Tuesday, July 31, 2007

TMI Tuesday..........

Well, my hard work and long hours are finally paying off this month. Although I must admit waiting till the last minute is nerve racking...Tomorrow I'll probably pull my second in a row 12 hour day...But Thats OK.....3 deliveries and a bonus.......CHA-CHING!!!!

Did you ever wonder where certain words came from?....Check these out.

DEBONAIR...French for "of good air". In the Middle Ages, peoples health was judged partly by how they smelled. A person that gave off "good air", was considered healthier and happier.

GYMNASIUM...Meant "to train naked" in ancient Greece, it's where athletes wore little or nothing!

CARNIVAL...The literal meaning is "Flesh Farewell"..This refers to Pre-Lenten fasting, just like Mardi Gras.

DAISY...Comes from "days eye". When the Sun comes out, it opens it's yellow eye.

UKELELE...In the 1800's, an English sailor gave such an enthusiastic performance with this instrument, that he was nicknamed "Ukelele"--'little jumping flea' in Hawaiian. He went on to become famous all over the world.

GUNG HO...Means "work together" in Chinese. During WWII a unit called Carlson's Raiders used it as their motto. Since then it was associated with any enthusiastic soldier.

BALLOT...Italian term for small ball or pebble...Italian citizens used to vote by casting a small pebble or ball into several boxes.

JIGGLE...Refers to the dance...The Jig!

GENUINE...Originally meant "placed on the knees". In ancient Rome, a father legally claimed his newborn child by sitting in front of his family, and placing the child on his knee.

CAB... Old Italian word for goat. The first carriages for public hire were so bouncy, that they looked like goats romping on a hillside.

POOPED...Thats what the G-Man is.....Good Night... Peace!

49 comments:

morgetron said...

I like staying up late so I can be first. Tee hee.
-J

Little Wing said...

I love daisies.

morgetron said...

You know I love words. 'Tis my profession.

-J

G-Man said...

I know Jodie....
It's either this or listening to the corn grow!!!
(Nebraska You Know)

Littlewing,
..Please don't eat them!
xoxox

J,
It Tis Indeed!!!
G

Evalinn said...

U are so wise :-)

G-Man said...

You are so Beautiful!!
Thank you Evalinn...xox

Mona said...

& you never told me what does mojo mean...

Mona said...

PS! I genuinely Love this debonair post gung ho Galen. It is like fresh smell of daisies and that makes me jiggle in glee and with that exercise I can skip the gym today. :)

Mona said...

1:53 AM !!!!!!

WHY YOU....

SMACK SMACK!!! SMACK ON THE BOTTOM!

javajazz said...

i think it has something to do with sex...

um, G-man,
POOPED
comes from the word
POOPY...
xoxosnackonmytoesxoxo

Cazzie!!! said...

all good Galen, I love to learn :)

Mona said...

Java Jazz ?

eu tu brute!!!

why does'nt the world sleep anymore!!!

BOOO HOOO!!!

barman said...

Oh I was having my doubts on GYMNASIUM so I just had to look ... and I think I found the same source you did. I should have know better then to doubt the great one.
Most entertaining G.

You know I have a certain air about me too sometimes, especially after having baked beans. Glad your nightmare is coming to an end and there is a pot of gold at the end of it. Have a great day G.

G-Man said...

Mona,
Mojo has come to mean many things over the years...Lisa was a right, it does have a sexual power connotation, but originally it was African in origin, and it was a little type of a Voodoo bag with different objects in it that had magical powers!!

Mona.....?
Your on a roll Baby!!

Lisa my dear....
You so funny!
You and Mona act like sisters...
I wonder how they say Yenta in Hindi?
xoxoxbitemexoxoxox

Good Morning Cazzie,
I like to learn something new every day!
Thanks sweetie..xox

Mona,
Thats cause you keep everyone up all night!
xoxoxmrxoxox

G-Man said...

Barman....
A fella is only as good as his sources, I'm glad I was validated!!
And don't kid yourself, you are always debonair!

Mona said...

& you have me scampering around for dictionary as you drop another word that is not there..

Now what is this Yenta...please tell me so that i can tell you what they call it in Hindi

& yes..
XOXOXOGHXOXOXO

Mona said...

GALEN!!! I JUST FOUND THE MEANING OF YENTA!

YOU!!!!

neither Java jazz not I are Yentas!!!!

EXPLAIN!!!!!!

Mona said...

by the way ... it is called 'chughalkhor' in hindi...

Now dare you call me that!!!!

Serena said...

With any luck at all, I'll have a gung ho carnival day and not a ukelele day. I'll have to check my mojo.:)

morgetron said...

HAhahaha. You're right ... It doesn't take much to excite me.

Gotta go ... Corn needs a tendin'. Cows need a milkin'.

-J

G-Man said...

Mona....
It's a term of endearment!
Really..xoxox

Serena Joy...
I'm here to tell you,
Your MOJO is awesome!!!
Volcanic!!!!
xoxoxbgxoxox

Jodie,
I meant it in an affectionate way..xoxox

Mona said...

No Galen it is not. Yenta means a woman who has been a busybody and a gossip...
& I know why you call me that... just because I played one at Serena's...
But that was a game really & I didnt mean a word there...

Serena... where are you...Help!

Melodie Norman Haas said...

Morning G-man! Once again you are just full of interesting facts :) Thanks for sharing.

Charles said...

Let's see if we can do what Mona was doing...

G's desire would be to have a Gymnasium, Gung Ho with Genuine Jiggling Ukelele women. He'd like it to be a Debonair Cab ride dropping Ballots on strings, going to his Carnival, before he's too Pooped or pushing up Daisies.

Mona said...

CHARLES!!!

I'm shocked!

snowelf said...

G-man,

How I love words!! This is an excellent TMI for a Tuesday!!

I wanna play too!!

At a carnival, I met the debonair Galen who had just returned by cab from the gymnasium.
In an attempt to get his name on the ballot for the most gung ho blogger, he whipped out his genuine ukelele and jiggled to a round of "Please don't eat the daisies." until he was pooped.

:)

--snow

Little Wing said...

Got my mojo workin, baby!

SignGurl said...

Oh, G! You gotta take it easy with all that working. We need you to stay around.

I'm here to whore myself out. I'm tied for 3rd place and desperately need your votes. Please vote thumbs up here. I love you all!

morgetron said...

It's okay G-Man. I can still feel the love.

Well ... off to hoe the garden and feed the chickens!

*hoisting up my overalls 'cause they're a little too big ... (used to be paw's.)

:P
-J

javajazz said...

xobitewhat?xo

sisters huh?
yes, the resemblance is uncanny,
misterknowitall...

Mona, Galen thinks he's jewish.
or Yiddish or something.
he always has, and he prides himself
on knowing more jewish words
than i'll ever know...
but if you ask a jewish person
something about jewish history,
or spelling or for a definition or
what's in a rugelach recipe, or something,
you'll usually get a different explanation
with each person you ask...
and of course, everyone you ask
will think that their answer
is the definitive answer...
so again, i think a yenta is someone
who likes to talk
and talk and talk and talk...
tho i do remember in Fiddler On The Roof,
that Yenta was Yentah the matchmaker,
so who knows...i guess G-man knows
we can both talk a blue streak...

Mona said...

JavaJazz...I guess I shall take your definition then;I certainly dont like the other...
& Yes we are sisters in the name of Humanism..((((HUGS))).

Galen.. all right, Galen..Yenta I am...

G-Man said...

Hi Everybody!!
It's 9:30 I should have gotten out at 6:00...BUT,
I did finish the month with 15 cars sold and delivered....I'm gonna go celebrate, I'll be back and answer all comments...Thanks to all my peeps that supported me and encouraged me!!!
I love you all!!! Later!

lime said...

i'm all over funky etymology. i knew about half of these but the others were a delight to learn.

thanks gman!

G-Man said...

Hi Melodie...
Thanks sweetie xoxox

Rebicmel,
Hey I kinda like that...
DingleDork!
Thanks

Charles.....
Very well played My Man!!

Snow...
EXCEPTIONAL as always!!
G-Man loves the Snow..xox

Hi Jadey...xoxox

SignGurl...
I voted for you!!
Again!!!
xoxox

Jodie,
Don't be a hoistin on MY account!!!
hehehehe..xox

Snow White said...

Hey G-Man! xoxox

Breazy said...

wow long hours are hard so I hope you get some rest soon!

Sorry I haven't been by in a while but I am trying to get my offspring ready to go back to school next Monday plus I am trying to get a job in a local hospital.

I hope you get some good sleep tonight and I hope you don't have to work all of those hours tomorrow!

xoxo

G-Man said...

Thanks Limey...
You Made the deadline again..xoxoxox

Now We get to the similarities between Mona, and JavaJazz....
They are both very Humanistic..
They are both highly Intelligent..
They are both Beautiful..
They can both Type like the wind..
They are more apt to give comforting words to others, rather than go on about themselves..
They both are highly protective of me!!!
They have both come to my aid when they thought that I was under attack!!
They are both loved by The G-Man...Very Much..
They are both uncannily perceptive...
They are both Yentas!!!
Hmmmmm...Really? They are not sisters?
xoxmrxoxjjxoxoxox

G-Man said...

Hey Di...
Glad you stopped by!!
Thanks..xoxox

Hi Breazy..
Your kids start school so soon?
Dang Tennessee is strict!
xoxox

morgetron said...

Congrats on the big sell -- You big charmer you.

*hoisting*
-J

javajazz said...

holy shit,
its august 1st...!
well, mr i sold 15 cars in one month,
congrats, mr sellitall!
you rock.
love,
the humanistic intelligent beautiful
MonaLisa

Mona said...

Love the humanist intelligent beautiful MonaLISA too LOL!

Lisa, you rock girl!!! You are tons up as witty and talented too!

Galen! You just won an inspirational bloggers award.

But you are worthy of ALL of them that there are. Except for the girls awards of course!

Because you are G MAN!!

javajazz said...

i think Galen should win
the girls award too, MonaLisa...
hey, how come everyone is asleep?

Mona said...

Lisa! are you sure you stay in Canada girl? I am anxious about you now. How can you remain awake for so long!!! You will tire yourself no end!

Yes! Galen should win all girls' award for being the best G MAN around!

G-Man said...

Thanks Jodie
xoxox

MonaLisa....?
That is awesome!!
If I weren't so tired I could have thought of that...
Both you girls ROCK!!!
And I do love you both!
Thanks for being there for me.....Galenxomrxjjxox

javajazz said...

yes, Galen,
you COULD have thought of that....
but i did.
(nyuk nyuk!)

Mona, perhaps there is a similarity
after all...maybe you were a jewish mother
in another lifetime, worrying about
my health and well being like that.
Galen's right, you are a mensch
and a caring person...
sorry, you'll have to dictionary
or Google "mensch"...

(Google...haha, whoever made up these silliest words...you gotta love the innovator's humour.)

Cha Cha said...

{sings}...Dear Yenta...DON'T make him gentle...

{stops singing}

He gave such an enthusiastic performance with his instrument, huh?

Please send him and his dork my way.

And you can tell him I'm totally Gung Ho.

Yeah, I'm an enthusiastic soldier when it comes to enthusiastic performances.

We can be enthusiastic together about him casting his ball into my box.

I'll genuinely place myself on my knees and report for duty.

P.S. I'm stealing this:

'xoxoxbitemexoxoxox'

I hope you don't mind.


Mmmm...I love rugelach...

javajazz said...

why, Strumpie, didnt you like
xoxosuckonmytoesxoxo?
oops sorry, my bad,
i meant xoxosnackonmytoesxoxo.
gottacleanitup for the family audience.

ha! you remember
matchmaker matchmaker make me a match?
actually, now that this all caused a flashback
(i hate when i remember parts of my childhood
i had neatly tucked away in the non remembering
part of my brain...) i think i WAS cast as Yenta
in our camp production of Fiddler...
i think i was 12. this might all be a lie.
i cant remember...
but i never forget the broadway musicals,
the lyrics the music,
dass fo sure...
you would love my home made rugelach,
especially right from the oven...
i dont like to brag but it really is good.

Mona said...

Lisa...Yes I could have been your mother and also the mother of so many ever out there...
Infact I am the mother of all mothers...

Strange..EVERYBODY calls me that... even my siblings used to call me Mother Mona...but that was as in Mother Superior at our school... Because they thought I was like moral science..

Cha Cha said...

OHhhh...

...if I were a rich man...

...I'd fly to Canada to snack on Lisa's rugelach...

...all day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum...

...eating rugelach...

...if I were a wealthy man!

Yeah, I think participating in Fiddler at some part in one's life is pretty much...

...Tradition!