Getting Rid of Smoke Smell?

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:32:04 +0100, "Rene"
wrote:

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No idea what they are called in English but I would use these sticks
which
You can use to clean Your ears,

Crab Sticks maybe.................

Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English only
means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-).

Thanks for thinking along anyway!
Yours sincerely,
Rene

And you're not supposed to be cleaning your ears with those things.
They have a tendency to pack wax *into* your ear canals as opposed to
removing it. Quite dangerous too if your hand happens to slip for
some reason.

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:03:30 -0500, "First of One"
wrote:

You'd have a hard time getting a q-tip between the heat sink fins in a
GF6800. You'd need either a brush or a comb.

Rene wrote:

Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English only
means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-).

Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes
when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby".

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Rene wrote:

Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English
only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-).

Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes
when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby".

Ah, it's always nice to learn someting new about the English language, I did
not know that (my intention was in the first place to explain that the
litteral translation of "krab" (from "krabben" = to scratch) was not
correct)(though it was a nice try). In Dutch there's the word "kribbig" for
this (the first "i" is pronounced as in "to live")(and so is the second one
btw)(btw "btw" in Dutch means VAT). They must have a mutual
grand-grand-grand-parent. What would be the origin of the surname "Crabtree"
("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense, a tree
having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well...

Yours sincerely,
Rene

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Rene wrote:

Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English
only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-).

Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes
when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby".

Ah, it's always nice to learn someting new about the English language, I did
not know that (my intention was in the first place to explain that the
litteral translation of "krab" (from "krabben" = to scratch) was not
correct)(though it was a nice try). In Dutch there's the word "kribbig" for
this (the first "i" is pronounced as in "to live")(and so is the second one
btw)(btw "btw" in Dutch means VAT). They must have a mutual
grand-grand-grand-parent. What would be the origin of the surname "Crabtree"
("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense,

http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/wetla.../99-6-1-11.htm

a tree
having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts#Whomping_Willow


Yours sincerely,
Rene



Bill

I am surprised nobody has made a joke about a certain type of lice yet...

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."

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Rene wrote:

Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English
only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-).

Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes
when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby".

Ah, it's always nice to learn someting new about the English language, I
did not know that (my intention was in the first place to explain that the
litteral translation of "krab" (from "krabben" = to scratch) was not
correct)(though it was a nice try). In Dutch there's the word "kribbig"
for this (the first "i" is pronounced as in "to live")(and so is the
second one btw)(btw "btw" in Dutch means VAT). They must have a mutual
grand-grand-grand-parent. What would be the origin of the surname
"Crabtree" ("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter
nonsense, a tree having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well...

Yours sincerely,
Rene

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Rene wrote:

Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in
English
only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-).

Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes
when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby".

Ah, it's always nice to learn someting new about the English language, I
did
not know that (my intention was in the first place to explain that the
litteral translation of "krab" (from "krabben" = to scratch) was not
correct)(though it was a nice try). In Dutch there's the word "kribbig"
for
this (the first "i" is pronounced as in "to live")(and so is the second
one
btw)(btw "btw" in Dutch means VAT). They must have a mutual
grand-grand-grand-parent. What would be the origin of the surname
"Crabtree"
("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense,

http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/wetla.../99-6-1-11.htm

Hmmm, no utter nonsense after all, I was wrong! Very interesting, no idea
that there were crabs that specialize in climbing trees. I have searched a
bit more, some nice pictures are on
http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/text/2049.htm (same site)(pretty girl
on picture as well ;-)), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_crab.
Incredible what You can find on the web nowadays. Beautifull photographs on
http://tidechaser.blogspot.com/2007/08/cj05082007.html as well, the crab is
just not in the tree at the moment the picture was taken, it is in some sort
of hole.

a tree
having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts#Whomping_Willow

I think this idea was stolen from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_Willow . But apart from that, I think
the name Crabtree has existed for a longer time in English speaking
countries then those books have, so I guess it has another origin (maybe the
tree with crabs...?).

Thanks for the nice links!

Yours sincerely,
Rene

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Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English
only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-).

Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes
when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby".

Ah, it's always nice to learn someting new about the English language, I
did not know that (my intention was in the first place to explain that
the litteral translation of "krab" (from "krabben" = to scratch) was not
correct)(though it was a nice try). In Dutch there's the word "kribbig"
for this (the first "i" is pronounced as in "to live")(and so is the
second one btw)(btw "btw" in Dutch means VAT). They must have a mutual
grand-grand-grand-parent. What would be the origin of the surname
"Crabtree" ("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter
nonsense, a tree having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well...

I am surprised nobody has made a joke about a certain type of lice yet...

Well, they look like crabs so that'll the reason they have that name. In
this context the translation from the Dutch word "krabben" (scratch) was not
bad at all... And I think that when You are pestered all day long by these
animals, You might get crabby as well!

Yours sincerely,
Rene

Rene wrote:

What would be the origin of the surname "Crabtree"
("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense, a tree
having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well...

Yours sincerely,
Rene

Ah, yes, that probably comes from the crab apple which grows on trees.
Small bitter tasting apples.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_apple

First of One wrote:
I am surprised nobody has made a joke about a certain type of lice yet...

Oh, forgot about *those* crabs. I got the crabs once from a motel bed, ew!