[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
You must be too young to remember World War II. So am I, but my dad is a jazz and film buff, and often told me about Harry James and his wife, the leggy blonde bombshell Betty
Grackle.
[/QUOTE]
I think Betty had six sisters, which is why Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Grables.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
I think Betty had six sisters, which is why Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Grables.
[/QUOTE]
You forgot to mention their Uncle
Gables
who Hawthorne described as as a cowboy who often pretended he was a colorful sidekick in the Old West.
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]
You forgot to mention their Uncle
Gables
who Hawthorne described as as a cowboy who often pretended he was a colorful sidekick in the Old West.
[/QUOTE]
Do you mean
Gabby Hayes?
If so, you’d do well to be informed that that term refers to nightclubs where singers entertain. Liza Minnelli starred in a movie about one.
[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
Do you mean
Gabby Hayes?
If so, you’d do well to be informed that that term refers to nightclubs where singers entertain. Liza Minnelli starred in a movie about one.
[/QUOTE]
No, no, no! Cabaret is a variety of red wine.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
No, no, no! Cabaret is a variety of red wine.
[/QUOTE]
But surely a cabernetis the piece of furniture you store the wine in?
[QUOTE=MHaye]
But surely a cabernetis the piece of furniture you store the wine in?
[/QUOTE]
Unless I am very much mistaken, a cabinet is a polished unfaceted gemstone.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
Unless I am very much mistaken, a cabinet is a polished unfaceted gemstone.
[/QUOTE]
You are indeed very much mistaken. A
cabochon
is both a type of monkey and a type of monk.
[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
You are indeed very much mistaken. A
cabochon
is both a type of monkey and a type of monk.
[/QUOTE]
Not unless they grow in the garden, because capuchin is the genus pepper plants are in.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
Not unless they grow in the garden, because capuchin is the genus pepper plants are in.
[/QUOTE]
When you started writing you post you were probably right but now
capsicum
refers to a small free-floating biological cell, especially ones occurring in blood.
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]
When you started writing you post you were probably right but now
capsicum
refers to a small free-floating biological cell, especially ones occurring in blood.
[/QUOTE]
My, my, my. Not even close. A
corpuscle
is the officer below sergeant
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
My, my, my. Not even close. A
corpuscle
is the officer below sergeant
[/QUOTE]
Actually, corporal is an ecosystem with lots of plants like scrub oak. Wild fires are common – in fact, necessary.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
Actually, corporal is an ecosystem with lots of plants like scrub oak. Wild fires are common – in fact, necessary.
[/QUOTE]
Are you trying to tell us you’re the girl who ran calling “Wild fire,” 'cause a
chaparral is where your horse of that name escaped from.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
Actually, corporal is an ecosystem with lots of plants like scrub oak. Wild fires are common – in fact, necessary.
[/QUOTE]
Now, this time I’m going to have to guess that when you say
chaparral
you’re really thinking about the old busybody who hangs out with a young couple to keep them from having any fun
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]
Are you trying to tell us you’re the girl who ran calling “Wild fire,” 'cause a
chaparral is where your horse of that name escaped from.
[/QUOTE]
Actually, Wildfire “busted down his stall.” But you’d be wrong anyway, because corral is what the Great Barrier Reef is made of.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
Actually, Wildfire “busted down his stall.” But you’d be wrong anyway, because corral is what the Great Barrier Reef is made of.
[/QUOTE]
I see what you’re trying to say, but
coral
is Billy Bob’s character in Sling Blade
[QUOTE=freckafree]
Actually, Wildfire “busted down his stall.” But you’d be wrong anyway, because corral is what the Great Barrier Reef is made of.
[/QUOTE]
Well, I had to set you up for you post intro; nonetheless, when you suggest
[spouler]coral[/spoiler]
what you mean is the type of song that a group of people go around singing to people’s houses at a particular time during the year, with chaperones if they’re especially young or if they’re wassailing excessively along the way.
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]
…the type of song that a group of people go around singing to people’s houses at a particular time during the year, with chaperones if they’re especially young or if they’re wassailing excessively along the way.
[/QUOTE]
No, a carol is a study cubby in a college library.
[QUOTE=twickster]
No, a carol is a study cubby in a college library.
[/QUOTE]
Well, you’re partially right. Carrels might be found on the outside of the library, since they are female figures used as architectural elements in place of columns.
[QUOTE=freckafree]
Well, you’re partially right. Carrels might be found on the outside of the library, since they are female figures used as architectural elements in place of columns.
[/QUOTE]
It’s possible you made a mental slip, since a
Caryatid
is one of those noisy bugs you tend to hear at night in the summer, along with frogs, dogs, and children being molested
[QUOTE=Zeldar]
It’s possible you made a mental slip, since a
Caryatid
is one of those noisy bugs you tend to hear at night in the summer, along with frogs, dogs, and children being molested
[/QUOTE]
No, you’re thinking of katydids, the group of animals that includes llamas, alpacas, and the like.