06-14-2004, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Gav I thought it was a great pun... obviously I was wrong.  | There, there, Gav dear, it was very funny really... 
I just wasn't sure if Knorks with a k wassome obscure scottish thing. Probably made of turnips/oats/assorted offal... 
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06-14-2004, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Louweasel I believe it's "nork". Unless Gav is talking about something other than the items which may be referred to as "funbags" (there's another one for ya, blue_falcon!) | Methinks "funbags" is a more, er, appropriate (if not a more aptly DESCRIPTIVE) term for said ...... uhm, items(?).
But, getting back to the thread, while I do prefer norks (with or without the k!), in terms of sheer utility, they're not of much use when compared to sporks! They may be FUN but, from a utilitarian point of view ....... (*ducks*)  | |
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06-15-2004, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by blue_falcon Methinks "funbags" is a more, er, appropriate (if not a more aptly DESCRIPTIVE) term for said ...... uhm, items(?).
But, getting back to the thread, while I do prefer norks (with or without the k!), in terms of sheer utility, they're not of much use when compared to sporks! They may be FUN but, from a utilitarian point of view ....... (*ducks*) | Hmmm. There are some (most of them below the age of six months) who would disagree about the utilitarian advantages of norks... Plus Mr Louweasel would indubitably be distinctly put out if I stuffed two sporks down my T-shirt instead of the current contents...!
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06-15-2004, 06:27 AM
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| LOU!!! I am speechless as I am laughing too hard.......I DARE you to do it.
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06-15-2004, 06:30 AM
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| Heh, if he does not blink at being called "Mr. Louweasel" how put out is he likely to be at anything, really?  | |
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06-15-2004, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Zelda LOU!!! I am speechless as I am laughing too hard.......I DARE you to do it. | It's an interesting idea but although I could add sporks, the norks are firlmly attached so it'd be a case of addition rather than replacement!
I would take on your dare but imagine the explanation... "well honey, there's this sporks-versus-norks discussion going on, on a fencing message board..." He already thinks I'm a daft bird... 
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06-15-2004, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Heh, if he does not blink at being called "Mr. Louweasel" how put out is he likely to be at anything, really? | He doesn't know! Don't tell him! He's not even my husband, just my boyfriend, so it's very cheeky of me to refer to himas such. Mind you, he refers to me continually as "bird", so maybe I deserve revenge...
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06-15-2004, 06:55 AM
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06-15-2004, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Louweasel Hmmm. There are some (most of them below the age of six months) who would disagree about the utilitarian advantages of norks... Plus Mr Louweasel would indubitably be distinctly put out if I stuffed two sporks down my T-shirt instead of the current contents...! | Speaking as a heterosexual male, I would be similarly be put out should my partner start taking to stuffing eating utensils down her shirt. Mind you, it WOULD be quite interesting -- kind of like jumping a barbed wire fence to get into forbidden area ..... Or something along those lines!
There ARE utilitarian advantages to norks (and not just of the neonatal quality) but ...... well, I'm not of that persuasion, so to speak. | |
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06-15-2004, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Louweasel He doesn't know! Don't tell him! He's not even my husband, just my boyfriend, so it's very cheeky of me to refer to himas such. Mind you, he refers to me continually as "bird", so maybe I deserve revenge... | Revenge? Wow. Stuffing sporks down your shirt would definitely qualify as revenge. It would be a safe bet that said "Mr." Louweasel would be .... ummmm..... mildly surprised and perhaps a tad perturbed once he discovers Ms Louweasel's spork-based defense mechanisms for her norks!
So, think we can get those shirt-stuffed sporks as WMDs = Weapons of Mass Debilitation? After all, they are deployed near some masses and they CAN be debilitating (to the unwary, of course)! | |
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