Off-topic comments from ''The LGT is Dead''

[_hugh jass]

Champing at the bit, huh?

Um, it's actually chomping, the way a bridled horse will do when it really wants to get moving. You know, the way it, uh, chomps at the bit.

Horses chomp, cureloms champ at the bit made from stone, apparently.

[_Blixa]

Champing at the bit, huh?

Um, it's actually chomping, the way a bridled horse will do when it really wants to get moving. You know, the way it, uh, chomps at the bit.

Ride much? It's champing.

Champing at the bit (or mistakenly as chomping at the bit) refers to a tendency of some horses, when impatient or nervous, and especially if being held back by their riders, to chew on the bit, often salivating excessively. This behavior is sometimes accompanied by head-tossing or pawing at the ground. Because this behavior was most often seen by the general public in horses who were anxious to begin a horse race in the days before the invention of the starting gate, the term has become popular in everyday speech to refer to a person who is anxious to get started or to do something. Because some impatient horses, when held back, would also occasionally rear, a related phrase, "raring to go," is also derived from observations of equine behavior.

champ
verb (used with object)
1.
to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently: The horses champed the oats.
2.
to crush with the teeth and chew vigorously or noisily; munch.
3.
to mash; crush.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make vigorous chewing or biting movements with the jaws and teeth.
noun
5.
the act of champing.
Idiom
6.
champ at the bit, to betray impatience, as to begin some action.

Obviously, "chomping" is a synonym, but I've never heard it used by equestrians.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Hello Ms. Blixa,

You could at least cite your sources. It seems you champing at the bit to discredit Dr. Shades and Dr. Scratch.

That said...

Mr. Green is clearly using the tried-and-true method of turning any discussion relating to Mormonism about the person rather than the substance. Good job, Sir!

V/R
Dr. Cam

[_J Green]

Mr. Green is clearly using the tried-and-true method of turning any discussion relating to Mormonism about the person rather than the substance. Good job, Sir!

V/R
Dr. Cam

Dear, Dr. Cam,

I apologize for turning the discussion of Dr. Clark's article re Book of Mormon geography into a discussion about a person. I agree that this was completely uneccessary. If I could take back that one post where I rashly introduced the FARMS Review article about that person into the conversation, I certainly would. I wish now that I would have tried to stick to the topic about Clark and LGT and not tried to turn it into my favorite theme of how poorly FARMS has treated someone they reviewed.

The truth is that I have a problem. Do you know that joke about the old war vet who likes to talk about his service? This is the one who cracks his cane on the floor and then asks, "Was that a gun shot? That reminds me of the time we were stationed at . . ." I'm pretty sure this is how others must view me. Because even when I'm making a salami sandwich, I'm really thinking about how I can turn the conversation away from the substance and make it about how bad certain people are. My therapist has suggested concentrating more on the salami. It's not working.

You, sir, have my sincerest apologies.

V/R,

Joey Green

[_Doctor Scratch]

Mr. Green is clearly using the tried-and-true method of turning any discussion relating to Mormonism about the person rather than the substance. Good job, Sir!

V/R
Dr. Cam

Dear, Dr. Cam,

I apologize for turning the discussion of Dr. Clark's article re Book of Mormon geography into a discussion about a person. I agree that this was completely uneccessary. If I could take back that one post where I rashly introduced the FARMS Review article about that person into the conversation, I certainly would. I wish now that I would have tried to stick to the topic about Clark and LGT and not tried to turn it into my favorite theme of how poorly FARMS has treated someone they reviewed.

You *were* the one who began steering the discussion off on derailments, J Green. See here:

J Green also likes to refer to himself in the third person--it makes him feel a little like Karl Malone, but without the sharp elbows. And while were on that subject, J Green also thinks that songs that switch back and forth between the second and third person (e.g., "Lady in Red") are excessively awkward.

Cheers

And here:

Also, what do you think about songs that continuously switch point of reference? Take James Blunt's "You're Beautiful," for example. He's singing about her then he's singing to her, then he's singing about her, then he's singing to her. Are there two girls involved? Seriously, this doesn't disturb you?

And here:

Actually, I'm rather partial to Darth J's Italian model. And I'm even more partial to Andrea Bocelli singing "La Habitudine" with Helena.

But now it's your turn. Where do you stand on the whole James Blunt thing? Disturbing, isn't it?

Yep: all of these remarks of yours really were perfectly topical, focused, and totally in keeping with the subject of the OP.

[_J Green]

Guilty as charged. And rather astute of you, by the way, to perceive that when Dr. Cam called me on attacking a person he was really referring to Karl Malone and not Meldrum after all. I was hoping it would go unnoticed, but that was clearly a tactical error on my part. I should have known your true abilities from your lucid reviews of my own posts. Touche, sir. Touche.

[_Dr. Shades]

Ride much?

Not too often.

It's champing. . . Obviously, "chomping" is a synonym, but I've never heard it used by equestrians.

I stand corrected.