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minnmess Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 4:20 PM |
weirdmom wrote: Turtleneck wrote: Hey, I learned a new word! Onus!
Yeah I'd never heard that either. I like it.
really? Maybe it is a non american used word? |
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Moray Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 4:22 PM |
Thanks for confirming what I thought I already knew!
For the record, his answer was "I'll give you whatever money you want. All you need to do is ask. I didn't realise it was such a big deal to you."
But I said I wasn't looking for the money now, nor did I feel I should have to ask, it's about appreciating someone doing you a favour, and remembering to be thankful for it.
Eh, then I got a little immature and told him he's fucked if he's getting a lift off me again until he's thought about what he's done! |
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weirdmom Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 4:23 PM |
minnmess wrote: weirdmom wrote: Turtleneck wrote: Hey, I learned a new word! Onus!
Yeah I'd never heard that either. I like it.
really? Maybe it is a non american used word?
I got the general gist of what it must mean but I still went to the dictionary out of curiousity. It was there. Maybe it's just not common here.
Or maybe Kayte and I are both stupid. |
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minnmess Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 4:24 PM |
weirdmom wrote: minnmess wrote: weirdmom wrote: Turtleneck wrote: Hey, I learned a new word! Onus!
Yeah I'd never heard that either. I like it.
really? Maybe it is a non american used word?
I got the general gist of what it must mean but I still went to the dictionary out of curiousity. It was there. Maybe it's just not common here.
Or maybe Kayte and I are both stupid.
I think it is option #1. You are Travis fans, you couldnt possibly be stupid. |
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minnmess Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 4:26 PM |
Moray wrote: Eh, then I got a little immature and told him he's fucked if he's getting a lift off me again until he's thought about what he's done!
you tell him, dad! lol |
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Turtleneck Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 4:29 PM |
weirdmom wrote:
I got the general gist of what it must mean but I still went to the dictionary out of curiousity. It was there. Maybe it's just not common here.
Or maybe Kayte and I are both stupid.
I looked it up, too. Our willingness to learn a new word means we cannot be totally stupid.
1. A burden or obligation; duty.
2. Responsibility or blame.
We can add it to the list of things we've learned on the board. |
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auronsquall Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 5:36 PM |
Turtleneck wrote: ricv64 wrote: Turtleneck wrote: Hey, I learned a new word! Onus!
Of course it is the passenger's responsibility to offer. That's just good manners.
Post 3000? I need to shut up.
but you ride a motorcycle and you still make em pay up ?
better watch out for you on the road next time i pass by detroit lol
I don't allow passengers. They're alway screaming, "Slow down! Slow down! You're gonna get us killed!" I don't need that. |
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AbsGinger Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 6:08 PM |
Turtleneck wrote:
Post 3000? I need to shut up.
NO YOU DON'T ? |
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varz Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 9:53 PM |
Moray wrote:
But I said I wasn't looking for the money now, nor did I feel I should have to ask, it's about appreciating someone doing you a favour, and remembering to be thankful for it.
Eh, then I got a little immature and told him he's fucked if he's getting a lift off me again until he's thought about what he's done!
I love how you go from the mature response straight to childish! Awesome! |
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ricv64 Posted Mon 11 Aug, 2008 10:36 PM |
| his response was fine. |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 12 Aug, 2008 6:41 AM |
I had to look up "onus" too. But it's not weird at all, because I don't speak English :oP.
I come here to agree with everyone else. I don't drive, but each time a friend offers me a lift and it's not a five minutes ride, I offer him / her money for gas. It's the right thing to do. You can't expect the driver to ask you for money. |
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