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01-05-2007, 01:35 PM | #16 |
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The re-mote, from me, the re-mote from the wife, or "the spud-gun" when either of us particularly feel like couch potatoes.
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01-05-2007, 04:12 PM | #18 |
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It's the remote. A friend of mine calls it the TV box. Weirdo.
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01-05-2007, 04:57 PM | #19 |
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the magic stick!
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01-05-2007, 05:27 PM | #20 |
Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
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What glatt said. Including the therapy and medication ...
I need a 'learning mode' to master the subtleties ... I will NOT be bested by my 14 year old!!!
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01-05-2007, 10:17 PM | #21 |
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This year for Xmas we got a harmony 880 remote , I am still working on the logic ( of what all I want to be off and on at any given time ) But it is PROMISING !!!
It is to replace the 5 remotes that you have to go thru in the proper sequence , we had to leave written and drawn Instructions for our neibors a while back as they were watching our house while we were out of town .
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01-05-2007, 10:41 PM | #22 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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I just got a new Cable-box DVR that came with a universal remote that amazingly does almost everything I need done. A huge improvement over the last one.
And I call them all remotes.
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01-06-2007, 12:27 AM | #23 |
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i guess I'm just self centered, but i look at this thread title and all i see is 'what jim may call it'.
it's spelled:
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01-06-2007, 06:49 AM | #24 |
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Well, what jim a'call it?
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01-06-2007, 08:32 AM | #25 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Common placeholders in the English language include:
dealie or dealy dingus doodad doo-hickey doofer frammis frobnitz gadget geemie gewgaw or geegaw gizmo hodad hingmy (Scottish, derived from thingummy) jobby or jobber junk McGuffin stuff thing thingamabob thingamajig thingy widget whatchamacallit (US form of whatsitsname) (originated by the phrase “What you may call it”) whatnot whatsit (sometimes spelled wotsit) whatsitsname (British form of whatchamacallit) yoke (Commonly used in Ireland) They forgot whatsherface and whatshishead
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01-06-2007, 09:56 AM | #26 |
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I use the placeholder 'thingy' and 'doo-hicky' way, waaaaay too often.
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01-06-2007, 11:36 AM | #27 |
I hear them call the tide
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I reckon nonsense words can be spelled any nonsensical way I damn well please And anyway, I really was only interested in Jim's opinion.
They missed oojimaflip from the list. See, it's all about Jim
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01-06-2007, 11:44 AM | #28 |
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I'd start making use of 'hodad' because I find it unusual, but I'm sure that I'd be misunderstood.
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01-06-2007, 01:23 PM | #29 |
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the conch; taken from the book "Lord of the Flies".
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01-06-2007, 01:40 PM | #30 |
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I'll sometimes use the term "item" for such things. And occasionally "unit".
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