BS: For Your Amusement and Edification

Subject: BS: For Your Amusement and Edification
From: bobad
Date: 17 Oct 05 - 07:56 PM

From www.mcsweeney.net

THE NAMES
OF THE PRESIDENT
AND THE MEMBERS OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL
CABINET ACCORDING TO
THE ETYMOLOGICAL
BACKGROUNDS OF THEIR
FIRST AND LAST NAMES,
AND OF THEIR
MIDDLE NAMES WHEN AVAILABLE.*
BY JØRGEN G. CLEEMANN

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The Earthworker Who Engages in the Practice of Shrinking and Thickening Wool and Dwells Near the Thicket, President

The Brave Power Who Hails From the Oak Forest Around the French Town of Brieuse, Vice President

The Manly One Who Prepares Wool for Spinning and Weaving and Lives Near a Mound, White House Chief of Staff

The Bright Nobleman Who Is Son of the Battlemaker, Attorney General

The Fierce Warrior With Sweetness, Secretary of State

The Ruler of the World and the Ruler of the Home Who Hails From the Field of Wild Garlic, Secretary of Defense

The Wellborn Warrior Who Regularly Invokes the Name of God, Secretary of Agriculture

The Warrior Who Descends From the Ruler of the Army, Secretary of Commerce

The Little Pearl-Encrusted Scythe, Secretary of Education

The Bathhouse Builder Who Has Been Heard by God, Secretary of Energy

The Pious and Humble Man From the Beloved Gate That Lies in the Land of Many Yokes, Secretary of Health and Human Services

The Pious and Humble Man Who Is Descended From the Devil, Secretary of Homeland Security

The Battle-Ready Man Who Is Descended From One Who Believes in the Grace of God, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

The Graceful Tempest From the Northern Settlement, Secretary of the Interior

The Torch From the Orchid-Nest, Secretary of Labor

The Exceptionally Pale and Pious Man Who Has a Desire to Protect, Secretary of the Treasury

The Bright and Famous Supplanter Who Is Descended From He Who Represents the Victory of the People, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

- - - -

* Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshio Mineta omitted due to unavailability of a reliable translation of the name "Mineta."

Subject: RE: BS: For Your Amusement and Edification
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 03:52 AM

The Torch From the Orchid-Nest, Secretary of Labor - is that orchid as in 'testicles' (which they more than resemble....) or basically,

A lit up load of bollocks?

Or if you prefer... a light to lighten the genitals.
LTS

Subject: RE: BS: For Your Amusement and Edification
From: Michael
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 08:04 AM

'Or if you prefer... a light to lighten the genitals.'

LTS I think that is brilliant,

Thanks
Mike

Subject: RE: BS: For Your Amusement and Edification
From: Dead Horse
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 10:54 PM

No wonder you got a dicky ticker Liz, all you ever think about is mens appendages. Poor Manitas, I say!

Subject: RE: BS: For Your Amusement and Edification
From: open mike
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 01:08 AM

shrunken and thickened wool is felt...
but i do not know whose name that might be??
and carding is what prepares wool...but??

Subject: RE: BS: For Your Amusement and Edification
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 02:25 AM

I know a My Carding...

Subject: RE: BS: For Your Amusement and Edification
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 02:40 AM

Felt is matted together rather than just shrunken - you can do the same with animal fur. Brush the animal and peel the 'leavings' off the brush. Rub them together in a circular motion between your hands and you get felt.

Carding is the process in which the fibres are straightened ready for weaving - two metal brushes (short spikes rather than bristles) comb the wool out. See here for all you ever needed to know about wool production but were too afraid to ask!

LTS