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I am officially a Poo-Bah #56718
09/07/05 09:35 PM
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Next item on the agenda:

Figure out what the heck a "Poo-Bah" is.

Any ideas?

-- Have You Seen This? --
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56719
09/07/05 09:58 PM
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Someone who spends more time on the net than on the water.

Trey
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Trey
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: NCSUtrey] #56720
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All hail!


Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56721
09/08/05 07:19 AM
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I think it's as valuable as this.......

My electric company just sent me a letter congratulating me on paying my 300th monthly bill. I'm framing that baby!



The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George Will
"It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so" -Ronald Reagan
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56722
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Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ...
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We are not Worthy! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />


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Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56723
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Pooh-Bah or pooh-bah
n.
A pompous ostentatious official, especially one who, holding many offices, fulfills none of them.
A person who holds high office.
[After Pooh-Bah, Lord-High-Everything-Else, a character in The Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.]
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Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: mbounds] #56724
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A pompous ostentatious official, especially one who, holding many offices, fulfills none of them.


I think that works for me.

Are they giving out Pooh-bah status at 1600 alread [Re: MauganN20] #56725
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Are they giving out Pooh-bah status at 1600 already ?

Wouter

P.s. welcom to the clinically addited catsailor.com group

Wouter



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Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56726
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Florida Suncoast, Dunedin Caus...
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GET A LIFE


Have Fun
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: catman] #56727
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This thread lacks a certain flair. I'm going back to the Katrina thread.

Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56728
09/08/05 03:15 PM
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Next item on the agenda:

Figure out what the heck a "Poo-Bah" is.

Any ideas?


Poo - Meaning Dung
Bah - From the latin word for head.



Mike Hill
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Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: Mike Hill] #56729
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I seem to remember that Fred Flintstone was elected Grand PooBah of the Royal Order of Water Buffalo. You join the ranks of the truly great ones who precede you.

Yabba dabba......DO!

Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56730
09/08/05 06:41 PM
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Poo Bah, Congratulations! Soon you will join Wouter and Jake in Carpal Tunnel land!I'll have to stop in at Buff's Pub to toast you with a pint!

Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: Brian_Mc] #56731
09/08/05 07:59 PM
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Northfield,NH USA
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What is the Carpal Tunnel number? Do we start a count-down for him?


The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George Will
"It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so" -Ronald Reagan
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: bullswan] #56732
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I don't know, but Jake and Wouter both started before I did, so the comparison aint fair :P

Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56733
09/08/05 08:52 PM
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That sounds fair.....
You get a two-beer headstart!
P.S. Thanks for putting an end to the political pissing contest. You have my vote as Pooh Bar of the week!


The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George Will
"It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so" -Ronald Reagan
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: bullswan] #56734
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What can I say,

when Pooh-bah speaks.... Pooh-bah's-in-training listen.

Its the natural order of the universe.

Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56735
09/08/05 10:21 PM
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I was going to chime in - but I couldn't come up with anything better than Chris' "All Hail"....I've been trying all day.


Jake Kohl
Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: Jake] #56736
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Poo-Bah says,

"stop pouring all your creativity into pretty boat graphics and come up with new and innovative ways to shower the Poo-Bah with praise"

so says the Poo-Bah.

Re: I am officially a Poo-Bah [Re: MauganN20] #56737
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I am no longer the poo-bah <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

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