What's another word for RANDOM?

[theoriginalavatar]

This thread is dedicated to all things random. It has no theme. It has no direction.

It is a wonderous place for you to stop and rest. Go ahead, kick up your feet. Or yell. Or leave an inspiring thought. Or complain. Or make us laugh. Or tell us what it's like being you.

Thrill us.

Bore us.

Make us smile.

Or ask a question...everything is welcome here (within the guidelines of the rules, of course!).

Edited December 26, 2009 by theoriginalavatar

[theoriginalavatar]

I will start.

There is this man across from me smoking a HUGE cigar and the smoke is making me ill.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[Jbs2763]

purple is a funny sounding word

[theoriginalavatar]

purple is a funny sounding word

I agree, but I think it is even funnier sounding in German:

purpur (or lila)

[theoriginalavatar]

I have a question.

What is your opinion of park rangers?

Do you know any?

Are you one?

Do visions of Ranger Smith and Yogi and Boo Boo come to mind?

This is for anyone who cares to answer.

[havejoy]

Kumquat is an even stranger sounding word.

[havejoy]

I wonder if all that can be invented has already been invented. While out shopping this year I saw nose hair trimmers. I think that maybe a society that has nose hair trimmers has everything.

[pam]

If a tomato is really a fruit...why don't we add them to fruit salads? Why do we add them to vegetable salads (green) with all the other vegetables? I think tomatoes are having an identity crisis.

[havejoy]

Well, tomatoes are legally a vegetable....

There must be a story there somewhere.

[Mahone]

What is your opinion of park rangers?

Quite high as of today

I went walking with some family and the car park was literally covered from corner to corner with at least three inch thick ice. As it's boxing day and everywhere is still on skeleton staff, I'm guessing someone forgot to grit it. Anyway the poor lone park ranger spent the entire day in the car park pushing all the cars that got stuck on the ice (which was about 60% of them from what I saw) plus dealing with all the complaints and snotty remarks people sent his way.

[havejoy]

Don't you think the park ranger was always a little too hard on Yogi?

[Mahone]

If a tomato is really a fruit...why don't we add them to fruit salads? Why do we add them to vegetable salads (green) with all the other vegetables? I think tomatoes are having an identity crisis.

A bean pod is also a fruit.

[havejoy]

So is an eggplant....it's a berry.

[Lbybug]

my cats breath smells like catfood

[Mahone]

And, when the doctor said I didn't have worms any more, that was the happiest day of my life.

[Moksha]

The ranger seemed way too obsessive, but so too was the zen-like quest for picnic baskets.

[havejoy]

It's strange but you take a flammable metal, sodium. Then take a gas, chloride. Put them together and you get something edible. Just weird.

[stormwitch]

my favorite words are Kaulquappe (German), kikkervisje (Dutch) which means pollywog (another one!!)

What is better eternal bliss or a cheese sandwich?

a cheese sandwich: nothing is better than eternal bliss, but a cheese sandwich is better than nothing....

why???

Edited December 27, 2009 by stormwitch

[Mahone]

What is better eternal bliss or a cheese sandwich?

a cheese sandwich: nothing is better than eternal bliss, but a cheese sandwich is better than nothing....

I'm guessing you had christmas crackers at your christmas lunch then

[havejoy]

Another word for random is arbitrary.

[Gwen]

another word for random...... ADD

[NeuroTypical]

I've always wondered how to spell tabasco.

[Dravin]

If a tomato is really a fruit...why don't we add them to fruit salads? Why do we add them to vegetable salads (green) with all the other vegetables? I think tomatoes are having an identity crisis.

That's nothing; cucumbers, beans (including green), peas, egg plants, olives and corn are fruits depending on how you define it (botanically or vernacularly).

[pam]

Sheesh..must you be so technical Dravin. :)

[Dravin]

Sheesh..must you be so technical Dravin. :)

Nope, there is no requirement that I be such. I just find it amusing that you can make a salad that consists of chick peas, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, bell peppers, cucumber and lettuce and the lettuce is the odd man out. Of course a salad like that is just begging for some pickled beets and I suppose that would give the lettuce some company. :)