Dave Reynolds
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:17 AM
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Remember way back when, when "boner" meant "mistake"? |
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I must be old or something...
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:18 AM
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1. Then I guess I'm old too |
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Because I remember when it meant "mistake". :cry:
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:38 AM
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8. You are not a day over 27, |
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someone must have told you about the old meaning.;-)
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:19 AM
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:39 AM
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there used to be advertisements for blooper albums (vinyl) that said "listen to these classic boners."
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:24 AM
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3. how'd 'mistake' turn into the nasty jim? |
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:25 AM
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4. Who knows? How did "gay" go from meaning happy |
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to meaning "homosexual"???
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:27 AM
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when you made a mistake, you "pulled a boner."
We are evolving. :7
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Dave Reynolds
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:41 AM
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11. And now, pulling a boner |
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in public will get you on a sex offender's list.
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:55 AM
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21. Especially if it isn't yours |
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:29 AM
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6. Did people ever make raging monster mistakes? |
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:31 AM
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the guy who played Kirk Cameron's friend (Boner) on the show "Growing Pains", was he named after a mistake or after something else?
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:40 AM
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10. That may be a coin toss, |
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but since it was on a wholesome network, it must have been a mistake.
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:43 AM
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When my parents moved, I found an old book called "Book of Boners."
I was so disappointed that it wasn't illustrated. :(
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:46 AM
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15. I think I have just been given a new literary idea. |
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A "coffee table book", so to speak.
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:48 AM
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:rofl:
Well, Madonna did it - why not you?? :evilgrin:
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:45 AM
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13. 'Merkle's boner' vaulted the Cubs to the 1908 World Series. |
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And they haven't won one since!
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:49 AM
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19. And he was able to use it |
Oeditpus Rex
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Thu Jan-12-06 03:42 AM
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26. And he was referred to ever after |
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as "Bonehead Merkle."
If you research that, though, you find Merkle wasn't really at fault. Rather, it was the quick thinking of Cubs' second baseman Johnny Evers that "cost" the Giants the pennant. Merkle only did what all runners did in thinking the game was over when the winning run scored and subsequently not bothering to touch second base.
Still, from the Wikipedia entry on baseball jargon:
bonehead play or just "boner" A mental mistake that changes the course of a game dramatically. See "Merkle boner".
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:46 AM
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14. Quite often, it still does. |
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Thu Jan-12-06 01:52 AM
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20. I remember the time, and I remenber the change. |
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It was (for me) when a HS friend explained to me what the definition of a 'boner' was...... circa 1981 or something.
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Thu Jan-12-06 02:51 AM
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22. Or "jock" was someone from Bonnie Scotland! |
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You tak the low road an' I'll tak the high road....
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Thu Jan-12-06 03:10 AM
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That is some good research...and entertaining...and yet mildly stimulating...
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Thu Jan-12-06 03:27 AM
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25. I am not sure what the difference is |
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usually when a boner happened it was a "foolish and obvious blunder" certainly not something that had any practical purpose.
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Thu Jan-12-06 07:03 AM
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27. Well there's the obvious tie-in |
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Boners do tend to lead to mistakes 9 months later after all...
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