Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 In a message dated 10/5/00 8:41:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, laurel@... writes: << What is your duh in India? Laurel >> This is what I love about this site. Great explanation, Laurel. What about you " Aussies? " Do you have a duh? Any other non-American duhs? Jeanne Ann Neff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 In a message dated 10/5/00 9:45:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cjagan123@... writes: << We don't DUH but we ADa Jagan >> Oh my, you've gotta stop or we're really going to get something started and then we're REALLY gonna get something started. Jeanne Ann Neff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 Hi Jagan: I also have a duh. One that I have done. I've done and said millions of duh's. One might consider me a duh expert. Okay, here is a duh............Asking husband/wife/child/roommate if they have seen your glasses? And, those glasses are right on your head. Duh! Duh can be used to inform someone that they have said something not real smart, or you can take the palm of your hand, slap your forehead with it, and say "duh" when you have said something rather stupid also. It is a very versatile little American slang word. What is your duh in India? Laurel Cjagan Duh! is a slang expression used, to make one feel stupid, at the end of a sarcastic answer to a question that had an obvious answer in the first place. I hope that explanation is discernible. I'll try to give you an example. "Do you think we will get tomorrow off if it snows?" "Yeah, and they will probably give us a bonus, too." DUH! If that doesn't work, Jeanne Ann can send an example. She started it. Ronnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 5, 2000 Report Share Posted October 5, 2000 Hi Laurel, I got it. My wife searches for her comb, asking all, - the comb was sitting pretty on her head ! She takes her palm to her forehead gives herself a gentle slap or two & utters ADa. A as in Arizona, Da as in Dakota. We don't DUH but we ADa Jagan Cjagan Duh! is a slang expression used, to make one feel stupid, at the end of a sarcastic answer to a question that had an obvious answer in the first place. I hope that explanation is discernible. I'll try to give you an example. "Do you think we will get tomorrow off if it snows?" "Yeah, and they will probably give us a bonus, too." DUH! If that doesn't work, Jeanne Ann can send an example. She started it. Ronnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2000 Report Share Posted October 6, 2000 Yea. I would have enjoyed this DUH more if I didn't have PLS. Jagan Re: Cjagan/DUH! > In a message dated 10/5/00 9:45:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > cjagan123@... writes: > > << We don't DUH but we ADa > Jagan >> > Oh my, you've gotta stop or we're really going to get something started and > then > we're REALLY gonna get something started. Jeanne Ann Neff > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2000 Report Share Posted October 7, 2000 Actually, I had not even remembered about the cricket. Given that they have not long concluded and were so successful, not just from the Aussie team point of view (we have only about 10% of the population of the USA so proportionally did extremely well) but also from the organisational point of view, the Olympics tend to have pushed cricket at the moment into the background. There have been parades for the Aussie Olympic athletes in every capital city and there was even a parade last week in Sydney for all the volunteers. Even that was really well attended with everyone in Sydney wanting to thank the huge numbers of volunteers for doing such a fantastic job and contributing so much to the successful running of everything. We made a pretty much last minute to go to the Olympics, a 1200 mile round trip, just for one day of competition and another day or two around the Sydney area soaking up a bit of the atmosphere. We are really glad that we went as it was fantastic. We were mainly interested in the equestrian events and were still able to get tickets to the cross country day of the teams three day event. However, given it was such a late decision to go we couldn't get tickets for anything else we would also have been interested in seeing, like some of the swimming. The main reason for making such a late decision to go was my PLS. With everything we had on months ago the thought of trying to tackle the Olympics with me in a wheelchair was just too daunting. I can manage most things day to day with just my walking frame but for something involving that much walking and crowds I need the wheelchair. Getting me around and into a good spot on the cross country course sounded like a major effort. Then we saw on the Olympics website that disabled people were being catered for so decided to give it a try. We all felt that the organisers did an absolutely fantastic job of catering for disabled people. For those who don't know, an equestrian cross country course is thirty or more fixed jumps (i.e. if the horse hits them they don't fall down) spread out in the open over a distance of some 5 or more miles. By nature of the event the terrain is virtually always hilly as that adds a degree of difficulty and interest. Can you imagine trying to get around that with a wheelchair? Also, as with most Olympic venues there was no onsite parking. You had to drive to one of several carparks about three or more miles away and catch one of a fleet of literally hundreds of buses brought in from all around Australia to help out at the Olympics. The morning of the cross country we set out relatively early and when we got to head of the (long) queue of cars heading into the parking area (which was actually the parking area for a big fun park) we showed the attendant my disabled parking permit. We were immediately given the directions to a specially reserved area very close to the bus departure point, whereas 'normal' people were already by then having to walk a long way from where they parked to the bus departure point. Once I was in the wheelchair we asked one of the volunteers what we had to do to get a wheelchair friendly bus and were immediately taken to the head of the queue for the buses. The volunteer up there got onto his walkie talkie and asked for a bus capable of taking wheelchairs and within minutes one arrived. One of the few times in my life where being disabled was an advantage!! We heard later that with 50,000 people going to the cross country course that day many people queued for an hour or more, but none of them minded the fact that we didn't have to queue. It reminded me of people on PLS-Friends who have said that sort of thing happens at Disneyland - straight to the head of the queue. To cut an even longer story short, when we arrived at the cross country course we then caught one of the specially equipped internal shuttle buses running between four points on the course where special viewing areas had been set aside for disabled people. We went around to the first of the water jumps (always the best spot for spills and thrills) and from the special area (no grandstands out there) I had a view as good as anyone of that jump, the first two jumps, the last two jumps and part of the steeplechase course. Absolutely fantastic! All the volunteers and everyone in the crowd were extremel helpful and very friendly. At the end of the day it was basically a reversal of the above procedure. I am sure that the cross country would be one of, if not the, hardest events to cater for disabled people for and yet we all felt they did an excellent job. If only everything in everyday life catered so well for disabled people! Well, Jagan I have digressed a long way! To get back to your original point, India are a good team and when two somewhat equal teams play a one day cricket match there is always scope for either to win. It depends on a whole lot of variable factors which may favour one team one day and the other next time, but congratulations to India this time. 8-) Cheers, cjagan123 wrote: (I obtained PLS. I can't talk. Why not express myself in this board.) Useless talk in India is ADDa, ( AD as in Adhesive- Da as in Dakota) Those who find it boring may excuse me please. Hi , Yea. ADa s --- are uttered with different frequency, tone & style. Worse the stupidity longer that ADa. A is always full - Arizona. Da is a sharp, short Da of Dakota. Da in ADa doubles, triples, with severity of stupidity. Like ADa... Da, or AD.....Da..... Da ....(A interval Da) , I see that today India knocked out Australia, the world champions, by 20 odd runs in the mini cricket world cup at Nairobi, Kenya. How do you feel? Jagan Re: Cjagan/DUH! Well, if you ignore things like people just saying straight out "Oh sh.. I'm stupid!!!" then over here in Aussie land it's pretty much the same - a duh is a duh is a duh is a duh. Actually, maybe the same happens over there too but here it is sometimes accentuated by drawing it out to really emphasise the level of stupidity - more like duuuuuuhhhhh!! jeanneannneff@... wrote: In a message dated 10/5/00 8:41:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, laurel@... writes: << What is your duh in India? Laurel >> This is what I love about this site. Great explanation, Laurel. What about you "Aussies?" Do you have a duh? Any other non-American duhs? Jeanne Ann Neff -- -- . ,-._|\ Covington / Oz \ \_,--.x/ v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2000 Report Share Posted October 9, 2000 Re: Cjagan/DUH! Well, if you ignore things like people just saying straight out "Oh sh.. I'm stupid!!!" then over here in Aussie land it's pretty much the same - a duh is a duh is a duh is a duh. Actually, maybe the same happens over there too but here it is sometimes accentuated by drawing it out to really emphasise the level of stupidity - more like duuuuuuhhhhh!! jeanneannneff@... wrote: << What is your duh in India? Laurel >> This is what I love about this site. Great explanation, Laurel. What about you "Aussies?" Do you have a duh? Any other non-American duhs? Jeanne Ann Neff -- put it right duuuuuhhhh . ,-._|\ Covington / Oz \ \_,--.x/ v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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