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Things Cat Trialvilly Annoy You (part whatever) *MOD WARNING IN OP*

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    #8102
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    All this snow we were supposed to be getting. Another damp squid. :rolleyes:


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    #8103
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    .anon. wrote: »
    All this snow we were supposed to be getting. Another damp squid. :rolleyes:

    Thursday, into Friday. That’s what I’m getting from the “readings” off my weather station.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #8104
    optogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭optogirl


    .anon. wrote: »
    All this snow we were supposed to be getting. Another damp squid. :rolleyes:

    all squids are damp :D

    And it's not quite a damp squib yet - Thurs/Fri for any potential large amount of snow I think


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    #8105
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,413 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    optogirl wrote: »
    all squids are damp :D

    And it's not quite a damp squib yet - Thurs/Fri for any potential large amount of snow I think

    I'm glad I'm not the only one TA'd by the use of damp squid.


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    #8106
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    optogirl wrote: »
    all squids are damp :D

    And it's not quite a damp squib yet - Thurs/Fri for any potential large amount of snow I think

    "squib" isn't a word.


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    #8107
    optogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭optogirl


    .anon. wrote: »
    "squib" isn't a word.

    Oh but it is


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    #8108
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,413 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    .anon. wrote: »
    "squib" isn't a word.

    a squib is a small explosive device. when they get damp they don't go off properly hence the expression.


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    #8109
    blade1
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    .anon. wrote: »
    "squib" isn't a word.

    :eek:


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    #8110
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    I think I'd know if it was a word. "Squib" is like a made up word you'd use to get rid of a 'Q' in Scrabble. The phrase is "damp squid". I can't believe I have to explain this to people.


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    #8111
    optogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,978 ✭✭✭optogirl


    .anon. wrote: »
    I think I'd know if it was a word. "Squib" is like a made up word you'd use to get rid of a 'Q' in Scrabble. The phrase is "damp squid". I can't believe I have to explain this to people.

    Ok you had me going. **Ripple of applause**


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    #8112
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    optogirl wrote: »
    Ok you had me going. **Ripple of applause**

    I'll take that as an acknowledgement that I'm right, as usual.


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    #8113
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users Posts: 13,654 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Dry since this morning round these parts so I went out for a run there. Light graupel shower started just as I was leaving the house. With the wind and cold factored in I essentially got a bonus free session of microdermabrasion along with my exercise.

    Me face!


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    #8114
    Archeron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,258 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Dry since this morning round these parts so I went out for a run there. Light graupel shower started just as I was leaving the house. With the wind and cold factored in I essentially got a bonus free session of microdermabrasion along with my exercise.

    Me face!

    That made me laugh haha. I went out on Sunday morning at 6am for a walk and about fifteen minutes from home got pelted with little sharp stabby burning arrows of ice, I actually looked at the sky and said wtf.
    I got home at about 8am and went back to bed all grumpy and in pain :D


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    #8115
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,312 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Dry since this morning round these parts so I went out for a run there. Light graupel shower started just as I was leaving the house. With the wind and cold factored in I essentially got a bonus free session of microdermabrasion along with my exercise.

    Me face!

    Don't start .anon. again :pac:


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    #8116
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users Posts: 6,019 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    TV weather girl just said “graupel”.....TAd that today Is the first time I’ve ever heard this word....I feel left out...


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    #8117
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users Posts: 13,163 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    jojofizzio wrote: »
    TV weather girl just said “graupel”.....TAd that today Is the first time I’ve ever heard this word....I feel left out...

    Cad e sin?

    To thine own self be true



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    #8118
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    jojofizzio wrote: »
    TV weather girl just said “graupel”.....TAd that today Is the first time I’ve ever heard this word....I feel left out...

    The Eskimo are laughing at us now.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #8119
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,772 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Sound like the kind of "soft" hailstones that look like rolled up beads of compressed snow.


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    #8120
    EmmetSpiceland
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    New Home wrote: »
    Sound like the kind of "soft" hailstones that look like rolled up beads of compressed snow.

    And snizzle?

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #8121
    New Home
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    That's when they get up your snozzle. :cool: (and make you sneeze).


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    #8122
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users Posts: 6,019 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    Purple Mountain wrote: »
    Cad e sin?

    Some kind of weird snow hybrid....not sleet,not hail,but graupel....:confused::confused:


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    #8123
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Will everyone whisht up with these old style words.


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    #8124
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,413 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Will everyone whisht up with these old style words.

    I'm with you. its all a load of malarkey.


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    #8125
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users Posts: 8,792 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow


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    #8126
    EmmetSpiceland
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    PsychoPete wrote: »
    What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow

    Run the risk of some “anorak” coming at you with a bunch of questions on its size, shape and consistency.

    Oh, and worst of all, your location.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #8127
    PsychoPete
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    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Run the risk of some “anorak” coming at you with a bunch of questions on its size, shape and consistency.

    Oh, and worst of all, your location.

    Like the people that hangout in the weather forum?


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    #8128
    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow

    Yes Herr Graupel :D well it is not really snow, it's soft hail.


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    #8129
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users Posts: 13,654 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    jojofizzio wrote: »
    Some kind of weird snow hybrid....not sleet,not hail,but graupel....:confused::confused:

    It's the technical term for a very specific type of snow that forms in the upper atmosphere. Looks (and behaves, tbh) pretty much exactly like the stuff they used to put inside beanbags.

    It's not sleet or hail.

    Snizzle = snowy drizzle. Not a technical term, needless to say!

    And thus concludes today's snowcabulary* lesson.





    *Perfectly cromulent word.


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    #8130
    The Wizards Sleeve
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭The Wizards Sleeve


    The way tax discs never tear perfectly.


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    #8131
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 16,167 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    What's with people using the word "graupel" today, just call it snow

    Never heard of it before.

    Could have been a form of Austrian cuisine for all I knew.


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