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Can you keep it going asking ONLY QUESTIONS?

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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,403 Member
    "Milquetoast" - didnt I come across this word just yesterday that I had never heard of before?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    Isn’t that a new one for me too?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,539 Member
    edited February 2023
    Didn't I hear it years ago? Didn't one of my coworkers used to refer to an old boss as milquetoast?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    I guess they didn’t like the boss so much?
  • PaulaKro
    PaulaKro Posts: 5,848 Member
    edited February 2023
    Not the most flattering description, right? Unless they enjoy having a pushover in a position of power?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,583 Member
    edited February 2023
    cmsienk wrote: »
    Didn't I hear it years ago? Didn't one of my coworkers used to refer to an old boss as milquetoast?
    Didn't I also hear this word years ago, and knew its meaning, but always thought it was spelled milktoast, like what was served to me in kindergarten before my nap? But doesn't the term come from the name Caspar Milquetoast, a character in the 1920's cartoon strip "The Timid Soul"?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,291 Member
    What is the etymology of that idiom? (Does anybody know which show/character this quote came from?)
  • Mtn_hikin
    Mtn_hikin Posts: 1,087 Member
    Isn’t this thread getting too deep?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,583 Member
    edited February 2023
    @nossmf, I'm guessing you didn't see my post immediately above yours?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Milquetoast
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    Or, were you asking where the quote "What is the etymology of that idiom?" comes from?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,403 Member
    isnt it my guess that the author who named his fictional character milquetoast based that on the much older term 'milksop'?

    Although I had never seen 'milquetoast' before, havent I come across 'milksop' quite often in historical novels?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,539 Member
    Guess who's on a 2-day 8 hours of sleep streak ?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    Don’t I hope it’s everyone on this thread? How do you feel?

    Aren’t I just happy I doubled the amount I had the night prior? 😅
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,539 Member
    edited February 2023
    Cat0703a wrote: »
    Don’t I hope it’s everyone on this thread? How do you feel?

    Aren’t I just happy I doubled the amount I had the night prior? 😅
    Wouldn't that be great?
  • SundryCoder
    SundryCoder Posts: 468 Member
    Are you saying some of us need beauty sleep because we need more beauty?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,583 Member
    Who else is going to have a 16 oz steak and baked potato tonight? 😋
    When I say 16 oz. steak, don't I mean ½ tonight and ½ tomorrow? 😂
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,539 Member
    edited February 2023
    Doesn't that beat the grilled cheese sandwich I ate after I finished painting?
  • PaulaKro
    PaulaKro Posts: 5,848 Member
    What did you paint? Was it artistic or functional? Or both?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,291 Member
    frankwbrown wrote: »
    Or, were you asking where the quote "What is the etymology of that idiom?" comes from?

    Isn't this the question I was prompting for a response?
  • Cat0703a
    Cat0703a Posts: 17,577 Member
    SundryCoder wrote: »
    Are you saying some of us need beauty sleep because we need more beauty?

    Who would say such a thing??
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,583 Member
    Isn't beauty in the eye of the beholder?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,403 Member
    Is it even safe to hold bees?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,583 Member
    Isn't Whether or not you hold bees none of my bees wax? 😂
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,291 Member
    Don't we already know who the queen bee of this thread is?
  • SundryCoder
    SundryCoder Posts: 468 Member
    I have to go to work, can you all bee-have while i am away?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,539 Member
    Isn't this just unbeelievable?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,403 Member
    Aren't we all speaking such honeyed words?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,291 Member
    What's all the buzz about?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,539 Member
    Don't honeyed words take the sting out of criticism?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,583 Member
    edited February 2023
    Don't I hope all this talk doesn't give me the hives? 😂
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 13,291 Member
    Do you have your epi-pen handy?

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