[Craic] Upping the ante at Craic

[Remo Brassolotto]

I'll be up front about it, Billie. I looked it up.

Upset.

Remo

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> On Nov 10, 2020, at 9:51 PM, Bill Heffernan <bill.heffernan1950 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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