[abe]

TROLL?

There's the little man under the bridge.

Then there's the act of slowly cruising in a boat while fishing.

But when someone is called a 'troll' or is said to be 'trolling' online, which of the definitions comes to mind?

[peeb]

To me, it's just a term of abuse used on the internet.

[shifuimam]

There's also the term "trolling for hos", used to describe a man walking or driving around a heavily populated area looking for a lady to, you know...do stuff.

Internet trolling, or calling someone an internet troll, IMO has to do with someone deliberately instigating arguments in an online environment, such as a blog, message forum, or IRC channel.

[Chuckit]

It comes from the fishing one.

[abe]

Here's another question regarding, "SADE," the singer.

Do you pronounce it Shar-day?

SHAH-day?

SAYD?

Or, Say-dee?

[Chuckit]

Shah-day is the correct pronunciation. When I first saw it, though, I thought of the Marquis de Sade.

[iREZ]

i say saa-day

[abe]

Which is more correct when referring to a particularly tumescent erection?

'It was as hard as "Japanese Arithmetic" or "Chinese Arithmetic"???'

[brassplayersrock²]

are you trying to insult the guy or be clever?

[Kevin]

When most people refer to trolling they are usually referring to something in a negative light.

A true troll usually does it's trolling in a passive/aggressive way. As to not set off the automatic troll alarms, but still troll at the same time.

[osiris]

Originally Posted by iREZ 

i say saa-day

I pronounce it kaplikarekanim.

As for the troll... hmmm. I really can't think of anything except those little statues with the freaky hair.

[brassplayersrock²]

when I think of troll I think of this thread: http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...007-lots-pics/

[abe]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² 

are you trying to insult the guy or be clever?

No. Please don't over think this. It is to be taken at face value.

Initial diagnostic exam showed patient’s condition rated a code blue on the Guccione hardness-tumescence continuum, at a level described as “harder than Chinese arithmetic”—in other words, a major hard wiener, bearing more surface tension p.s.i. than the standard semi-flaccid routney (as erectographers call it), or than the ordinary, garden-variety boner.

Shouts & Murmurs: Chinese Arithmetic: The New Yorker

[turtle777]

What an effing useless thread.

-t

[abe]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

What an effing useless thread.

-t

Mods, if you look at all the threads I've started recently you will notice that certain posters can be counted on to disrupt the thread or derail it or cause some sort of upset.

I think this pattern is called harassment and I request you discipline those found to be harassing me or I will be forced to defend myself and expect you to allow me a free hand in doing so.

Respectfully,

abe

[abe]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

What an effing useless thread.

-t

Reported.

[abe]

When I was in the military one of my Sergeants, when recounting some of his tail chasing exploits, would regularly include the phrase, "when I saw her my **** got as hard as Chinese Arithmetic."

But I recently heard someone recounting R&R legend, Ike Turner's use of the phrase, "Japanese Arithmetic."

I told this person it's properly referred to as Chinese. They asked why not Japanese.

I ask the community, "which one is correct?"

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by abe 

Reported.

-t

[abe]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

-t

Are you friends with one of the mods or are you actually a mod going incognito?

How else could you manage to get away with not only flagrantly abusing the rules but laughing at my attempt to ask the mods to have you respect the rules?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by abe 

Are you friends with one of the mods or are you actually a mod going incognito?

How else could you manage to get away with not only flagrantly abusing the rules but laughing at my attempt to ask the mods to have you respect the rules?

-t

[abe]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

-t

Please stop trolling and harassing.

[Oisín]

1. Trolling: the fishing definition, though with many people on the Internets, it encompasses both quite graciously, conjuring up images of trolls sitting in a fishing boat, trolling for innocent fish/forum members to, well, troll.

2. Sade: [ʃɑ:'deɪ]. It’s pronounced like that because it’s Yoruba. It should really be written Ṣade (actually, if we’re going to be really anal about it, it should include tone marks as well, but I don’t know what tones Folaṣade is supposed to be in. It might even be that the o and e should be ọ and ẹ, too, I don’t know).

3. Arithmetic: Never heard of either saying, but Google seems to agree that Chinese arithmetic is the standard way of saying it. I don’t see why Chinese arithmetic would be any harder than Japanese arithmetic, though.

[Face Ache]

Originally Posted by abe 

TROLL?

There's the little man under the bridge.

Then there's the act of slowly cruising in a boat while fishing.

You mean "trawl"? As in trawler? Or do you have trollers in the US?


Mods, you may close this thread now.

[residentEvil]

here is one of the 99%.

[starman]

Originally Posted by residentEvil 

here is one of the 99%.

You mean you?

[residentEvil]

big gay al? yes...that is 99% of macnn.

[starman]

Originally Posted by residentEvil 

big gay al? yes...that is 99% of macnn.

Forget to take your meds today?

[- - e r i k - -]

Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; compare Old French troller, to quest, to wander (modern French trôler) and Middle High German trollen, to stroll
[edit]Verb

Wikipedia has an article on:
Trolling for fish
to troll (third-person singular simple present trolls, present participle trolling, simple past trolled, past participle trolled)
(intransitive) To saunter, especially in order to find a sexual partner
I am trolling for custom, said the actress to the bishop.
(fishing) To entice fish with bait; to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat.
By extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice
(intransitive) To disrupt the operation of an online community.
(archaic, transitive) To sing in the form of a round.
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol. Fa la la la la la la la la.
[edit]Noun
troll (plural trolls)
An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line.
(Internet) A person who posts to a newsgroup, bulletin board, etc., in a way deliberately intended to anger other posters and to start arguments, or otherwise disrupt the group's intended purpose.
(Internet) A deliberately inflammatory post to a newsgroup, etc.

[residentEvil]

er, 98% tooki is gone, at least as that moniker

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Face Ache 

You mean "trawl"? As in trawler? Or do you have trollers in the US?

Hmm... not sure if you’re serious or not there, but trolling for fish and trawling for fish are two rather different ways of catching fish...

[Face Ache]

I stand corrected.

<slinks off>

[abe]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

1. Trolling: the fishing definition, though with many people on the Internets, it encompasses both quite graciously, conjuring up images of trolls sitting in a fishing boat, trolling for innocent fish/forum members to, well, troll.

2. Sade: [ʃɑ:'deɪ]. It’s pronounced like that because it’s Yoruba. It should really be written Ṣade (actually, if we’re going to be really anal about it, it should include tone marks as well, but I don’t know what tones Folaṣade is supposed to be in. It might even be that the o and e should be ọ and ẹ, too, I don’t know).

3. Arithmetic: Never heard of either saying, but Google seems to agree that Chinese arithmetic is the standard way of saying it. I don’t see why Chinese arithmetic would be any harder than Japanese arithmetic, though.

You make great posts!

[abe]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - 

Etymology 2
Origin uncertain; compare Old French troller, to quest, to wander (modern French trôler) and Middle High German trollen, to stroll
[edit]Verb

Wikipedia has an article on:
Trolling for fish
to troll (third-person singular simple present trolls, present participle trolling, simple past trolled, past participle trolled)
(intransitive) To saunter, especially in order to find a sexual partner
I am trolling for custom, said the actress to the bishop.
(fishing) To entice fish with bait; to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat.
By extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice
(intransitive) To disrupt the operation of an online community.
(archaic, transitive) To sing in the form of a round.
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol. Fa la la la la la la la la.
[edit]Noun
troll (plural trolls)
An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line.
(Internet) A person who posts to a newsgroup, bulletin board, etc., in a way deliberately intended to anger other posters and to start arguments, or otherwise disrupt the group's intended purpose.
(Internet) A deliberately inflammatory post to a newsgroup, etc.

Nice!

[abe]

From the Howard Stern Show website. The Ike being referred to is legendary blues and R&R entertainer, Ike Turner:

“HARD AS JAPANESE 'RITHMETIC”
Howard got Ike's (fourteenth) wife on the line, and she revealed that even at the age of 76, Ike still “gives it to her.” Howard was surprised that Ike could still get hard at his age, so Ike replied that he got “hard as Japanese 'rithmetic.” Howard and Ike then compared the ages at which they first had sex with women of a different race, but before long, problems with the phone connection caused Howard to end the interview.

IKE TURNER IS STILL WITH HIS 14th WIFE
Ike Turner called in and told Howard that he was in bed with his fourteenth wife. Ike said that he was going to be suing the National Enquirer over a story they recently ran about his wife trying to poison him with a Viagra overdose. Howard asked Ike if Tina was his first wife, but Ike claimed they never got married. Ike then told the crew that he had sex with a 45-year-old woman when he was six, saying it was “fun.”

Ike remarked that though he's never been a drinker, he's spent well over a million dollars on coke during his lifetime. Howard asked Ike about his friendship with Phil Spector, so Ike explained that Phil could never have shot a woman. Ike then denied that he approved the “What's Love Got To Do With It” script and told the crew that a lot of his issues come from seeing his father get lynched when he was a little boy.

Howard Stern.com

The word "lynching" is recorded in English since 1835, as a verb derived from the earlier expression Lynch law (known since 1811). This phrase is likely named after the Lynch family (see below), whose surname derives either from Old English hlinc "hill" or from Irish Loingseach "sailor".

The most likely eponym for the concept of Lynch law as summary justice is William Lynch, the author of "Lynch's Law", an agreement with the Virginia General Assembly (Virginian state legislature) on September 22, 1782, which allowed Lynch to pursue and punish criminals in Pittsylvania County, without due process of law, because legal proceedings were in practical terms impossible in the area due to the lack of adequate provision of courts. The Webster's Dictionary of 1913 poses a counterargument that "Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful."

Others believe the term came into use only with Colonel Charles Lynch, a Virginia magistrate and officer on the revolutionary side during the American Revolutionary War, who in any case continued William's practice, as the head of a vigilance committee, an irregular court, trying and sentencing to fining and imprisoning petty criminals and pro-British "Tories" in his district circa 1782.

In these cases only minor punishments were used, mostly corporal punishment, especially flogging. Neither William Lynch nor Charles Lynch ever executed anyone.

Lynching - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[besson3c]

Hey guys, what's up?

[abe]

Originally Posted by besson3c 

Hey guys, what's up?

Hi. Asian Arithmetic.

[Railroader]

nm.

[abe]

You think it refers to abacus?

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

3. Arithmetic: Never heard of either saying, but Google seems to agree that Chinese arithmetic is the standard way of saying it. I don’t see why Chinese arithmetic would be any harder than Japanese arithmetic, though.

I think it's more that the Japanese just borrowed Chinese arithmetic, so it's not really theirs to begin with.