrates that intelligence is indeed sexy”): “… or is the primary purpose the communication of word-origins in a manner that demonstrates that intelligence is indeed sexy with comedy/entertainment/whatever-else being there but only as secondary enhancements to the primary purpose of communicating word-origin?
2) Was the “screamer” twitter-picture based on the same advice? You once tweeted to VP the proper thing to do with advice from her manager (her manager was telling her that doing a video on 8-mom would make her lose her audience or some such stupid thing); advice from YT is similar.
Also: what kind of kids do you want to attract? The mindless ones can’t really value anything. The ones with any intelligence left (after public education etc.) can only be attracted by intelligent videos.
More generally, what kind of audience do you want to attract primarily? The intelligent ones, right? Such ones would be repulsed by display of mindlessness.
In thinking about Twitter, you used Twitter’s tag line “What are you doing?” and the way the creators of Twitter use Twitter to argue how one should use Twitter. Captain Jack replied by saying that neither the tag line nor the method of usage by the creators imposes any requirement on how others may use twitter. You then thanked him (this is in the Forum).
In the context of YouTube, did you interpret “the advice” of YouTube as a requirement that you must follow? I also remember a comment in which you wrote something like “they want me to make videos 10 seconds long” (this comment was in the first 1 minute lesson you made this year, perhaps around the time of the horse racing video).
When a business makes a remark, do you view that as a requirement for you to follow … with a threat of “or else”? Although the car, banking, health care, and building industry is currently run by Mr. BO, other business have not yet been filled by government bureaucrats. Suggestions/advice from Twitter and YouTube are not being made by government bureaucrats backed up with guns … at least no yet.
Regarding your Twitter comment about how a company suggest how you should use Twitter. Read this:
“I think there is a world market for about five computers” — Remark attributed to Thomas J. Watson (Chairman of the Board of International Business Machines)
With the invention of Mainframe computers with CRT terminals to access them. IBM believed that there would be no need for personal computers. Every one could purchase a inexpensive terminal to access the power of a Mainframe computer. Steve Jobs and Steven Woz didn’t agree with that statement. Hence the formation of Apple computers. What is kind of ironic is that with ‘Cloud computing’ we are sort of leaning back to that system.
Marina tends to believe that large companies know best for the fact that they are a large successful company must be doing something right. She mentioned this somewhere on the website/forums I think, or maybe in an email.
If the people of the Untied States think that the government runs the country then they have been brain washed well. It’s part of the capitalist system that indirectly controls the country.
Seems to me you have done very well being you – with 48 of your 492 vids topping 1 Million views. 260K subs, lots of Press, and a published book.
You’ve created something very unique and special with your work – tweeks and improvements are one thing, ‘dumbing down’ things significantly to appeal to 12 year olds just puts you in competition for a dumb audience.
I say do what you do best – you Educate in an entertaining way – and that has taken you this far!
I think of it this way – if you made vids for 12 year olds – you could have written a Comic Book and been promoting it on Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel or something rather than the much more substantive audiences you’ve been reaching recently.
Bob makes the point above about advertisers and 12 year olds. YouTube has been changing – but if you change significantly with every one of their ill-advised and fleeting experiments you’ll NEVER be on a solid footing.
I can’t believe YouTube will hold onto a business model that favors 12-year-old’s programming to the detriment of the rest of the world population. If that were a winner – all we would have on Cable and Broadcast TV and Film would be 500 Disney Channels.
My opinion and prediction is that they will change several more times before they settle in to a more stable way of operating that will allow them to actually be profitable.
In the meantime I’m seeing you doing the hard work of building a solid following brick by brick, expanding your horizons with TV appearances, Magazines, Radio, Book published, etc. Now when those folks take the time to come and check you out – as I did – and see that quality of work you’ve shown over and over – I’ve gotta believe you can do nothing but prosper.
That solid base of quality work that YOU are proud of is what people will be viewing (and ringing your cash register) for years to come.
PK has been generous enough to clue me in on how important popular and most viewed have been to vid views, and other quirks of the YT system. And however they do it now and in the future, I don’t think you can go wrong with interesting and well crafted origins that people want to watch once they find them.
The WORST thing that could happen is if YOU lose interest in what you do – I know we’d all hate that (even Alex).
One last point:
I know of several other YouTubers who got going or started outside of YouTube and are now a presence there.
I think it was something i heard YOU say in regards to your book – but aren’t you the FIRST YouTuber to start there and begin to move beyond YT – with a book at least?
Being one of only 6 GoDaddy Girls – and as I heard Dr. Bob Parsons say, the first INTERNATIONAL GoDaddy spokesperson – is certainly another [Feather in your Cap] (or headband)
I think you are making History.
OK, that’s it – my keyboard is running out of ink…
I have absolutely no idea about this!!! But good question actually. Could she be possest by an irrational desire to follow Youtube cap’n? Whatcha think?
“It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”
– Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961)
Giglet: a wanton, lascivious girl, from the Middle English word ‘gigelot’.
…or 1 more from Sammy——[Queer] street: a tricky situation, such as being in debt or bankruptcy. For example: “If this goes on much longer, I’ll be in queer street.” [angst]steared*!*stueer…public drinks[][]…[]
Word Request: [cult and culture]
Marina, could you cultivate a lesson on the origin of the word [cult] and [culture] and do these two words have a common origin? I am told that they refer to different things, but I want to shoehorn the word cult into culture. And what about the word cultivate. How are these words related or not related?
Hey buzzword, this should be right up your alley? Yes?
Word Request: Part 2: [race] vis-à-vis culture and ethnicity.
In the context of the word culture, what is the origin of the word race? My understanding is that the word race can refer to both physical attributes as well as cultural attributes such as language and common traditions. The three words, culture, race, ethnicity have their own distinct meanings, but there seems to be a blurring of definitions in certain context when speaking of certain people and cultures.
I forgot my earbuds, so I couldn’t hear the audio, but I pretty much got the idea of the lesson from the video alone.
One thing your paper snorkle appears to lack is a check valve that closes when the end of the tube is submerged to keep the water out. A diesel-electric submarine’s snorkle has such a valve, and if they goof and get the tube below the water, it slams shut and the diesels suck in the air from the interior until they resurface, causing everyone’s ears too pop.
What’s the deal with the word [ egad ] ? As in, “Egad! I just realized something so important that I’m using a 4-letter word that I don’t really know the origin of!”
I would like a GIRL MERMAID if I wanted one. Where would you fit in your weeenie. Maybe she gives good head! When I visited at the home of a friend or two who had a swimming pool when I was in grade school, I may have gotten a snorkel and goggles at KMart. You cannot do anything but skim on the surface of the water. My dad was not the best breadwinner and all my friends in grade school seemed to have more toys and things than I did. we had some weirdass man who drove the county wrecker and was always at home. I think he got that swimming pool liner that my dad bought for $50.00 when Kiddie City went out of business and I was a junior in high school and about to go into the army the next year. Reminding me that my dad paid $50.00 for a pool liner on a liquidation sale somehow qualifies him for FATHER OF THE YEAR???
This is because when you are baling hay(square bales) and a wire breaks, it will fly around crazy. I don’t think anybody uses them anymore for this reason. They use twine. In fact, square bales are really only used for horse hay(alf-alfa, clover, etc.) anymore and cattle get those huge round bales which were always tied with twine. Hope this helps.
Marina, I’ve looked everywhere. What’s the difference between [advisor and adviser]? Please tell me it it’s more complex than Brits and Americans unable to decide which was the better spelling… please?
Nice snorkel. Real clean looking. Kinda short but size isn’t everything. I thought it was a real snorkel until I read one of the comments. Anyhow, it was a good idea. No sense buying a $45 snorkel in L.A.. The ocean water is cloudy. And then, afterwords, you’d have to do something with the snorkel. Put it in the closet? That’s a bad trend, which might become habit forming. Keeping every last thing because you might use it someday. My closets are packed with that stuff. Thus, a paper snorkel.
Hello Marina,that video was interesting !I love that swim suit,or what there isn’t of it.LOL ,I’am glad to see you looking healthy ,and vivid!Thank you for your time oh great teacher!
Dear Marina,
I knew a girl who worked as a mermaid at a marine park. She told me her “mermaid pants” were custom-made and they had zippers on the left and right sides which were covered by flaps. They were made of stretch fabric, and they would put them on, one leg at a time, because it took longer to put both legs in at once. She said it was like swimming with your legs tied together, but because the pants had large flippers, they could swim fast if they wanted to. They also had to wear a bra, by the way.
They would stay underwater for up to a minute, and when they rose to the surface, they had to tilt their head back so they wouldn’t get wet hair across their face. They had a signal if a girl got tired or took in water, and the other girls were required to stop everything else to take the girl out of the water. She was a strong swimmer, with good shoulders and strong legs. She used the job to finish studies at the University and she got a land-based job, later.
So to answer your homework question, this mermaid made love the same way you would!
Seesixcm6
That sounds like an interesting job. Yet very hard work. I can’t imagine putting on that suit on everyday and then preforming.
What is also interesting is the Monofins they used (assuming they did or both fins worked as one). Free divers that want to conserve energy will use a Monofin. The monofin swimmer extends arms forward, locking hands together, locking the head between the biceps. The undulating movement starts in the shoulders, with maximum amplitude towards the hips, the legs almost don’t bend to transfer the movement to the monofin. This technique is called the Dolphin Kick. By slowly oscillating the surface of the monofin when submerged, freedivers can generate large amounts of thrust even with small or slow movements. This preserves energy which helps with breathholding (apnea).
Monofins were introduced in the USSR in 1972, by a Ukrainian finswimming club, and have been used for finswimming competitions since, allowing monofin swimmers to reach speeds of 12km/h.
Now free divers don’t use a suit that ties their legs together but I wonder if it would improve performance as they slip through the water?
So I see the mermaid outfit actually a good thing to use for it conserves energy over the course of the performance. I’ve even seen Olympic swimmers move through the water as if they had their legs tied together. Micheal Phelps I think has used this technique even. This is why I find your friends job interesting is the connection of something entertaining yet also very functional.
I’ve seen mermaid dresses that had magnetic strips down the back with a flap that covered the split. Though they were not made for the water.
Hi Marina! Nice vid. Anyways I’m guessing they reproduce externally like frogs, fishes, whales and dolphins. Lets take it as the male releases its sperm into the water and enters the well you should know that >.<. Anyways I want to know the origin of the word "Bullshit". I mean like why bull? Why not other animals?
there is indeed something intrinsically sexy about this apparatus. I used it to search (in vain) for an earring which my then future wife had lost… nice foreplay though. (no, she’s not a mermaid, so can’t answer your question…)
Your looking really cute in that video Marina! As for how mermaids and mermen having sex, I think they just dry hump,or a more likely wet hump! Love ya!
Sexual [][][]dimorphism[][][] is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species…Obvious differences between men and women include all the features related to reproductive role, notably the endocrine (hormonal) systems and their physiological and behavioural effects. Such undisputed sexual dimorphism include gonadal differentiation, internal genital differentiation, external genital differentiation, breast differentiation, muscle mass differentiation, and hair differentiation.
Externally, the most sexually dimorphic portions of the body are the chest, the lower half of the face, and the entire area between the waist and the knees.
…Time is right for fishing down at the local [marina]…PS…paper mills too love the life of symbols and long live sex and [pagans]…realm-on
I have that show on DVD. I know of the episode you talk about. Funny that Fry discovers that there is no sex involved and freaks out. It killed the relationship and he got out of there quick!
I don’t think (if there where such a mythical creatures Mermaids & Mermen) they would reproduce in this way for I would guess they where mammals and not of some kind of fish species. Though I seen mermaids drawn as fish like an not mammal like.
I say mythical, but we all have seen the birth defect of mermaid syndrome. HUmmmm maybe this is not so far fetched
I’m back George.
I was going to bring you some chocolate covered
strawberry cheesecake, but I know that you have
to watch your image, like that Clooney guy,
so I ate it for you. I’m glad that you are still happy to
see me.
James was the first to whom George revealed himself/itself/whateverself http://twitter.com/jamesington/status/3643128890 Whatever it is, it supposedly can be seen sneaking out from beneath ads; and logging out might improve the chances making it appear. I think I noticed James mention George even before that tweet but I forget if it was in a comment or in a tweet (he was asking what happened to George); I have been on the look out ever since, but have never seen it. Others blessed by the sight of George include Captain Jack, Rijk, and pedanticKarl.
Mermen and Merwomen have relations throught thier toungue. Barbs attach themselves inside each merpersons throat and a Salival egg is formed between them in the passion of kissing. They Both expectorate the egg into a Khonk Shell and Leave it with the Giant Pearl Bearer Oy Ester. Seated at the thrown of Poseidon. He animates the egg into a new merperson. I think but then I could be all wrong.
as long as you’re sly about sexual inuendo peeps r cool wid it. give a raw description of the manipulation of sexual genitalia and soon someone flips out and barks foul and then others start looking around for rocks to pick up.
1) Disputed parentage of a child born aboard a ship was resolved by listing the newborn as a “son of the gun.”
2) A rogue or scamp – “you are naughty, you old son of a gun”. Also used, although this is uncommon outside the USA, as a euphemism for ’son of a bitch’. Some say that the origin is ’son of a military man’. This explanation is disputed, but correct or not, the phrase is no longer used to convey that meaning.
Origin:
There is dispute amongst etymologists about the origin of this phrase. As always, disputes only occur where there is no definitive evidence so.
The faintly derogative epithet “son of a gun” has been documented as part of the lexicon of the English language since 1708, but no one can really lay claim to knowing how it began or what the phrase originally signified. Numerous interesting back stories have emerged in the centuries since, and it’s possible one might even be the right one, but we no longer have any way of knowing.
That’s all about I can find with my limited resources. Maybe Marina can tackle it better than I can. I find this phase very interesting for no one is able to make a determination of its origin at this time. Maybe someday I’ll go on a mission and sail around the world to make an attempt to find evidence of its origin. Now that I think about it, sounds like fun. Yeah, that really sound like fun. I’ll have to see if I can drag Marina out of her penthouse and take her on an investigating sailing trip.
Who need a green screen when you have the oceans of the world as a background? The islands of Fiji or Bora Bora?
You should my crazy plans for camera placements. For example I plan to have 8 outdoor cameras placed around the yacht in continuously running. There will be a what is called a panic switch, that you hit to start the recording mode. It will also include the last 15 minutes of action. Why do this? Well lets say like the sail boom breaks you can hit the panic switch and it will save the last 15 minutes for DVD archiving. It also will work for security. Cool hu?
Had I known she was in need of a snorkel, I could have mailed her my mask and snorkel. I rarely use them anymore. Snorkel gets into my way when I free dive. But I still use my fins quite a bit. I love my fins!
Is this a dare? Don’t dare me for I always win at that game.
I did get a signed book with a tiny bit of wet, slimy, lip stick residue left on it. Ok it’s not wet anymore, but it is there. Still it’s no substitute for the real thing. I’m going to remedy that.
“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” – Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962″
Good example that shows corporations are not always right. I hear of this sort of thing more often than ever before. I would venture to say this is a classic case of The Peter Principle in full effect with larger companies. What’s really sad is people buy into what company claims without doing their homework to see if the company is accurate. I know many people say, “I don’t have time to research their claims.” Well when it comes to the food that you eat or liquids you drink, think of this. “How much is your life worth?”
How many of you drink soda? Do you know the health risks that are associated with drinking soda? Have you heard that some states are thinking about taxing soda as many states now do with cigarette?
Two sayings come to mind in recent days:
“When did HC become a right and not a privelage?”
“Lets get the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN”
A story:
In HS, we were in Mr. Gaussmans Wood Shop class(the meanest teacher I ever met with 9 1/4 fingers), when the subject came up of careers. One guy said, “I wanna pimp hos just like my daddy do.” I wonder NOW, was ACORN around then to help him in his endeavors?
I went to a pretty rough school and no, I’m not kidding
As incomprehensible as it is to think a major label could have rejected the Beatles, I’m blown away at the opinion that “guitar music is on the way out.” What in hell did they think was going to supplant it?
Trust me, Mermen have all the necessary parts needed to do the job right. Since they are mammals, they can be compared to the anatomy of a dolphin or whale. Lets use the example of a dolphin. A male dolphin has two slits: One slit contains the penis and the other contains the anus. Female dolphins have only one slit, which contains the vagina as well as the anus. Both sexual organs are located internally on a dolphin.
Like most mammals, humans included, dolphins tend to express their sexual attraction by using their senses such as: rubbing, biting, etc.
When a male is attracted to a female, they will use certain sounds such as: clicking, informing the female of his intentions. When the female, who has responded with either body language or vocal sounds, she will usually allow the male to approach her. Sometimes, she may even allow more than one male to court her and/or mate with her.
The next step is touching each other. Both male and female rub each other’s body, especially on the slit, which covers the genitals, as well as on the dorsal fin. As they become more passionate, they tend to bite the fin, sometimes leaving scars or cuts. This kind of seduction ritual can last quite a long time.
When the female is ready to mate, she will either swim on the surface of the water or swim on her side to allow the male to mate with her. This process is very brief as it lasts only a few seconds. As you can see, these marine mammals are capable of passion.
Like I mentioned earlier, the female dolphin can accept the attentions and affection of more than one male at a time but it has also been witnessed that since males are quite aggressive when in the mood that they do not always mate with the consent of the female.
If you ever have the opportunity to witness a mating ritual while being on a dolphin watching tour, you will be amazed by their displays of passion, tenderness and affection.
Blood’n guts! Fierce research! Powerful exposé! So he-mermaids have merdicks, then? And she-mermaids have mervajayjays? Yeah, that’s what I thought too. Did you write this under the influence of George by any chance?
Unbelievable! Next thing you know they’ll tell you both hemermaids and shemermaids are possessed by the desire to breed, and merladies possess an inner maternal drive to educate all their merkids and teach them respect and good behaviour. Eh? Eh? Isn’t that intelligent design or what?
“Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.”
– Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
When I got her, I thought I was lost. Nice new design, M. I thought this was funny:
This Ad Was Posted to Craig’s List Personals:
To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me in Downtown Savannah night before last. Date: 05-27-09, 1:43 AM EST.
I was the guy wearing the black Burberry jacket that you demanded that I hand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on my girlfriend, threatening our lives and me.
You also asked for my girlfriend’s purse and earrings.
I can only hope that you somehow come across this rather important message.
First, I’d like to apologize for your embarrassment when I drew my pistol after you took my Jacket. The evening was not that cold, and I was wearing the jacket for a reason.
My girlfriend had just bought me that Kimber Model 1911 .45 A CP pistol for my birthday, and we had picked up a shoulder holster for it that very evening.
Obviously you agree that it is a very Intimidating weapon when pointed at your head wasn’t it?
I know it probably wasn’t fun walking back to wherever you’d come from bare footed since I made you leave your shoes, cell phone, and wallet with me. [That prevented you from calling or running to your buddies to come help mug us again].
After I called your mother, or “Momma”, as you had her listed in your cell, I explained the entire episode of what you’d done. Then I Went and filled up my gas tank as well as four other people’s in the gas station on your credit card. The guy with the big motor home took 150 gallons and was extremely grateful!
I gave your shoes to a homeless guy outside Vinnie Van Go Go’s, along with all the cash in your wallet. [That made his day!]
I then threw your wallet into the big pink “pimp mobile” that was parked at the curb … after I broke the windshield and side window and keyed the entire driver’s side of the car.
Later, I called a bunch of phone sex numbers from your cell phone. Ma Bell just now shut down the line, although I only used the phone for a little over a day now, so what’s going on with that?
Earlier, I managed to get in two threatening phone calls to the DA’s office and one to the FBI, while mentioning President Obama as my possible target. The FBI guy seemed really intense and we had a nice long chat (I guess while he traced your number etc.).
In a way, perhaps I should apologize for not killing you… but I feel this type of retribution is a far more appropriate punishment for your threatened crime. I wish you well as you try to sort through some of these rather immediate pressing issues, and can only hope that you have the opportunity to reflect upon, and perhaps reconsider the career path you’ve chosen to pursue in life.
Remember, next time you might not be so lucky.
Have a good day!
Thoughtfully yours,
Alex
P.S. Remember this motto.
An armed society makes for a more civil society!
A pig snorkels the food [ Aphorism] and society
In a number of cultures, such as Samuel Johnson’s England, many East and Southeast Asian societies, and throughout the world, the ability to spontaneously produce aphoristic sayings at exactly the right moment is a key determinant of social status.
Many societies have traditional sages or culture heroes to whom aphorisms are commonly attributed, such as the Seven Sages of Greece, Confucius or King Solomon.
Misquoted or misadvised aphorisms are frequently used as a source of humour; for instance, wordplays around aphorisms appear in the works of P. G. Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams (e.g. Zaphod Beeblebrox saying “Right now I need aphorisms like I need holes in my heads”). Aphorisms being misquoted by sports players, coaches and commentators forms the basis of Private Eye’s Colemanballs section. buckI’s
Thanx, V. I can’t claim the motto or quotes. As I read that, I could not help but wonder: If that guy REALLY did all that, the mugger would probably be able to sue and win! Such are the times.
I knew you would. It seems that Texas is the only state doing things right. Hell, I heard they were CUTTING taxes!!
BTW: Looking at your gravatar, I “adopted” another dog. She is 10 and can barely get up on the porch but I like her. That makes three dogs which is bad. Everytime I start petting there is always one left out in the cold! Oh well, that will be my new hand-speed drills; keeping three dogs happy with two hands!
Oh! Look what I found! A pair of snorkels! WOW WOW!!! Look at that!!! What a pair of cuties, aligned side by side like two submarine nosy breathers? I do wonder, yes, I do wonder which one is the best of these snorkels, do I not? I think one of them can get you a little deeper into the deep oceans than the other one. I also do wonder if they cut it in front of this high tech snorkel in the lesson?
You are hard to decipher, Rijk. You are way too cunning for me. I give up!
What is the damn thing? The snorkel? If yes, which one? And if not… Is it… YOU? Or… Might it be… YOUR comment? Do tell me, please!! Oh! I will lose my sleep over this one!!!
Forget what I said. Screw it! You could be a sneaky hypocrite and lie to me about what you think the damn thing is. You could say, for instance “The damn thing is my gravatar”, when in reality you think inside yourself “The damn thing is my comment”. So I would have to believe what you’re saying to me, and I don’t have that strong blind faith in you. Nothing personal, eh? Don’t take it like it’s the end of the world!!
The naked truth is that I don’t give a damn about whatever you think the damn thing is.
Both sexes of the sea species are really big into fish. They make the most of their schnauze to accelerate well-prepared meals before mating. Marina, who shares a cognate with the sea species’ name has missed out on lots of adventure with mer-man, who was not let done easily. Better luck next time, Marina.
Mermaids were originally only female, like sirens. Originally their tails were split into two, thats how they did it. If you look at the original Starbucks logo, that shows what they were supposed to look like.
Hi Marina
is that your friend David whose husbands ( boat) yacht you were on recently Looks like him
you look GREAT I guess you have fully recovered from you illness
very happy am I B.B.
you are probably correct Rijk, however I believe she got a BUG
whlie in the mediteranian & there abouts..B.B.
I am hearing she is now well, I hope thats true
[Fall]happy autumn and the best for a new season…[spice]
The first ape who became a man thus committed treason against his own kind. — Mikhail Turovsky very good —edit is back— Like a road in Autumn: Hardly is it swept clean before it is covered again with dead leaves. — Franz Kafka
The first ape who became a man thus committed treason against his own kind. — Mikhail Turovsky Like a road in Autumn: Hardly is it swept clean before it is covered again with dead leaves. — Franz Kafka
[Fall]happy autumn and the best for a new season…[spice]
The first ape who became a man thus committed treason against his own kind. — Mikhail Turovsky Like a road in Autumn: Hardly is it swept clean before it is covered again with dead leaves. — Franz Kafka
This white snorkel looks as problematic as an origami subaquatic tube. I am not sure it can be fully trusted in the long term for the purpose it was designed for. I am not even sure if it’s fully functional actually. The goggles, though, seem to be in perfect working condition, top shape numero uno. As for mermaids and mermen, I would assume they DO have sex, in some way or another, for they reproduce and engender little mermen and mermaids. If they wouldn’t, they would be extinct by now, wouldn’t they?
“All propaganda has to be popular and has to accomodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.”
– Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
DO have sex, in some way or another, for they reproduce and engender little mermen and mermaids. If they wouldn’t, they would be extinct by now, wouldn’t they?
Oooops… That was earth wasn’t it? Sorry about that, Jack! I thought it was a rotten grape floating in an obscure closet cut in half viewed from the surface of a coconut. Yes, yes, very intelligent gravatar indeed…
thanks to Bob’s help, we’ve just now gotten the new metaphor for merman and mermaid’s sexuality instead of “the birds and the bees.”
That is “the sturgeon and the elephant seal” i hope you guys like it.
I never knew that snorkel was such a new word. Very interesting. As far a Merpeople having sex, I would imagin it is like fish having sex. There lower half is like a fish. ?????
I don’t think the question is how mermaids have sex, I think the question is how did they came into existence to begin with? …..Unless you’re a gay fish!
I had that same problem, I resolved it by leaving out the last ” of the link, somehow it was added automatically, you should try it.
But she did it, the edit-function is Back
The miracle of life and you still should wash your hands… snorkel and give back my tree … your staph is out of tuned…the eyes are blinded and walk in my puddle with wool socks
swim with the eggs before Marina eats them…roe, row and hard to eat {bred[bread]breed} or lead
Hello AllynTygrrr,
Click on the HELP link in the upper right of any page.
Scroll down to the place where you see Marina’s photo.
The title of the comment is:
“How do I get one of those cute pictures
next to my comments?”
You want to make sure that your email address that you used here matches the email address at the Gravatar.com site.
After the change, wait 15 minutes, clear your browser cache and you should see your new gravatar icon.
My slightly improved icon should pop up any day now. I’m actually incredibly impressed with the site she’s got here – never went out of the way to find it before and then just stumbled across it yesterday when I was bored and decided to look-up who had ‘www.geni.us’ because I’ve had ‘www.damnneargeni.us’ for a few years. I had no idea but I’d seen her on TV before. Small world.
Hello! Thanks! It’s a Mapplethorpe print of two tulips that I’ve ‘enhanced’ with my personal logo in the background. If you so desire, you can befriend me on Facebook and see a larger version of it there. http://www.facebook.com/wayoverdue
Good night George. Kisses for the missus.
Gotta get some Zzzzs. See you in a few hours.
I know that you are counting on me.
See ya later and keep on smiling.
WOW! STOP! Don’t be so sure of yourself! He might be a green-coated yellow legendary talking banana. Or he might be a yellow legendary talking banana, but in white camouflage? He might even be in… black camouflage pants with white shirt? Or vice-versa? Or a GREEN legendary talking banana in GOLD camouflage? HAHA! You didn’t ponder this did you?
You just rolled up some paper and made a snorkel? Anyway, I still haven’t seen George, but the horizontal and vertical ads have started reproducing: http://i38.tinypic.com/r22i40.jpg
What an excellent, excellent word to request the origin of. Kudos to your friend David for thinking up such a clever word request!
I am a little surprised that snorkel is a relatively new word to the language. It seems to have started around World War 2, but maybe it was more like World War 1. Truly an odd word, especially when you consider it has a German origin but became popular due to a Frenchman!
This lesson totally reminded me of the novelty song ‘Wet Dream’ by Kip Adotta. If you haven’t heard that song yet, you’ve got to check out, Marina! I’m betting you’ll get a big kick out of the very clever word use in the song. Here’s a link to it’s video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI
Enjoy! Peace and love, Errin : )
I just had to put up the lyrics to ‘Wet Dream’ after mentioning it:
It was April the forty-first
Being a quadruple leap year
I was driving in downtown Atlantis
My barracuda was in the shop
So I was in a rented stingray
And it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell Station
They said I’d blown a seal
I said, “Fix the damn thing
And leave my private life out of it
Okay pal?”
While they were doing that
I walked over to a place called the Oyster Bar, a real dive
But I knew the owner
He used to play for the Dolphins
I said “Hi Gil”
You have to yell, he’s hard of herring
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Gil was also down on his luck
Fact is he was barely keeping his head below water
I bellied up to the sandbar
He poured me the usual
Rusty snail, hold the grunion
Shaken not stirred
With a peanut butter and jellyfish sandwich on the side
Heavy on the mako
I slipped him a fin
On porpoise
I was feeling good
I even dropped a sand dollar in the box for Jerry’s squids
For the halibut
Well the place was crowded
We were packed in like sardines They were all there to listen to the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsal
What sole
Tommy was rockin’ the place with a very popular tuna
Salmon Chanted Evening
And the stage was surrounded by screaming groupers
Probably there to see the bass player
One of them was this cute little yellowtail
And she’s giving me the eye
So I figured this is my chance for a little fun
You know, piece of Pisces
But she said things I just couldn’t fathom
She was too deep, seemed to be under a lot of pressure
Boy, could she drink
She drank like a . . .
She drank a lot
I said “What’s your sign”
She said “Aquarium”
I said “Great, let’s get tanked”
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
I invited her to my place for a midnight bait
I said “Come on baby, it’ll only take a few minnows”
She threw me that same old line
“Not tonight, I gotta haddock”
And she wasn’t kidding either
Cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock
I’d ever seen come down the pike
He was covered with mussels
He came over to me and said
“Listen, shrimp, don’t you come trollin’ around here”
What a crab
This guy was steamed
I could see the anchor in his eyes
I turned to him, I said
“A-balone, you’re just being shellfish”
Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil
�Cause he was already on the phone to the cods
The haddock hits me with a sucker punch
I catch him with a left hook
He eels over
It was a fluke but there he was
Lying on the deck, flat as a mackerel
Kelpless
I said “Forget the cods Gil
This guy’s gonna need a sturgeon”
Well, the yellowtail was impressed with the way I landed her boyfriend
She came over to me, she said
“Hey, big boy, you’re really a game fish
What’s your name”
I said “Marlin”
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Well, from then on we had a whale of a time
I took her to dinner, I took her to dance
I bought her a bouquet of flounders
And then I went home with her
And what did I get for my trouble
A case of the clams
Think I had a wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Wet dream
Cruisin’ thru the Gulf Stream
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
I would like to request the phrase [Apple Computer "Logic Pro" Application]
I would like to request the phrase [from the bottom of my heart].
A few days ago I was having some work done at my local garage. A blonde came in and asked for a seven-hundred- ten.
We all looked at each other and another customer asked, ‘What is a seven-hundred- ten?’
She replied, ‘You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I have lost it and need a new one..’
She replied that she did not know exactly what it was, but this piece had always been there..
The mechanic gave her a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like.
She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710. He then took her over to a car just like hers which had its hood up and asked ‘is there a 710 on this car?’
She pointed and said, ‘Of course, its right there.’
If you’re not sure what a 710 is Click Here lol
That’s hilarious. People don’t think outside the box enough, or in this case, they don’t think upside down. But it does smack on the font problem with trying to decypher between 1 (
number one), l (letter L, lower case), and I (letter i, upper case).Try again later.
Hi i want to know the origin of the word [Customer]. Is it from Custom? maybe Cost? I don´t know. Please help me.
Thanks
Fox
I’ve been trying to log in to the new ‘Bloomberg’ article but having problems.
Last night at 9:55 PM, Marina sent out a tweet regarding
an article about her on Bloomberg.com
That was a great article with some new information about Marina.
The article also mentioned a favorite subscriber to this site,
big B who was at the NYC book signing.
I just came across what looks like a syndication of that
Bloomberg article in an online Hungarian news blog magazine.
The original Hungarian article is here.
The Google translated link is here.
i would like to request the word [dongle] and will you marry me?
[to get the short end of the stick -- was not invented by women to complain about their guys who were not up to it]
I know its a strange request, but where did the word [Sword] come from? People used swords for thousands of years, but who first came up with the word? It almost sounds like a portmanteu of some word that starts with an s and word.
Hi: this moment is my request of…[random]….Quote”A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.” – General George S. Patton 1885-1945….Love lies Bleeding________do you want your health records public?______insurance is based on what????["in G*O*D we trust"]…0uch of money and message my sexy mouth
“Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
That really [hits] my heart…golly, my printer needs another refill…my scribbing is not fibbing____blue is wrote from my “blood-oranges” and vinegar holds the “blood-sau(w)-sage-s”…kEyed-bOrEded[home]…blood write my secrets–”I LIVE”
“Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) Quote”A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.” – General George S. Patton 1885-1945
I would like to request the word [insane]
cougar
Please check [Cuddle]
what is the song you use in most of your videos???
it is kind of a theme song?
Hello chiptheawesome,
Some of Marina’s music comes with samples from Apple’s GarageBand, an application which allows one to create music from a variety of sources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GarageBand
Additional music comes from non-copyrighted sources or sources that have given her permissions to use that music. Click on the MUSIC link at the top of the page and you will see some of that music.
You’ll also see a Music Player way down there at the bottom of any page which will play some of that music.
A mermaid and merman are going to have sex by giving you there snorkel!!!
Marina I love {Blue Tang} fish can you do this word.
Hi Marina, I have been wondering what the origin of the phrase
[Throwing someone under the bus]. Thanks
Alan
HEYYY
I wanna request a few words actually
you choose
[REEFER]
[JOINT]
and [CANNABIS]
and also, why exactly do you always pass to the left?
You’re amazing in every way Marina, love ya!
Evening, Marina!
5 levels works for me. I don’t see clutter.
I agree with those who would like to see you ignore the YT suggestions about “dumbing down” your work. Any elaboration by me would be redundant. YT advising you on your lessons is like Decca discounting the Beatles and the guitar’s impact on popular music.
Always.
I was told today from Amanda350x that AT&T is going to allow picture messages on the iPhone starting tomorrow! So if you have one check with AT&T and see if this is true.
hi Marina I would love to know the origin of the word/slang [redneck]
thank you
lol
haha no really i was serious
I have a request!
What is the origin of the word [Existentalism]?
[Start from Scratch]
I have a request! What is the origin of the word “request”?
I would like to know the origin of the term [dumb luck] please.
OK.. do I go 5 levels deep on the comments and bring the margin to the left to make room.. as I have done now… which results in the comments area looking more cluttered?
Or do I go with 4 levels deep and the sub-comments being pushed to the right more as they were earlier today looking less cluttered?
This is level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
[Accelerate] por favor Meine Teacher. Schnell Schnell!!
[level][tuna]…spirit is (5)…put the bevel to the [level]…not a group of birds
Level 6 but Marina I think you want to go on right!!!
I think how you have it is just fine…
Jesus, the missing years John Prine
…keep up your wonderful work and I thank you…
5 level with push to left better. I do not see the clutter. Also, in the previous scheme, the images looked too big (as though wasting space); with the push to left, the same sized images look appropriate.
No 5 deep, now the old posts are back, otherwise some of the reactions don’t make sense
Form follows function
Rijk,
You said; “Form follows function”
Are you so sure about that? And what does it really mean? Many people would disagree with that cliché on many levels.
Take a look at this article.
It means your design is a true reflection of the activities that it houses.
In this case: when you lose to much functionality you need the change the shape of the “design”
FLR made it famous
(The apprentice surpassed his teacher)
ps. If its lack of space, you could lose the white lining around the gravatars.
By the way, if comment numbers are missing because they clutter the view, how about making them invisible by being the exact same as the background color? Even though they are invisible, I think one can still see them by dragging the mouse over them and highlighting them; one cannot highlight a background area — but if the area has text in the same color as the background then one can highlight it and see the text — I am fairly certain of this.
if you move your mouse over the date of the comment, you can still see the number
Your comment has number 153548
At one time there were numbers barely visible to the eye on the right side of all of the comments. It started out like 1, then if someone replied to you it would go to 1.1 and 1.2 and so on this was all in the same thread. So you could refer back to comment 1.2 and knew where to go look for the comment the person was referring to. If you started a new thread it would go to 2.0 then 2.1 then 2.3. and so on. You could mouse over them and they would become visible.
If its lack of space, you could lose the white lining around the gravatars.
You don’t want [ to frame us ] now do you?
5 levels looks fine to me, as do all the features of the modified site.
There is plenty of white space in the design as it is now with 5 levels – any more and we’ll all be going snow-blind.
I like the 4 deep as it doesn’t look so cluttered. Remember we tried 5 before and the TA’s could go more than that and the words were to small or run off of the page. Some replies you couldn’t even read. We can always refer back to a certain comment by using the comment links in our message to the commenter.
@ Marina Maybe try 5 levels for a while and see how the site does.
It is easier to follow the site this way because the comments are fairly close together unlike Twitter where if you make a comment and a reply to that comment may be 5 or 6 comments if not more away from your original comment instead of close together.
Oh by the way can the TAs have our comment to a deeper level back.
I like 5 – don’t think it looks too cluttered.
The site really, really looks great! – and I know all the work you put in on it…
ONE thing though – the counter on the Home Page doing a wrap-around for the last digit [sticks out like a sore thumb] to the otherwise thorough professional composition of the site. Isn’t there a way to adjust colum widths slightly or something so it’s all on one line.
Do that and i won’t bug you again (about that
) until you go over a Billion views. 
I will level with this….test for test sake…
The HotforWords Accumulated Galactic Views Clock on the Home Page looks like $239 Million Bucks now!
I guess it is more properly a Meter though…
[cogent] [articulate]
OOOOO cool look smileys!!!!! \o/
\o/
hmmm that one is not in there
Damiana taught me that one. It meas YAY or jumping with joy like a cheerleader. See the arms and head.
you forgot your pumpkins °o/° : )
it doesn’t seem to work °\o/° but you forgot your pumpkins : )
That’s cool. I like that one too.
hmm now the smileys are back but are over the comment box.. Marina must be editing, I will leave her to it.
[test]
the answers are all the same…[Horatio Hornblower] and Redcoats“The Frogs and the Lobsters”
[][][]will there be [random lesson] added to your web-site?[][][] please play off your div-vi-tions—diversions—divide me knot and halves R not snarled…*peace*…
just testing….[race-bating]????
love this web-site and all the lovers 
Hmm, thats odd how come new people are putting word requests in between [ ] Are they seeing something I am not, I also don’t see the smiley list, but I don’t see many people using them now anyway so maybe they have gone, but I still see new people [ requesting ] with the [ ]
http://www.hotforwords.com/wordrequest/…go to this link James…
200! Yay me
Marina I miss your old thing that said about your tweets, now I have to search through tweetdeck.. Maybe you could insert something with your tweets in next to the twitpics part, it looks a little bare there.
Marina, I looked at the YouTube comments and I kinda agree with A few people (btw who is michellephan where did she come from and how did she overtake you?)
I can’t actually find the comments I am looking for but to sum up they basically say that people are finding your videos less stimulating. I think the lowest point for you was “jump” where you pretty much said “jump with me” “jump is onomatopoeitc” FIN
Your highest points were around the “sisyphean” times
Sandwich lesson structure
1) title
2)info
3) xxx xxx xxx xxx from my website wanted to know origin of sandwhich
4) hfw decided to investage (globe and postcards)
5) sandwhich is an eponnym named after
john montagu
5a) info on him
5b) country word came from
5c)year of first recorded use
5c)how info ties into word origin
5d)funny jokes
SNORKEL
)
1) Comedy
2)david furnish
3)Origin
3a) country
3b) old usage
3c) year of origin
3d)comedy
4)Outtakes (
FORTNIGHT (good to see lessons are back to being over2 min long!)
1)intro
2)vid request
3)asking questions
4)more questions
5)Origin
Now this is why I think people were feeling bad about some of your videos looking at snorkel and sandwich the word origin is there, but only when you look really deep, because now the origins seem to be covered up by cutscenes
FORTNIGHT
“A long time ago” …. How long? 100BC? 100AD?
No mention of first recorded usage and who used it…
Now, I am not having a go at you, I just feel that all the effort you put into things not related to the actual word origin distract from what you are on youtube to do…. teach.
The history of the word is still there but is harder to find because it is buried under unrelated things.
I think it would be a good idea for you to have 75% origin 25% other over 2 to 3 mins, I think your views would go up too.
I would phrase the issue as: Is the primary purpose comedy/entertainment with word-origins thrown in on the side, or is the primary purpose communication of word-origins with comedy/entertainment/whatever-else being there but only as secondary enhancements to the primary purpose of communicating word-origin?
On the advice of people at YouTube, when YT changed to popular I was told to shorten the video length in order to appear on popular, that got me back on popular. Then YT changed again and I was told to try to appeal to 12 year olds in order to appear on popular, because you will not appear on popular unless your video is favorited a ton, commented a ton of times and rated like crazy, so I tried to appeal to 12 year olds, but I am not digging it. Just watch a SHAYTARDS video or a CTFxC video to see what appeals to young kids.. and I really can’t do videos like that, it’s not my style. It works for them but won’t work for me. So I am going to try to go back to what I did. I feel that the advice I got resulted in my videos not being what they used to be.
That’s good to hear Marina, I thought the idea was you had to be 13 because you are not allowed to track browsing habits of people under that age.. thats me being [pedantic] (anything to do with pendant?)
I guess that explained the fred phase you went through. I would never take the advice of youtube, they would just try to ride off my own success in the long run.
Also I think that YouTube saying what it did never had any effect, how many 12 year olds do they think write
” I just turn the volume down and stare at your tits”
You are the only philologist on YouTube. So even if YouTube said you should start making videos trying to appeal to 110 year olds you would still get the same comments.
I feel that when you were showing your intelligence was when you were most appealing to everybody.
I can’t wait for some new stuff.
You have 260k subscribers, you don’t need to be told what to do by YouTube, thats like the government telling the Queen what to wear; sure she could wear a pink outfit but she is the Queen, it doesn’t matter what colour dress she wears, people will still come to see her!
“You have 260k subscribers, you don’t need to be told what to do by YouTube, thats like the government telling the Queen what to wear; sure she could wear a pink outfit but she is the Queen, it doesn’t matter what colour dress she wears, people will still come to see her!”
I could not agree with you more.
YouTube corp people are not the experts on how Marina should make her videos. Only Marina is the expert in that area.
I’m delighted to hear that you are going back to your original concept.
I was never convinced that “dumbing down” was the thing to do – it’s diametrically opposed to what you set out to do when you started your videos.
What puzzles me is why YouTube wants you to appeal to 12 year-olds. If their revenue comes from advertising, then 12 year-old kids are surely not going to attract advertisers – they have no income and therefore no spending power.
Thanks — I amended the purpose by adding “in a manner that demonstrates that intelligence is indeed sexy” — see comment number what?)
Further to my comment about dumbing down, if intelligence is sexy (and here’s the proof
) then what is “un-intelligence”?
(What IS the opposite of intelligence?)
Hey Bob,
Did you notice that the article made a grave error or they are playing bait and switch. The title uses the word “Intelligent” by itself and right below it they say, “Women with brains have more fun in bed …”, yet, in the rest of the article all of the words “intelligence” are preceded by the word “Emotional”, as in “Emotional intelligence”.
Studies have shown that there is little or no correlation between IQ and emotional intelligence. Not all people with a high emotional quotient have a high IQ and vice versa.
The opposite of intelligence is stupid.
Yes, I noticed that they singled out emotional intelligence; maybe a sexist prejudice that women are emotional and men are not. There are many different intelligences as Tony Buzan points out in his book “Buzan’s Book of Genius” (ISBN 0 09 178551 0) where he talks of verbal, Numerical/Logical, Engineering/Spatial, Sensual, Bodily/Kinaesthetic, Creative, InTRA-personal, InTER-personal and Spiritual intelligences, as well as an overall Genius Quotient.
IQ tests only test the verbal and numerical intelligences whereas the pilot aptitude tests I underwent to get into the Navy also tested the Engineering/Spatial, Bodily/Kinaesthetic and InTER-personal ones.
I disagree that stupid is the opposite of intelligent – the two are unfortunately not mutually exclusive, intelligent people are as often doing stupid things as those not so intelligent. The thing is, intelligent people learn from their mistakes.
I have, after a little pondering, come up with a new nerd-word for the opposite of intelligent – it is “dumbinance”.
LOL, I read that article a few days ago. I thought it was stupid play on words. Like PK said, it’s was a bait and switch. Emotional Intelligence is the same as mental intelligence. People like this should not be in a position to write stories for a major online company that makes a lame attempt at deceiving people. These type of writers are just there to write something stupid just so can can pick up their paycheck at the end of the week and go get drunk.
1) Bob’s reply below make me want to amend the purpose stated earlier (by adding “in a manner that demonstrates that intelligence is indeed sexy”): “… or is the primary purpose the communication of word-origins in a manner that demonstrates that intelligence is indeed sexy with comedy/entertainment/whatever-else being there but only as secondary enhancements to the primary purpose of communicating word-origin?
2) Was the “screamer” twitter-picture based on the same advice? You once tweeted to VP the proper thing to do with advice from her manager (her manager was telling her that doing a video on 8-mom would make her lose her audience or some such stupid thing); advice from YT is similar.
Also: what kind of kids do you want to attract? The mindless ones can’t really value anything. The ones with any intelligence left (after public education etc.) can only be attracted by intelligent videos.
More generally, what kind of audience do you want to attract primarily? The intelligent ones, right? Such ones would be repulsed by display of mindlessness.
good comment
This gives her something to think about.
[people]…”the advise of people at you tube”…television is going to make another attack….money is tight.
…thE cOllEctIOn bOx Is fOr hOt thOUghts Of wOrds
In thinking about Twitter, you used Twitter’s tag line “What are you doing?” and the way the creators of Twitter use Twitter to argue how one should use Twitter. Captain Jack replied by saying that neither the tag line nor the method of usage by the creators imposes any requirement on how others may use twitter. You then thanked him (this is in the Forum).
In the context of YouTube, did you interpret “the advice” of YouTube as a requirement that you must follow? I also remember a comment in which you wrote something like “they want me to make videos 10 seconds long” (this comment was in the first 1 minute lesson you made this year, perhaps around the time of the horse racing video).
When a business makes a remark, do you view that as a requirement for you to follow … with a threat of “or else”? Although the car, banking, health care, and building industry is currently run by Mr. BO, other business have not yet been filled by government bureaucrats. Suggestions/advice from Twitter and YouTube are not being made by government bureaucrats backed up with guns … at least no yet.
http://twitter.com/hotforwords/status/2532602042
Regarding your Twitter comment about how a company suggest how you should use Twitter. Read this:
“I think there is a world market for about five computers” — Remark attributed to Thomas J. Watson (Chairman of the Board of International Business Machines)
With the invention of Mainframe computers with CRT terminals to access them. IBM believed that there would be no need for personal computers. Every one could purchase a inexpensive terminal to access the power of a Mainframe computer. Steve Jobs and Steven Woz didn’t agree with that statement. Hence the formation of Apple computers. What is kind of ironic is that with ‘Cloud computing’ we are sort of leaning back to that system.
Marina tends to believe that large companies know best for the fact that they are a large successful company must be doing something right. She mentioned this somewhere on the website/forums I think, or maybe in an email.
If the people of the Untied States think that the government runs the country then they have been brain washed well. It’s part of the capitalist system that indirectly controls the country.
Seems to me you have done very well being you – with 48 of your 492 vids topping 1 Million views. 260K subs, lots of Press, and a published book.
You’ve created something very unique and special with your work – tweeks and improvements are one thing, ‘dumbing down’ things significantly to appeal to 12 year olds just puts you in competition for a dumb audience.
I say do what you do best – you Educate in an entertaining way – and that has taken you this far!
I think of it this way – if you made vids for 12 year olds – you could have written a Comic Book and been promoting it on Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel or something rather than the much more substantive audiences you’ve been reaching recently.
Bob makes the point above about advertisers and 12 year olds. YouTube has been changing – but if you change significantly with every one of their ill-advised and fleeting experiments you’ll NEVER be on a solid footing.
I can’t believe YouTube will hold onto a business model that favors 12-year-old’s programming to the detriment of the rest of the world population. If that were a winner – all we would have on Cable and Broadcast TV and Film would be 500 Disney Channels.
My opinion and prediction is that they will change several more times before they settle in to a more stable way of operating that will allow them to actually be profitable.
In the meantime I’m seeing you doing the hard work of building a solid following brick by brick, expanding your horizons with TV appearances, Magazines, Radio, Book published, etc. Now when those folks take the time to come and check you out – as I did – and see that quality of work you’ve shown over and over – I’ve gotta believe you can do nothing but prosper.
That solid base of quality work that YOU are proud of is what people will be viewing (and ringing your cash register) for years to come.
PK has been generous enough to clue me in on how important popular and most viewed have been to vid views, and other quirks of the YT system. And however they do it now and in the future, I don’t think you can go wrong with interesting and well crafted origins that people want to watch once they find them.
The WORST thing that could happen is if YOU lose interest in what you do – I know we’d all hate that (even Alex).
One last point:
I know of several other YouTubers who got going or started outside of YouTube and are now a presence there.
I think it was something i heard YOU say in regards to your book – but aren’t you the FIRST YouTuber to start there and begin to move beyond YT – with a book at least?
Being one of only 6 GoDaddy Girls – and as I heard Dr. Bob Parsons say, the first INTERNATIONAL GoDaddy spokesperson – is certainly another [Feather in your Cap] (or headband)
I think you are making History.
OK, that’s it – my keyboard is running out of ink…
Marina, Why is it important for you to be on the “Popular” list?
I have absolutely no idea about this!!! But good question actually. Could she be possest by an irrational desire to follow Youtube cap’n? Whatcha think?
“It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”
– Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961)
Or… Could she be possessed by… George?
A belated Happy 300th Birthday to Dr. Samuel Johnson, author of the first mass-produced dictionary.
Samuel Johnson wrote a dictionary… How boring… and how did he know all the words… He might have missed some
Great BOB…..Merrythought: a [wishbone].
…or 1 more from Sammy——[Queer] street: a tricky situation, such as being in debt or bankruptcy. For example: “If this goes on much longer, I’ll be in queer street.”
[angst]steared*!*
stueer…public drinks[][]…[]Do you think that is where gigolo came from?
Speaking of gigolo, Hows about a little Da-a-a-a-ave TV!
Paparizou
good song. she is easy on the eyes, also
angst,
we have the exact same word.
After seeing the ampersand video, it occurred to me where does the word [and] itself come from?
I would love to meet a mermaid any day!
Word Request: [cult and culture]
Marina, could you cultivate a lesson on the origin of the word [cult] and [culture] and do these two words have a common origin? I am told that they refer to different things, but I want to shoehorn the word cult into culture. And what about the word cultivate. How are these words related or not related?
Hey buzzword, this should be right up your alley? Yes?
Word Request: Part 2: [race] vis-à-vis culture and ethnicity.
In the context of the word culture, what is the origin of the word race? My understanding is that the word race can refer to both physical attributes as well as cultural attributes such as language and common traditions. The three words, culture, race, ethnicity have their own distinct meanings, but there seems to be a blurring of definitions in certain context when speaking of certain people and cultures.
I suggest that “race” comes from the French “racine” meaning a root and used in the sense of one’s heritage.
[][][][][]___________[H*E*R---it---A*G*E]____________{}{}{}{}{}
it might fly
tweet birds…dirty water is still killing, and washing is making more….HOW!!!~~~Red Tomahawk’s Legacy
lets run and hide
init!
I think race is a gargantuan blue whale floating in pink skies surrounded by puffs of green clouds with a purple sun in the background.
Over a yellow sea.
Or perhaps under it.
culture, race, ethnicity have their own distinct meanings,
Damn right they do… In England all you have to do is write a letter to the council with those 3 words in it and they give you a free house!
farming+++is wiping butts===+===butts should be cleaned or quit eating and go gather and hunt and cult your clicks……food brought to buy
…naked by L*O*V*E…gas from horses-ass…
KARL beas R goethe
Culture club
Hwk: They flip each other over?
Good News
Intelligent women enjoy sex more than ‘bimbos’
research finds (Actual Study)
Daily Telegraph ^ | 12 May 2009 | Daily Telegraph
Posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:52:00 PM by GOPGuide
Women with brains have more fun in bed than the average bimbo, new research suggests.
A study of more than 2,000 female twins showed that those with greater emotional intelligence had larger numbers of orgasms.
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to monitor and manage feelings and emotions in oneself and others.
The findings suggest that low EI is a risk factor for female orgasmic disorder, one of the most common sexual problems suffered by women.
Up to 30 per cent of women find it difficult or impossible to reach a climax during sexual intercourse.
I forgot my earbuds, so I couldn’t hear the audio, but I pretty much got the idea of the lesson from the video alone.
One thing your paper snorkle appears to lack is a check valve that closes when the end of the tube is submerged to keep the water out. A diesel-electric submarine’s snorkle has such a valve, and if they goof and get the tube below the water, it slams shut and the diesels suck in the air from the interior until they resurface, causing everyone’s ears too pop.
What’s the deal with the word [ egad ] ? As in, “Egad! I just realized something so important that I’m using a 4-letter word that I don’t really know the origin of!”
I would like a GIRL MERMAID if I wanted one. Where would you fit in your weeenie. Maybe she gives good head! When I visited at the home of a friend or two who had a swimming pool when I was in grade school, I may have gotten a snorkel and goggles at KMart. You cannot do anything but skim on the surface of the water. My dad was not the best breadwinner and all my friends in grade school seemed to have more toys and things than I did. we had some weirdass man who drove the county wrecker and was always at home. I think he got that swimming pool liner that my dad bought for $50.00 when Kiddie City went out of business and I was a junior in high school and about to go into the army the next year. Reminding me that my dad paid $50.00 for a pool liner on a liquidation sale somehow qualifies him for FATHER OF THE YEAR???
He did it out of love.
Weenie?
Yeah, she can really sink here teeth in that one.
A Weenie Roaster
So this is what [ burning with desire ] means
If he was there for you, when you needed him, YES.
Hi Marina,
Why is it when something goes crazy, it has gone “Haywire”?
This is because when you are baling hay(square bales) and a wire breaks, it will fly around crazy. I don’t think anybody uses them anymore for this reason. They use twine. In fact, square bales are really only used for horse hay(alf-alfa, clover, etc.) anymore and cattle get those huge round bales which were always tied with twine. Hope this helps.
“Today is a gift, that is why it is called, the ‘present.’” Why is it really called the [present]?
good word. second that [ present +1 ]
Privet, Marina, mozet ti rysalka toze…???)))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx4FCac-j3o
what is the origin of the word [ subservient ] ?
“Serviant” by itself sounds quite slavish, so I don’t know why the sub prefix is needed.
Maybe it started out as a naval term
Maybe it’s a servients servient. Just like a gentleman’s gentleman. Hmmmm Could be wrong though. lol
or a present handed to our maker…[tur-key] [basking]…hotdogging and dripping…got to serve
gentle with that hot link 
How StarBucks and Mermaids are related along with some history of the Mermaid.
mermaid sex is a myth conception.
Not “misconception?”
You referring to mermaids or the sex is a myth?
you are tho right!
knot true…[k-not]
[][][SCREWED][][]
…old books of pollacks(fish)–snorkeled by JESUS and the greek/roman letter sy[stems]====runic seeds
more is best~~~~!!!
snorkeled by JESUS and the greek/roman letter sy
This is exactly why I never can make sense of you
Testing 5 levels deep
Facts are the enemy of truth.” – Don Quixote – “Man of La Mancha”
HACKER!
I would like to request the phrase [growth spurt].
Marina, I’ve looked everywhere. What’s the difference between [advisor and adviser]? Please tell me it it’s more complex than Brits and Americans unable to decide which was the better spelling… please?
And lovely snorkel, by the way. =0)
Nice snorkel. Real clean looking. Kinda short but size isn’t everything. I thought it was a real snorkel until I read one of the comments. Anyhow, it was a good idea. No sense buying a $45 snorkel in L.A.. The ocean water is cloudy. And then, afterwords, you’d have to do something with the snorkel. Put it in the closet? That’s a bad trend, which might become habit forming. Keeping every last thing because you might use it someday. My closets are packed with that stuff. Thus, a paper snorkel.
I figured my videos were getting too polished looking… so I opted for the home-made snorkel
it’s good though. there are snorkles shaped just like that. nice touch!
warm night if you can call it that at 2am (lol)
It would have looked really messy getting a real snorkel out of her mouth.
mmm-hmmmm…..visualizing.
Hello Marina,that video was interesting !I love that swim suit,or what there isn’t of it.LOL ,I’am glad to see you looking healthy ,and vivid!Thank you for your time oh great teacher!
Dear Marina,
I knew a girl who worked as a mermaid at a marine park. She told me her “mermaid pants” were custom-made and they had zippers on the left and right sides which were covered by flaps. They were made of stretch fabric, and they would put them on, one leg at a time, because it took longer to put both legs in at once. She said it was like swimming with your legs tied together, but because the pants had large flippers, they could swim fast if they wanted to. They also had to wear a bra, by the way.
They would stay underwater for up to a minute, and when they rose to the surface, they had to tilt their head back so they wouldn’t get wet hair across their face. They had a signal if a girl got tired or took in water, and the other girls were required to stop everything else to take the girl out of the water. She was a strong swimmer, with good shoulders and strong legs. She used the job to finish studies at the University and she got a land-based job, later.
So to answer your homework question, this mermaid made love the same way you would!
Seesixcm6
That sounds like an interesting job. Yet very hard work. I can’t imagine putting on that suit on everyday and then preforming.
What is also interesting is the Monofins they used (assuming they did or both fins worked as one). Free divers that want to conserve energy will use a Monofin. The monofin swimmer extends arms forward, locking hands together, locking the head between the biceps. The undulating movement starts in the shoulders, with maximum amplitude towards the hips, the legs almost don’t bend to transfer the movement to the monofin. This technique is called the Dolphin Kick. By slowly oscillating the surface of the monofin when submerged, freedivers can generate large amounts of thrust even with small or slow movements. This preserves energy which helps with breathholding (apnea).
Monofins were introduced in the USSR in 1972, by a Ukrainian finswimming club, and have been used for finswimming competitions since, allowing monofin swimmers to reach speeds of 12km/h.
Now free divers don’t use a suit that ties their legs together but I wonder if it would improve performance as they slip through the water?
So I see the mermaid outfit actually a good thing to use for it conserves energy over the course of the performance. I’ve even seen Olympic swimmers move through the water as if they had their legs tied together. Micheal Phelps I think has used this technique even. This is why I find your friends job interesting is the connection of something entertaining yet also very functional.
I’ve seen mermaid dresses that had magnetic strips down the back with a flap that covered the split. Though they were not made for the water.
Thanks for sharing your story about your friend.
omg cool vid u look so hot
Hi Marina! Nice vid. Anyways I’m guessing they reproduce externally like frogs, fishes, whales and dolphins. Lets take it as the male releases its sperm into the water and enters the well you should know that >.<. Anyways I want to know the origin of the word "Bullshit". I mean like why bull? Why not other animals?
there is indeed something intrinsically sexy about this apparatus. I used it to search (in vain) for an earring which my then future wife had lost… nice foreplay though. (no, she’s not a mermaid, so can’t answer your question…)
Your looking really cute in that video Marina! As for how mermaids and mermen having sex, I think they just dry hump,or a more likely wet hump! Love ya!
Hi Marina,
Is this lesson on etymology or sea-man-tics?
Based on the “Futurama” episode title “The Deep South,” mermaids lay their eggs and leave and the mermen release their fertilizer. That’s all I know.
…and that made Fry quite unhappy. I wonder how many of us here were thinking of the same scene when she asked us this?
I have that show on DVD. I know of the episode you talk about. Funny that Fry discovers that there is no sex involved and freaks out. It killed the relationship and he got out of there quick!
I don’t think (if there where such a mythical creatures Mermaids & Mermen) they would reproduce in this way for I would guess they where mammals and not of some kind of fish species. Though I seen mermaids drawn as fish like an not mammal like.
I say mythical, but we all have seen the birth defect of mermaid syndrome. HUmmmm maybe this is not so far fetched
Marina, they must have sex that way that mammals like Pinnipeds and Ceteceans do.
I should come over and we will tie our legs together and try.
And I’m still getting a kick out of your book.
You crack me up, Marina.
Great lesson!
My word or phrase request…[— a sleazy practice colloquially known as dead peasant insurance — ]which earned it a chunk of change when the woman died. (Even after death, your boss can exploit you.) Like many of the stories Mr. Moore pulls together in this movie, dead peasant insurance might not be a revelation to those who follow the news, but …
Judging by the lack of mermen, and mermaid sightings not very well.
Maybe like other fish, The merman just shoots out the baby-making goo close enough to the mermaid to find its way to the factory.
Hey the site looks like it’s all coming together.
Looking good Marina
I also notice the edit feature is back, Thanks
DETHKLOK – Murmaider I & II The Water God Music Video
it would be hot if you did the word Hood-Winked!
I’m back George.
I was going to bring you some chocolate covered
strawberry cheesecake, but I know that you have
to watch your image, like that Clooney guy,
so I ate it for you. I’m glad that you are still happy to
see me.
OK, what did I miss? Who’s George and why is everyone talking about him?
James was the first to whom George revealed himself/itself/whateverself http://twitter.com/jamesington/status/3643128890 Whatever it is, it supposedly can be seen sneaking out from beneath ads; and logging out might improve the chances making it appear. I think I noticed James mention George even before that tweet but I forget if it was in a comment or in a tweet (he was asking what happened to George); I have been on the look out ever since, but have never seen it. Others blessed by the sight of George include Captain Jack, Rijk, and pedanticKarl.
PS: You don’t think he is John Galt, do you?
spwned
So that’s what blow-fish look like.
Marina! You naughty girl!!! I am not going to discuss Mermaid sex with you!
I use to love watching Jacques Cousteau explore the sea. Thank you for reminding me of him.
Me too, hi Calypso
next time she is gonna do [ aqualung ]
Mermen and Merwomen have relations throught thier toungue. Barbs attach themselves inside each merpersons throat and a Salival egg is formed between them in the passion of kissing. They Both expectorate the egg into a Khonk Shell and Leave it with the Giant Pearl Bearer Oy Ester. Seated at the thrown of Poseidon. He animates the egg into a new merperson. I think but then I could be all wrong.
Kissing is tasty as seaweed mixed with coral floral and the squirting of water upon one another during erotic love making.
It’s perfectly ok to talk about the mating habits of mermins and dolphins but talking about humans engaging in french kissing is way off limits.
laughed at yt when that person said that about the ring that holds together your bathing suit top, how it has multi functions, lol
as long as you’re sly about sexual inuendo peeps r cool wid it. give a raw description of the manipulation of sexual genitalia and soon someone flips out and barks foul and then others start looking around for rocks to pick up.
When something is done quickly why is it said to be done [lickety- split]?
I was just wondering if you’ve ever tried speaking in an american accent?I would like to here it if so.
That was funny &silly
[son of a gun]
Meaning:
1) Disputed parentage of a child born aboard a ship was resolved by listing the newborn as a “son of the gun.”
2) A rogue or scamp – “you are naughty, you old son of a gun”. Also used, although this is uncommon outside the USA, as a euphemism for ’son of a bitch’. Some say that the origin is ’son of a military man’. This explanation is disputed, but correct or not, the phrase is no longer used to convey that meaning.
Origin:
There is dispute amongst etymologists about the origin of this phrase. As always, disputes only occur where there is no definitive evidence so.
The faintly derogative epithet “son of a gun” has been documented as part of the lexicon of the English language since 1708, but no one can really lay claim to knowing how it began or what the phrase originally signified. Numerous interesting back stories have emerged in the centuries since, and it’s possible one might even be the right one, but we no longer have any way of knowing.
That’s all about I can find with my limited resources. Maybe Marina can tackle it better than I can. I find this phase very interesting for no one is able to make a determination of its origin at this time. Maybe someday I’ll go on a mission and sail around the world to make an attempt to find evidence of its origin. Now that I think about it, sounds like fun. Yeah, that really sound like fun. I’ll have to see if I can drag Marina out of her penthouse and take her on an investigating sailing trip.
Make sure you pack the green screen!
Who need a green screen when you have the oceans of the world as a background? The islands of Fiji or Bora Bora?
You should my crazy plans for camera placements. For example I plan to have 8 outdoor cameras placed around the yacht in continuously running. There will be a what is called a panic switch, that you hit to start the recording mode. It will also include the last 15 minutes of action. Why do this? Well lets say like the sail boom breaks you can hit the panic switch and it will save the last 15 minutes for DVD archiving. It also will work for security. Cool hu?
Great video. Looks like Marina’s snorkel is a doopdedoo.
So I ask who knows what a doopdedoo is? It’s almost the same as a henway.
Had I known she was in need of a snorkel, I could have mailed her my mask and snorkel. I rarely use them anymore. Snorkel gets into my way when I free dive. But I still use my fins quite a bit. I love my fins!
Especially on ice and snow.
Just you wait! I’m going to find a naked picture of you holding a fire hose. Oh wait… this could backfire… I have to rethink this.
Lending Marina your snorkel is the closest you’ll get to kissing her, Jack.
Is this a dare? Don’t dare me for I always win at that game.
I did get a signed book with a tiny bit of wet, slimy, lip stick residue left on it. Ok it’s not wet anymore, but it is there. Still it’s no substitute for the real thing. I’m going to remedy that.
{Q: What’s a henway?
A: About four pounds.}
You got that one right but what about the doopdedoo?
“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” – Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962″
Good example that shows corporations are not always right. I hear of this sort of thing more often than ever before. I would venture to say this is a classic case of The Peter Principle in full effect with larger companies. What’s really sad is people buy into what company claims without doing their homework to see if the company is accurate. I know many people say, “I don’t have time to research their claims.” Well when it comes to the food that you eat or liquids you drink, think of this. “How much is your life worth?”
How many of you drink soda? Do you know the health risks that are associated with drinking soda? Have you heard that some states are thinking about taxing soda as many states now do with cigarette?
I’ve heard that was going to be a Federal tax to help pay for HC. The commercials around here say that.
The words are…["In God We Trust"]…insurance is not sold by the [law]…
Two sayings come to mind in recent days:
“When did HC become a right and not a privelage?”
“Lets get the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN”
A story:
In HS, we were in Mr. Gaussmans Wood Shop class(the meanest teacher I ever met with 9 1/4 fingers), when the subject came up of careers. One guy said, “I wanna pimp hos just like my daddy do.” I wonder NOW, was ACORN around then to help him in his endeavors?
I went to a pretty rough school and no, I’m not kidding
As incomprehensible as it is to think a major label could have rejected the Beatles, I’m blown away at the opinion that “guitar music is on the way out.” What in hell did they think was going to supplant it?
You have to think about the mentality of that time period. Remember this was pioneering style of music and not everyone thought it would last.
Trust me, Mermen have all the necessary parts needed to do the job right. Since they are mammals, they can be compared to the anatomy of a dolphin or whale. Lets use the example of a dolphin. A male dolphin has two slits: One slit contains the penis and the other contains the anus. Female dolphins have only one slit, which contains the vagina as well as the anus. Both sexual organs are located internally on a dolphin.
Like most mammals, humans included, dolphins tend to express their sexual attraction by using their senses such as: rubbing, biting, etc.
When a male is attracted to a female, they will use certain sounds such as: clicking, informing the female of his intentions. When the female, who has responded with either body language or vocal sounds, she will usually allow the male to approach her. Sometimes, she may even allow more than one male to court her and/or mate with her.
The next step is touching each other. Both male and female rub each other’s body, especially on the slit, which covers the genitals, as well as on the dorsal fin. As they become more passionate, they tend to bite the fin, sometimes leaving scars or cuts. This kind of seduction ritual can last quite a long time.
When the female is ready to mate, she will either swim on the surface of the water or swim on her side to allow the male to mate with her. This process is very brief as it lasts only a few seconds. As you can see, these marine mammals are capable of passion.
Like I mentioned earlier, the female dolphin can accept the attentions and affection of more than one male at a time but it has also been witnessed that since males are quite aggressive when in the mood that they do not always mate with the consent of the female.
If you ever have the opportunity to witness a mating ritual while being on a dolphin watching tour, you will be amazed by their displays of passion, tenderness and affection.
Here is a video of a women swimming with an excited dolphin. I think she got more than she bargained for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0NQgMCjpJM
So we all seen dogs humping peoples legs. How about a dolphin humping a woman?
Only in Cuba!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaXYrUeZP7A
Cuban dolphins gone wild!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juDVGFUYGmA
jessie and sarah’s adult film debut
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUaXPVZqJXk
This guy scores with hot dolphin chick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO4wLG3t7dM
A funny video of a girl and dolphin movie trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fqk5UrIzt8
Ok this is just a nice video of a girl swimming with to wild dolphins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooY71l2dCxs
So with that, you can safely speculate a merman and a mermaid could copulate just fine.
Blood’n guts! Fierce research! Powerful exposé! So he-mermaids have merdicks, then? And she-mermaids have mervajayjays? Yeah, that’s what I thought too. Did you write this under the influence of George by any chance?
Unbelievable! Next thing you know they’ll tell you both hemermaids and shemermaids are possessed by the desire to breed, and merladies possess an inner maternal drive to educate all their merkids and teach them respect and good behaviour. Eh? Eh? Isn’t that intelligent design or what?
“Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.”
– Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
When I got her, I thought I was lost. Nice new design, M. I thought this was funny:
This Ad Was Posted to Craig’s List Personals:
To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me in Downtown Savannah night before last. Date: 05-27-09, 1:43 AM EST.
I was the guy wearing the black Burberry jacket that you demanded that I hand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on my girlfriend, threatening our lives and me.
You also asked for my girlfriend’s purse and earrings.
I can only hope that you somehow come across this rather important message.
First, I’d like to apologize for your embarrassment when I drew my pistol after you took my Jacket. The evening was not that cold, and I was wearing the jacket for a reason.
My girlfriend had just bought me that Kimber Model 1911 .45 A CP pistol for my birthday, and we had picked up a shoulder holster for it that very evening.
Obviously you agree that it is a very Intimidating weapon when pointed at your head wasn’t it?
I know it probably wasn’t fun walking back to wherever you’d come from bare footed since I made you leave your shoes, cell phone, and wallet with me. [That prevented you from calling or running to your buddies to come help mug us again].
After I called your mother, or “Momma”, as you had her listed in your cell, I explained the entire episode of what you’d done. Then I Went and filled up my gas tank as well as four other people’s in the gas station on your credit card. The guy with the big motor home took 150 gallons and was extremely grateful!
I gave your shoes to a homeless guy outside Vinnie Van Go Go’s, along with all the cash in your wallet. [That made his day!]
I then threw your wallet into the big pink “pimp mobile” that was parked at the curb … after I broke the windshield and side window and keyed the entire driver’s side of the car.
Later, I called a bunch of phone sex numbers from your cell phone. Ma Bell just now shut down the line, although I only used the phone for a little over a day now, so what’s going on with that?
Earlier, I managed to get in two threatening phone calls to the DA’s office and one to the FBI, while mentioning President Obama as my possible target. The FBI guy seemed really intense and we had a nice long chat (I guess while he traced your number etc.).
In a way, perhaps I should apologize for not killing you… but I feel this type of retribution is a far more appropriate punishment for your threatened crime. I wish you well as you try to sort through some of these rather immediate pressing issues, and can only hope that you have the opportunity to reflect upon, and perhaps reconsider the career path you’ve chosen to pursue in life.
Remember, next time you might not be so lucky.
Have a good day!
Thoughtfully yours,
Alex
P.S. Remember this motto.
An armed society makes for a more civil society!
“The future ain’t what it used to be” Yogi Berra
welcome back beevee14
Your message is clear, don’t mess with me
A story to make the Mikado proud.
Let the punishment fit the crime!
In a number of cultures, such as Samuel Johnson’s England, many East and Southeast Asian societies, and throughout the world, the ability to spontaneously produce aphoristic sayings at exactly the right moment is a key determinant of social status.
Many societies have traditional sages or culture heroes to whom aphorisms are commonly attributed, such as the Seven Sages of Greece, Confucius or King Solomon.
Misquoted or misadvised aphorisms are frequently used as a source of humour; for instance, wordplays around aphorisms appear in the works of P. G. Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams (e.g. Zaphod Beeblebrox saying “Right now I need aphorisms like I need holes in my heads”). Aphorisms being misquoted by sports players, coaches and commentators forms the basis of Private Eye’s Colemanballs section.
buckI’s
Good. Thanx. Hey, is, “He went to shit and the hogs ate him” an aphorism? I know its true. Hogs will eat ANYTHING.
yep…
I take it things are alright with you. Just decided to take a little break, huh.
Good to have you back bro
P.S. Great motto and quote
Thanx, V. I can’t claim the motto or quotes. As I read that, I could not help but wonder: If that guy REALLY did all that, the mugger would probably be able to sue and win! Such are the times.
beevee14, you KNOW I loved that!
Thanks.
I knew you would. It seems that Texas is the only state doing things right. Hell, I heard they were CUTTING taxes!!
BTW: Looking at your gravatar, I “adopted” another dog. She is 10 and can barely get up on the porch but I like her. That makes three dogs which is bad. Everytime I start petting there is always one left out in the cold! Oh well, that will be my new hand-speed drills; keeping three dogs happy with two hands!
Learn English Through Song.
[Porgy}
talksing like a pirate dayPhosphorous
All together now: Yo ho here …
Oh! Look what I found! A pair of snorkels! WOW WOW!!! Look at that!!! What a pair of cuties, aligned side by side like two submarine nosy breathers? I do wonder, yes, I do wonder which one is the best of these snorkels, do I not? I think one of them can get you a little deeper into the deep oceans than the other one. I also do wonder if they cut it in front of this high tech snorkel in the lesson?
The Damn thing is right below you
You are hard to decipher, Rijk. You are way too cunning for me. I give up!
What is the damn thing? The snorkel? If yes, which one? And if not… Is it… YOU? Or… Might it be… YOUR comment? Do tell me, please!! Oh! I will lose my sleep over this one!!!
Oh! I think I found it!!!
The damn thing is.. YOUR gravatar?
STOP!
Forget what I said. Screw it! You could be a sneaky hypocrite and lie to me about what you think the damn thing is. You could say, for instance “The damn thing is my gravatar”, when in reality you think inside yourself “The damn thing is my comment”. So I would have to believe what you’re saying to me, and I don’t have that strong blind faith in you. Nothing personal, eh? Don’t take it like it’s the end of the world!!
The naked truth is that I don’t give a damn about whatever you think the damn thing is.
Well I’ll be honest I lie and I …
@Rijk
I don’t believe you!!! Prove it!!!
Isn’t that obvious, they don’t, thats why they are extinct.
Ooohhh the edit function is back
Thank you.
Marina,[ they ought to throw the book at you ] for removing the edit function in the first place.
You should have drawn a mermaid in your doodle
I believe they would spawn like salmon or other fish. Kind of takes the fun out of everything, doesn’t it?
Both sexes of the sea species are really big into fish. They make the most of their schnauze to accelerate well-prepared meals before mating. Marina, who shares a cognate with the sea species’ name has missed out on lots of adventure with mer-man, who was not let done easily. Better luck next time, Marina.
How about “going commando”?
Mermaids were originally only female, like sirens. Originally their tails were split into two, thats how they did it. If you look at the original Starbucks logo, that shows what they were supposed to look like.
Hi Marina
Looks like him 
B.B. 
is that your friend David whose husbands ( boat) yacht you were on recently
you look GREAT I guess you have fully recovered from you illness
very happy am I
maybe she shot this one before her illness.
you are probably correct Rijk, however I believe she got a BUG
whlie in the mediteranian & there abouts..B.B.
I am hearing she is now well, I hope thats true
Thats good to hear.
[Fall]happy autumn and the best for a new season…[spice]
…I’m pissed
salt and pepper…. Two Beta fish courting and laying eggs building a bubble nest.
Fall]happy autumn and the best for a new season…[spice]
[Fall]happy autumn and the best for a new season…[spice]
[cold blooded murder]
Sergeant Snorkel___”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
This white snorkel looks as problematic as an origami subaquatic tube. I am not sure it can be fully trusted in the long term for the purpose it was designed for. I am not even sure if it’s fully functional actually. The goggles, though, seem to be in perfect working condition, top shape numero uno. As for mermaids and mermen, I would assume they DO have sex, in some way or another, for they reproduce and engender little mermen and mermaids. If they wouldn’t, they would be extinct by now, wouldn’t they?
“All propaganda has to be popular and has to accomodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.”
– Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
Quote”We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” – Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962
…[trout]…egged
damn, you said it already
Hmm.. Worthy replica I’m sure, Rijk, but I am not sure I do grasp its meaning, though. Would you be kind enough to elaborate a bit about it?
Eh, you may not be as dumb as the look of your gravatar, Rijk.
You call pictures like this dumb.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rearvision/galleries/2007/1983780/full/earth_ride.jpg
This Year its 40 Years ago
Oooops… That was earth wasn’t it? Sorry about that, Jack! I thought it was a rotten grape floating in an obscure closet cut in half viewed from the surface of a coconut. Yes, yes, very intelligent gravatar indeed…
Diaper…why is a snork like snorting…
what is “the birds and the bees” called under the see????
caviar : )
oh thats Marina’s favorite food!
Maybe she is trying to get pregnant.
almost forgot, but she did say:
thanks to Bob’s help, we’ve just now gotten the new metaphor for merman and mermaid’s sexuality instead of “the birds and the bees.”
That is “the sturgeon and the elephant seal” i hope you guys like it.
Sounds like a good sushi.
Sex on the beach?
thank you for the exciting and provocative video that people under 18 are not allowed to watch. i didnt know that they do IT on the beach……
who would eat elephant seals? Even we Japanese people dont eat them.
I’ve eaten seal meat in Greenland; it’s like a nice steak but with a faint fishy tang, sort of Surf and Turf all-in-one.
i could imagine that they got more fat than meat?
we can have greenland!? i cant even imagine what its meat tastes like. im still green.
I wanna have ….
Here you go. Have, have.
Catchy.
Another possibility is Salmon and Shrimp.
Perhaps not so exciting.
Konnichiwa, Hitoshi-san!
Bob and I are trying to think of Japanese puns (word play) on Marina’s new video “Happy Hour” (7 November). Would you like to help us?
Word request – [Kung Fu]
I never knew that snorkel was such a new word. Very interesting. As far a Merpeople having sex, I would imagin it is like fish having sex. There lower half is like a fish. ?????
I don’t think the question is how mermaids have sex, I think the question is how did they came into existence to begin with? …..Unless you’re a gay fish!
Ugh, I can’t even edit. Let’s try that again:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/220762/
I had that same problem, I resolved it by leaving out the last ” of the link, somehow it was added automatically, you should try it.
But she did it, the edit-function is Back
My fav tweet quote of the night goes 2 KingJesusChrist who said:
“bless you my dear student, & those of us who walk on water don’t need a snorkel.”
The miracle of life and you still should wash your hands… snorkel and give back my tree … your staph is out of tuned…the eyes are blinded and walk in my puddle with wool socks
It’s midnight. I’m ready to go for night swim.
Didn’t that merman ask do you work out?
skinnydipping
Now I know what he was going for.
Have you the inner feeling inside yourself that you should workout hard, Rijk?
On an unrelated note – I’m new here, how do I change my icon?
Hello AllynTygrrr,
Click on the HELP link in the upper right of any page.
Scroll down to the place where you see Marina’s photo.
The title of the comment is:
“How do I get one of those cute pictures
next to my comments?”
You want to make sure that your email address that you used here matches the email address at the Gravatar.com site.
After the change, wait 15 minutes, clear your browser cache and you should see your new gravatar icon.
Awesome! Thanks Karl! I totally didn’t see that.
Glad to help AllynTygrrr,
and I welcome you aboard the HotForWords site.
If you need further help, just ask in the latest lesson or reply to any one of my comments. Enjoy the site.
Cool. Thank you sir, you’re a good man!
My slightly improved icon should pop up any day now. I’m actually incredibly impressed with the site she’s got here – never went out of the way to find it before and then just stumbled across it yesterday when I was bored and decided to look-up who had ‘www.geni.us’ because I’ve had ‘www.damnneargeni.us’ for a few years. I had no idea but I’d seen her on TV before. Small world.
What? new students are welcomed?
Yes, even old newcomers like
you are welcomed too.
Welcome home Rijk.
Thanks pedanticKarl
a really cool gravatar design
I can make out the arrows and I think I see a flower in the left corner.
Whats els is in there ?
Hello! Thanks! It’s a Mapplethorpe print of two tulips that I’ve ‘enhanced’ with my personal logo in the background. If you so desire, you can befriend me on Facebook and see a larger version of it there. http://www.facebook.com/wayoverdue
And the tulips are reaching out to each-other
Great metaphor, very appropriate, especially for facebook.
Good night George. Kisses for the missus.
Gotta get some Zzzzs. See you in a few hours.
I know that you are counting on me.
See ya later and keep on smiling.
P.S.
No double Ads here.
Have you blocked doubleclick.net?
Yeah, I think that’s what he is trying to tell us
You hear George inside your head, don’t you?
I think I know what George is. Its not a he, its a she and its Marina’s [ alter ego ]
I myself think that George is a legendary talking banana.
well he sure is Yellow
@Rijk
WOW! STOP! Don’t be so sure of yourself! He might be a green-coated yellow legendary talking banana. Or he might be a yellow legendary talking banana, but in white camouflage? He might even be in… black camouflage pants with white shirt? Or vice-versa? Or a GREEN legendary talking banana in GOLD camouflage? HAHA! You didn’t ponder this did you?
You just rolled up some paper and made a snorkel? Anyway, I still haven’t seen George, but the horizontal and vertical ads have started reproducing: http://i38.tinypic.com/r22i40.jpg
Wish you had worn a seashell bra: http://www.platinumcostumes.com/images/products/8995MermaidLg.jpg
(While looking for seashell bras, found this nifty couple: http://www.costumecraze.com/image.php?imagefile=http://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/rubies/367-large.jpg )