Love it ;D

 

How'd you do this Hoss? Its not in Aggie Terms....I cant read it. Could you rephrase that in aggie terms. Thanks much.

 

Bandwagon I just thought it was childish :-
DM01

 

Oh Ok I will take care. Sorry about that.

 

MikeyB

 

You mean I missed out on a trend??? Well dangit! 8)

 

this was not a laughing matter

 

I do have to admit that was nicely worded, Hoss.

4x4

 

[quote author=Hoss link=board=10;threadid=20153;start=0#msg189298 date=1064525086]
Due to recent events, Hoss has consulted with his peers and has been forced to make an executive decision. It seems there has been a bandwagon circling the territory which quotes past phrases and comments from Hoss in its signature. Many people have been jumping on this bandwagon. Due to the fact that Hoss does not like having his words used against him, and the fact that this new craze seems to be catching on like wildfire, it is no longer permissible to quote Hoss in one's signature. Doing so is punishable by immediate and vicious retaliation by Hoss which could lead to public humiliation of the offender and/or death. This decision is effective immediately. Thank you.

Above all, remember the following:

Hoss is never right. ;D
[/quote]

Bring it on......... ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[quote author=Hoss link=board=10;threadid=20153;start=0#msg189298 date=1064525086]
Due to recent events, Hoss has consulted with his squirrels and has been forced to make an executive decision. It seems there has been a bandwagon circling the territory which quotes past phrases and comments from Hoss in its signature. Many people have been jumping on this bandwagon. Due to the fact that Hoss does not like having his suirrels asked to pucker up, and the fact that this new craze seems to be catching on like wildfire, it is no longer permissible to make fun of Hoss in one's signature. Doing so is punishable by immediate and vicious retaliation by Hoss which could lead to public humiliation of the offender and/or death. This decision is effective immediately. Thank you.

Above all, remember the following:

Hoss is right. ;D
[/quote]

;D

 

Notice:

 

Hmmm, I wonder? Could it be possible? Hoss hoisted on his own petard?? ;D

For you ignoramusus ;D here is the meaning:

HOIST BY/WITH HIS OWN PETARD or HOIST ON ONE’S OWN PETARD: Means destroyed by one’s own trickery or inventiveness or caught by the very device one had contrived to hurt another.


A ‘petard,’ in medieval warfare was a metal and bell-shaped explosive charge (a crude hand grenade or mine) which took its name, oddly enough, from the French ‘peter,’ ‘to break wind.’ Daring warriors would affix to the walls or gates of a castle under siege. This action in itself was a most hazardous one, but the greatest danger came after the ‘petard’ was in place. The explosive was detonated by a slow match or slow burning fuse. Occasionally, of course, the explosive went off prematurely, blowing up the man who lit it as well as the castle wall. Such a man was said to be ‘hoist’ (lifted or heaved) ‘by his own petard.’ Note that the ‘hoist’ in the passage is not the same as our modern "hoist"; it's an older form of the word, ‘hoise,’ with a participial ending that ends up as a -t (it would normally be written hoised).


It is unlikely that this archaic phrase would have persisted in our language, even in a figurative sense, had not Shakespeare conferred immortality upon it with his line from ‘Hamlet’ (~1600) when Rosencranz and Guildenstern are sent with Hamlet to England bearing orders that Hamlet be killed. Hamlet alters the orders so that they are killed instead. Hamlet then says: For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard; and 't shall go hard, but I will delve one yard below their mines, and blow them at the moon. (Hamlet III.iv.206ff, spelling modernized). Today it is chiefly used to describe a person ruined by plans or devices with which he had plotted to ensnare others.

 

I know what petard means, but what does ignoramus mean? ;D ;D

 

Ignoramus=Pronunciation: "ig-n&-'rA-m&s also -'ra-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -mus·es also ig·no·ra·mi /-mE/
Etymology: Ignoramus, ignorant lawyer in Ignoramus (1615), play by George Ruggle, from Latin, literally, we are ignorant of
Date: circa 1616
: an utterly ignorant person : HOSS

 

I figured someone would make that connection, just not that fast.