hydro… good weed? uh,…thats what i heard…
[quote]chrismcl wrote:
pookie, I’m originally from Buffalo, NY - less than 45 minutes from Niagara Falls. NF is probably the biggest source of “hydro” power in the world. And I had never heard the term hydro to describe electricity until I went to Canada.[/quote]
I’m not saying it’s common; I’m just explaining where the term comes from.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
perseng wrote:
Professor X wrote:
PharmD Pete wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Who really says “you all”? Why even take the extra time?
Yeah, like it really takes a lot of extra time and effort to say you all.
It’s like saying, “Hey guys, how is it going?!” instead of, “wussup?”. It is a waste of oxygen. I believe our language should become more economic over time.
Until we revert back to different pitched grunts?
It’s better than those long winded speeches they give during graduations. Grunt and give me my damn diploma. I have dated a few women who simply would not shut up…EVER. I wish to all that is good they would have shut the fuck up every once in a while and simply grunted a response.
Do you realize just how much oxygen is being wasted on this planet due to lame discussions about some bitch your girl hates at work or how “they” are out to get her? “What are you thinking?” Not a Gawdamn thing! I was just sitting here trying to pass a silent fart and now you want me to think about shit?!
Excuse me, I got carried away there for a second.[/quote]
After listening to a lot of drivel lately… I would have to agree.
I understate that so much. Why? Why? Why?
I was watching CSI the other night and they kept saying gee-ess-double-you for “gun shot wound”, thereby using 5 syllables to abbreviate three… I guess it sounds more scientific when you use the acronyms.
[quote]pookie wrote:
I was watching CSI the other night and they kept saying gee-ess-double-you for “gun shot wound”, thereby using 5 syllables to abbreviate three… I guess it sounds more scientific when you use the acronyms.
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That does sound pretty bad now that you point it out. They do that all of the time on that show though.
“Grissom, we found Petrolatum, Water, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, C12-15 Alkyl Lactate, Myreth-3 Myristate, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Microcrystalline Wax, Tocopheryl Acetate Ceteareth-20, Carbomer, Tea, Ethylene Brassylate, Methylparaben, DMDM Hydantoin, Disodium EDTA, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate on the body!”
“You mean Vaseline?”
“Yeah, that shit.”
[quote]Professor X wrote:
That does sound pretty bad now that you point it out. They do that all of the time on that show though.
“Grissom, we found Petrolatum, Water, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, C12-15 Alkyl Lactate, Myreth-3 Myristate, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Microcrystalline Wax, Tocopheryl Acetate Ceteareth-20, Carbomer, Tea, Ethylene Brassylate, Methylparaben, DMDM Hydantoin, Disodium EDTA, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate on the body!”
“You mean Vaseline?”
“Yeah, that shit.”[/quote]
Vaseline contains tea?
I do learn something new everyday.
[quote]chrismcl wrote:
But one thing I will never understand about Canadians is that they say “zed” for the letter ‘z’. What the fuck is “zed”? It sounds like some sort of villan out of a Superman comic. Like Professor Zed. I do NOT get it. Maybe you can explain.[/quote]
“Zed” is the pronunciation used by the English and thus most of the countries under the former British Empire (of which Canada is one). I think it is only the USA which uses “zee” as the pronuncation for “z”.
Alot of people here say
“I’m going to save the dishes”
where as people from out of state tend to ask me, what are you going to save them from?
Just my .02
Another one I hate is “Off 'da hook!” As in “That party was off 'da hook!” Meaning “That party I attended was quite a bit of fun!”
My question is this; What if you have the coolest cellphone around? Do you say “That phone is off 'da HOOK!”. That would be confusing.
[quote]chrismcl wrote:
pookie, I’m originally from Buffalo, NY - less than 45 minutes from Niagara Falls. NF is probably the biggest source of “hydro” power in the world. And I had never heard the term hydro to describe electricity until I went to Canada.[/quote]
I don’t know about Ontario, but the electricity company in Quebec is called Hydro-Quebec. That’s why we call it hydro. As for the rest of Canada (at least where I’ve been), it’s called electricity or power.
Here’s one I’ve always wondered about even though I’ve said it all my life:
“I’ll kick your ass”, “he got his ass kicked”, and other variations.
When I was still in elementary school, I would think of this actually taking place literally, laugh a little, and wonder how it came to be synonymous with getting beaten up (I thought waaay too much for my age).
However, take the “your” out {“That’s kick ass!”, “that kicks ass!”, etc.} and it means something is great.
Kind of like,
“I busted my ass!” = I put forth a lot of effort.
vs.
“I busted ass!” = I farted.
“Facing the nation” for going down on a woman.
Got it from urbandictionary.com