1.  Gee whiz, it's Thursday already.  Why is it that when I have time to relax and life isn't so fast paced that time goes so fast?  I've been out of school for one week and it seems like two days.  I need to have a chat with whoever is responsible.

2.  I have discovered that this Utah girl has led a semi-sheltered life *cough, cough*, or perhaps it's the fact that we, here in Utah, have our own meanings for words.  I will go with the latter.  During a discussion in my Language class, the word - or should I say acronym, SNAFU was the topic.  The Utah meaning of snafu is a glitch, however, I found out that snafu is not a word at all but an acronym that stands for:  situation normal all f***** up.  A big part of me wanted to say, "duh" to myself but I found myself laughing... yeah, it figures, Utah natives wouldn't know that.  It's sort of like the saying, "I shot my wad" has nothing to do with m*sterb*ting but spending all one's money; again, Utah meaning.  However, I knew the "national" meaning.  Imagine a Arizonian's (stationed in Utah) surprise when my boss told us that he shot his wad.  It was priceless.  She started to say, "Too much information," when I whispered the "Utah" meaning, then it made sense.  The boss spent all his money and couldn't go to lunch.  *snortle*

When talking about these funny experiences, my office mate, introduced me to PIDOOMA.  Example:  "Where did you get that idea?"  Reply, "PIDOOMA."  Pulled It Directly Out Of My A&&... gotta love my office mate.  He is not a Utah native and worked on jets in the flight line in several bases while he was in the US Air Force for 10 years.  The man has a lot of knowledge and it's no wonder that we never get on each other's nerves because there is too much entertainment around us.  He doesn't hold being native against me.  He even knows the gee whiz joke, thanks to me giggling so much about it on the phone with friends (gee whiz, Ms. Vickie!).   

I can also get a way with saying the word bugger (the Brittish cuss word) whenever I want.  Utah is a beautiful place to live; more than just the scenery!

3.   Speaking of Ms. Vickie, in one of our phone conversations the past week, we were talking about having to go potty a lot (thanks to lasix), and I wondered who have the throne the name John.  It's all well and good for women to say "I'm going to go see John" or "I'm sitting on the John, " but what about men saying that?  Doesn't that sound a bit queer?  Why don't they say "I'm sitting on the Betty,"?  Just one of those weird questions that pops into my head.

I couldn't let it drop, I had to Google it.  Apparently, at www.victoriancrapper.com, claims that, "One English company, Thomas Crapper, has more than any other been remembered in name at least as his name became indistinguishable from his product. (Sources also claim that the slang "John" for toilet came from the John Douglas company of Cincinnati putting his name on his toilet for the American market, but actually there were several manufacturers with John in their name.)"  Another source, on Funtrivia.com, "John Harrington did design the first "necessary", in 1596, but he never made another (there is some question if any were made at all)and the idea was lost (much like the 1715 typewriter in an earlier question). Crediting Harington for inventing the toilet is the same as anointing Leonardo Da Vinci as father of the helicopter.”

Gee whiz, it's amazing what Google finds!  

4. I made a note about a gee-whizable that says, "cucumber," but I don't remember what it was... but gee whiz, all I have to do is mention a cucumber and all sorts of thoughts come to mind, so use your imagination on this one, however, keep it clean.  *snortle*.  Come to think of it, I think Dawn was teasing me about it because I was craving cucumbers the other night.  Yeah, that's it!  Cucumbers are a woman's third best friend; the first being diamonds and the second being B.O.B's.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!