OK! Here's my dumb question for the day: The word "props".....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

And also the phrase: "tin foil hat"


I have a "feel" for these, but would much prefer to have exact meanings!


Please define for me! Thanks so much...:shrug:

[ET Awful]

1. Props is short for propers which originally was slang for "proper respect"

and other such terms (this can actually be heard as far back as Aretha's original recording of respect "just give me my propers when you get home").

Tin foil hat comes from conspiracy theorist stories of using tin foil hats to block alien brain scans :)

[WeRQ4U]

3. Yep, and there's a smilie for it too.

:tinfoilhat:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I've seen that smilie...and it really bugs me that I did not have ONE

Clue as to it's meaning!

Thanks for coming by my silly thread...

[Richardo]

4. Hey thanks! I could never figure out what she was singing in that line

:thumbsup:

I've been listening to that song for what, 4 decades now? :dunce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thank you so much, my dear ET Awful!

I knew my silly question would bring the answers...I HATE like anything not knowing all this stuff!


:hi:

[ET Awful]

13. You're quite welcome :) n/t

[SheepyMcSheepster]

2. urbandictionary.com

check out the entry for "props": http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=props

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Thank you so much for the link!

I will check it out....:hi:

[rocktivity]

5. "Props" is a show of support or admiration

You're verbally "propping up" someone who you think deserves recognition for a job well done: "Props to those volunteers in Ohio who helped get out the vote for Paul Hackett."

"Tin foil hat" comes from the world of mental illness. A common complaint of paranoid schizophrenics is that their brains are being bombarded with invisible cosmic rays, which wearing a tinfoil hat is supposed to deflect. It means you're crossing the line between healthy skepticism and crediblity-eroding irrationality.

:headbang:
rocknation

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. OK rocknation!

Props to you for helping answer my silly questions!

I certainly appreciate it a whole lot....:headbang:

[In_The_Wind]

8. Thanks Peggy. I just ask GreenPartyVoter the same question, well sorta.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear Joan!

I've been seeing these used a lot recently, and I just got fed up with not knowing what they meant precisely!

So I bit the bullet, came out and exposed my pathetic ignorance...

And now I have answers...!

Thanks for coming by my silly thread...:silly:

[In_The_Wind]

12. Peggy, I'm sure you've heard it said that the only silly questions

... are the ones you don't ask.

I do try to drop by your threads if I feel that I have anything worth saying (without looking foolish). I'm still catching up-to-speed on so many things.

Anything that I can learn can only be beneficial ... so thank you for asking for a clarification of terms.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear Joan!

I've heard that saying as well...I'm not entirely sure it is correct, though...

But I'd had enough! Hence, this thread...

I love talking with you, you know....

:loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

15. I love talking with you too, Peggy.

I'm making so many friends on the west coast that I may actually hop on a plane someday and fly out there. Stranger things have happened.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Allow me to encourage you!

I live quite close to LAX...not so close as to have the planes right overhead, but close enough...

It would be a treat to have you out for a visit!

:pals:

[In_The_Wind]

17. It IS going to be another COLD winter as they all are here.

the place won't come to a grinding halt if I'm gone for a short while ... after all I was a 'snowbird' two winters ago

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. The door is open, my dear friend!

It might be rainy....but I guarantee you there won't be any snow...

Let me know....

[In_The_Wind]

19. we will talk

sometime during the first quarter of 2006 ... after the winter holidays have become memories

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Sounds good! I'll be looking for your message...wowee!

[In_The_Wind]

21. After a conversation with my house mates ... here's the suggestion ...

January or March



one of my house mates lived in LA for a year and she suggested that I avoid February ... because of the rainy season

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Either one is fine...whatever works for you the best....

My husband and I will be home during both of those months...

Keep me informed...and I'll clean up the guest room for ya!


:hi:

[Aristus]

23. Calpeg, you are one phat mama in the DU hizzouse.

Definitely one of my peeps!

Peace, out.