Re: OT: Define "putter"

Oren wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:06:46 -0400, Jim Elbrecht <elbrecht@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

When I say I'm going to 'putter' at home, it usually means that I
have no real plan, but will begin by picking up the shop, or
cleaning off the workbench, or do a little lawn work, and get led to
where-ever that takes me.

Must be a regional thing. Growing up in the South it was "piddle".
".. piddle in the yard, piddle in the garden, etc...



A country dog came into town,
His Christian name was Rex,
Unusual was his pedigree,
Unusual was his text.

He watered every gateway,
He watered every post,
For piddling was his specialty
And piddling was his boast.

The city curs looked on amazed
With a deep and jealous rage
To see a simple country dog
The piddler of the age.

They sent for champion piddlers
Who were always on the go
Who sometimes did a piddling trick,
Or gave a piddling show.

They sprang these on him suddenly
While midway throught the town,
But Rex only smiled and polished off,
The ablest white or brown.

For Rex was with them every trick,
With vigor and with vim,
A thousand piddles more or less
Were all the same to him

He piddled in the mackeral keg
He piddled on the floor
And when the grocer kicked him out
He piddled on the door.

And so on.

I'm sure the president didn't have that sort of piddling in mind.


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