July 5, 2012 - Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? - Page 2

classicman · 07-06-2012, 11:46 PM

the shadow of a single atom

Flint · 07-06-2012, 11:51 PM

tenterhooks?

DanaC · 07-07-2012, 05:12 AM

Quote:

on tenterhooks
anxiously waiting for news about someone or something

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tenterhook (a hook that holds cloth that is stretched to dry), suggesting that someone's emotions are tightly stretched like a piece of cloth held by tenterhooks

Trilby · 07-07-2012, 07:26 AM

I thought it was that nasty thing in the desert in Star wars.

CaliforniaMama · 07-07-2012, 09:06 AM

Thanks for playing along ~ you guys came up with some great answers.

The answer is: It IS a sunspot!!!!

It is super detailed sunspot called Big Bear's Sunspot because it was seen from Big Bear Solar Observatory in California.

More here.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2012, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

tenterhooks?

Here we say tenderhooks (tender-hooks, tender hooks), which is a corruption of tenterhooks the Brits use.

edit - spell check wanted to change tenderhooks to tenterhooks.

Sundae · 07-07-2012, 02:31 PM

You say tidbits too.

BigV · 07-10-2012, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

Thanks for playing along ~ you guys came up with some great answers.

The answer is: It IS a sunspot!!!!

It is super detailed sunspot called Big Bear's Sunspot because it was seen from Big Bear Solar Observatory in California.

More here.

so.

neither animal nor mineral nor vegetable. you trickster you.

07-06-2012, 11:46 PM	#16
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	the shadow of a single atom __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-06-2012, 11:51 PM	#17
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	tenterhooks? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-07-2012, 07:26 AM	#19
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I thought it was that nasty thing in the desert in Star wars. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-07-2012, 09:06 AM	#20
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Thanks for playing along ~ you guys came up with some great answers. The answer is: It IS a sunspot!!!! It is super detailed sunspot called Big Bear's Sunspot because it was seen from Big Bear Solar Observatory in California. More here. __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

07-07-2012, 02:31 PM	#22
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You say tidbits too. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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