woollensock wrote:
Lets all be happy ! 👍😹
Don't worry, be happy.
erik, we are as pleased as punch
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Erik, this is a love letter to you.
"I do not know who you are,
but you are my shining Star,
Because Star rhymes with are,
And also has romantic connotations,
Which work in poetical situations."
Erik is married and has 3 children so he is not waiting for that poem...i think
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
I've never heard the phrase pleased as punch. That's a new one for me.
It comes from the character in a puppet show, hundreds of years ago. But today it's sometimes used in reference to the Jonestown massacre, where some people were pleased to drink the punch.
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
Oh, I've heard drinking the kool aid is also from the Jonestown incident.
Yes. The phrase has two meanings. I think it was punch, not kool aid, but it's basically the same thing. The phrase is sometimes used sarcastically. It's when there is something very wrong, but people go along with it anyway and dont protest. Thats "drinking the koolaid" or "pleased as punch" more sarcastically.
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lfPatriotGames wrote:
DamonevicSmithlov wrote:
Oh, I've heard drinking the kool aid is also from the Jonestown incident.
Yes. The phrase has two meanings. I think it was punch, not kool aid, but it's basically the same thing. The phrase is sometimes used sarcastically. It's when there is something very wrong, but people go along with it anyway and dont protest. Thats "drinking the koolaid" or "pleased as punch" more sarcastically.
Actually "pleased as punch" was coined in the 1800s in reference to the Punch and Judy puppet shows:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/52811/where-did-phrase-pleased-punch-come
Treesong wrote:
Erik is married and has 3 children so he is not waiting for that poem...i think
"Philistine! Crush not my dream,
For I gaze upon the gleam
Of light from yon shining Star,
Who inspireth All from afar."
Sep 30, 2019
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forked_again wrote:
BTW I too am in the pleased as punch camp.
Suppose I am too. The rate of return in terms of value in this place is extraordinary tbh
Sep 30, 2019
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I'm sure Erik would prefer that you show your pleasure with... mo money!
Sep 30, 2019
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m_connors wrote:
Or has the punch been "doctored"? Don't drink the punch!
--- Rofl.
Bump
A bump is the semantic equivalent of a punch
(*I think)
Punch
(pŭnch)
n.
The quarrelsome hook-nosed husband of Judy in the comic puppet show Punch and Judy.
Idiom:
pleased as Punch
Highly pleased; gratified.
bump
(bŭmp)
v. bumped, bump·ing, bumps
v.tr.
1. To strike or collide with: bumped the chair with a knee.
2. To cause to knock against an obstacle: bumped a knee against the chair.
3.
a. To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.
b. To shake up and down; jolt: bumped the child on her knee; was bumped about on a rough flight.
4.
a. To displace from a position within a group or organization.
b. To deprive (a passenger) of reserved travel accommodations because of overbooking.
5. To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline.
6. Sports To pass (a volleyball) by redirecting it with the forearms.
Couldn't be happier.