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[Neonred 3,551]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

 

Incidentally, we had ChatGPT "translate" the Two Guys manifesto into British English, verily and forsooth man.

Sorry, I don't understand that British language.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

1 hour ago, Neonred said:

Sorry, I don't understand that British language.

You mere Colonist, verily bloke!

Edited March 25, 2023 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Friday ES report, see man:

 

We itineraried Many (2+2) ESs today, si man.

While tripping, we inventoried our energy and the rain chances, low and high respectively man.

We therefore attended Many (2+1), all paid off with the take man:

  -- full can Deep Woods Off! = $1, steal man

  -- Many (2x2x2 +2+1) cans corn, green beans, pinto beans, tuna = $2, absolute steal man

  -- soft/thick bath towel = $1, steal man

Total = $Many ($2+2)

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man:

 

Spent less than 2 hours ES-ing, efficient man.

Lunch was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man.

A massive siesta was taken, highly necessary zzz for we man.

 

Retrieved Mini-B. from skool, Two Guys man.

Din-din was nuked hamburgers, ingest Two Guys man.

Movie night was this week's The Mandalorian and 2 episodes of The Twilight Zone, watch Two Guys man.

Many (2+2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man.

This yields double figures for the week, official week man.

 

Mini-B. had great trouble falling asleep, great efforts by we man with wee man man.

Planning a Two Guys excursion on Saturday, excurse Two Guys man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Thrilling Saturday report, see man:

 

It was a complete Two Guys day, si and whee man.

 

Breakfasted at Burger King, ingest Two Guys man.

     *WUOC, financially savvy we man

 

Drove very long way (specifically, Many miles) to a German festival, travel Two Guys man.

Festival wasn't all that German but was free, financially savvy we man.

Mini-B. got negative when we couldn't immediately find parking, morose wee man.

Mini-B. remained morose until we offered to buy him a beaded ice cream**, perceptive we man.

     **for $Many ($2x2x2+1) -- si man, $Many ($2x2x2+1) -- rip-off man

Later bought Mini-B. a root beer float***, perceptive we man.

     ***$Many ($2+2+2) for a small -- si man, $Many ($2+2+2) for a small -- rip-off man.

Bought Mini-B. a jar of homemade jelly****, pleased wee man.

     ****$Many ($2x2x2 +2+1) -- si man, $Many ($2x2x2 +2+1), rip-off man

Mini-B. very well pleased by the end of the 2-hour stay, mollified wee man.

 

At casa, Mini-B. went to his V.R. Oculus and we went for a siesta, play wee and zzz we man.

 

Awoke and asked Mexican landscapers for estimate on replacing front hedge, awful holly man.

The surprisingly reasonable price of $Many was quoted, amazed we man.

Initially arranged for Monday job, initially arrange we man.

 

On second thought, invited Mini-B. to nursery to pick new plants, second-thinking we man.

Mini-B. initially resisted as usual, addicted-to-phone wee man.

Threatened to take away phone, stern we man.

Mini-B. capitulated immediately, weak-spotted wee man.

 

Mini-B. dragged wagon through nursery and identified desired shrubs, Pittosporum tobira man.

The Many-gallon were $Many and the Many-gallon were $Many, so we got Many (2+2+1) Many-gallon ones man.

 

Mini-B. helped to load them into the T-B.-mobile trunk, helpful wee man.

Mini-B. helped to unload them from the T-B.-mobile trunk, helpful wee man.

We texted Mexicans to see if they wanted to do the job today or Monday, offer we man.

 

Din-din was nuked chicken parmigiana patties, ingest Two Guys man.

Mini-B. was offered and accepted the last piece of apple pie from FST, ingest wee man.

 

Mexicans came over promptly, industrious they men.

Mini-B. & we parked chairs in driveway, watch and learn man.

Mexicans completed dig-out, soil prep, and planting in just half an hour, amazing experts man.

We paid them $Many and gave them cold drinks, fine job man.

Infernal holly bushes curbsided for green-waste pickup, good riddance man.

Sent foto of new shrubs to ex-Mrs.-T-B., who replied "Ahhhh," impressed ex-she man.

 

Two Sweaty Guys took showers, Clean for Gene man.

In traditional review of Two Guys week, Mini-B. cited nursery trip as top highlight, conclude wee man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Sunday report, see man:

 

Took Mini-B. for semimonthly visit with Mama T-B., overjoyed senior she man.

Did grocery mini-run for Mama T-B., cooperative we man.

Lunch was toucans of chicken noodle soup, ingest we man.

Conquered all Many (2+1) laundry loads, occupational hazard man.

Retrieved Mini-B., ebullient wee and exhausted we man man.

 

Half + half an hour before AFV, Mini-B. went out back to play basketball, addicted wee man.

He tearfully came upstairs to tell us that the ball cracked a kitchen window, only a matter of time man.

We inspected and pronounced it stable, comfort wee man we man.

Barely Many minutes later, Mini-B. yelled for us again, urgent wee man.

Ball hit window again and shattered it, weird coincidence man.

We grabbed a tarp and duct tape, action-figure we man.

Mini-B. helped us, accommodative wee man.

Finished a serviceable job in time for half of evening news, Two Guys success man.

 

Din-din for Mini-B. was modified tuna glup (rice + tuna without peas), ingest wee man.

Din-din for us was onecan of S+Ms, one of us must keep tradition alive man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. came over for AFV, timely (for once) ex-she man.

Approved of new front landscaping, approbational ex-she man.

Helped to collect broken glass from back patio, unable-to-bend we man.

Even swept dead bugs from under doormats, nice of ex-her man.

We gave her leftover edibles and onecan of green beans from a recent ES, payoff we man.

 

Mini-B. agreed that it was a superb Two Guys week, si man.

We miss him already, empty casa man.

Edited March 27, 2023 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man.

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Distinctly unthrilling Monday report, egad man:

 

Awoke with bad knee swollen and on fire, ow man.

Had doc appointment set for Many p.m., try to wait man.

At check-in, was told, "Didn't they tell you that it was rescheduled, huh man?"

We said, "Out of half a Manyzen confirmation notices, we got that, but with no time-change, si and no man."

We were permitted to check in, good grief man.

 

At half-past Many p.m., we were called inside, limp we man.

Young nooser confirmed our history and meds, confirm she man.

PA then came in for initial exam and had us get x-rayed, glow-in-dark we man.

X-ray tech nuked us Many (2+2) times, nuke she we man.

Doc came by and ordered a Many'th (2+2+1th) view, Rosenberg view man.

 

Doc then reviewed views with us, view we man review she man.

We have some arthur-itis and slight patellar shifting, egad man.

No easy fix, shot aspiration brace fizzicle therapy man.

 

We begged for aspiration, suck that synovial fluid man.

PA came back for same, attempt he man.

Most painful thing that we've experienced in some time, ow ow ow OW OW man.

Not one drop of fluid aspirated, probably diffused among tissue man.

Lidocaine + steroid shot in same hole, small consolation man.

 

Lidocaine didn't even last till we returned to the casa, good grief man!

Tried to siesta but in too much pain, worse than before we went man.

Steroid supposed to start helping in "one or two weeks," some help man.

 

We are supposed to pick up a brace, bracing experience man.

We are supposed to contact the fizzicle therapists in 2 days, enable them to get organized man.

The fizzicle therapy is supposed to be 2 to Many times per week for at least a month, egad man!

We are not sure how much this will cost us, might not be worth it man.

 

We are crestfallen and discouraged, ongoing ow man.

We will probably be billed at full rate for worthless aspiration, unacceptable man.

We shall probably embark on self-medication, Heap Strong Medicine man.

Must be able to handle stairs and service demanding miu, minimum requirements man.

 

So that has been our day, sucks and ow ow ow OW OW man.

 

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Tuesday report, see man:

 

Knee semitolerable this morn, at least not yelling we man.

 

Ex-Mrs.-T-B. asked us to chauffeur Mini-B. to skool, accommodate ex-she man we man for wee man man.

 

Lunch was onecan of Chunky soup*, ingest we man.

     *bought at a recent ES, financially savvy we man

A siesta followed, satisfying after ignoring knee-pain we man.

 

Did much admin stuff, why do people insist on operating by phone vs. e-mail man.

 

Special Tuesday mini-ES report, see man:

On a whim, searched an ES auction, whimsical we man.

Saw a signed Harlem Globetrotters basketball, Mini-B. wanted one man.

Won bid, mildly surprising man.

Total price + tax + fees = less than the lesser ball seen at different ES about a month ago, serendipity man.

Must collect it during a half-of-half-an-hour window on Thursday, good grief man.

However, an on-site ES is practically around the corner, and Many% off man.   

We shall murder those 2 birds with one trip, serendipity man.

 

Din-din was the remaining Many (2+2) hot dogs from last week, ingest we man.

 

Garbagemen collected old holly-bush hedge from curb, good riddance man.

 

Seemingly a wasted day, but perhaps not, si or no man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man.

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Thrilling Wednesday report, see man:

 

Knee unchanged from Tuesday, semi-ow we man.

 

We had called a window-repairman yesterday, call he man we man.

He promised to come give an estimate at Many a.m. today, perfect man.

He showed up at half-of-half till Many a.m., timely he man.

He looked at broken window and upstairs window that let in cold/heat, inspect he man.

He gave us very fair estimates and complete explanation of options, refreshing man.

We agreed, agreeable we man with he man.

He had one job and then promised to bring materials and his tallest ladder, promise he man.

 

As we waited, miu decided to climb out broken window not once, not twice, but Many times,  man.

Lunch (amidst chasing miu) was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man.

 

Guy returned as promised, return he man.

Fixed windows and installed Lexon shield by previously busted one, as promised man.

Thinner Lexon shield not available, out-of-stock man.

Thicker available Lexon shield $Many more expensive, egad man.

Guy offered to split the difference with us, didn't have to do that man.

 

Cost of materials + labor = $Many00, pretty fair man.

Much more than half the cost was materials, not marked up man.

We were very well pleased with the hour + half-an-hour job, pleased we man.

We shall give guy good recommendations, most definitely man.

 

We were able to siesta before eve with Mini-B., zzz we man.

Arose to collect Mini-B., arise we man.

Mini-B. then called to say that he was switching from alto to tenor saxophone, pass audition wee man.

Mini-B. asked for half an hour to play with it, oh well man.

 

After furious Many-way caucus, we took Mini-B. to buy reeds, reed case, and spit-rag, $$$$$ man.

This cut an hour from usual Two Guys time, oh well man.

Got Subway on way back to casa, ingest Two Guys man.

Viewed several Baba-Mails, many hilarious man.

Mini-B. then lobbied to return to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa to de-spit sax and collect basketball, oh well man.

Mini-B. actually rather timely with same, mild surprise man.

Returned to Two Guys casa where Mini-B. tested new Lexon shield, slam basketball into it man.

Very loud, but will not break, as promised man.

Finished Baba-Mail inventory, all caught up man.

Returned Mini-B., end of Two Guys evening man.

Awaiting arrival of the rubias for uninhibited partying, wild man we man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

We asked Chat GPT to explain why rubias in Ecuador are called sucas, ask we man.  Chat GPT responded thus, see man:

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I can provide some possible explanations based on linguistic and cultural factors, si man.

 

One theory is that "suca" may have originated from the Quechua language, which is spoken by many indigenous people in Ecuador, si man.  In Quechua, the word "suka" means "dry," which may have been used as a way to describe the light-colored hair of blonde people, si man.

 

Another theory is that "suca" may have originated as a term of insult or mockery towards European colonizers or their descendants, who were often seen as socially and culturally superior to the indigenous and mestizo populations in Ecuador, sigh man.  In this context, "suca" could be seen as a way to devalue or demean their physical appearance or cultural identity, si man.

 

It's important to note that the use of "suca" to refer to blonde people is considered slang and can be seen as derogatory or offensive by some people in Ecuador, si man.  It's always important to be mindful of cultural sensitivities and respectful of other people's identities and backgrounds, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

We asked Chat GPT why rubia means "blonde" in Central and South America, ask we man.  Chat GPT responded thus, see man:

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The term "rubia" comes from the Spanish language and it is used to refer to a person with blonde hair, si man.

 

In the Spanish language, adjectives can have different forms depending on the gender of the noun they modify, see man.  "Rubia" is the feminine form of the adjective "rubio," which means "blonde" in the masculine form, si man.

 

The origin of the word "rubio" can be traced back to the Latin word "rubeus," which means "reddish" or "ruddy," si man.  Over time, the meaning of "rubio" shifted from "reddish" to "blonde," possibly because people with blonde hair were seen as having a lighter shade of red hair, si man.

 

The use of "rubia" to refer to a blonde person is not unique to Central and South America, no man.  It is commonly used in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries as well, si man.  This is because Spanish is the official language in most of these countries, and they share a common vocabulary and grammatical structure, duh man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

We asked Chat GPT if suca means "blonde" in any country other than Ecu, ask we man.  Chat GPT responded thus, see man:

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As far as my knowledge cutoff date of Manytember Many, I am not aware of any other country where the term "suca" is commonly used to refer to blonde people, no man.  The term "rubia" is the more widely used term in Spanish-speaking countries to describe a person with blonde hair, si man.  However, it is possible that there may be some regional variations in slang terms used to describe people with blonde hair in other countries or languages, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

We asked Chat GPT what terms are used for a female blonde in Poland, ask we man.  Chat GPT responded thus, see man:

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In Polish, the most common term used to describe a female with blonde hair is "blondynka" (pronounced "blon-din-ka"), oj tak.  This term is the feminine form of the word "blondyn," which means "blonde" in the masculine form, oj tak.

There are also other slang terms used to describe a female with blonde hair in Polish, although some of these terms may be considered derogatory or offensive, oj tak.  One example is "szmata" (pronounced "shma-ta"), which translates to "rag" or "dishrag," and is sometimes used as a derogatory term for a blonde woman, oj tak.

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"Szmata" must come straight from the Yiddish "shmatta," meaning rag, oj tak.

(Bad plagiaristic Asia!  Bad, BAD plagiaristic PLAGIARISTIC Asia!)

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Special Thursday ES report, see man:

 

Picked up auction purchase and hit a rather contiguous ES, see the take man:

  -- autographed Harlem Globetrotters basketball = $Many ($2x2x2x2 +2+2), deal man

  -- T-shirt + 2 underwears for Mini-B. = $1, steal man

Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 +2+2+1)

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Thrilling non-ES Thursday report, see man:

 

Awoke a couple of times consequent to throbbing knee, why don't doctors do anything definitive man.

 

Awoke for real consequent to demanding miu who wanted breakfast, not ignorable man.

After limping downstairs, we beheld that miu had thoroughly barfed during the night, behold we man.

Previously, she had merely hacked some minor, near-invisible hairballs, practice for main event miu man.

This barf was dried out and neatly within one large floor-tile, impressive aim man.

It is unclear whether miu re-ate the barf, but we presume so, "it was good the first time, so..." man.

We must at some point clean it up, can't bend down that far man.

 

Got to ES pickup right on time, good timing we man.

Homeownerette was on scene and was pleased to hear disposition of the basketball, pleased she man.

So was the ES lady, pleased she man.

 

After #2 ES, lunched at Mexican place, in time for discounted lunch special man.

We consumed Many (2+1) shredded-chicken enchiladas, rice/beans/salad, and a basket of cheaps, ingest we man.

The total price was only $Many, financially savvy we man.

 

We then went to supermarket where jewelry-repair guy had been, need new watch-battery we man.

Guy had moved out, Many months ago man.

Got his phone number, might try to find an alternative however man.

Did get some apples, bananas, and South American sodas, don't waste opportunities man.

 

Napped for a blessed hour-plus, zzz we man.

Fielded 2 calls from an aysheep Mama T-B., lecture lecture LECTURE LECTURE we man senior she man.

Not sure whether we'll have din-din, still stuffed from lunch we man.

We have itineraried 1 GS (church) and 1 ES for Friday, save most for Saturday man.

Party with the rubias begins as soon as they arrive, cavort we man.

Edited March 31, 2023 by TBoneTX