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Postby Slava » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:36 pm

A nice word, with an interesting etymology. In a way, it should mean something like coming off half-baked.

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Postby Bailey » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:08 pm

very interesting insight,Slava; Precocious does imply that the person is young and I give the 'young' very little credence, no matter how smart they think they are.

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Postby skinem » Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:17 pm

very interesting insight,Slava; Precocious does imply that the person is young and I give the 'young' very little credence, no matter how smart they think they are.

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Well, it ain't me...I ain't no fortunate son. I for sure was never precocious. I was born on the bayou along the Green River with a bad moon rising. Don't look now, but ever now and then you'll see me down on the corner wondering if you've ever seen the rain (and, as an aside, wondering who'll stop it!) while looking out my backdoor. Shows where my head is, huh?
But, what the hey, tonight, I'll just keep on chooglin'. What are you gonna do?

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Postby gailr » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:22 pm

...Precocious does imply that the person is young and I give the 'young' very little credence, no matter how smart they think they are. ...
On the other hand, I'll quote Gary Jennings (Aztec) to the best of my memory: "For myself, I believe the long-dead were no wiser than ourselves, and their being dead has added no luster to their wisdom."

btw: well written, skinem. Glad to learn that you weren't in for mashed potatoes.

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Postby Bailey » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:34 pm

...Precocious does imply that the person is young and I give the 'young' very little credence, no matter how smart they think they are. ...
On the other hand, I'll quote Gary Jennings (Aztec) to the best of my memory: "For myself, I believe the long-dead were no wiser than ourselves, and their being dead has added no luster to their wisdom."

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Postby gailr » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:45 pm

... mark do-I-smell-dead? Bailey
I hope not! But the alphaAgora is not yet broadcast in smellovision, so I guess only you and yours can verify this for us... :)

Not a comment on you, Bailey; just an observation that the "old folks" don't always have a corner on the smarts market, either. Sadly, not on the maturity market, either.

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Postby Bailey » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:08 pm


Not a comment on you, Bailey; just an observation that the "old folks" don't always have a corner on the smarts market, either. Sadly, not on the maturity market, either.

-gailr
I know growing up is mandatory and maturity is optional, BUT let's be real, a teenager who knows it all, well they just don't. They can't even tell the difference between fun and travesty. This is testified by the sheer number of Darwin award winners in that age bracket. That I survived that era in my own past testifies that I might be a bit smarter than those who science confirms are not capable of seeing consequences of their actions.

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Postby skinem » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:17 pm

That I survived that era in my own past testifies that I might be a bit smarter than those who science confirms are not capable of seeing consequences of their actions.
Smarter, and for sure, at least in my case, luckier. Can you display precocious wisdom?

btw: well written, skinem. Glad to learn that you weren't in for mashed potatoes.
Thank you and thanks for the link. That song has never been the same for me since one of my sisters-in-law told me she thought it was "There's a bathroom on the right"!

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Postby Ferrus » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:31 pm

This is a fairly well known word...

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Postby Bailey » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:36 pm

This is a fairly well known word...
ok, aknowledged and? Did you read the Whole thread?

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Postby sluggo » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:16 am

This is a fairly well known word...
ok, aknowledged and? Did you read the Whole thread?

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You must pardon the Commotion, Ferrus -this lot does go up around the bend offtopic. It just comes out of the sky with no sinister purpose, but don't let what we've wrought deter your filings from being cast :lol:

PS loved-the-link, Gailr
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Postby gailr » Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:21 am

You must pardon the Commotion, Ferrus -this lot does go up around the bend offtopic. It just comes out of the sky with no sinister purpose, but don't let what we've wrought deter your filings from being cast :lol:

PS loved-the-link, Gailr
Quite right, Ferrus. A useful guide around here is: let he without din cast the first tone.
or is that: let he without tin cast the first scone?

Glad you liked the link, sluggo. Remember the Piña Colada song. yeah...I know...not 'til I mentioned it. sorry... At any rate, back in the day I had a roommate from an isolated area who insisted that it was the Peanut Colada song, and written about a candy bar. No one could disabuse her of this notion.

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Postby Stargzer » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:48 pm

... At any rate, back in the day I had a roommate from an isolated area who insisted that it was the Peanut Colada song, and written about a candy bar. No one could disabuse her of this notion.

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Was that in a college dorm? If so, it's no wonder there was no Escape.
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Postby gailr » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:29 pm

It was off-campus, gzer, and she was proud of not wasting her time and money on school.

Pina colonic! Gak! [or should that be: doh!] Uh...thanks...for the link...
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Postby sluggo » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:40 pm

...Remember the Piña Colada song. yeah...I know...not 'til I mentioned it. sorry... At any rate, back in the day I had a roommate from an isolated area who insisted that it was the Peanut Colada song, and written about a candy bar. No one could disabuse her of this notion.

-gailr
This title -mercifully I infer - rings no bells for me; I've just been looking it up on The Google to see what I apparently missed and concluding it came out of the sky at a time I was living in Europe. Sadly though, that did not protect me from The Buggles... :evil:
arrgh! now I've gone and infected me own head...

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