Posted by Neredbojias on 01/13/37 11:29

With neither quill nor qualm, dorayme quothed:

> > From: Neredbojias <neredbojias@neredbojias.com>
> >
> >> Here, an "old geezer" usually means "an old man", "geezer" remaining unused
> >> and undefined.
> >
> > A taxidermist from Adelaide told me once that in Australia, a "geezer"
> > was someone who de-feathered gooses. Of course this was a long time
> > ago, but I'm sure the words "feather" and "goose" were in there
> > somewhere.
>
> Perhaps I overstated things,

Now see, -here I could make some astute comments about women and
womankind in general, but in the interests of being "fairer" to the
fairer sex, I shall refrain from doing so and just guffaw to myself
offline.

> ..."geezer" on its own is not unheard
> of down under, just rarer... As a child, I used to misspell the
> word for geyser (my mother used the word for a bathroom water
> heating appliance). I know how off topic it would be if I
> explained how come I ever had to write it down so I better leave
> it till I need text to illustrate a point in html/css...
> (instead of a boring old Lorem Ipsum...)
>
> dorayme
>
> oh yeah, I know that taxidermist you mention, he does my cats...
> He is a bit of a bullshit artist...

Gawd, please tell me you don't have any stuffed bovine feces on your
mantel place.

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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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