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Yes, and thank you for reminding us of that.
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The poet John Milton is often given credit for creating/first using this word in 1637.
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From 1907 until the early 1930s the Ziegfeld Follies was a revue consisting of songs, skits, and dance numbers. The Folies Bergere began as the Folies Trevise in 1869 and became the Folies Bergere in 1872. It was the most famous music hall in Paris and Josephine Baker made her debut there in 1926. The Las Vegas Les Folies Bergere operated in the Hotel Tropicana from 1959-2009.
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From the old French folie (madness) to modern French fol (fool or foolish) to middle English folly.
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You're welcome, and I agree. It appears our time on the reservation with the shaman is coming to an end, but that doesn't mean the story in ending. There will be plenty more to come.
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That's an interesting detail that could come in handy someday. Thanks for telling us, drs.
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Chapter 1: Dance With the Devil
Bill W commented on Bill W's story chapter in Chapter 1: Dance With the Devil
I'm glad you enjoyed this story, but I'm only demented when it comes to writing Halloween stories. -
Ok, I'll answer the question for you, since Anton_Cloche has already spilled the beans. I wanted Mac to learn how to make hollow hairs, because when Devin starts working with him on birds, he'll have to make hollow bones so the birds will be able to fly, and I thought making hairs would be sort of an intermediary step in the process. I hope that answers your question for you. And I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter as well.
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Then you should do very well on next week's quiz.
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splatterpunk - Word of the Day - Halloween 2023
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Yes, I've never heard this word before, so @Myr you did teach an old dog a new trick. -
Yes, flying would be difficult, but if you remember Devin turned into a hawk to fly out where he was going to turn into a bigfoot in his freshman year. I think it might be a challenge for Mac. I'm glad that I'm teaching you more about these animals and there will be a quiz after the next chapter.
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Yes, the porcupines quills are barbed, so they won't come out easily, and Mac and Devin are both young and have a lot to learn, otherwise Gramps and Pops wouldn't be having to save them so often. If you didn't know this, Navajos believe reptiles are evil and won't have anything to do with them. They won't even touch a snakeskin that has been shed. Knowing that, I'm positive they won't be doing anything with reptiles.
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Oh, it's possible. Who knows what the shaman may come up with. And yes, a couple of the coyotes got more than they reckoned for, so hopefully they learned not to mess with porcupines in the future.
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I believe it was just to see if he could master the quills, because if he could master those he could replicate the fur on any animal. I hope this answerls your question. And who knows, maybe he could replicate the quills while in another form as well and use them as an offensive weapon. Could you imagine a person having quills on his arms and a weapon or weapons in his hands?
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Chapter 35 – Porcupines Are Slow When we returned to the hohrahn, I anxiously awaited for the shaman to begin instructing us how to transition into a porcupine. “As you have probably suspected,” the shaman began, “I have saved the most difficult animal for you to transition into until last, and since Devin has admitted that he has not been able to do it successfully, I will work with him as well.” “Aren’t porcupines just another rodent?” I asked Devin. “So, what makes it more
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Too soon? For Christmas lights, yes, but for the guy on the ladder, never!
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All I can say is that's one hell of a camoflauge technique. I could see it in the link you just supplied, but I still can't see it in the first pholo.
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kaffeeklatsch - Word of the Day - Mon Oct 30, 2023
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Eh, I think people just moved the kaffeeklatches to Starbucks or other coffee houses. -
kaffeeklatsch - Word of the Day - Mon Oct 30, 2023
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Damn, I've heard this term used hundreds of times and always thought they were saying coffeeclatch. I guess they weren't using the right German accents. -
Ok, but all I see are grains of sand - or something like that, but thanks for the input.
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Steve, do you sleep in a closet under the stairway too? I buy candy expecting trick-or-treaters, but I've never had more than two in one year, so I end up eating the candy myself - and believe me, I don't need those calories, but the candy tastes good. I do have a question, though. Was last Thursday the end of the anthology stories or should we expect more this coming Thursday? I hope there's more.
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I'll correct my calendar by adding the additional '1' in front of the year.
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bibliophile - Word of the Day - Sun Oct 29, 2023
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
I wonder if they'll continue to use this term now that we're in the digital age and more reading is being done online and people are collecting e-books instead of actual books. Will the word become e-bibliophile? -
bibliophile - Word of the Day - Sun Oct 29, 2023
Bill W commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Although the French the bibli in the word for library, bibliotheque, the actual basis for bibliophile is Greek. It is a combination of the Greek word biblion (book) and philos (loving). -
Thank you for responding and I'm very glad you enjoyed this story. And I agree, it is a shame that people that type of experience or that type of friend in their lives.
