The last post is the WINNER!

[ChristineM]

I'm going to sleep happy for the first time in ages. Today, after much tooing and froing, i received an MRI appointment date... So they hadn't forgotten about me after all.

So it's a happy goodnight from me.

 

[sun rise]

Knock on wood​

If you have good luck and want to keep it. Cosman sees this expression deriving from pre-Christian times, when people performed rites “to inspire spirits dwelling in wood or trees, such as the maypole, or to awaken them after winter slumber, as with the divinities affecting agriculture and human life.”​

 

[JustGeorge]

Knock on wood​

If you have good luck and want to keep it. Cosman sees this expression deriving from pre-Christian times, when people performed rites “to inspire spirits dwelling in wood or trees, such as the maypole, or to awaken them after winter slumber, as with the divinities affecting agriculture and human life.”​

I went out knocking on wood one cold winter day for just that purpose.

Life was pretty decent back than.

Maybe that's an indication I should I kept the practice up.

 

[sun rise]

And one for @Wu Wei who has been holding out on us all this time:

Lick into shape​

To bring into satisfactory condition or appearance. In medieval bestiaries, you would find an unusual description of bears and how they give birth to their young. Here is how one 13th-century bestiary describes it:​

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The bear gets its Latin name ‘ursus’ because it shapes its cubs with its mouth, from the Latin word ‘orsus’. For they are said to give birth to shapeless lumps of flesh, which the mother licks into shape. The bear’s tongue forms the young which it brings forth​

The rest are here: 12 Expressions that we got from the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

 

[JustGeorge]

And one for @Wu Wei who has been holding out on us all this time:

Lick into shape​

To bring into satisfactory condition or appearance. In medieval bestiaries, you would find an unusual description of bears and how they give birth to their young. Here is how one 13th-century bestiary describes it:​

​

The bear gets its Latin name ‘ursus’ because it shapes its cubs with its mouth, from the Latin word ‘orsus’. For they are said to give birth to shapeless lumps of flesh, which the mother licks into shape. The bear’s tongue forms the young which it brings forth​

The rest are here: 12 Expressions that we got from the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

That one I knew.

 

[sun rise]

I went out knocking on wood one cold winter day for just that purpose.

Life was pretty decent back than.

Maybe that's an indication I should I kept the practice up.

Often when I say "knock on wood" I rap myself in the head. That might work as well.

 

[JustGeorge]

Often when I say "knock on wood" I rap myself in the head. That might work as well.

It would be a long drive for me to come out and rap you on the head.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Often when I say "knock on wood" I rap myself in the head. That might work as well.

When I do that, there's usually an echoing sound...

 

[John53]

Never had to knock on wood but I know someone who has

 

[John53]

Don't do that. Not by my word anyway. I'm still mulling over a thread to discuss actual science and set some limits to the infiltration of denialistic determination. I need the intellectual stimulus as a goad means to rejuvenate my heart and mind.

What we need is a thread where you can only talk in song lyrics or maybe song titles.

 

[JustGeorge]

What we need is a thread where you can only talk in song lyrics or maybe song titles.

Well, go make one!

 

[John53]

Well, go make one!

But I can't decide if it should be lyrics or song titles

 

[sun rise]

It would be a long drive for me to come out and rap you on the head.

I just did it for you and received a message: "Sorry, no one is home."

 

[JustGeorge]

I just did it for you and received a message: "Sorry, no one is home."

I wonder what the inhabitants are out doing...

 

[sun rise]

I wonder what the inhabitants are out doing...

Reading pages like this:

This FB Page Is Home To Hilarious Cat-Centered Memes, And Here Are 50 Of The Most Purr-Fect Ones

Cats and the internet go together as perfectly as coffee and donuts.

www.boredpanda.com

 

[John53]

I'm about to do an Aldi run if anyone wants anything

 

[sun rise]

I'm about to do an Aldi run if anyone wants anything

I'm good

 

[sun rise]

And before that

 

[sun rise]

And remember

 

[Secret Chief]

What we need is a thread where you can only talk in ... song titles.

Urine mate.