My name is Donny, and I'm here to say
They call me Donny, cause that's my name.
Banana's are good in every way,
An apple a day, keeps the doctor away,
Purina Cat Chow - Chow, chow, chow.
If my friends could only see me now,
I'm walking, I'm talking, McCaulay Caulkin,
Roger Clemons was called for walking.
Word, Sister!
1, 2, Dosey dow, dosey dow.
You are... wicked awesome!
Straight Up Buggin on the 3 nipple.....Peace! We outta here!
In article <dysjf.26500$Ox.5025@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
"wingnut" <cparker429@houston.rr.com> wrote:
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> "I'm Carollll!!" wrote
>
> some insipid inanity, or maybe insanity
>
> who left the door open on the nuthouse??
>
> Who are all these blathering idiots and why are they posting
> on alt.autos.toyota.??
>
> --
> wingnut[/color]
The NG has been hijacked by moveon.org. Get revenge in the next
election. Vote for fairness and equal rights, vote Republican.
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hey thats not funny and i onyl watch snl on nbc from 11:30pm till
1:01am and e at 10pm and cc at 5:00pm saturdays so one word i hate you
[email]bunzuela@yahoo.com[/email] you lumpy wering bimbo
Rupert Pupkin wrote:[color=blue]
> hey thats not funny and i onyl watch snl on nbc from 11:30pm till
> 1:01am and e at 10pm and cc at 5:00pm saturdays so one word i hate you
> [email]bunzuela@yahoo.com[/email] you lumpy wering bimbo[/color]
Rupert Pupkin wrote:[color=blue]
> hey thats not funny and i onyl watch snl on nbc from 11:30pm till
> 1:01am and e at 10pm and cc at 5:00pm saturdays so one word i hate you
> [email]bunzuela@yahoo.com[/email] you lumpy wering bimbo
>[/color]
Rupert Pupkin wrote:
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> hey thats not funny and i onyl watch snl on nbc from 11:30pm till
> 1:01am and e at 10pm and cc at 5:00pm saturdays so one word i hate you
> [email]bunzuela@yahoo.com[/email] you lumpy wering bimbo
>[/color]
"Felicity" <felicity4711@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135233906.528921.80000@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> That was a great sketch.
>
> Roger Clemens was called for balking, however. I know, it sounds like a
> nonsense word, but I'm told it's some sort of baseball term.
>[/color]
It most certainly is real work, used mostly in baseball. Here's the
Merriam-Webster definition:
Main Entry: 2balk
Function: verb
transitive senses
1 archaic : to pass over or by
2 : to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle : BLOCK
intransitive senses
1 : to stop short and refuse to proceed
2 : to refuse abruptly -- used with at <Congress balked at putting up
the money -- Thomas Fleming>
3 : to commit a balk in sports
synonym see FRUSTRATE
- balk·er noun
Basically, it's when a pitcher pretends he's going to throw a pitch in one
direction and then stops short of throwing the pitch. They use it to get
someone who's trying to steal a base get far enough off the base they're on
(by pretending to throw the pitch at the batter), and then they stop the
pitch and try to get the base runner out.
Not sure if that explains it well enough, but maybe someone else can do
better!
That's a very *good* explanation, and I should clarify that I was fully
aware of the word "balk" in the context of "to check or stop by or as
if by an obstacle; to stop short and refuse to proceed; to refuse
abruptly." I only sounded like nonsense (to me) in baseball context. :-)
> Basically, it's when a pitcher pretends he's going to throw a pitch in one[color=blue]
> direction and then stops short of throwing the pitch. They use it to get
> someone who's trying to steal a base get far enough off the base they're on
> (by pretending to throw the pitch at the batter), and then they stop the
> pitch and try to get the base runner out.[/color]
And I guess--from the context of the song lyric--that it's against the
rules, if Roger Clemens was called for it? :-)
"Felicity" <felicity4711@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135309504.610464.215080@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=blue][color=green]
> > Basically, it's when a pitcher pretends he's going to throw a pitch in[/color][/color]
one[color=blue][color=green]
> > direction and then stops short of throwing the pitch. They use it to get
> > someone who's trying to steal a base get far enough off the base they're[/color][/color]
on[color=blue][color=green]
> > (by pretending to throw the pitch at the batter), and then they stop the
> > pitch and try to get the base runner out.[/color]
>
> And I guess--from the context of the song lyric--that it's against the
> rules, if Roger Clemens was called for it? :-)
>[/color]
Yes, it's an illegal move by the pitcher, and the penalty is to let one of
the base runners advance to the next base.
"Felicity" <felicity4711@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135309435.978046.48460@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> That's a very *good* explanation, and I should clarify that I was fully
> aware of the word "balk" in the context of "to check or stop by or as
> if by an obstacle; to stop short and refuse to proceed; to refuse
> abruptly." I only sounded like nonsense (to me) in baseball context. :-)
>[/color]
Thanks! The funny thing is that the first time I ever heard the word was in
reference to baseball, so I had no idea it was a word outside of the game.
One way to tell if pitcher is balking is to examine the position of his leg
as he lifts it to pitch. Basically, the leg lifted should be perpendicular
to the direction that he is going to throw (homebase). However, if this is
the case and the pitcher throws to one of the bases, then it indicates that
he's not throwing in the direction intended, and he's balking. At least this
is how it was explained to me. I'm sure there's more to it than that, but
you'd need someone with more expertise to explain it.
I just like baseball because it's a summer sport and the players aren't big
and bulky like football players or way too tall for basketball players (I'm
5'3"). :-)
"I'm Carollll!!" <egbert.poon@gmail.com> wrote in
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> Girl, you are so..........[/color]
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