I know once means eleven, but I didn't get the point. My point was that the afternoon tea is called "onces" even though it's not taken at eleven in the morning. It's called "onces" because of the aguardiente connection (eleven letters in the word aguardiente, thus secret code for "Let's drink").
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kat perez - Mar 30, 2003 4:46:12 pm PST #8979 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Noumenon - Mar 30, 2003 4:53:27 pm PST #8980 of 10001
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
I know once means eleven, but I didn't get the point.
I thought many people might not know that. But I missed your point and thought it was just a synonym for elevenses and not a separate code. (I thought you mentioned "aguardiente has eleven letters" because that's just too long a word to use for snacks.)
kat perez - Mar 30, 2003 5:01:21 pm PST #8981 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
No, aguardiente is a type of liquor, not a snack. A proper lady of those times could never be seen drinking in public, especially at tea time. So they used "onces" as a code to offer a little something extra in the tea.
brenda m - Mar 30, 2003 5:03:10 pm PST #8982 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'd still be surprised if 'onces' didn't originally derive from the traditional elevenses and grew to incorporate the aguardiente meaning. Neat symmetry, though.
kat perez - Mar 30, 2003 5:05:33 pm PST #8983 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Oh, I'm pretty sure it's just an urban legend. But it's fun, and a good justification for touting the power of Natter -- it's time for elevenses.
amyth - Mar 30, 2003 5:12:04 pm PST #8984 of 10001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Natter: This Monkey's Gone to Eleven
Too bad there seems to be an anti-monkey groundswell, because I love this! Fuck the monkey, it's The Pixies!
But, you know, I don't hate elevenses or anything.
DavidS - Mar 30, 2003 8:27:51 pm PST #8985 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Too bad there seems to be an anti-monkey groundswell, because I love this! Fuck the monkey, it's The Pixies!
Thoroughly mollified now that my offering has found favor with Pixies fans everywhere.
Burrell - Mar 30, 2003 8:36:23 pm PST #8986 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Trudy even suggested elevenses over in Natter! Go elevenses! It's the new black!
DXMachina - Mar 30, 2003 8:38:28 pm PST #8987 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Go elevenses! It's the new black!
Go elevenses! It's the new snack!
Trudy Booth - Mar 30, 2003 11:13:47 pm PST #8988 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My suggestion was along the lines of "Do they know about elevensies?"