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| From | J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.networking |
| Subject | Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! |
| Date | 2013-03-15 21:05 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ki02eu$465$11@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:28:44 -0600, Alastair Black wrote:
> I quibble with their 'empty-headed' adjective. I think
> the usage of 'ding-dong' in this case refers to one
> whose head is so thick (dense, obdurate, hard-headed)
> that it could serve as a clapper for the bell in the
> local church steeple.
But if you think of the cartoon stereotype portrayal,
when such a person is shaken, you hear a rattle from
their head because of all the empty space around their
pea-sized brain. ;)
The type of person to whom you are referring, I suggest,
is not a ding-dong, but a block head ;)
Again from Dictionary.com
block·head noun
1. a stupid, doltish person; dunce.
Synonyms
1. fool, nitwit, dolt, dullard, ignoramus, booby.
They also suggest the origins of the term --
1540s (implied in blockheaded), from block (n.) + head;
probably originally an image of the head-shaped oaken
block used by hat-makers, though the insulting sense
is the older one.
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Which SSL is links using? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-03-09 19:49 +0000
Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-09 20:19 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-09 21:34 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-09 20:59 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! "Vince Coen" <VBCoen@gmail.com> - 2013-03-10 18:47 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-10 21:02 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-10 23:26 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-11 15:13 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-11 21:09 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-11 21:14 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-03-11 23:32 +0100
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-03-13 21:29 -0400
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-14 01:54 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Alastair Black <abqab.nemo@example.net> - 2013-03-15 11:28 -0600
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-15 21:05 +0000
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! Alastair Black <abqab.nemo@example.net> - 2013-03-15 17:05 -0600
Re: Time to boycot the Ding-Dongs! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-03-15 23:43 +0000
Re: Which SSL is links using? Keith Keller <kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> - 2013-03-09 14:21 -0800
Re: Which SSL is links using? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2013-03-10 15:18 +0000
Re: Which SSL is links using? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2013-03-10 15:32 +0000
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