Once again, I called it. It was way to quiet at work this morning. Now it's a complete disaster. Why? Some brilliant minded construction worker had to dig in the wrong spot and cut the hardline for our primary wholesale supplier's network. They're so reliant on their computer system that they can't even pick orders in the warehouse without it, so now we get to call 50+ customers to let them know they can't get their stuff tomorrow.
On top of that, we've been abnormally busy with a ton of orders today, so it was a perfect day for it to happen. Isn't that a subset of Murphy's law? Something like Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, at the right time to cause as many other things to go wrong? Sort of a cascading series of problems...
Enjoy - learning the origin of a word. Cute story that happened today.
There was a survey on myspace earlier today that asked if you used the word 'hella' -(sidebar) now I for one, have used this word since I was prolly in like 4th or 5th grade (even tho it had the root 'hell' in it - it never meant to me or any other kid.. "hell") When I would travel to MN, and when I lived in the south, I got quizzed constantly on why I used the word Hella, and especially with such frequency. Someone even commented (might have been a CC member - I don't remember) when I was back in MN this past year, about my constant use of the word.
anywho.. so my response today was 'like ya, cause it originated in Nor Cal' which was something I had heard a long time ago, and didn't think much more about it.
until I got home today, and had 22 messages in my inbox re: the word hella.
So I did a little googling, and this is what I learned tonight - thought I'd share (and FWIW - I WAS RIGHT! I especially like the last answer - it's quite tongue in cheek, but, the truth of the matter is, we dont say it as a shortening of "hell of a lot of"
so hecta or heka would be pretty acurate of an assumption.
a little history of the word hella..
www Hella@ everything.com
hella
A slang word used by some people in san francisco or seattle, meaning 'very' or 'extremely' or f*cking. This word is used entirely by residents of these areas (and by Cartman from South Park) and should never be used outside its native range. For instance, in Los Angeles, this word roughly will translate to 'please shoot me and take all my money now'. Although the usage of this word is hated by some, the similar word hecka is even more despised.
I'd like to add a bit more info on the possible geographic origin of hella (and defend the honor of my hometown of San Francisco). When I attended UC Santa Cruz from 1995-1997, it was clear to me and my friends that the term originated or at least found an early foothold in the Central Valley - of the four people we knew who used the term regularly, two were from rural Central Valley areas and one was from Sacramento (the largest city in the valley). Since then it has taken hold in the mouths of junior high school girls and, from there, the masses.
Submitted by Inkberry Radish, CA, USA, Oct 06 1997.
adverb
very; really; extremely. Origin: northern California, USA.
That car was hella cool!
We had a hella good time last night.
Link to this word. Related words: many or much, very
How did the word "hella" become part of the bay area's vocabulary?
How did the word "hella" become part of the bay area's vocabulary?
--someone who's got hella time and is hella bored and hella wants to know the answer to this question
The origin of the world “hella” as a slang adjective meaning a large quantity or high number of something has its roots in the California Gold Rush of the 1860’s.
Way back then, the old timey gold miners and their suppliers used the metric system a lot more than they do now. A common prefix in the metric system denoting one-hundred of anything is “hecto-” or “hect-” – which is derived from the Greek word “hekaton,” which means one-hundred. For example, the distance from Sacramento to San Francisco was measured in hectares, not miles. Other common terms were hectopascals (to measure the pressure of air in your tires), hectograms (to measure gold) and hectoliters (to measure how much beer you could drink). In 1867, one-hundred of ANYTHING was a lot. And I mean a lot.
If you had a hekaton of donkeys, dude – you had a lot of donkeys. If you had a hectoliter of whiskey, you would have a lot of friends by the end of the night! See where I’m going with this? Gold miners quickly used the Greek prefix “heka” as a slang word to denote a large quantity of anything Example:
Shamus: I am sweating like a whore in Church!
Rodriguo: No shit, you Irish douche. ItÂ’s heka hot out here.
This continued for about forty years until the words “heka” and “hecto” were replaced by “hella” in the Bay Area, almost overnight. How did this happen?
In 1903 in Vallejo, California, a patchy youth and street rascal named Steven O’Callagan was walking down the street, looking for someone to rob. He walked by a bar and heard the patrons talking about The Wright Brothers and the maiden flight of the world’s first manned airplane! Shocked, he ran to his friends who were smoking at the street corner and exclaimed; “They invented a flying machine in North Carolina! Dude, that’s fucking hella dope!” He didn’t know the proper entomology of the word “heka.” Unfortunately, little Stevie O’Callagan passed away a few days later from sickle cell anemia (he had a cat as a pet), so we can’t ask him why he said “hella” instead of “heka,” but English Language ex
but English Language experts surmise that he thought “heka” was derived from “heck” and being the punk that he was, he wanted to use the word “hell” in a sentence. Naturally, the news of the heavier-than-air flying machine was spread quickly by Steven’s friends, repeating almost verbatim the sentiment that Stevie expressed when he first heard the news.
The rest is history. The fact that this word hasnÂ’t spread past the borders of the Bay Area is another reason why this area is so special.
Jägermeister is a 70-proof (35%) kräuter liqueur flavored with herbs. It is the flagship product of Mast-Jägermeister AG, headquartered in Wolfenbüttel, south of Braunschweig, Germany...:
Jägermeister's recipe is kept secret but is speculated to be a blend of 56 herbs. Although licorice is a major component of its flavor, it is not as dominant in Jägermeister as in true licorice-flavored liqueurs. It is a digestive spirit similar to other Central European stomach bitters, such as Gammel Dansk from Denmark, the Hungarian Unicum, or Czech Becherovka. In contrast to many such drinks, Jägermeister has a sweet flavor. On tap, the drink is ideally served at 4°F (-15.5°C)
Within ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Germany, the term bitter applies only to those bitters that actually are bitter. Since Jägermeister has a sweet flavor, it is instead considered a kräuterlikör (literally "herbs liqueur"). There are many other brands of kräuterlikör in Germany, but most aren't widely exported. Jägermeister is the market leader in Germany.
In German, Jägermeister means "expert hunter" (combining Jäger, hunter, and Meister, master). The Jägermeister logo, the head of a stag with a glowing cross between the antlers, is a reference to the story of Saint Hubert. On the edge of the label of a Jägermeister bottle, the following poem by Otto Von Riesenthal is printed:
Das ist des Jägers Ehrenschild,
daß er beschützt und hegt sein Wild,
weidmännisch jagt, wie sich's gehört,
den Schöpfer im Geschöpfe ehrt.
In English:
This is the hunter's badge of honour,
that he protect and nourish his game,
hunt sportingly, as is proper,
and honour the Creator in creation.
Or, slightly more loosely but preserving rhyme and meter:
This is the hunter's badge of glory:
That he protects and tends his quarry,
Hunts with honour, as is due,
And through the beast to God is true.
The company was founded in 1878 by Wilhelm Mast. In 1934, the recipe for the herbal liquor was developed, and the product was introduced to the German market in 1935. The original purpose of this concoction was medicinal; being used to cure everything from an incessant cough to digestive problems. In Germany, it is still widely recognized as a digestif and is kept in many German households for such purposes, sometimes being irreverently called Leberkleber, or "liver-glue."
Beginning in 1970, it was exported to 60 countries. In the United States, it became popular through savvy promotion by Sidney Frank and association with the wild partying of heavy metal bands like Metallica, Pantera and Slayer. Jägermeister is the tour sponsor of underground metal bands such as Hemlock, Orange Goblin, Dog Fashion Disco and 8mm Overdose, and it also sponsors the biannual Jägermeister Music Tour. The product is widely used as an alcoholic "shooter" and is served in many American bars today very cold.
The CC being a place to stop by just to get away for a bit.
Today has been nuts! My cup overfloweth with stress. Coming in here is like going outside for a relaxing smoke or sitting down with a cup of coffee. Thank you everyone for providing this relaxing place I can escape to.
apparently, I've been nominated to run for Mayor of Bennett Valley, a little rich subdivision of Santa Rosa. I don't live there, heck my house costs about as much as one of the cars of a resident there.
But none the less - I've been nominated, and it's a 'fun' title to carry, and the pagent errr. election happens in a bar, with drinking the night before thanksgiving. Winner is given a key to the 'suburb' and free drinks.
Unfortunately, it's almost back to it's original gray already.
Funny thing though. I have been e-mailed and called a number of times by a couple of different ladies who are running a fashion show on the 1st in DT. They keep asking me to be the guy the women walk around on stage. Luckily that guy called back and said he was available for that position today. But now they want me to escort the models out from their limos and up the red carpet into the auditorium. Alone! I then have to go back down the carpet and escort the next one up.
Then when the show starts I then would be the guy who walks the ladies on and off the stage up & down the steps.
I guess I wouldn't mind much but I just don't feel comfortable since I never seen one of these shows before and don't know how to act. I don't know if I'm supposed to be a stiff robot type or a vogue type or if I can actually incorporate some of my personality into the position.
It looks good in my thoughts as I get all access backstage and the ladies won't care that I'm back there, but I'm just not that confident yet. It's an adult only show too since there will be plenty of lingerie displayed on stage too. :cool:
Tonight's the rehearsal/timings and I had to decline both ladies. It was pretty hard to do since they weren't taking no for an answer.
But I will probably go to the show to see what it's all about in case I'm needed in the future. It sounds like it would be a cool life experience anyway.
Funny thing is that it was Amy's aunt who showed a photo of me trying to get me involved with the show. She owns a couple of clothing stores and has some of her outfits displayed in the show. She said she remembers that I like boobs. :wink:
DUDE IF YOU DONT DO IT GIVE THEM MY NUMBER!!! you need to do this it would be good for you!!! you will have fun you could tell them all A joke and get the mood lightened up and they would love to be on your arm dude GO FOR IT!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :cool: :cool: :cool: BE THE PIMP I KNOW YOU ARE!!!!
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trivia ? for ya
but I've got a burned image in my head of kramer in a shower...
Oh, crap... :frown:
 :asleep: :eyeroll: :frown:
On top of that, we've been abnormally busy with a ton of orders today, so it was a perfect day for it to happen. Isn't that a subset of Murphy's law? Something like Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, at the right time to cause as many other things to go wrong? Sort of a cascading series of problems...
Hope you GO GET IT!!!
I hope so...I'm going to try..
dogs who eat creepy crawly things.
Bucky found one of those centipede thingamajigs earlier, and went apeshit on it....
he chased it to a corner, and knocked over a buncha crap trying to get at it....
hotter than hell, taste like spicy honey.
good. but hotter than hell.
www.hotlix.com
There was a survey on myspace earlier today that asked if you used the word 'hella' -(sidebar) now I for one, have used this word since I was prolly in like 4th or 5th grade (even tho it had the root 'hell' in it - it never meant to me or any other kid.. "hell") When I would travel to MN, and when I lived in the south, I got quizzed constantly on why I used the word Hella, and especially with such frequency. Someone even commented (might have been a CC member - I don't remember) when I was back in MN this past year, about my constant use of the word.
anywho.. so my response today was 'like ya, cause it originated in Nor Cal' which was something I had heard a long time ago, and didn't think much more about it.
until I got home today, and had 22 messages in my inbox re: the word hella.
So I did a little googling, and this is what I learned tonight - thought I'd share (and FWIW - I WAS RIGHT! I especially like the last answer - it's quite tongue in cheek, but, the truth of the matter is, we dont say it as a shortening of "hell of a lot of"
so hecta or heka would be pretty acurate of an assumption.
a little history of the word hella..
www Hella@ everything.com
hella
A slang word used by some people in san francisco or seattle, meaning 'very' or 'extremely' or f*cking. This word is used entirely by residents of these areas (and by Cartman from South Park) and should never be used outside its native range. For instance, in Los Angeles, this word roughly will translate to 'please shoot me and take all my money now'. Although the usage of this word is hated by some, the similar word hecka is even more despised.
I'd like to add a bit more info on the possible geographic origin of hella (and defend the honor of my hometown of San Francisco). When I attended UC Santa Cruz from 1995-1997, it was clear to me and my friends that the term originated or at least found an early foothold in the Central Valley - of the four people we knew who used the term regularly, two were from rural Central Valley areas and one was from Sacramento (the largest city in the valley). Since then it has taken hold in the mouths of junior high school girls and, from there, the masses.
another good one..
http://onlineslangdictionary.com/browse/h
hella
adjective
a lot of; many; much.
She uses hella drugs.
Submitted by Inkberry Radish, CA, USA, Oct 06 1997.
adverb
very; really; extremely. Origin: northern California, USA.
That car was hella cool!
We had a hella good time last night.
Link to this word. Related words: many or much, very
How did the word "hella" become part of the bay area's vocabulary?
How did the word "hella" become part of the bay area's vocabulary?
--someone who's got hella time and is hella bored and hella wants to know the answer to this question
The origin of the world “hella” as a slang adjective meaning a large quantity or high number of something has its roots in the California Gold Rush of the 1860’s.
Way back then, the old timey gold miners and their suppliers used the metric system a lot more than they do now. A common prefix in the metric system denoting one-hundred of anything is “hecto-” or “hect-” – which is derived from the Greek word “hekaton,” which means one-hundred. For example, the distance from Sacramento to San Francisco was measured in hectares, not miles. Other common terms were hectopascals (to measure the pressure of air in your tires), hectograms (to measure gold) and hectoliters (to measure how much beer you could drink). In 1867, one-hundred of ANYTHING was a lot. And I mean a lot.
If you had a hekaton of donkeys, dude – you had a lot of donkeys. If you had a hectoliter of whiskey, you would have a lot of friends by the end of the night! See where I’m going with this? Gold miners quickly used the Greek prefix “heka” as a slang word to denote a large quantity of anything Example:
Shamus: I am sweating like a whore in Church!
Rodriguo: No shit, you Irish douche. ItÂ’s heka hot out here.
This continued for about forty years until the words “heka” and “hecto” were replaced by “hella” in the Bay Area, almost overnight. How did this happen?
In 1903 in Vallejo, California, a patchy youth and street rascal named Steven O’Callagan was walking down the street, looking for someone to rob. He walked by a bar and heard the patrons talking about The Wright Brothers and the maiden flight of the world’s first manned airplane! Shocked, he ran to his friends who were smoking at the street corner and exclaimed; “They invented a flying machine in North Carolina! Dude, that’s fucking hella dope!” He didn’t know the proper entomology of the word “heka.” Unfortunately, little Stevie O’Callagan passed away a few days later from sickle cell anemia (he had a cat as a pet), so we can’t ask him why he said “hella” instead of “heka,” but English Language ex
The rest is history. The fact that this word hasnÂ’t spread past the borders of the Bay Area is another reason why this area is so special.
I've been using that word for a long ass time now...
Jägermeister is a 70-proof (35%) kräuter liqueur flavored with herbs. It is the flagship product of Mast-Jägermeister AG, headquartered in Wolfenbüttel, south of Braunschweig, Germany...:
Jägermeister's recipe is kept secret but is speculated to be a blend of 56 herbs. Although licorice is a major component of its flavor, it is not as dominant in Jägermeister as in true licorice-flavored liqueurs. It is a digestive spirit similar to other Central European stomach bitters, such as Gammel Dansk from Denmark, the Hungarian Unicum, or Czech Becherovka. In contrast to many such drinks, Jägermeister has a sweet flavor. On tap, the drink is ideally served at 4°F (-15.5°C)
Within ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Germany, the term bitter applies only to those bitters that actually are bitter. Since Jägermeister has a sweet flavor, it is instead considered a kräuterlikör (literally "herbs liqueur"). There are many other brands of kräuterlikör in Germany, but most aren't widely exported. Jägermeister is the market leader in Germany.
In German, Jägermeister means "expert hunter" (combining Jäger, hunter, and Meister, master). The Jägermeister logo, the head of a stag with a glowing cross between the antlers, is a reference to the story of Saint Hubert. On the edge of the label of a Jägermeister bottle, the following poem by Otto Von Riesenthal is printed:
Das ist des Jägers Ehrenschild,
daß er beschützt und hegt sein Wild,
weidmännisch jagt, wie sich's gehört,
den Schöpfer im Geschöpfe ehrt.
In English:
This is the hunter's badge of honour,
that he protect and nourish his game,
hunt sportingly, as is proper,
and honour the Creator in creation.
Or, slightly more loosely but preserving rhyme and meter:
This is the hunter's badge of glory:
That he protects and tends his quarry,
Hunts with honour, as is due,
And through the beast to God is true.
The company was founded in 1878 by Wilhelm Mast. In 1934, the recipe for the herbal liquor was developed, and the product was introduced to the German market in 1935. The original purpose of this concoction was medicinal; being used to cure everything from an incessant cough to digestive problems. In Germany, it is still widely recognized as a digestif and is kept in many German households for such purposes, sometimes being irreverently called Leberkleber, or "liver-glue."
Beginning in 1970, it was exported to 60 countries. In the United States, it became popular through savvy promotion by Sidney Frank and association with the wild partying of heavy metal bands like Metallica, Pantera and Slayer. Jägermeister is the tour sponsor of underground metal bands such as Hemlock, Orange Goblin, Dog Fashion Disco and 8mm Overdose, and it also sponsors the biannual Jägermeister Music Tour. The product is widely used as an alcoholic "shooter" and is served in many American bars today very cold.
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Screaming Dead Natzi
1/3 Jägermeister
1/3 Bacardi 151 Proof Rum
1/3 Rumple Minze
Jager Vacation
1 part chilled Jägermeister
2 parts Pineapple Juice
3 parts Pina Colada Mix
Red Headed Slut / Sister
1 ½ oz Jägermeister
1 ½ oz Peach Schnapps
Fill with Cranberry Juice
Screaming Natzi
½ Jägermeister
½ Rumple Minze
Surfer on Acid
¼ Jägermeister
1/3 ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Malibu Rum
Pineapple Juice
Jager Bull
1 part Jägermeister
3 parts Red Bull
Ice
Pour Jägermeister into a long-drink glass, add 2-3 ice cubes and top up with Red Bull.
Dogmen's Revenge
4 cl Jägermeister
4 cl peach schnapps
Raspberry juice
Stir the Jägermeister with the peach schnapps on ice cubes, filter into glass and top up with raspberry juice.
Scream!
2 cl Jägermeister
2 cl ..:namespace prefix = u1 />Malibu
2 cl melon liqueur
1 shot pineapple juice
1 shot grenadine
Add all ingredients to ice cubes in the shaker and shake vigorously. Filter into a glass.
Jager Fizz
4 cl Jägermeister
3 cl lemon juice
2 cl sugar syrup
Soda water
Vigorously shake the ingredients - apart from the soda water - in a shaker and pour into a longdrink glass. Top up with approx. 2 cl soda water.
Jager Von Lutgenhof
4 cl Jägermeister
4 cl peach juice
4 cl pineapple juice
Tonic water
Put all ingredients - apart from the tonic water - into the blender with crushed ice and then pour into the glass; top up with tonic water.
Jagermeister Bizarre
3 cl Jägermeister
10 cl Red Bull
1 cl freshly-squeezed lime juice
Mix, then pour onto crushed ice, serve with a stick of liquorice and a straw. :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
and finaly making time for us :pbpt:
tee hee hee
Today has been nuts! My cup overfloweth with stress. Coming in here is like going outside for a relaxing smoke or sitting down with a cup of coffee. Thank you everyone for providing this relaxing place I can escape to.
But none the less - I've been nominated, and it's a 'fun' title to carry, and the pagent errr. election happens in a bar, with drinking the night before thanksgiving. Winner is given a key to the 'suburb' and free drinks.
eh. why not.
Unfortunately, it's almost back to it's original gray already.
Funny thing though. I have been e-mailed and called a number of times by a couple of different ladies who are running a fashion show on the 1st in DT. They keep asking me to be the guy the women walk around on stage. Luckily that guy called back and said he was available for that position today. But now they want me to escort the models out from their limos and up the red carpet into the auditorium. Alone! I then have to go back down the carpet and escort the next one up.
Then when the show starts I then would be the guy who walks the ladies on and off the stage up & down the steps.
I guess I wouldn't mind much but I just don't feel comfortable since I never seen one of these shows before and don't know how to act. I don't know if I'm supposed to be a stiff robot type or a vogue type or if I can actually incorporate some of my personality into the position.
It looks good in my thoughts as I get all access backstage and the ladies won't care that I'm back there, but I'm just not that confident yet. It's an adult only show too since there will be plenty of lingerie displayed on stage too. :cool:
Tonight's the rehearsal/timings and I had to decline both ladies. It was pretty hard to do since they weren't taking no for an answer.
But I will probably go to the show to see what it's all about in case I'm needed in the future. It sounds like it would be a cool life experience anyway.
Funny thing is that it was Amy's aunt who showed a photo of me trying to get me involved with the show. She owns a couple of clothing stores and has some of her outfits displayed in the show. She said she remembers that I like boobs. :wink:
Maybe next time. :sheepish:
CM - is a thing for charity? or?? I'm sure they just want you cause you are handsome and have a fantastic charm to you.
just do it already! come on! you know you want to!
you are tall, think about all the dresses you get to look down. :goofy:
:sheepish: :sheepish: :sheepish: :goofy:
Here's what I think I might do: :lipsealed: :barf: :lipsealed: :barf:
I shouldn't screw this up...
this is huge cuz next week is a joke because its impossible to find people during the holiday week.
Ive been on overload this month at work too
I wasnt expecting to equal last years sales and now Im thinking I'll surpass last year just because of the last 2 weeks.
BTW - Your car link isn't working