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acujerjer
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Nov 07, 2006 - 05:50 AM |
 
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I posted that the new James Bond is a poof and it got deleted instantly. Is that a derogatory term? This new James Bond looks like a creepy gay child molester. This dude sucks ass! |
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Pablo_Picasso
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Location: Spain you bloody idiots.
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Nov 07, 2006 - 05:52 AM |
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Only in your dreams. |
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The_Meanderer
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Nov 07, 2006 - 07:20 AM |
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Poof is a perfectly acceptable word, as long as it is being used to describe a small upholstered stool upon which one rests one's feet while reclining on a sofa or armchair. |
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janlynn
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Nov 07, 2006 - 09:01 AM |
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isnt that an ottoman? |
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bellabella
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Nov 07, 2006 - 09:27 AM |
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no an ottoman is a chest that you can put things inside not a stool to sit on. |
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bellabella
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Nov 07, 2006 - 09:28 AM |
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my grandmother had a poof when i was a kid an we had an ottoman that's how i know. |
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Megs
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Nov 07, 2006 - 09:40 AM |
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Maybe in England it is, but I know in Canada at least, an Ottoman is a cushioned footstool. You don't have to be able to store anything in it. It can be small enough for only feet, or large enough that you can sit on it. Oh, the wonders of the English language. 
Honestly, I've never heard of anyone calling a stool a poof. Only ever heard it for calling a man gay. It's not even in the dictionary for the stool reference. (Ottoman is thought!  ) Upon further searching though, I discovered why. Apparently, if it's a stool, you're supposed to spell it "pouf". That spelling can also be used for homosexual. |
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Pablo_Picasso
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Nov 07, 2006 - 09:44 AM |
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| my grandmother had a poof when i was a kid an we had an ottoman that's how i know. |
You're sooooooo middleclass....... |
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wolfy
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Nov 07, 2006 - 12:44 PM |
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| acujerjer wrote: |
| I posted that the new James Bond is a poof and it got deleted instantly. Is that a derogatory term? This new James Bond looks like a creepy gay child molester. This dude sucks ass! |
Acujerjer only thinks about good looks. Sad isnt it?
Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond drew him like this
Fleming also said the following about the character:
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| "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, James Bond was much better than something more interesting like 'Peregrine Maltravers.' Exotic things would happen to and around him but he would be a neutral figure — an anonymous blunt instrument wielded by a Government Department” |
Remember, the real Bond is a cold killer and a right hard c*nt, not some pretty boy. Which is why Daniel Craig is prefect for the role.
By the way, where I come from the word is spelt and pronounced ‘puff’. |
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janlynn
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Nov 07, 2006 - 12:47 PM |
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tthat would be powder puff where I am from poof is like gone in a flash or high hairdo |
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bellabella
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Nov 07, 2006 - 12:52 PM |
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| my grandmother had a poof when i was a kid an we had an ottoman that's how i know. |
You're sooooooo middleclass....... |
yeah I know - appalling isn;t it? |
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janlynn
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Nov 07, 2006 - 12:55 PM |
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In America, an ottoman is a stool when a stool is not a medical term! |
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beautiful_mind0905
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Nov 07, 2006 - 12:56 PM |
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Waiting for Reg_Reagan's input in this thread... |
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janlynn
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Nov 07, 2006 - 12:57 PM |
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scary thought |
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bellabella
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Nov 07, 2006 - 01:26 PM |
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i think we had this ottoman poof debate before and concluded that you americans call a poof an ottoman - so what do yu call an ottoman? as in an upholstered chest? |
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Pablo_Picasso
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Nov 07, 2006 - 01:29 PM |
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You have an upholstered chest. |
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yu888
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janlynn
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Nov 07, 2006 - 01:59 PM |
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I call it an Empire  |
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bellabella
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Nov 07, 2006 - 03:10 PM |
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| i...so what do yu call an ottoman? as in an upholstered chest? |
I call it an upholstered chest.  |
well that's an ottoman!! |
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treespirit
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Nov 07, 2006 - 03:20 PM |
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Comes from the French: "pouf"
pouf Pronunciation (pf)
n.
1. A woman's hairstyle popular in the 18th century, characterized by high rolled puffs.
2. A part of a garment, such as a dress, that is gathered into a puff.
3. A rounded ottoman.
[French, from Old French, interjection used for a fall, of imitative origin.] |
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bellabella
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Nov 07, 2006 - 03:31 PM |
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i guess it depends on where you got that definition TS, because in england an ottoman is a chest as i've already said! i think we all know that the US and UK have different words for the same things! |
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tomnoddy_uk
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Nov 07, 2006 - 03:34 PM |
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did it originate from (todays) turkey? |
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bellabella
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Nov 07, 2006 - 03:37 PM |
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probably, we could probably google about it if we could be bothered! |
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beautiful_mind0905
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Nov 07, 2006 - 04:56 PM |
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The Ottoman Empire  |
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acujerjer
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Nov 07, 2006 - 05:03 PM |
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| no an ottoman is a chest that you can put things inside not a stool to sit on. |
That is called an armoire.
Look everyone. Sean Connery was the best james Bond there ever was and ever will be! I want him back. I don't carte how old he is. He is the best! This new guy is herendous. |
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