Making it only a matter of time before the phrase "Gear up" is replaced by "STF up!" ...which given the military's predilection for acronyms will be shortened to "STFU!" -- just in time to make all those America's Army recruits feel right at home!
adjective
1. morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution" [ant: optional]
2. required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"
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on May 21, 2004, the San Francisco-based Association of World Citizens gave Colonel Petrov its World Citizen Award along with a trophy and US$1000 in recognition of the part he played in averting a catastrophe. A grand? For saving the world? Wow... big spender, that Association of World Citizens.
"So, the scents drift by and something in the back of your mind says 'that's nice', but you are too busy talking on your cell phone to notice." That may be closer to the truth than anything else.
When riding my motorcycle, I've noticed that I can very nearly tell you what's on the stove in the house I just passed; but in a car, even with the windows down, it's not as obvious. (This is while wearing a full-face helmet, so by all rights the only thing I should be able to smell is my own sweat, ew.) I think it's tied to the fact that when you're riding a motorcycle among the herds of SUVen you are forced to be more aware of your surroundings to avoid becoming road pizza - while in the car, most folks are more occupied by (as you said) their cellphone, the funny guy on the afternoon radio show, and a million other distractions.
I, for one, hope that they're not Business majors fulfilling a Ged Ed requirement... else you very well may welcome one of them as your overlord someday.
..if I didn't have my StarTac in my pocket right now. When your cellphone is listed at number two in a list of mobile design classics, perhaps it may be time to get up to date.
"The corpse hidden, they parted ways." "After all, Max was only a dog." "Since then, she sometimes wakes screaming." "His will broken, he got a job." (Too close to home, methinks...)
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Closer to a true all-flu vaccine than we are now??
adjective
1. morally or legally constraining or binding; "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution" [ant: optional]
2. required by obligation or compulsion or convention; "he made all the obligatory apologies"
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I'd argue that the convention around here requires that someone post an Overlord line, two attempts at a Beowulf cluster line, and a Soviet Russia line in the comments of every story - hence, obligatory.
Also, lighten up, Francis.
I for one welcome our new, vastly inefficient, overpriced, Linux-running overlords.
(Sorry. I couldn't help it.)
So two weeks after the "GAME OVER" message, your car explodes?
I, for one, hope that they're not Business majors fulfilling a Ged Ed requirement... else you very well may welcome one of them as your overlord someday.
..if I didn't have my StarTac in my pocket right now. When your cellphone is listed at number two in a list of mobile design classics, perhaps it may be time to get up to date.
Nobody here but us chickens.
"The corpse hidden, they parted ways."
"After all, Max was only a dog."
"Since then, she sometimes wakes screaming."
"His will broken, he got a job." (Too close to home, methinks...)