Well, that's because it is The Pantheon, not just pantheon.  It's all in the determiner.

And that's no bull!

In reply to Imre Rillsong (msg # 610):

Wow!
I had to look up what a "Determiner" is.
RPOL never lets me down, at feeling not as smart as the rest of you!

Never fear Stone.  I had to look it up too  ;)
This message was last edited by the player at 00:17, Thu 06 Dec 2018.

That bull is a completely different story.

i went 'round back of Tex Ernhardt's "no bull" bull and checked. He's right. It ain't no bull. It's a bum steer.

You had to look up "determiner?" That's George W. Bush.

I'm a little busy explaining to a fully sighted individual the purpose of and the foot problems related to heels. The foot problems are understandable he doesn't know about, but the purpose behind their invention is something I'd think most sighted folks would easily get.

We were discussing Demorgans  in logic and got side tracked.

No, he was the Decider.

The Determiner is a bull of a different color.

Nope. He made up "decider" because he couldn't remember the word "determiner."

And Wehostan, you may be confusing that colorful bull with the Horse of a Different Color, a magical beast not seen in America since the Johnson administration. Too many were slain by Illusionists, who wanted to make Cloaks of Scintillating Colors.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:16, Thu 06 Dec 2018.

Are you suggesting I mix my metaphors? Good Sirrah, where I come from, them's fightin' words! ;)

I shall mix my metaphors,
utter confusing semaphores,
produce them like, oh, s'mores.
And if you give these lines ignores,
Well, I think you all are great big bores.
Who follow the Phillistinistic crowd's mores.

In D&D, all words are fighting words.

In reply to Beelo Bigfoot (msg # 617):



He might have been using the word inappropriately, but Decider, is an old Parlementary   term for the individual that breaks a deadlock in voting.  its somewhat out of usage now though. It does have an entry in the Oxford dictionary of rarely used words and phrases.

Not saying anything about what someone can or can't recall though, only that the word does exist.

But that's not how he was using the word. He was trying to describe himself as the person who makes the decisions, not the person who casts the deciding vote.

On that I will not argue, but  that word would be more apt in a lot of ways what his time in the White house was actually like.

As per DMJSC's previous requests, let's avoid political discussion here.

I wasn't trying to start a debate, just pointing out a famous gaff by a famous person using the word.

I'm keeping my opinions on the man's political career to myself.

Who is talking about politics? We were talking about semantics.

It was edging that way, talking about W's tenure in the White House. Just being careful. Boss wants to avoid political talk here. :)

Ah,  didn't know that was an off topic issue.
Shall say no more then.

I am part of a (US) contract bridge group. Political discussion is forbidden. In another group, this "law" was absent until, within four minutes, this comment and then that comment devolved into raised voices--physical attacks might soon have followed unless the group realized what was being destroyed and enacted the "law".

let's just drink and be merry

A cleric, a paladin, and a druid walked into a bar. Bartender said, "What is this? A joke?"

Sorry folks, there's nothing quite like your spouse falling to derail your life. I should be back up and running in a few days

Yikes!  Hope everything is okay?

In reply to Imre Rillsong (msg # 633):

I hope it was that she was falling in love with you...but I fear thats not the case.
hope everything is ok, and she recovers quickly.