An "Ask Auntie Lowan" Digression.

Gus!

Welcome to Digressia!

How you be?

I'm fine, Dlowan. How are you? As you may or not have noticed, I have discovered these things called "emoticons". Most people are probably not aware of them, but most people don't have the computer savvy that 'ol Gus does. Are you familiar with them? Could I teach you how to use them some time? The following is a particular favorite of mine...




What do you think? Simple, yet hauntingly beautiful and complex. There is just so much to be found in that simple image. Well, nice to talk to you, Dlowan. I'm gonna keep roaming around this place and see what other treasures I can uncover.

:wink:

Wow! You guys know the "multiple emoticon trick." I am impressed. I shall continue my struggles to learn the ways of the world. For now, I remain a single-emoticon kind of guy.

Hmm, the distinguished gustavratzenhofer is a man of few words and fewer emoticons. :wink:

Does the bunny have an ear ache or did BillW manage to blow it out both ears?

Er...I think the only way to go with that one is to answer it factually.

No, Bill W did NOT manage to "blow it out of both ears".

The Bunny's ears are still full of it, and she is onto a new antibiotic.

She lives in hope of a return to health and auditory normality - such as it was.

It would serve you people well to listen to ehBeth. She has exemplary communication skills. I am impressed.

When you gonna get an avatar, Gus? You can have a capybara!

what is a capybara ? is it pidgin english for cotton bra ?

It is a small antipodean marsupial of extraordinary suppleness which is used as a navvy to do sewage line maintenance.

(When asked why he had issued a completely false definition of palfry in his dictionary, Samuel Johnson replied: "Ignorance, Madam, sheer ignorance.")

Damn you Set, you make me open the dictionary. Again. :wink:
How will I ever know everything if I am always learning?


capybara --
A large South American rodent (Hydroch[ae]rus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

There ya go, spoilin' all my fun . . .

It's also good with BBQ sauce....

What IS it with you people and eating things?

NOTICE: This site accepts no responsibility for the gustatory perversions of Canadians . . .

Does not Molson beer sanitize Canadian gustatory perversions

Or renders them insensate, one . . . either way, the effect is the same . . .