Ahhh....gee, Mike....I dunno from no thee-ah-saurus.....maybe you got some
obsessive-compulsive rumination there. If I wanted to insult you, I would
have just called you a shit!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Gigante [SMTP:mikeg@vicnet.net.au]
> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 4:24 PM
> To: John.Deikis@med.va.gov
> Cc: Team-Thicko@Autox. Team. Net; Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net
> Subject: RE: Listers Turn Out For Vintage Gran Prix au Grattan
>
>
> Now John Deikis said:
>
> [...] and the parapatetic Mike Gigante from "down under" made
> their appearance to cheer on a decent field of Sprites and Midgets.
>
> So, So the heck does that mean? So I looked up "parapatetic"
> at www.m-w.com and there was no entry for "parapatetic", but reading
> the entry for "peripatetic" I have to think if John is recognizing me
> as a scholar(1), "having a go" at me(2), or using obfiscated language to
> describe me as a random traveller(3)!!!
>
> peripatetic:
>
> 1: a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
>
> Aristotle: "wrote on logic, metaphysics, natural science, ethics,
> politics;
> one of greatest thinkers in history;"
>
> So I could take that as a complement.. BUT since my musings
> on logic and philosophy were limited to discourses on misfires,
> alternators,
> suspension and carbs (where no-one person ever agreed with anyone else
> btw),
> *and* the fact we didn't fix flounder's misfire, *and* I muffed up the
> change of dizzy cap the first time, one might consider it unlikely that
> John was comparing me with one of the great thinkers in history!
>
> 2 : PEDESTRIAN, ITINERANT
>
> pedestrian:
>
> 1 : COMMONPLACE, UNIMAGINATIVE
>
> Now I thinking that's no compliment, is he ridiculing me??? (starts pacing
> up and
> down, mumbling to self with look of righteous indignation)
>
> 2 a : going or performed on foot b : of, relating to, or designed
> for
> walking
>
> Clearly not the case since I flew and drove. It's not looking good. So
> far,
> it still looks like I'm being insulted here!
>
> 3 plural : movement or journeys hither and thither
>
> So either commmonplace/unimaginitive or a headless chicken. Still not
> looking
> good. (starts looking for the metaphorical glove to slap John's cheek
> with)
>
> itinerent:
>
> "traveling from place to place; especially : covering a circuit"
>
> Phew, I can relax now, John is safe and I can stop drawing up those plans
> of
> revenge. This must be what John meant. I'm sure, yes, yes, that is what he
> meant.
> At least that's what I hope he meant..
>
> (wanders off to whinge and moan conspiritorial theories about what may
> have
> been implied... after all, http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus says that
> vagabond and vagrant are synonyms for itinerent....)
>
> :-)
>
>
> cheers, Mike
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