| sun tanning - 07.16.06 |
| submitter: | Robert Kershaw |
| location: | berkeley, california |
| a scorcher of a day, wilting the matts |
| category: | Dumpster Divers |
| comments: | 19 |
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| wim commented on 08.24.06 | | SE, pitty we cannot babbel, but I have to help the kid, his new construction is in a mess at this moment |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 08.24.06 | | You are entirely right. I was taking a narrow-minded view there - your holistic approach taking into account the whole ecosystem explains the peaceful co-existence of Scorch and Wilt. |
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| robert k commented on 08.24.06 | | SE, scorcher of a day heats the ground, depletes the soil of water and induces the vegetation, even those plants in the shade that remain unscorched to wilt from dehydration. nothing conflicting in the double metaphor from where i sit. |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 08.24.06 | | Dutch is my first language. I first snorkled in the Caribbean sea four years ago. My partner says I've been snorkling in bed for years. |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | SE, how come you are familiar with Dutch? As a child I did not know what snorkeling was, first saw a snorkel by the age of 20 or so |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | in Dutch it is, yes, "snurken" but in dialect "snurke" has a double meaning, snoring and scorching, as in our dialect we don't have the last "n" either |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 08.23.06 | | Snurken is the word for snoring. As a child I used to confuse snorkeling and snoring. Wake up and stop snorkeling! |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | yes I am, one is due to heat, the other to draught |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 08.23.06 | | Are you suggesting a scorcher of a day scorches, rather than induce wilting, and so in fact rk's description is incorrect? |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | it has a band with a dutch word "schroeien" in dialect "snurke", in insurancfe terms scorching is not refunded as there has been no fire. Thanks. Wilting is totally new to me |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.23.06 | | I didn't. My mistake. A "scorcher" is a very hot day; scorching is when something like paper or fabric goes brown when it gets close to combusting. Wilting happens to a plant when it needs water desperately - it goes all floppy. |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | you knew I was reffering to "scorcher" and "wilting" |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | I have no watch you know, so it was approximative |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.23.06 | | Your six minutes are up... |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.23.06 | | Geordies are people from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in NE England. They are fond of saying "Haddaway and sh1te!" (or it might be "Haway and sh1te!"). Anyway, Haddaway and Scheidt are both real surnames. |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | I'll be back in six minutes |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | SS, you catch up, while I wait. Can you explain the words to me? |
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| Smart Set commented on 08.23.06 | | Geordie solicitors: Haddaway & Scheidt. |
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| wim commented on 08.23.06 | | two words to look up : scorcher and wilting; Souns like the name of solliciters in a film |
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