Duck breakage

**Bagwan** · 8th January 2007, 21:58

Originally Posted by agwiii

Any sentient person knows that animals are raised on ranches, while plants are raised on farms. Then, there are the silly people that call buttermilk dressing "ranch." Rank.

Says a guy who lives on the coast of Florida , a region rife with aligator farms . He's a guy who drives on parkways and parks on driveways .
He bar-b-ques on a grill , and we Canucks grill on a bar-b-que .

He calls us silly .

Crank .

**agwiii** · 9th January 2007, 01:13

Originally Posted by Bagwan

He calls us silly.

You live in the land of snow cones and I live in the land of string bikinis. And that is somehow considered sane?

**Ranger** · 9th January 2007, 06:37

Originally Posted by agwiii

You live in the land of snow cones and I live in the land of string bikinis. And that is somehow considered sane?

I live in a land of string bikini's, and in this country they are called farms.

**Ranger** · 9th January 2007, 06:57

Originally Posted by Malllen

I live in a land of string bikini's, and in this country they are called farms.

Either that or stations - ranches don't apply everywhere in the world.

**agwiii** · 9th January 2007, 11:01

Originally Posted by Malllen

Either that or stations - ranches don't apply everywhere in the world.

I like to see people who quote themselves.

**Mikeall** · 10th January 2007, 03:11

Originally Posted by Bagwan

Do you think that a reputable source ?
Check out the definition of "eclair" .

As to the "cricket ranch" or "cricket farm" issue , we in Canada call them farms .
"Ranch" is a salad dressing .

Geraint Jones owns a cricket farm just down the road from me . It's a bit too "disney" for me , though , with the gift shop and obsevation deck where you can watch the crickets go about daily activities , or swim in the pool at his "Duck inn" hotel .
So , I take it , he's also some kind of athlete as well ?

The definition on OED online (using my Athens login).

"A small finger-shaped cake made of choux-pastry, and filled with any of various kinds of cream"

What's wrong with that?

**Valve Bounce** · 10th January 2007, 04:51

How about dropping the duck? Could we make that the new definition for someone dropping a catch, like Pietersen did last night, and for which he received a standing ovation from the spectators? We could even apply this to pther sports, like NFL, or AFL.

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