[TT] Beavering Away . . .

[Petrides, M.D. Marian]

Thanks.  It actually wasn't as bad as I imagined. ;-)

On Dec 13, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Noel wrote:

> For those curious folks :)
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoovering
>
> - Noel
>
> At 06:22 PM 12/13/2008, you wrote:
>> Oh, please, don't tantalize us that way!!!
>>
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Neal Campbell wrote:
>>
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>>> what it means, more than likely you do not want to know.
>>>
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>>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Judy Perry <katheryn.swynford at gmail.com 
>>>  > wrote:
>>>> Ummmm.... I'm feeling more stupid than usual. What exactly does
>>>> "hoovering"
>>>> mean in the US?
>>>> And how long ago was this heaux conversation?  (yes, I've seen it
>>>> spelt that
>>>> way).
>>>>
>>>> Judy
>>>> http://revined.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Richmond Mathewson <geradamas at yahoo.com 
>>>>  >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [TT] - Totally Tangential.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ha, Ha, Ha . . .
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was studying at SIU Carbondale I rushed into a teaching
>>>>> assistants'
>>>>> meeting fresh from vacuuming the carpet at home and said:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Sorry I'm late, I have just been hoovering . . ."
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a deathly silence in the room!
>>>>>
>>>>> My understanding supervisor (A Canadian) took me outside and  
>>>>> told me
>>>>> that 'hoovering' did not mean vacuum-cleaning in America.
>>>>>
>>>>> Late, I was working in the married students' garden plots when a
>>>>> pleasant
>>>>> woman from Wyoming asked me how I managed to break up the clods of
>>>>> earth
>>>>> so effectively. My reply; "I always use a hoe." was received in
>>>>> silence,
>>>>> and then she walked off, never to speak to me again.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Britain, 'beavering away' means (or, maybe, meant, when I was
>>>>> at school)
>>>>> "working away extremely eagerly"; no doubt connected with "eager
>>>>> beaver" -
>>>>> which, no doubt, you North Americans will resemanticise as a
>>>>> synonym for "loose woman".
>>>>>
>>>>> Divided by a common language we may be; united by a love of
>>>>> programming in
>>>>> Runtime Revolution I hope we all are.
>>>>>
>>>>> Welcome to the silly season !!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Love, Richmond.
>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> A Thorn in the flesh is better than a failed Systems Development
>>>>> Life
>>>>> Cycle.
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