Lyle, if you use that story, make sure you know what it is you "ate" that's to "blame" for your "food poisoning." (Gotta get the story straight, right?)

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LOL! In Russia, if somebody is REALLY drunk (like, beyond comprehending what's going on around him), they say "Nazhralsia" about it. That's the past perfect male singular of the verb "zhrat", which means stuffing food down like a pig would.

What a great word! Its onomatope - where the word sounds like what it describes.
Lyle

See that one messes me up every time. I've not been asked yet, but I never have an answer at the ready...

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Skate __
New boots __
(lowering the bar for 2010 as I haven't skated in a year)

Ah, sadly enough, rinks here in Eastern MA almost all schedule Public Skating at lunch hour; evening sessions are very few, and far between.

So, have spent last few years training my Boss to understand that I WILL be out on the ice at lunch time. Conference calls? Customer visits? Engineering meetings? Ah, too bad, I'd love to attend, if only I could, but, ice is calling, and you can color me "gone!"