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ruzuzu Plinth! Aug 24, 2012

plethora Did you know that a few years ago, Dara Torres was 42? Did you also know that as soon as her name is mentioned my brain builds up momentum and brings me right back to this page without my feet touching the white tape? Aug 24, 2012

gangerh 45? Never!!? Jul 29, 2012

pterodactyl "While in London, Torres, 45, will make appearances as a global ambassador for McDonald's "Champions of Play" program."

Dara Torres is 45? I thought she was 42. She must have built up some momentum. Jul 28, 2012

ruzuzu Happy Towel Day! May 25, 2011

ruzuzu See also illude. May 11, 2010

reesetee I already have the party hats.

*wishes we could see all the old comments from this page...well, maybe not all of them* Jan 30, 2010

dontcry Aaaacckk! She'll be *gulp* 43 on April 15th. Get busy. Jan 30, 2010

chained_bear Hey! Hey! Skipvia, the Olympics are coming up again!!! *nearly hysterical with excitement* Jan 29, 2010

Prolagus Last time I checked, this was Dara Torres's age. Is there any way to contact her before she turns 43 and spoils everything? Jan 29, 2010

dontcry *snort* Oct 5, 2009

reesetee I knew it! Oct 5, 2009

Prolagus Wait... Oct 5, 2009

reesetee Not if your feet don't touch the white tape. Jul 6, 2009

dontcry HA! Jun 24, 2009

rolig Wow, Dora is two more than forty! Time sure goes by up the Jacobs ladder at to the level. Jun 22, 2009

plethora All that and lover the lifeboat, I imagine, Pro. Jun 22, 2009

Prolagus Would Dara let go the painters, after removing off the craudestoppers? Jun 22, 2009

plethora Dontworry, dontcry. Just remember to build momentum after the turn before the gate and not land in the water. That's all Dara wants. Did you know she's 42? Jun 22, 2009

dontcry Awww, I didn't get her anything. Jun 21, 2009

bilby Happy birthday anyway, Dara. Jun 21, 2009

wordlover42 I am not Dara Torres! Jun 20, 2009

Prolagus This is exactly what Dara Torres would say. Confess! Jun 20, 2009

wordlover42 I assure you, I knew nothing about this discussion when I created my username, and I am NOT Dara Torres. Jun 20, 2009

mousescout after reading through all the comments on 42- I conclude that I would very much like to have a wordie dinner party... I feel as if I have met my long lost siblings.... :) Jun 20, 2009

reesetee Heehee! Jun 2, 2009

bilby Ewww. May 30, 2009

chained_bear HA HA!! Dairy Torres. May 29, 2009

reesetee Then we've done our job.

*dusts off hands* Apr 6, 2009

Prolagus This page is one of the first google search results for are Paris Hilton and Dara Torres aliens?. No joke. Apr 6, 2009

Prolagus *wonders if Dara Torres will ever find this page* Apr 6, 2009

chained_bear *freaks out at the thought* Apr 5, 2009

mollusque You could get red-brown butt rot. Apr 4, 2009

reesetee What if your ass falls in the water? Apr 4, 2009

plethora That's tricky, particularly considering the placement of the gate. Apr 4, 2009

chained_bear Yeah, and if my ass touches that white tape, it's the same deduction. Apr 4, 2009

plethora Be careful going around that turn, c_b. The water is 13.75ft across, y'know. Apr 4, 2009

chained_bear It's no use. I can't find it with both hands. If only I could build up some momentum... Apr 4, 2009

dontcry *clenches* Apr 4, 2009

rolig I see that there are only 12 days left. (Wordies, please! Try to control your asses!) Apr 3, 2009

reesetee *laughs ass off at c_b's ass falling off* Apr 3, 2009

chained_bear *ass falls off* Apr 3, 2009

reesetee *hands out party hats* Apr 3, 2009

tbtabby I prefer splunge. Feb 28, 2009

lea Answer to any question of which you don't know the answer. Feb 28, 2009

smrtrthnu life + the universe + everything = 42 Oct 17, 2008

dontcry c_b - Well, OK - but be sure you're not in the process of building momentum when you pull over. Oh, and watch that turn off the road, it can be tricky... Oct 16, 2008

chained_bear When, someday soon, I hear completely by chance on the news that "Today is Olympic swimmer Dara Torres' birthday. She is 42," I will have to pull my car off to the side of the road and laugh my ass off. Oct 16, 2008

reesetee Only if you have a lot of trouble building momentum. Aug 25, 2008

bilby Did I miss the Dara Torres Closing Ceremony? Aug 25, 2008

reesetee Ha! Aug 24, 2008

chained_bear I love this ad:
Dara Torres
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catkisses BTW, I love the definition of this - "being two more than forty", why not say "Being forty-one more than one" or "being twenty two more than twenty"? :) Aug 24, 2008

super-logos quarante-deux in French Aug 22, 2008

gangerh Possibly 'What's the meaning of this?'. Aug 22, 2008

plethora It took seven and a half million years to come up with the answer. You can't just expect me to know the question off the top of my head! Aug 22, 2008

reesetee Paris Hilton Returned by Aliens. Aug 22, 2008

bilby But plethora, you are the Mistress-Oracle of Eternal Questions! Aug 22, 2008

plethora But what exactly is the question? Aug 22, 2008

catkisses Isn't this the answer to life, the universe and everything? Aug 22, 2008

bilby Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order. Aug 22, 2008

gangerh 2 add 2 makes 42 acorns. They weren't pineapples. These days they are referred to as pineapples but when they were crafted in England in the 15th and 16th centuries pineapples weren't invented so to get round the problem designers modelled them on acorns. Aug 22, 2008

reesetee Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. Aug 22, 2008

gangerh Dara Torres was conceived 42 years ago. Aug 22, 2008

chained_bear And don't forget Dara Torres will be 42 next year. Aug 22, 2008

milosrdenstvi In fact, there are 42 letters in the top ten most wordied! (Take that statement how you want.) Aug 22, 2008

gangerh Of course!
42! Yeta, 'scaramouche' thus zaebos; papa wrbl - "national cupcake day". Mace capuchon?
At this moment in commented mostest solely, though.
Aug 22, 2008

she Haha! Yes, bilby, I cannot comment, for fear of what might happen to Wordie. (Never invite me over, John, for safety's sake— All would be well, until I'm gnawing on the cables or something) Aug 21, 2008

super-logos Thank you, I love a cool beverage in the heat of summer. Aug 21, 2008

gangerh Mmm. Just read your post, exactly 42 minutes after you logged it, logos. So let's heal. Welcome back. Hope your understanding of the wonderful world of Wordie continues to grow, and please you.
Why not slide over to The Verbal Arms and buy us all a drink? Mine would be a grammartini. Aug 21, 2008

super-logos My apologies to all concerning the late unpleasantness I caused over this number. I appreciate all the nice sentiments. I love this site too much to ever leave it!

Mr. Logos Aug 21, 2008

whichbe I remember reading two Douglas Adams books when I was about 10 and being charmed by the silliness. But when I went back to try re-reading them at age 17, I was completely nauseated. Clearly I'm a pretentious snob, 'cause while I'd admit that there's some pretty hilarious jokes and ideas in HHGTTG, the writing style--the art of it--may possibily be one of the worst I can think of. Aug 21, 2008

milosrdenstvi Dodged a bullet on that o--- no! ouch!

Must be the shine of all those gold medals. I am going to go compose an ode in elegiac couplets. Aug 21, 2008

reesetee I never liked 42 before, but I'm starting to take a shine to it.

Plinth. Aug 21, 2008

bilby No, it was 41. He'll win 42 next year.

Logos, no-one has asked you to 'go along with something', or censored you, or demanded you to shut up, other than to point out that one of your comments was (considered) nasty. All multi-user forums require a certain amount of civility; it is this that is requested of you. There are plenty of serious conversations around here, notably offset by the goofy ones. If you are needing something less silly by all means start off a conversation with an insightful comment and see where it goes. You jumped into 42 with a sledgehammer when others were pretty obviously enjoying the banter, so the reaction doesn't surprise me. I don't particularly want to see you go. People use Wordie in different ways and it can take some time to work what it is (and what it isn't). Please don't take offence ... in the end this site is more about love of words than egos, so perhaps keep that in mind. Cheers. Aug 21, 2008

Prolagus See also 7457.
Yellow. Aug 21, 2008

chained_bear HA HA HA HA!!! Reesetee, you're a stitch!

Did you all hear that Michael Phelps won 42 gold medals? That's such a weird coincidence, isn't it? Aug 21, 2008

super-logos You guys win ! I am leaving the site. I may log on to increase my vocabulary. You folks are way too touchy and thin-skinned. I thought I had a 1st Amendment right to say what I believed but if you guys believe in rose-colored thinking and censoring, be my guest. I have never felt compelled to go along with something I thought was silly and ridiculous. After all we are strangers here. I am never offended by what a stranger thinks. Aug 21, 2008

reesetee I just want everyone to know that I like pineapples. Aug 21, 2008

Prolagus bilby,
I hope she doesn't since she is apparently a fan of Wordie... Aug 21, 2008

chained_bear She, thanks for posting that! I noticed it too. Tee hee! Aug 21, 2008

bilby She, do you often destroy that which you admire? Aug 21, 2008

palooka I liked your perspective and attitude Milos - my hat's off to you (& she also)! Aug 21, 2008

milosrdenstvi Well, maybe we'll pass it again on the way back down. Aug 21, 2008

she I've ruined it now, but:

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u349/bathysphere/wd/42.gif"> Aug 21, 2008

chained_bear Yeah, Prolagus, I just heard about that.

When Dara Torres turns 42 next year, she's going to have a lot of trouble building momentum. Aug 21, 2008

palooka I tend to go off the deep-end too Milos. Your points are generally well-taken. Aug 21, 2008

milosrdenstvi As I said, it looks like something that started light-hearted and which he proceeded to get touchy over. I've been known to get shirty, especially over the internet, over things that I shouldn't have, and once I cooled down and apologised everything was fine. But contumely tends towards aggravation rather than amelioration. All I'm sayin'. Aug 21, 2008

palooka People were trying to be reasonable & civil, but logos wasn't listening, Milos. Logos lists words like snargle then trashes someone else's listing as being stupid. Give me a break.
Aug 21, 2008

Prolagus By the way, Dara Torres will be 42 next year. Isn't that a coincidence? Aug 21, 2008

palooka Thanks Milos. Speaking of the bose-einstein condensate, I've managed to cool most of my bosons. By the way, absolute zero is one of my favorite habitats. Aug 21, 2008

milosrdenstvi Zmays! Here's something that's gotten all out of hand! Let's all cool a bit, somewhere to the level of a Bose-Einstein condensate. I'm sure logos realises he was out of line, so let's not get anthropoctonous about this. If we all consider the matter with sagacity and not fractiousness, there will be no need for Schadenfreude to be added to my list

Let us neither traduce one another nor palliate the offense. Logos, I would urge you to apologise...you've used heavy words for just a spot of silliness (and silliness is quite common to this place). But some of you others also came down really hard on him, when you could have gone about this whole business with civility instead of ignivomous histrionics and fescennine hadeharia. At any rate, I shall be quite lugubrious if anyone has to leave over this. Aug 21, 2008

john Not dead yet. Logos, quit being a douchebag or I'll delete your account. Aug 21, 2008

she Logos, I agree that we should be able to express our distaste for a word — but, in keeping with the spirit of Wordie, it's reasonable to expect we do this tactfully, without stooping to personal insults. (And, while I can't speak for the lists, it's worth noting that the bulk of these comments have nothing to do with 42.) Aug 21, 2008

palooka Hey logos, who died & made you the f.....g editor/owner of this site? Aug 21, 2008

gangerh God, you're omnimpotent. Logof, logos, and don't logon again 'til you've developed some understanding. Aug 21, 2008

reesetee Frankly, I don't understand why you need to be so nasty. But I guess it's a big world, and Wordie welcomes all types...so have fun. I sure hope you don't run into any more stupidity here. Aug 20, 2008

super-logos My new name will be, perhaps, "not_42." Aug 20, 2008

super-logos And I will read and write what I please. And you do not have to read what I write, either, my friend. Your love affair with 42 is one of the stupider items on this site, thank you. Aug 20, 2008

reesetee Logos, if you don't like our comments, you really don't have to read them. You also don't have to be insulting. I'd greatly appreciate if you could be a bit more considerate, as we've tried to be with you. Thanks. Aug 20, 2008

super-logos :::-ugh bop boop 42.

Down with 42 !! Aug 20, 2008

super-logos 42 also refers to an incredibly stupid and overrated word (number? who knows--I am blinded, at this stage, by the brilliance of the contributors to this list who go on and on ad nauseam) on Wordie that is being perpetuated by folks who really do have better words, ideas, and thoughts to add. I could scream, from boredom, at "42." Better idea--I shall get Edvard Munch to do a visual depiction of myself screaming at 42. Aug 20, 2008

chained_bear Ask skipvia. Aug 20, 2008

bilby Who's this Torres anyway? Aug 20, 2008

reesetee That must have been it. Hey, it happens.

But did you know that Darra Torres will be 42 next year? Aug 20, 2008

bilby Damn! I might have left the gate open. Aug 20, 2008

reesetee I hate to say it, bilby, but that's not entirely accurate. 42 is, in fact, six times water squid divided by the square root of voraciousness, with pineapple sauce. However, if you haven't taken into account the turn before the gate and the fact that your feet touched the white tape, then I'm afraid the horse bubbles will never rise to the surface.

So close, though.... Aug 20, 2008

gangerh Bilby By George, she's got it! By George, she's got it!
Now, once again where does it rain?
Aug 20, 2008

bilby I've got it! 42 is six times water squid divided by the square root of voraciousness, with pineapple sauce. You know it's ready when Dara rings the bell and small horse bubbles rise to the surface. Aug 20, 2008

reesetee Really? That's tricky. Aug 19, 2008

chained_bear Hey, did anyone know that Dara Torres is 41 years old?! Aug 19, 2008

rolig oh, well, sure… *beats a hasty retreat* **retreat whimpers quietly** Aug 19, 2008

reesetee Why, the bell next to the gate, of course. Over the pineapple. Aug 19, 2008

rolig awright, now I'm confused. What bell? Aug 19, 2008

reesetee Thank you. Clear as a bell, bilby; see? Aug 19, 2008

chained_bear No pineapples until they're 41. Aug 19, 2008

reesetee *sigh* Chained_bear? Aug 19, 2008

bilby But ... where do pineapples come into it? Aug 19, 2008

reesetee Okay, let's take it slowly.

1. Dara Torres is 41.
2. Horses have to jump over water.
3. Gates are tricky.
4. You can't build up momentum.
5. Water is 13.75 feet across.
6. The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.
7. You still can't build up momentum.
8. Six or seven strides make you turn 42.
9. If you turn on a gate, you'll be in trouble.
10. Never let your feet touch water.
11. You are not building up momentum.
12. Plinth.

That should clear it up. Aug 19, 2008

bilby What's that about horses having 13 feet? I'm getting lost here. Aug 19, 2008

reesetee Especially if there's a gate involved. Aug 18, 2008

chained_bear And there's a turn right before it. Aug 18, 2008

reesetee Right. Because she only has six or seven strides to build up momentum and get over that age. Aug 18, 2008

chained_bear When she turns 42, she's going to have a lot of trouble building momentum. Especially if there's a gate involved, because it's the same deduction no matter where her feet fall in the water. Aug 18, 2008

reesetee Boy, that's tricky placement.

Did you know that Dara Torres is 41? Aug 18, 2008

chained_bear Skipvia, we've been having a lot of fun with the Olympics commentators (and using DVR to get through the HOURS of ENDLESS interviews with the SAME PEOPLE over and over) by stealing their conversation.

Today, for example, we're asking everyone we know if they were aware that when horses have to jump over water, it's tricky gate placement to have a turn before it. There's no way to build up momentum. They only have six or seven strides to build up momentum and get over that water, which is 13.75 feet across. Did you know they have trouble building momentum when there's a turn before that gate? Also, did you know if their feet touch the water OR the white tape, it's the same deduction? It's unfortunate because they really have trouble building momentum before that water jump when there's a turn right before it. That's tricky placement, before a water gate, to put a turn there.

They have trouble building momentum.

(Etc.)

In other news, What?! She's 41?! Aug 18, 2008

skipvia How old Dara Torres will be next year! I can hardly wait!

Were you aware that she's 41 now??!! Aug 18, 2008

whatever1013 I knew there was something fundementally wrong with the universe. ;-) Dec 17, 2006

seanahan What do you get when you multiply nine by six? Dec 16, 2006

whatever1013 Not a strictly word, more of a visual representation of a concept. Now... what was the definition of word again? ;-) Dec 16, 2006