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    Can you keep it going asking ONLY QUESTIONS?

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    • Posts: 9,409 Member
      "Milquetoast" - didnt I come across this word just yesterday that I had never heard of before?
    • Posts: 17,577 Member
      Isn’t that a new one for me too?
    • Posts: 19,551 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?
    • Posts: 17,577 Member
      I guess they didn’t like the boss so much?
    • Posts: 5,850 Member
      edited February 2023
      Not the most flattering description, right? Unless they enjoy having a pushover in a position of power?
    • Posts: 13,596 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"?
    • Posts: 13,321 Member
      What is the etymology of that idiom? (Does anybody know which show/character this quote came from?)
    • Posts: 1,087 Member
      Isn’t this thread getting too deep?
    • Posts: 13,596 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?
    • Posts: 9,409 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?
    • Posts: 19,551 Member
      Guess who's on a 2-day 8 hours of sleep streak ?
    • 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? 😅
    • Posts: 19,551 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?
    • Posts: 468 Member
      Are you saying some of us need beauty sleep because we need more beauty?
    • Posts: 13,596 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? 😂
    • Posts: 19,551 Member
      edited February 2023
      Doesn't that beat the grilled cheese sandwich I ate after I finished painting?
    • Posts: 5,850 Member
      What did you paint? Was it artistic or functional? Or both?
    • Posts: 13,321 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?
    • 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??
    • Posts: 13,596 Member
      Isn't beauty in the eye of the beholder?
    • Posts: 9,409 Member
      Is it even safe to hold bees?
    • Posts: 13,596 Member
      Isn't Whether or not you hold bees none of my bees wax? 😂
    • Posts: 13,321 Member
      Don't we already know who the queen bee of this thread is?
    • Posts: 468 Member
      I have to go to work, can you all bee-have while i am away?
    • Posts: 19,551 Member
      Isn't this just unbeelievable?
    • Posts: 9,409 Member
      Aren't we all speaking such honeyed words?
    • Posts: 13,321 Member
      What's all the buzz about?
    • Posts: 19,551 Member
      Don't honeyed words take the sting out of criticism?
    • Posts: 13,596 Member
      edited February 2023
      Don't I hope all this talk doesn't give me the hives? 😂
    • Posts: 13,321 Member
      Do you have your epi-pen handy?

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