Re: Wet, wet, wet

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:58:20 GMT, pibbur <oopsREM.OV512E@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:24:19 +0100, Optician Dragon
><dragonlensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:14:15 GMT, pibbur <oopsREM.OV512E@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> No I'm not talking about that hideous band.
>>>
>>> But we have another episode of "monster rain". There's a lot of water
>>> falling down from the sky, which alsom means there's a lot of water
>>> falling down from the hills where I live.
>>>
>>> We have a very tiny "river" (what's it called in english), in the
>>> garden.
>>> Normally there's just a slight drizzle of water there, but today it has
>>> obviously reached puberty and is no longer satisfied with formerly
>>> accepted rules for conduct of water.
>>>
>>> So I've spent some quality time this morning digging a by-pass to keep
>>> it
>>> within proper limits (that is not invading my property). Things seem to
>>> be
>>> OK for the moment.
>>>
>>> I'm low on my supply of brimstone, otherwise I would have simply
>>> evaporated the surplus amount of weater. Too bad. I guess this is one of
>>> the few things my lawnmower lawnmower can't handle.
>> Here we say, "The creek's a-risin'"
>
>Ah. "Creek" was the word I was looking for. Although currently my creek is
>a river-wannabe.
Here we reckon thusly:
a crick is smaller than a creek.
a creek becomes a stream when it's too wide to jump over the water at
low ebb.
streams gang up and form rivers.
--
Optician Dragon
-=UDIC=-
"There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it."
Larry Niven
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