Doghead's Cosmic Bar

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23 years ago #831
Hey, I can never remember......which one are you?

23 years ago #832
Let me put it to you this way, I'm not the one who the capital of Italy was named after.
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23 years ago #834
Why would they want to change the name?

I like it better than where I live: Buncombe County. Look up the word in a really fat dictionary; its meaning originated here.

23 years ago #835
I could tell you just by the sounds of it that it's a grooming utensil for butt hair... I mean how obvious can you be? Bun Combe !

23 years ago #836
Quiet, tool.


Buncombe - n - Variant of bunkum.
1. Empty or insincere talk; claptrap
2. A ludicrously false statement [synonym of: bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, bunk, bunkum, guff, rot, hogwash, dogshit]
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All about Buncombe:
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[Buncombe, a county of North Carolina.]
[Definition (once again)]
Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [Cant or Slang, U.S.]
[Quote]
All that flourish about right of search was bunkum -- all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. --Haliburton.
[Usage]
To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly.
[History]
"The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous 'Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a naive old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent county of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the 'Question,' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He preserved, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to 'make a speech for Buncombe.'" --W. Darlington.
(from dictionary.com)

23 years ago #837
Hey, looking at thatm I got bored and looked up in my memorybanks... "bullshit" can be used as a noun, transitive & intransitive verb, adjective and interjection! Wow that's a multipurpose word...

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=bullshit

23 years ago #838
you want to see a multipurpose word? Get this sound file:

http://24.102.216.231/Monty Python -The Many Uses of the Word F_ck.mp3

It's "Monty Python - Many Uses of the Word 'f_ck'" It's hilarious, besides the fact that it's Monty Python

Be prepared for a laugh and have a sense of humor

23 years ago #839
From Monty Python and the Meaning of Life, right?

23 years ago #840
mmm no idea I found it on Kazaa while searching for Monty Python stuff

23 years ago #841
*sits down on The Seat Of Dependability*

23 years ago #842
Dogh'd, I want a nice tall "Meticulous Firing Chamber"... Make sure it's half boiling and half freezing, just the way I like it!


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