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- German Proverb |
EAT,
v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of
mastication, humectation, and deglutition. "I was in the
drawing-room, enjoying my dinner," said Brillat- Savarin, beginning
an anecdote. "What!" interrupted Rochebriant; "eating
dinner in a drawing-room?" "I must beg you to observe,
monsieur," explained the great gastronome, "that I did not say I
was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before."
- Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary" |
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Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. - Romanian Proverb
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was·sail
noun 1.a. A salutation or toast given in drinking someone's
health or as an expression of good will at a festivity. b. The drink used in
such toasting, commonly ale or wine spiced with roasted apples and sugar. 2. A
festivity characterized by much drinking. 1. To drink to the health of; toast.
--intr. To engage in or drink a wassail. [Middle
English, contraction of wćshćil,
be healthy, from Old Norse ves heill : ves, imperative sing. of vera,
to be; ]
And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep-
Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite him- his two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so
convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume and the receipt of reason
A limbeck only. When in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan?
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
William Shakespeare
Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary
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TODAY'S QUESTION Phillips Brooks's statue stands beside his church, historic Trinity Church in Boston. What famous Christmas carol is Brooks known for?
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On the twelfth day of Christmas my human gave to me: Twelve bags of catnip! Wrapping Presents With the Help of Your Cat TRUE FACT ... Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day. SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University
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Merry
Christmas The Week Before Christmas
From a school teacher 'Twas the week
before Christmas and all through the school HOW TO SAY
"MERRY CHRISTMAS" MERRY CHRISTMAS
Afrikander - Een Plesierige Kerfees |
Have you
heard that all Santa's elves are in therapy this season?
It seems they're suffering from Low Elf Esteem! |
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