La Puce wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of
secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded
bits to add to my compost heap :-(

Why don't you do a spot of whitling?

And what's that when it's at home?

Cat(h)

On 3 Oct 2006 06:23:23 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
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La Puce wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of
secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded
bits to add to my compost heap :-(

Why don't you do a spot of whitling?

And what's that when it's at home?

It's probably whittling during a tea shortage.



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®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ wrote:
On 3 Oct 2006 06:23:23 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
included this (or some of this):


La Puce wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of
secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded
bits to add to my compost heap :-(

Why don't you do a spot of whitling?

And what's that when it's at home?

It's probably whittling during a tea shortage.

I'll only do that if ceanothus tea has interesting hallucinogenic or
aphrodisiac effects, or some other worthwhile nutritional value.
Meanwhile, what is whittling with two ts when it's at home? Plucking
the tips, as in "whittling away"?

Cat(h)

On 3 Oct 2006 07:00:01 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
included this (or some of this):


®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ wrote:
On 3 Oct 2006 06:23:23 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
included this (or some of this):


La Puce wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
It is a damn pity, because I was looking forward to a week end of
secateur wielding, ending with a tidy garden and a pile of shredded
bits to add to my compost heap :-(

Why don't you do a spot of whitling?

And what's that when it's at home?

It's probably whittling during a tea shortage.

I'll only do that if ceanothus tea has interesting hallucinogenic or
aphrodisiac effects, or some other worthwhile nutritional value.
Meanwhile, what is whittling with two ts when it's at home? Plucking
the tips, as in "whittling away"?

Meriam-Webster

Main Entry: 2whittle
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): whit·tled; whit·tling /'hwit-li[ng], 'wit-;
'hwi-t&l-i[ng], 'wi-/
transitive verb
1 a : to pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife
b : to shape or form by so paring or cutting
2 : to reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits
with a knife : PARE whittle down expenses
intransitive verb
1 : to cut or shape something (as wood) by or as if by paring it with
a knife
2 : to wear oneself or another out with fretting
- whit·tler /'hwit-l&r, 'wit-; 'hwi-t&l-&r, 'wi-/ noun 1


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®óñ© © ² * ¹°°³ wrote:
On 3 Oct 2006 07:00:01 -0700, "Cat(h)" wrote and
included this (or some of this):


Meriam-Webster

Main Entry: 2whittle
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): whit·tled; whit·tling /'hwit-li[ng], 'wit-;
'hwi-t&l-i[ng], 'wi-/
transitive verb
1 a : to pare or cut off chips from the surface of (wood) with a knife
b : to shape or form by so paring or cutting
2 : to reduce, remove, or destroy gradually as if by cutting off bits
with a knife : PARE whittle down expenses
intransitive verb
1 : to cut or shape something (as wood) by or as if by paring it with
a knife
2 : to wear oneself or another out with fretting
- whit·tler /'hwit-l&r, 'wit-; 'hwi-t&l-&r, 'wi-/ noun 1



OK, so I'll go and fret madly in the viscinity of my ceanothus with a
paring knife to reduce its size gradually. If the neighbours ask
difficult questions, I'll just tell them I got very expert advice.
That works for me :-)

Cat

Cat(h) wrote:
OK, so I'll go and fret madly in the viscinity of my ceanothus with a
paring knife to reduce its size gradually. If the neighbours ask
difficult questions, I'll just tell them I got very expert advice.
That works for me :-)

cough You forgot - must be on a whinning moon ...

La Puce wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
OK, so I'll go and fret madly in the viscinity of my ceanothus with a
paring knife to reduce its size gradually. If the neighbours ask
difficult questions, I'll just tell them I got very expert advice.
That works for me :-)

cough You forgot - must be on a whinning moon ...

Crikey. And what's the Merriam entry on this one, pray tell?
A good night at Bingo with an extra atche?

Cat(h)