Avoca, AR

I know a person who is “penurious” do you?

My best friend at work is this. Me I’m the opposite and as he is a Democrat and I’m a Republican we do not look at the politics the same way. While we can agree to disagree sometimes I wish I was afflicted with this problem if you call it one. Anyway the meaning of (pe nyoor’e es) is unwilling to part with money or possessions; stingy. I’ll bet he has the first dollar he ever made stuck away somewhere. Now that you know the meaning what say you?

In your dealings have you came across a “humbug”?

Got you thinking of Uncle Scrooge? Don’t go there Pilgrim because you would be headed in the wrong direction or would you? Tell me do I have you confused? I know I am. Anyway I’ve had my share of dealings with these people and I’m sure you have also. So without further adieu the meaning of (hum’bug’) is a spirit of trickery, deception, etc, a person who is not what he claims to be which in the end is what Uncle Scrooge was. He just needed a rude awakening. Enjoy your day and have a great 2012.

Have you ever worked with a “flibbertigibbet” person?

It took some looking for this one. Just stumbled on it and thought to myself why not write something to represent this type of personality. I’ve had dealing with these types and I frankly don’t care to have one of them as a client. You might at this time wonder what the meaning of (flib’er ti jib’it –te) is and I guess now is the time to tell you the meaning is an irresponsible, flighty person. So now that you know the meaning have you had any dealings with these types you would want to share? What say you?

Do you have enough “nimiety?”

I received a comment on one of my posts yesterday. The comment was left by a young lady that I do not recall of ever getting a comment from her. So she stated I may have too many subscriptions to keep track of! LOL I wonder if there is a word for that? Why yes Pamela there is and it is (ni-mahy-i-tee) the meaning of which is overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun oversupply overweight well you get the idea. Anyway welcome Pamela to wordsmith and I hope this is a long relationship. Now what say you???

Sister Mary, who worked for a home health agency, was out making her rounds visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas. As luck would have it, a gas station was just a block away. She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas.

The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned.

Since the nun was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car. She looked for something in the car that she could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient.

Always resourceful, she carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gas, and carried the full bedpan back to her car.

As she was pouring the gas into her tank, two men watched from across the street.

One of them turned to the other and said, "If it starts, I'm converting."