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Are you going to make us google this, or is it a contest to see whe can come up with the funniest definition?
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anon_xdc8rmuek44eq
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LOL. Maybe better just to put it out there...
It's a no longer used word for 'large snowflakes'. I learned that on NPR this morning via a book review of 'Landmarks' by Robert Macfarlane, who has glossaries of similar terms throughout his book.
Robert Macfarlane, a fellow at Cambridge University, is interested in landscape and language. This book is about how we've lost the specific words for details of the landscape, especially in the British Isles. There are chapters on flatlands, woodlands, mountain lands, water lands.
Each chapter ends with a glossary of words that we no longer use, no longer know. [For example], fleeches — large snowflakes — is that not wonderful?! Macfarlane's a wonderful, beautiful writer (and really interesting to follow on Twitter.)
So, is this the new euphemism for figurative snowflakes?LOL. Maybe better just to put it out there...
It's a no longer used word for 'large snowflakes'. I learned that on NPR this morning via a book review of 'Landmarks' by Robert Macfarlane, who has glossaries of similar terms throughout his book.
Robert Macfarlane, a fellow at Cambridge University, is interested in landscape and language. This book is about how we've lost the specific words for details of the landscape, especially in the British Isles. There are chapters on flatlands, woodlands, mountain lands, water lands.
Each chapter ends with a glossary of words that we no longer use, no longer know. [For example], fleeches — large snowflakes — is that not wonderful?! Macfarlane's a wonderful, beautiful writer (and really interesting to follow on Twitter.)
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anon_xdc8rmuek44eq
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I thought you were talking about these F'n leeches.
This Dog Busted A Canadian Smuggler With $50,000 Of Illegal Russian Leeches
Carl1/29/2019 11:15 AM
WGN – The beagle sat down next to the Canadian man at Toronto Pearson International Airport and the jig was up. Clued in by the dog, officials searched the man’s bags and found containers holding 5,000 leeches. The name of the “alleged illegal leech importer,” who was flying in from Russia when he was stopped, hasn’t been released.The quantity suggests that the plan may have been to find buyers for the parasitic worms, which can be put to “uses such as treating frostbite and helping with recovery from face lifts.” They can go for about $10 each, making his supply worth an estimated $50,000. The medicinal species fall under an endangered species treaty that requires certain export-import permits before transporting.
National Geographic goes on to detail the difficulty Canadian officials have had with finding a home for the leeches. Since they’re threatened, the officials don’t want to do away with them, but the government doesn’t want to house them (especially after 20 of them temporarily escaped). So far, it has managed to unload only 1,500 of them.
Listen this isn’t rocket science I just need a dog at every security checkpoint from here on out. I don’t even care what we’re securely-checking. Exotic goods. DUI stop. Standard custom officials. Whatever just have a dog readily available to get a piece of the action. If I got busted moving something measured in Kilos I’d obviously be salty. But you mix in a couple border collies, Australian shepherds or even just your run of the mill jack russell terrier and you finally have a law enforcement environment people can look forward to and enjoy. That would be nice.
You know what else would be nice? A thorough explanation as to why a black market leech costs as much as a black market 30-mg adderall XR. Riddle me that National Geographic. We have an education crisis going on throughout the US and for the cost of 5,000 leeches you could be helping a few dozen kids graduate from Eastern Illinois University. I’m absolutely disgusted.
PS – I shouldn’t have to say it but somebody buy that beagle a beef.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/chic...m_content=story&utm_term=instagram_ICantEven/
The term often heard for large snowflakes around here was"Onion Snow". The term is fading away though.
LOL. Maybe better just to put it out there...
It's a no longer used word for 'large snowflakes'. I learned that on NPR this morning via a book review of 'Landmarks' by Robert Macfarlane, who has glossaries of similar terms throughout his book.
Robert Macfarlane, a fellow at Cambridge University, is interested in landscape and language. This book is about how we've lost the specific words for details of the landscape, especially in the British Isles. There are chapters on flatlands, woodlands, mountain lands, water lands.
Each chapter ends with a glossary of words that we no longer use, no longer know. [For example], fleeches — large snowflakes — is that not wonderful?! Macfarlane's a wonderful, beautiful writer (and really interesting to follow on Twitter.)
LOL. Maybe better just to put it out there...
It's a no longer used word for 'large snowflakes'. I learned that on NPR this morning via a book review of 'Landmarks' by Robert Macfarlane, who has glossaries of similar terms throughout his book.
Robert Macfarlane, a fellow at Cambridge University, is interested in landscape and language. This book is about how we've lost the specific words for details of the landscape, especially in the British Isles. There are chapters on flatlands, woodlands, mountain lands, water lands.
Each chapter ends with a glossary of words that we no longer use, no longer know. [For example], fleeches — large snowflakes — is that not wonderful?! Macfarlane's a wonderful, beautiful writer (and really interesting to follow on Twitter.)
Sounds like a sniglet.
Too late... it’s already going to be a thing!
I used to love singlets. The one I recall is disconfect: the act of blowing on a piece of candy that falls on the floor to remove dirt and other contamination.
LOL. Maybe better just to put it out there...
It's a no longer used word for 'large snowflakes'. I learned that on NPR this morning via a book review of 'Landmarks' by Robert Macfarlane, who has glossaries of similar terms throughout his book.
Robert Macfarlane, a fellow at Cambridge University, is interested in landscape and language. This book is about how we've lost the specific words for details of the landscape, especially in the British Isles. There are chapters on flatlands, woodlands, mountain lands, water lands.
Each chapter ends with a glossary of words that we no longer use, no longer know. [For example], fleeches — large snowflakes — is that not wonderful?! Macfarlane's a wonderful, beautiful writer (and really interesting to follow on Twitter.)
It's not the size that counts, it's the number of inches.
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anon_1eeb2b426hv3y
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That was awesome!I thought you were talking about these F'n leeches.
This Dog Busted A Canadian Smuggler With $50,000 Of Illegal Russian Leeches
Carl1/29/2019 11:15 AM
WGN – The beagle sat down next to the Canadian man at Toronto Pearson International Airport and the jig was up. Clued in by the dog, officials searched the man’s bags and found containers holding 5,000 leeches. The name of the “alleged illegal leech importer,” who was flying in from Russia when he was stopped, hasn’t been released.
The quantity suggests that the plan may have been to find buyers for the parasitic worms, which can be put to “uses such as treating frostbite and helping with recovery from face lifts.” They can go for about $10 each, making his supply worth an estimated $50,000. The medicinal species fall under an endangered species treaty that requires certain export-import permits before transporting.
National Geographic goes on to detail the difficulty Canadian officials have had with finding a home for the leeches. Since they’re threatened, the officials don’t want to do away with them, but the government doesn’t want to house them (especially after 20 of them temporarily escaped). So far, it has managed to unload only 1,500 of them.
Listen this isn’t rocket science I just need a dog at every security checkpoint from here on out. I don’t even care what we’re securely-checking. Exotic goods. DUI stop. Standard custom officials. Whatever just have a dog readily available to get a piece of the action. If I got busted moving something measured in Kilos I’d obviously be salty. But you mix in a couple border collies, Australian shepherds or even just your run of the mill jack russell terrier and you finally have a law enforcement environment people can look forward to and enjoy. That would be nice.
You know what else would be nice? A thorough explanation as to why a black market leech costs as much as a black market 30-mg adderall XR. Riddle me that National Geographic. We have an education crisis going on throughout the US and for the cost of 5,000 leeches you could be helping a few dozen kids graduate from Eastern Illinois University. I’m absolutely disgusted.
PS – I shouldn’t have to say it but somebody buy that beagle a beef.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/chic...m_content=story&utm_term=instagram_ICantEven/
The story I got as a kid was the big flakes that fell in early spring if it snowed meant it was time to plant your onions.
