[Craic] Upping the ante at Craic

[Bill Heffernan]

Horseplayers would see my following question as a bit of a SET UP,  but for
all those non horse players out there, who can name me the only horse to
ever beat Man of War? As a result, the name of that winning horse made its
way into the dictionary and has a specific and often used meaning,
especially among bookies and sports fans. Any takers on a guess for the
name of that horse?

Bill Heffernan



On Tue., Nov. 10, 2020, 10:05 p.m. John Dickie via craic, <
craic at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Bob, what’s up ? i know it isn’t up to me but this shit is fucked up.
>
> On Nov 10, 2020, at 9:38 PM, Rob Anderson via craic <
> craic at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
> How could the author forget JD’s “Why don’t you just dummy up!”
>
>> *An amazing 2-letter English word.*
>>
>>
>> *A reminder that one word in the English language that can be a noun,
>> verb, adjective, adverb and preposition.*
>>
>> *UP*
>>
>>      *Read until the end ...  you'll laugh.*
>>
>>      *This two-letter word  in English has more meanings than any other
>> two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.'  It is listed in  the dictionary as
>> an [adv.], [prep.], [adj.], [n]  or [v].*
>>
>>
>>   *It's easy to  understand UP, meaning toward the sky  or at the top of
>> the list, but when we awaken in  the morning, why do we wake UP?*
>>
>>  *At a meeting, why  does a topic come UP?  Why do we speak  UP, and why
>> are the  officers UP for election and why is  it UP to  the secretary to
>> write UP a  report?  We call UP our friends, brighten  UPa room, polish
>>  UP  the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.  We
>> lock UP the house and fix  UP the old  car.*
>>
>>
>>   *At other times, this  little word has real special meaning.   People
>> stir UP trouble, line  UP for tickets, work  UP an appetite, and think UP
>> excuses.*
>>
>>
>>
>>   *To be dressed is one  thing but to be dressed UP  is special.*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   *And this  UP is confusing:  A  drain must be opened UP because it is
>> stopped  UP.*
>>
>> * We open  UP a store in the morning  but we close it UP at night.  We
>> seem  to be pretty mixed UP aboutUP!*
>>
>>
>>   *To be knowledgeable  about the proper uses of UP, look UP the
>> word UP in the dictionary.   In a desk-sized dictionary, it
>> takes UP almost  1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty
>> definitions.*
>>
>>
>>   *If you are  UP to it,  you might try building UP a list of the many
>> ways UP is  used.  It will take UP a lot of your time, but  if you don't
>> give UP, you may wind  UP with a hundred or  more.*
>>
>>
>>
>>   *When it threatens to  rain, we say it is clouding UP.  When the sun
>> comes out, we say it is clearing UP.  When it rains,  the earth soaks
>> it UP.  When it  does not rain for awhile, things dry  UP.  One could go
>> on  and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time  is UP!*
>>
>>
>>
>>   *Oh . . . one more  thing:  What is the first thing you do in  the
>> morning and the last thing you do at  night?*
>>
>>
>>   *U*
>>
>>      *P*       *!*
>>
>>
>>   *Did that one crack  you UP?*
>>
>>  *Don't screw  UP.  Send this on to  everyone you look UP in your
>> address book .  . . or not . . . it's UP to you.*
>>
>>  *Now I'll shut  UP!*
>>
>>
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