Prolagus: it would mean a lot to me if you would leave a comment on my 10/12/08 FA strip. The topic of childhood sexual abuse is not a pleasant one, but I feel compelled to keep speaking up. I will probably delete this request in a day or so because of the personal details that I am about to share with you and the rest of my Wordie family: From the ages of 7 to 13, I was sexually molested by six different pedophiles (none related to me). I had a miscarriage at age 12. I lived in my head a lot as a child. Drawing and writing helped me to escape from my real life. Perhaps the comics isn't the place to talk about such things, but then, the heroism of little girls (and boys) is often ignored no matter where it's talked about. I'd appreciate any comments of support my fellow Wordies can offer on my FA website. There are free GoComics accounts available (Prolagus has one). Thanks.

Hey, you stole my mustache!

*swoons*

Best lists ever. Even if I am all new and impressionable.

I think it's time.

I'm working off-line on a new list.

Lost in translation

Hola Pro! Good luck on your GRE's.

I'm headed home to drink a brandy in memory of David Foster Wallace. Crying in the internet café is not really helping anyone.

I took the GRE once. Those snotty bastards at Stanford turned me down as a result.

Oh, right. It is all about the gestures. My father is mute without gestures. :-)

Yeah, Pro. Some of us understand some Italian.

*places cup against profile wall*

not on bilby... judging from the words on his Italiano list, he would immediately get us :-D

yeah paisà :-D from bologna
let's get connected! how many of us are there on wordie?

Haha. I just read your comment on my name (I really haven't looked at wordie in a while). I am glad you appreciate it.

Pro, you're taking the GRE? I have just the book for you. ;->

Good luck! Not that you need it. :-)

It's one of those days when you realize you can't spend the whole day on Wordie. And you also realize you should study for your GRE, and GRE-biology. And you should finally email those possible advisors... random feature, help me.

(now go to epanodos)

Give my regards to Church and Wellesley!

See you in a few days, folks - I'm going to Niagara Falls and Toronto!

Don't forget, we are all armed with an Arsenal for Civil Defunse. That should cheer you.

You don't suck, Pro. You're the best. :-)

Hi Pro!

Are you, like, officially a student now? In Nueva York? I'm sure you will make your fellow-Sardinians proud.

I took so many pictures today I think Flickr is suffering peristalsis. The Uploading Tool is getting distinctly temperamental.

Hasta luego.

Zorrito

Pro, it's not that you suck at anything. It's just that people are going to argue, no matter what. The best we can hope is to keep it civil. I'll buy you a 42, if you tell me what's in it. (chlorinated water?)

OK, I give up. I suck as a peacemaker. You can find me at the Verbal Arms if you want to.

Prolagus! Are you back? Safe and rested? What did you bring us?

Time to go, folks!
Please keep Wordie clean while I'm away. Darqueau might be a temporary night guard.
Don't forget to water the plants, and please keep my "Bookmarks" list updated.
In a nutshell, be good sxʷčšt'qá.
See you next week!

Ti auguro un buonissimo viaggio! A presto, caro!

I heartily approve. Give it a good home and lots of love.

Looks like we have become the proud adopters of an orphaned list... (and people say I'm irresponsible)

She lives! (Or rather, the 2009 season brochure is nearly put to bed, the worst part of the year's schedule is just about over, a fortnight's holiday has brought refreshment, the niblings' birthday presents have all been found, and frindley roams again.)

Ouch!

*bites dontcry, then realizes it's an idiom*

Time for bed, Pro.

Oh, and about being in Corsica tomorrow -- and I say this with love - "bite me!"

CRAP!
PS I'll be in Corsica tomorrow. Just tomorrow.

Your secret is safe with me. Except that everyone else is reading this. ;-> I've lately slid back into insomnia myself. Too bad we're several hours off!

I am! But don't tell dontcry it's 11.40 pm here...

Pro, are you still in Italy?

Nither do i.....

Hi. Would you like to be on Identify the Wordie #2? You'll need to email identifythewordie@yours.com with your Wordie nick and the single word that best describes you. Cheers!

You are oh, so very smart aren't you!

Mars?? Send a postcard! *unpacking goofy souvenirs to hand out to Wordies*

I'm packing again, and will be in Torino (and Bruxelles, perhaps) for a week or so. As I suggested once, if you are in need of quarrels, you can join the discussion here.

Yes you will.

*AUTOMATED REPLY*
Prolagus won't be available for quarrels for the next eternity. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Pro: toccato, toccato, toccato, toccato, toccato, toccato, toccato, toccato, toccato, toccato". Thanks!

prolagus gave c_b a ɐuɐuɐq and i got squat.

That's a good bunny!

Ahem... 1.27 am. OK, I'll go to bed now. :-( goodnight and don't have too much fun.

Pro -- we both know it's not 8 pm in Italy right now. My guess is somewhere between midnight and 1 am.

You know you'll feel better tomorrow if you get a good night's sleep... off you go.

dontcry, here in Italy it's 8 pm now... (trying to sell it)

Good. Now go to bed!

***and is happy***

**then sees the new page**

*realizes there is no way he can follow all discussions*

Thanks for my gift! Here's one for you too: uǝddɐʇ. Enjoy! ;)

Pro:

You might enjoy the comments on this blog entry.

The appellation matches the drapes, I'm afraid— Wait. I mean to say, she's a she (one of those), well and truly, through and through-ly. But, it isn't so bad, really! Just predictable.

Thanks for pointing out the link-FAIL on my blog! It has been fixed. Thanks again!

Ha!

Ebbè!

Thanks, Prolagus. "Duckface" is perfect.
http://mycomicspage.com/frogapplause/2008/06/30/

Prolagus: What are some mild pejoratives in Italian humorously similar to "buttface" or "donkeyhole"?

Will you be making your famous tiramisù for that party, Pro? :-D

Congratulations on becoming the seventh treble millenarist!

I forgot to celebrate my 1000th comment, but I suspect I will be able to have a small party for my 1500th very soon.

NO! And now it's time to get up.

Oh, can I stay out just five more hours? Please!!!

Bedtime, Pro...

Pro, that's a nice pic of the baculum example. Does that come from the Teddy Roosevelt collection?

Nibble.

Aww! Too laping cute!

Oh, white hair. Yeah, maybe my winter coat.

It exists

Um, I didn't see his feet. His ears may or may not have been long and fluffy -- they were hidden under tufts of white hair...

Are you trying to ask me if it was me? Did the guy have long, fluffy ears and huge feet? Otherwise it was not me.

Pro - I was channel surfing today and stopped on something like the Discovery Channel. There was a man, some sort of forensic scientist I guess, (speaking Italian) sitting at a desk with a variety of heads in various stages of...well, reconstruction, I guess is the best word for it. They were, by the way, ancient primate heads....

While there was a voice-over of an interpreter, I had the distinct impression that the Italian scientist had an excellent command of the English language...

I should probably print all the conversations of the day, and hang them on the wall.

Me? A biologist? Perhaps someday I will be. =)

What joke, Prolagus? I'm sure that whatever you said (wherever you said it) was all in good fun.

I'm still trying to find my way around this site. I'm also not sure whether I'm contributing anything wordie-worthy.

Well, thank you for the nice thought. The past month or so I've been doing the work of two people (quite literally) and it has caused me to neglect all my favourite past times. Perhaps I'll create an empty list: something like "I'm too busy to scratch myself, let alone think of cool words to list."

And here I am, top of the list again. *shaking my head*

I think you're right, Pro. Only... Only, it looks like some of the big kids on the list figured out the Wordie Paradox before I did. Oh well.

Thanks for participating on my lists.

How can I be in the "Most Citations, Past 7 Days" top ten? I'm not here SO often now!

Pro, I agree with chained_bear. 'nuff said. :-)

And while we're here, 'gus, why don't we put a few tunes on the jukebox?

Pro, I know what you mean, and I have taken breaks from Wordie before. If it helps any, it's best to just take the break without thinking about it or worrying about it or trying to decide if you should take a break. Getting off the computer and going off to recharge batteries elsewhere, in whatever way, is *never* a bad idea.

That said, if you do take a break, PLEASE come back. Your contributions to the site are much loved. Take care.

P.S. They're only quarrels if you let them be. :)

Hi Pro -- wanna help me come up with words that sound like pickle? If so, meet me here!

Peeps! Let's all slip up to the Verbal Arms for a couple. Mine's a prolager, what's yours 'gus? Perhaps we'll be able to get the dom prolagon put on ice! In fact make mine a double meaning.

Pro: No! Please don't go! My bad! I get caught up in the discussion sometimes and am insufficiently attentive to the tone of my comments.

As dontcry said, it would be a shame to take comments about hairsplitting the wrong way - given the specifics of the discussion, and the constitutional inability of your average Wordie member to resist an opportunity to make a pun, it was more or less inevitable.

I will conclude with an appeal to the quality of life argument. Any decrease in your level of participation would bring with it such a decrease in the quality of Wordielife that ... well, I don't see how you could live with the guilt.

...who can really leave after a post like this...

...but I have to think a bit about it.

You know *trying the guilt bit* you really shouldn't make dontcry, cry. It's just bad karma, man.

Pro -- don't go. I was trying to lighten things up with the "spliting tricho's" bit. The rest was (sorry) all Greek to me. Let ME go. I'll leave. I'll go back to Vicenza (I lived there for 3 years, did I tell you?) I'll really learn Italian this time... I swear.

Please stay, my furry little cupcake maker...

I'm a bit sick and tired with quarrels.
I'm considering a break from Wordie. I'm here to have fun, not to have squabbles in which I am accused of hairsplitting* and silly ideas.
Sorry if this generates a further quarrel - I hope not, and especially not here.
I like you all - but I want Wordie to be a funny distraction to me. And if it's not funny, what's the point?

*Which is something at the very heart of this website, and God bless hairsplitting** - and Wordie!

**Which, funnily (or maybe not), can be translated in Greek as trichotomy.

Please note that frindley-popping has been illegal within the internal and external Territories of Australia since 20 February, 1985.

Hang in there, Pro. You're already a Wordie classic. :-D

You need a hug, 'gus. You're OK.

Glad to help, Prolagus. You might enjoy Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature.

Yes, well. I am technically an adult. Sometimes at midnight I've been known to turn into a loud-mouthed litter lout, the horror of nature reserves everywhere. Anyway, harmoniusly yours,

Tulimeeria

Hey, sorry for biting your head off just now. I was being an impatient, FAQ-ignoring brat. I didn't realise how public adding words were and was a bit ... caught in the headlights by your comment.

Tulimeeria

Look up. Look hard and long with penetrating gaze. Uranus is mother of many treasures.

I'm about as Italian as eskimo boots. I studied for a few years and keep a keen interest.

Hi Prolagus! I hope you don't mind my making smartassed/idiotic comments on your words. Being a compulsive smart alec is my affliction in this life. I'm really enjoying your contributions to the site. Please keep up the good work!

you're a crazy for iroquoisy, I'm a crazy for iroquoisy too. What a great soundplay in that.

Great! I should have checked before posting.

I joined the group yesterday! You can read my post on the wall...

Prolagus, I noticed you're on Facebook. Did you know that we have a Wordie group there ("Wordie Loves Me!" under Common Interest--Languages)? Not much going on there at present, but still.... :-)