Re: 14th

From	Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: 14th
Date	2023-02-28 13:02 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<XnsAFB951C61B3D7Kamilot@88.198.57.247> (permalink)
References	(10 earlier) <ttatkg$2940f$5@dont-email.me> <XnsAFB6669B04E13Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tte429$2m3ub$5@dont-email.me> <XnsAFB7625B26C06Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <ttj2kn$3bbuf$5@dont-email.me>

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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:ttj2kn$3bbuf$5@dont-email.me: 

> On 26.02.2023 15.40, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:tte429$2m3ub$5@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 25.02.2023 16.04, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ttatkg$2940f$5@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 23.02.2023 13.40, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:tt5s04$1jfvl$5@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 21.02.2023 20.36, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:tt0q3m$sb3n$5@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 19.02.2023 20.59, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:tsrrf8$5qme$8@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/17/23 13:10, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I had dinner in my kitchen, prepared by the fabulous Chef
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> K. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Uhhh... fancy. I had a sandwich in front of the teevee.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I can't remember what I had that night. Probably left over
>>>>>>>>>>>> turkey dinner from the weekend.
>>>>>>>>>>>> I try not to eat carbs in the evening, says she who had
>>>>>>>>>>>> pizza last night. Oh! The irony!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> With pineapple?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No pineapple.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pity. Pineapple is good...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I love fresh raw pineapple.
>>>>>>>> It's odd that English seems to be the only language where the
>>>>>>>> pineapple is not something like anananas....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, english is weird in so many ways (and not just the
>>>>>>> language). 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Be nice...
>>>>>> We don't want to turn into one of *those* newsfroups...
>>>>>
>>>>> There are more newsgroups? Fascinating!
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Admittedly a lot of the language weirdness is because it's
>>>>>>> sourced from so many different places. Pineapple however, is all
>>>>>>> their own doing: 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <quote>
>>>>>>> pineapple (n.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> late 14c., pin-appel, "pine cone," from pine (n.) + apple. The
>>>>>>> reference to the fruit of the tropical plant (from resemblance
>>>>>>> of shape) is recorded by 1660s, and pine-cone emerged 1690s to
>>>>>>> replace pineapple in its original sense except in dialect. For
>>>>>>> "pine-cone," Old English also used pinhnyte "pine nut."
>>>>>>> Pine-apple also was used in a late 14c. Biblical translation for
>>>>>>> "pomegranate." </quote>
>>>>>>> [https://www.etymonline.com/word/pineapple]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's just not logical.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pineapple <> pomegranite.
>>>>>> The Latin name for pineapple is Ananas so I guess other languages
>>>>>> derive from that and the English word is their own invention from
>>>>>> observation. It's a giant pinecone!
>>>>>
>>>>> I sort of looks like a pine cone, which was probably good enough
>>>>> until people suggested eating them...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I read somewhere that pincecones can be used in a pinch if there is
>>>> no available toilet paper.
>>>
>>> I bet they are difficult to flush.
>>>
>> 
>> I'm guessing if you are forced to resort to using pinecones, you are 
>> also out in the forest squatting behind a shrub.
> 
> In some places all the stores run out of toilet paper as soon as an
> impending unpleasant thing is announced...
> 

Which I never understood.
The first weekend after the shelter in place order was issued, I went to 
the grocery store because I was out of chicken and potatoes. Most of the 
shelves were bare including the racks where lettuce is kept. Hoarding 
lettuce isn't going to end well.

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14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-14 20:48 +0100
  Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-15 20:34 +0000
    Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-16 21:20 +0000
      Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-17 12:10 +0000
        Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-19 01:45 +0100
          Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-19 19:59 +0000
            Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-20 22:52 +0100
              Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-21 19:36 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-22 20:55 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-23 12:40 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-24 18:54 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-25 15:04 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-26 00:02 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-26 14:40 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-02-27 21:08 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-02-28 13:02 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-01 10:26 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-01 13:02 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-02 22:45 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-04 14:28 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-04 19:15 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-06 13:17 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-07 22:37 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-08 12:18 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-10 12:59 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-10 13:35 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-10 22:34 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-11 15:14 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-12 21:43 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-14 11:06 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-14 22:42 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-15 12:26 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-16 00:53 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-16 20:30 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-18 18:28 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-19 14:53 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-20 01:14 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-20 20:11 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-21 23:01 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-23 11:59 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 00:29 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-25 13:38 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 00:41 +0100
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-28 11:14 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 00:38 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-30 12:22 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-31 17:46 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-01 14:24 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-03 13:35 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-03 20:15 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-05 22:10 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-10 17:26 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-11 13:18 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-12 10:56 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-13 23:38 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-14 11:35 +0000
                Re: 14th BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-15 02:05 +0200
                Re: 14th Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-16 13:33 +0000
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