potables and comestables

[Bailey]

po·ta·ble(pt-bl)
adj.
Fit to drink.
n.
A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage: wine and other potables.



[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin ptbilis, from Latin ptre, to drink, from ptus, a drink; see p(i)- in Indo-European roots.]



pota·bili·ty, pota·ble·ness n.

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AND

co·mes·ti·ble (kə-mĕs'tə-bəl)
adj.
Fit to be eaten; edible.

n.
Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.

[French, from Old French, from Late Latin comēstibilis, from Latin comēstus, alteration (influenced by pōtus, drunk) of comēsus, past participle of comedere, to eat up : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + edere, to eat.]

Chimp likes potables and comestibles but Mrs. Chimp won't let me have them. At least not much.

mark likes-to-eat/drink-and-be-merry Bailey

[sluggo]

In Play:
...So, I curtailed my Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles! (John Cleese, Cheese sketch)

[gailr]

Fortunately, Bailey's word suggestions are never a deliberate waste of our time, sir.

-gailr

Who's going to suggest esurient?

[sluggo]

Fortunately, Bailey's word suggestions are never a deliberate waste of our time, sir.

-gailr

... not as such!
Which is good, since it means we needn't shoot him.

Who's going to suggest esurient?

Yeah, that too!
An excellent choice. Bring that up to size and have at it!
Can I go on playing my bouzouki then? (I do have one- Terpsichorean muse, you know)

[Bailey]

Shoot him? Egads! Cheesy comestibles? Ah! More like it, I haven't sallied forth in some time, swanning being my usual forté.

mark esurience-exceeds-expenditures Bailey

what the heck is a bouzouki? And do you have to wear those funky Greek puffy skirts while playing it?
And the shoes with the genie curl?

[Perry]

I have seen many musicians play the bouzouki without the tights and skirt.

[sluggo]

Nor is mine anywhere near that ornate.
(the bouzouki I mean- clean it up!)

NB: any uncertainty concerning the obscurilarities about of what we speak of above may be sussed with the secret decoder ring

[Bailey]

Nor is mine anywhere near that ornate.
(the bouzouki I mean- clean it up!)

NB: any uncertainty concerning the obscurilarities about of what we speak of above may be sussed with the secret decoder ring

but how about the cute genie shoes with the curl toes? Surely that's a requirement for playing the bouzouki? I think the tights and skirt should be mandatory.

"It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese"

too funny.

mark

[gailr]

I have seen many musicians play the bouzouki without the tights and skirt.

I'm very sorry to hear this.

[Stargzer]

...

"It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese"

too funny.

mark

Personally, I liked the last two lines:

The customer takes out a gun and shoots the owner.

Customer: What a *senseless* waste of human life.

Or to quote a coworker:

What a waste of skin!

(Only the Federal Protective Service officers and contract guards can bring weapons into our complex. Sometimes that's a good thing ... )