Don't forget dwaul, dwaum, dweeb, dwem (slang), dwine, and dwang (different from Da Wang).
Not sure if names count, but I can think of Dwight and Dwayne.
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Don't forget dwaul, dwaum, dweeb, dwem (slang), dwine, and dwang (different from Da Wang).
Not sure if names count, but I can think of Dwight and Dwayne.
Breath throught your gills or throught the hole in your neck.
Actually probably in the nose, out the mouth? or in the nose, out the nose?
I would like to point out if the average person breathes wrong, what's wrong about it? Sounds like it's normal or average.
A lot of people only expand their chest when breathing, this is the wrong way of doing it. To breathe properly and to effectively fill your lungs, you must breathe through your diaphragm - your abdomen should be the thing rising and falling with each breath, not just your chest.
It takes 40-something muscles to frown and zero to S.T.F.U.
(hey, I felt I needed to include a fun fact along with the following reply)
DON'T JUDGE MY BREATHING!
BTW, that is a mighty fine signature!
(hey, I felt I needed to include a fun fact along with the following reply)
DON'T JUDGE MY BREATHING!
BTW, that is a mighty fine signature!
I love those now.
I remember squatting over one of those for the first time, wondering to myself, "Soooo......which direction do I face?"
Mind your "P's and Q's" come from Mind your Pints and Quarts when drinking in a pub across the pond.
In some bars in Georgia if you are served a beer and you think the head on the beer is over an inch you can call the bartender out on it. They should have a ruler on them or something equivelant to an inch and if it is over the inch you get the beer for free. Yes this works, at least in the bar I was at in Savannah!
In some bars in Georgia if you are served a beer and you think the head on the beer is over an inch you can call the bartender out on it. They should have a ruler on them or something equivelant to an inch and if it is over the inch you get the beer for free. Yes this works, at least in the bar I was at in Savannah!
lol me too...and I was scared to go in my pants I wasn't sure if I should take them off or left them at the ankles. I was in Korea for almost 2 years and managed to avoid those. All good things come to an end though, and it was scary using it.
Now I am married to a Japanese woman, and in my home I was forced to buy a coco bidet.
I am a proud owner of this.
Now I am married to a Japanese woman, and in my home I was forced to buy a coco bidet.
I am a proud owner of this.
Well sorry to misinformed you, I must change my post to current longest reigning monarchs!
Sanction
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Model
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Enjoin
Cite
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Seed
There are scores of these "homographic contronyms" use a search engine to find more.
What about inflammable? People use it to mean "easily enflamed" and also to mean "not easily enflamed". The correct word for the latter is "nonflammable" but lots of people say "inflammable" instead.
Really? Strange people you encounter (including some who like Yoda talk). Who are these people that use "inflammable" in that way, I have not heard that.
See this page for an explanation of how many of us are confused by the word. I've found sources that use the word non-inflammable too, so we have four words to distinguish: flammable, inflammable, nonflammable, and noninflammable.
My music teacher told me this. While it might be wrong to not breathe with your diaphragm when singing or playing a wind instrument, the rest of the population won't have any problems if they breathe "incorrectly".
I remember my first time using one of these. I wasn't a happy camper.
GROSS! I wonder how many (drunken) accidents have happened teetering over those.
Piker.
Try doing your business in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Two "foot-prints" and a hole in the floor.
And good luck with that.
It's just occurred to me that the toilets I used in Paris were a pretty "normal" variety, thank goodness. Lucky too because a city so keen on stairs everywhere had my thighs plenty fatigued. (see above)
Reminds me of Las Vegas and its 20 billion escalators. Ugh!! I have a phobia of stairs and escalators, so needless to say, I was miserable and opted for the elevators every time, which drove my friends crazy. I'm glad to know this about Paris now.
Not really: more healthy, more natural and far less likely to catch anybody else's grossness.
The answer is:
Pants off completely so that you don't pee on your own pants while squatting and pooing. Face that arch/hood hing so that you don't pee all over the floor.
There are upsides to facing away from that arch thing, but I decided to face it instead.
The whole "pants off" thing is a bit weird, but whatever.
That is a deluxe version!
True, although anyone (ie. me) with weak ankles still find them a trial. Especially in "slippery" conditions and when they don't have convenient handle bars