tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post7710575415775615569..comments2024-03-24T00:01:00.698-05:00Comments on The New Sixty: PERSNICKETYArkansas Pattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-4932996172043467122012-04-07T09:25:24.806-05:002012-04-07T09:25:24.806-05:00I know my daughters roll their eyes at me - in fro...I know my daughters roll their eyes at me - in front of me and behind my back (I much prefer to see this). I'm sure I get eye rolls from others, too, but I don't want to know about these. I'm glad I don't work for the post office, because I don't like the words "Rural Route." Very awkward to say. I, for some weird reason, like the word debacle, but I'm happy I rarely have reason to use it. Happy Easter to you and yours.Bicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13502894081723323922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-2954258782776002772012-04-01T22:33:54.388-05:002012-04-01T22:33:54.388-05:00Of course, I'm perfect, Patti - neither pompou...Of course, I'm perfect, Patti - neither pompous nor persnickety. Uh -oh - maybe that statement was a bit pompous - but I swear - not persnickety. PS Spray butter?Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-33967418514301841182012-04-01T19:17:47.157-05:002012-04-01T19:17:47.157-05:00Heidrun Khokhar
I think we all use that term now a...Heidrun Khokhar<br />I think we all use that term now and then:)) I wonder if anyone ever reads those cards??<br /><br />Kay,<br />Kids are the first to notice and tell us. I think a little persnickety is good. <br /><br />Nitwit,<br />Oh, me too on toilet paper coming from the top. The world really is just devided into two groups--under or over the top toilet paper:)) <br /><br />Reader Wil,<br />I know, maybe someday there will be peace. We can hope. I am glad it was safe where you were. <br /><br />Ginnie,<br />Next time you do it, have them tell you so you can know if you are diaspproving or not. Seems they are on to your signals.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-62241362654927685632012-03-31T14:22:31.033-05:002012-03-31T14:22:31.033-05:00I've always loved words and enjoyed your examp...I've always loved words and enjoyed your examples. My friends say that I have a way of raising my eyebrows when I disapprove of something but I think they're making this up !Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-62062179878529100312012-03-31T13:32:57.926-05:002012-03-31T13:32:57.926-05:00Thanks for your comment on my blog. Yes, the place...Thanks for your comment on my blog. Yes, the places where I was, were peaceful and friendly. It would have been different in the Gaza area, more is the pity.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-39252728648541301942012-03-31T06:19:14.341-05:002012-03-31T06:19:14.341-05:00Sure a lot of 'P's in this post. So I may ...Sure a lot of 'P's in this post. So I may add one or two more. Pompous I also associate with Pride. I hope when I was an elected official I was not pompous. I usually mentioned my postion when persons asking me question of which I was knowledgeable, yet they were questioning, I would remind them the subject at hand I had relevant knowledge.<br /><br />Persnickety I am guilty. In fact I have a few compulsive habits, i.e. all towels must be hung with folded edge facing same direction and my perceived "right side" out. Further the toilet Paper must roll to the front as I hate getting my chubby little fingers squished between the roll and the material to which it might be mounted.<br /><br />words peculiar to my vocabulary, cattywompus and catty corner (ALSO kitty corner, corruption of cater corner): definitions similar, yet slightly different.NitWit1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035004840443397537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-68640697390067321982012-03-31T00:27:41.910-05:002012-03-31T00:27:41.910-05:00Actually my children have mentioned that I do have...Actually my children have mentioned that I do have some anal tendencies. I'm probably persnickety too.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-84717343436825319552012-03-30T19:23:10.741-05:002012-03-30T19:23:10.741-05:00Loved this especially when you got to the anal and...Loved this especially when you got to the anal and all I could think of is "oh sh*t" which I tend to utter here and there. Milk has been off my menu for years. I believe calves should have it not me! Can't really enjoy it. No one in our family tolerates it.<br />Magazine purchases are a rarity now but I too get rid of that inserted junk.Heidrun Khokhar, KleinsteMottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174142810114806410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-35897863870648670092012-03-30T12:55:04.122-05:002012-03-30T12:55:04.122-05:00NC Mountain woman,
So far no one has said they loo...NC Mountain woman,<br />So far no one has said they look forward to those cards and while they may occasionally make a mini dust pan, they mainly annoy. So why?<br /><br />troutbirder,<br />I think we need to get a petition going. What say you?<br /><br />RMW,<br />Oh dear, I kind of know what you mean.<br /><br />Coloring outside the lines,<br />That tears it. Think I will write the editors. Such a waste of trees. <br /><br />Patty,<br />I can't believe I have wrestled with half empty bread bags for 72 years and not figured that out. I went right out and cut my bag down. Thanks.<br /><br />LL Cool Joe,<br />Yikes, that's right. You all drink warm beer. I would never have made it in the land of my people. <br />I can relate to lots of hassle.<br /><br /> Memoirs of meand Mine,<br />Welcome to TNS and thank you for commenting. Sadly some of the older sayings have gone out of style unless the younger ones find them useful.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-9477325706964725562012-03-30T07:09:46.792-05:002012-03-30T07:09:46.792-05:00Just seeing the title of this reminded me of my de...Just seeing the title of this reminded me of my dear friends late mother. She always used funny words in her vocabulary. As a child I thought she made them up. I loved listening to her talk.<br /><br />http://www.memoirsofmeandmine.com/Memoirs of Me & Minehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366737473619508232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-24876726982132939122012-03-30T06:44:08.398-05:002012-03-30T06:44:08.398-05:00American always put too much ice in drinks for me!...American always put too much ice in drinks for me! It always dilutes the flavour especially if it's alcohol!<br /><br />We use some funny words which we use instead of the correct ones like "Pavlova" instead of "palava". Although I think the word "palava" may be slang too. It means it's a load of hassle.LL Cool Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13916666100971008775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-33835363617726278222012-03-30T06:37:48.250-05:002012-03-30T06:37:48.250-05:00I love milk over ice. When we eat breakfast out a...I love milk over ice. When we eat breakfast out and I order sausage gravy over biscuits, I always ask for some dill pickles, I get some strange looks sometimes. but I like the two together. I also can not stand putting my hand into a bag of bread that has been half used, I have to trim the bag down to size. I just hate that feeling, don't ask me why, I have no idea. LOL I also love the word persnickety, although I don't use it, but believe me there have been plenty of time I could have, especially for myself.Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106461789118388241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-19058305340990060212012-03-29T20:40:25.511-05:002012-03-29T20:40:25.511-05:00Ugh, I can't stand those inserted cards in mag...Ugh, I can't stand those inserted cards in magazines. I shake them all out and in the trash they go!Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-29825594469933070912012-03-29T16:09:24.312-05:002012-03-29T16:09:24.312-05:00Pretty much every thing I do causes eye rolling ar...Pretty much every thing I do causes eye rolling around here...Rocky Mountain Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873112978518614362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-69756835039368854082012-03-29T05:55:25.298-05:002012-03-29T05:55:25.298-05:00Oh my. And here I thought I had to be the only per...Oh my. And here I thought I had to be the only person in the world who religiously tore out all those inserts in a magazine before reading it.... :)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-7719327835352506542012-03-28T19:24:29.516-05:002012-03-28T19:24:29.516-05:00I share your perskickety removal of the cards in m...I share your perskickety removal of the cards in magazines. I have a few others but the one that drives me most wild has to do with my (which I will share with my family) newspaper. If you read it before I do YOU MUST put the sections back in order. It is especially bothersome if someone has folded back pages and not returned them to proper position. And working the crossword??? Don't even think of it.<br /><br />I often have PB toast for breakfast as well but I'm not at all persnickety about that. I spread the PB thickly. And half the fun is having the PB sticking to the roof of you mouth.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-84514367548924582852012-03-28T07:54:59.710-05:002012-03-28T07:54:59.710-05:00Grandma Yellow Hair,
Ha ha,I don't often get a...Grandma Yellow Hair,<br />Ha ha,I don't often get an offer for unlimited ice and peanut butter, thanks:))<br />I still use discombobulated, entirely too much. <br />I haven't used pots this year like last year. They were easy but had limited harvest but my raised beds are thriving.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-38243447968549073872012-03-28T07:51:48.841-05:002012-03-28T07:51:48.841-05:00Reader Wil,
Thank you and I am so glad you are bac...Reader Wil,<br />Thank you and I am so glad you are back from Israel. Looking forward to your adventures.<br /><br />Linda Starr,<br />Well aren't you naughty :)) Such a clever little nephew you have.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-87160712101918422012-03-27T19:23:45.284-05:002012-03-27T19:23:45.284-05:00Funny u mentioned the eye rolling thing behind our...Funny u mentioned the eye rolling thing behind our backs. I never noticed it from my kids until this past year. It seems the older I get the more eye rolls. <br />Every time I read one your post which is a lot I end of wishing you were my neighbor out here in this pink house behind me. Oh what fun we could have. I would keep plenty of ice and peanut butter on hand for you dear friend.<br />I laughed so hard reading about you spreading the peanut butter on your toast. Too dang funny. I never heard of spraying it though with butter.<br />Now I am hungry talking about this I might just have the ole peanut butter and jelly sandwich for supper. haha<br />You have me wondering what my favorite word is. At one time it was discombobulated now I would have to think. <br />Have you planted your veggies in pots this year. I just now today did some bell peppers and the other day some tomato's. My lettuce is still going from last summer.<br />Enjoy your week<br />Love <br />MaggieGrandma Yellow Hairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917551672825097342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-38470630013218718112012-03-27T14:52:54.973-05:002012-03-27T14:52:54.973-05:00No ice for me please, I don't like ice against...No ice for me please, I don't like ice against my lips when drinking liquids so a straw is necessary for me. I rip those magazine ads out every chance I get and when I am reading the magazines in the grocery line they fall out everywhere. I also rip ads off my windshield and resent them being place there. Lately I have taken to uncovering the women's magazine that have a blank plastic cover which here in the South is something they do to hide what folks consider risque photos of women (cleavage showing) - they never cover the men so I uncover them just to be ornery. <br /><br />Lets see what words I use, (well ones I can actually say here anyway), "what a bunch of huey" covers a whole myriad of things. We learned in Arkansas the term "I ain't never" when referring to something you have never heard or are doubtful of believing is true. Never is really drawn out and emphasized. Oh I know the most used word is "Anything" but I pronounce it "Anyting" when Gary comes home or I call someone on the phone and they answer - my nephew one day answered the phone when he was about ten and I said "Anyting" and he said (quick witted he was) Anything but Aunt Linda. Ha.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-15010736639935768332012-03-27T14:21:41.815-05:002012-03-27T14:21:41.815-05:00A great and funny post, Patti! Thanks for sharing....A great and funny post, Patti! Thanks for sharing. I have no special words I like I am afraid.<br />Have a wonderful week, Patti.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-55793666983912206342012-03-27T14:19:13.397-05:002012-03-27T14:19:13.397-05:00LC,
You are a lady of obvious great taste. That i...LC,<br />You are a lady of obvious great taste. That is interesting about the milk and airlines. That means there may be a bunch of us out there.Yea. <br /><br />Mary lee,<br />Your son and I would have no problem fixing sandwiches for each other. Gee, what a great kid. <br /><br />Mom of 12,<br />I think I can see why you might not have time to be persnickety. How you stay regular is beyond me with your schedule:))<br /><br />alwaysinthebackrow,<br />I know some of the cool words just don't have the opportunity to be heard. That is one reason for the persnickety post. Finally got to use is. <br /><br />Grayquill,<br />Actually, I have 4 of them in my freezer. Never with out a frosty mug. Hay, if you have to get rid of the ice cream, it is worth it. <br /><br />Angie,<br />Well "thingymajig" I use a lot along with whatchamacallit:)) Must admit that "oojimawatsit" is new to me.<br /><br />Dianne,<br />Oh, I like "ticky". I may adopt that one, thanks. <br /><br />Dr. Kathy McCoy,<br />So glad you enjoyed. That was my purpose. With your vocabulary I am sure you have dozens.Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-16504857517072442982012-03-27T13:48:48.942-05:002012-03-27T13:48:48.942-05:00I so enjoyed this post, Patti, and am still smilin...I so enjoyed this post, Patti, and am still smiling over your favorite words as well as your snack selections! And I'm still thinking about what my favorite words of the moment might be.Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-79160032769842829922012-03-27T09:55:51.309-05:002012-03-27T09:55:51.309-05:00Actually, the women and men in my Mom's family...Actually, the women and men in my Mom's family have a habit of cleaning off any table they happen to be sitting at. This requires a swift brush with the side of the palm to remove crumbs or even imaginary crumbs. Don't know where that came from but we all do it. <br /><br />Down South, they say "Ticky" for people like you. As in She's real ticky about her milk. DianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509736677359366469.post-40122944258995931082012-03-27T08:52:16.946-05:002012-03-27T08:52:16.946-05:00What a brilliant post ...made me smile ...and pond...What a brilliant post ...made me smile ...and ponder.I think my behaviour is noticed by those who know me ...I have become intolerant of late ...but then over some things I am pernickety. I too have to cover the entire toast in what ever the bottom layer is to be. I also cant leave a sandwich with any bare bits...filling had to cover the crust too. <br />I am not sure about words ...they go in and out of favout ...especially those that cover several objects and are rarely seen written ...so I have no idea how to actually spell them ...like 'oojimawatsit' or 'thingymajig'xxAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177505346903016669noreply@blogger.com