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To: average joe who wrote (3717)	12/12/2006 5:49:35 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5290

33 Names of Things You Never Knew had Names 1. AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace. 2. ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing. 3. CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits. 4. COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils. 5. DRAGÉES - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes. 6. FEAT - A dangling curl of hair. 7. FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place. 8. HARP - The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade. 9. HEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER - A 64th note. (A 32nd is a demisemiquaver, and a 16th note is a semiquaver.) 10. JARNS, 11. NITTLES, 12. GRAWLIX, 13. and QUIMP - Various squiggles used to denote cussing in comic books. 14. KEEPER - The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle. 15. KICK or PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity. 16. LIRIPIPE - The long tail on a graduate's academic hood. 17. MINIMUS - The little finger or toe. 18. NEF - An ornamental stand in the shape of a ship. 19. OBDORMITION - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is `asleep'. 20. OCTOTHORPE - The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe. 21. OPHRYON - The space between the eyebrows on a line with the top of the eye sockets. 22. PEEN - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face. 23. PHOSPHENES - The lights you see when you close your eyes hard. Technically the luminous impressions are due to the excitation of the retina caused by pressure on the eyeball. 24. PURLICUE - The space between the thumb and extended forefinger. 25. RASCETA - Creases on the inside of the wrist. 26. ROWEL - The revolving star on the back of a cowboy's spurs. 27. SADDLE - The rounded part on the top of a matchbook. 28. SCROOP - The rustle of silk. 29. SNORKEL BOX - A mailbox with a protruding receiver to allow people to deposit mail without leaving their cars. 30. SPRAINTS - Otter dung. 31. TANG - The projecting prong on a tool or instrument. 32. WAMBLE - Stomach rumbling. 33. ZARF - A holder for a handleless coffee cup. canongate.net

To: average joe who wrote (3717)	12/12/2006 6:29:44 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 5290

I had an urge to give him an open handed slap which I of course suppressed because that would have delayed me getting home That's an understatement. If you did that you would be lucky to get home at all.

To: average joe who wrote (3717)	12/14/2006 3:31:34 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5290

Modern day vampire cults? "No one holds command over me. No Man. No God. No Prince. What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see whom I drag screaming to hell with me." "In fact, Jones (1999) has called the vampire culture of the fastest-growing religious movements in the country accumulating both adolescents and adults in its membership. To some, the information contained in this study will seem almost absurd, but the ramifications of this movement are only now being understood. In order to understand the so called world of the undead, an examination of how I came to this study and the knowledge gained from interacting with the Vampiric culture will be examined." as.wvu.edu