Dexterous Libations

[Rahsaan]

Meanwhile, I'm still jealous that Oswaldo can convince his girlfriend to go on such a vacation.

 

[Thor]

I just thought he was eating sardines.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

I like sardines.

 

[Joel Stewart]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
It's "bated", a corruption of the past tense of the verb "abate". So, it means that you are so tense and taut and excited that you are nearly not breathing.

Reference
Confirmed by Straight Dope.

thks...i trust your sources so well, will not even click on them.

I did not want to wait with breath of any kind

 

[Thor]

Bait is necessary for trolling...

 

[Joel Stewart]

originally posted by Thor:
Bait is necessary for trolling...

In the fishermans sense, this of course makes, uhm sense. On the internet, this might beg the question of what exactly is the diff between fishing and posting...

 

[Oswaldo Costa]

It feels like we've been here for a month, but it's been great. Marcia's showing signs of light fraying. Ken, if you're on Facebook, I've been posting mini-updates daily. I've been posting them there so big Joe won't see them.