tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post8494962323110239183..comments2023-10-15T09:13:31.544+01:00Comments on The Gilahi Blog: In A Land Called HonaleeGilahihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-47914058269825083792009-09-16T11:57:25.524+01:002009-09-16T11:57:25.524+01:00J.M. - If we're more musically inclined that S...J.M. - If we're more musically inclined that Sonny & Cher, where is all my money? FWIW, I wouldn't even <i>try</i> to keep up with Lucy & Desi.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-47841456346342737142009-09-16T05:26:27.956+01:002009-09-16T05:26:27.956+01:00Well, you're definitely classier than John &am...Well, you're definitely classier than John & Kate, more musically inclined than Sonny & Cher, and have better decorating taste than Fred & Wilma. So yes, I like you both even more than them. Although, it's a tough call between you two and Lucy & Desi and Mulder & Scully. The jury's still out. I'll get back to you on that.J.M. Tewkesburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-37986186744913573392009-09-14T11:40:47.344+01:002009-09-14T11:40:47.344+01:00J.M - Even more than John & Kate? Sonny & ...J.M - Even more than John & Kate? Sonny & Cher? Fred & Wilma?<br /><br />Thanks.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-22384999354272559942009-09-14T05:44:34.892+01:002009-09-14T05:44:34.892+01:00You two are my favoritest couple. Seriously! Class...You two are my favoritest couple. Seriously! Classic.J.M. Tewkesburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-36049924287178671802009-09-11T14:31:25.584+01:002009-09-11T14:31:25.584+01:00Bilbo - Bet you thought that degree wouldn't e...Bilbo - Bet you thought that degree wouldn't ever come in handy, didn't you? Thanks!Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-29777778357235670052009-09-11T14:20:43.592+01:002009-09-11T14:20:43.592+01:00Gilahi, there are numerous German words for 'p...Gilahi, there are numerous German words for 'poop', but the one best for this situation is 'Kot,' which generally refers to animal poop. Thus, your the German compound word for 'dragon poop soap' would be 'Drachenkotseife.' I can't believe I spent four years getting a degree in Linguistics to do that translation...Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-47338440076613660112009-09-10T20:34:19.935+01:002009-09-10T20:34:19.935+01:00Bilbo - I'm surprised at how many former chemi...Bilbo - I'm surprised at how many former chemistry and chemical engineering majors there are out there. So I guess my real question is, what's the German word for "poop"? And would the Germans combine all three words to make "dragon poop soap"?Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-19806242600997872742009-09-10T20:26:21.871+01:002009-09-10T20:26:21.871+01:00I started my college career as a chemical engineer...I started my college career as a chemical engineering major, before my rather modest grades in chemistry and calculus threatened to attract the attention of the Army. I switched to Linguistics, and the rest is history. Did you know that the German word for soap is "Seife?" And the word for dragon is "Drache?" And that the word "Drache" also means "kite?" And your wife thought she could roll HER eyes...Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-26489269224302498922009-09-10T11:20:57.819+01:002009-09-10T11:20:57.819+01:00Cyndy - "Puff" was probably the first 45...Cyndy - "Puff" was probably the first 45 I ever owned as a child. I remember begging my mom to shell out the 35 cents or whatever it was, and I played it until it was so thin you could actually hear the song on the other side of the record. The only tears I associate with it came from a friend of mine several years later when I finally convinced him that his favorite childhood song was actually about drugs (although Paul Stookey vehemently denies this).<br /><br />Mike - I might or might not have once owned a T-Shirt that said "Chemists have solutions", and a bumper sticker that said "Heisenberg may have slept here". We chemists are a witty lot.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-87721434366148881092009-09-10T02:03:24.212+01:002009-09-10T02:03:24.212+01:00I majored in chemical engineering at Missouri Univ...I majored in chemical engineering at Missouri University at Rolla. It's not an easy school. It takes most slackers 5 years to get out of there. It only took me a year and a half.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-29112112269038323442009-09-10T00:46:34.739+01:002009-09-10T00:46:34.739+01:00I thought your explanation was quite interesting a...I thought your explanation was quite interesting and I vaguely remember all of that from chemistry class. Very vaguely.<br /><br />Puff the Magic Dragon was a song that traumatized me as a small child. I heard it one day on the radio at the pool and immediately bought a copy with my paper route money. When I got it home I could hear the words more clearly and I took the whole thing completely literally and before I knew it, I was sobbing away. I kept trying to listen to it without crying but I just couldn't - it was so sad! So I put it away for a few years and after that I finally "got" it.Cyndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11787927933858782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-79171264126337758082009-09-09T23:12:43.162+01:002009-09-09T23:12:43.162+01:00Snay - As I say to my wife: That's not a parti...Snay - As I say to my wife: That's not a particularly flattering look. The lesson there is never to ask a scientist a question that you don't want the answer to.<br /><br />LiLu - Actually we discussed that. I started to explain how they get rid of the smell and spouse said that maybe it just came out smelling that way.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-70303444118255070482009-09-09T20:37:54.492+01:002009-09-09T20:37:54.492+01:00See, it even makes sense that the poop is all nice...See, it even makes sense that the poop is all nice smelling, because it's MAGICAL!!!rachaelgkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002691394373545956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873716083744224675.post-27533318972257729782009-09-09T19:33:16.906+01:002009-09-09T19:33:16.906+01:00I was rolling my eyes through your explanation, to...I was rolling my eyes through your explanation, too :)Malnurtured Snayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506933474730575045noreply@blogger.com