[lit-ideas] Re: The Cat At Whom He Has Hissed

An annotational transliteration might look like this: ow (as in pain)s g(as in
"great")e (short "e").  Thus: owsge... 

It would take awhile to identify the essence of the expression, but we'd be
surely interrupted by John McC's critique of essentialism. So here are a few
examples, and you can try to find the inter-weaving thread(s) amongst them:

: "augenommen" - i.e., having taken all the stuffings from out of the turkey.

: "ausgelaufen" - i.e., having completely empied a bottle of Oban, down to the
very last drop.

: "ausgekluegelt" - i.e., having examined something completely, thoroughly - to
the point of being able to solve a problem or resolve a dilemma.

To be "ausgehugged" is to be completely "hugged out." There are no more hugs
left in you to give. 

Like the term "ersatz," (as in ersatz - fake, substitute, coffee) this German
expression is becoming increasingly popular amongst young, leftist, unpwardly
mobile, falafel-loving, palm-sized steak eating, Harvard and U of T educated
graduate students and professionals living in Scottsdale, Arizona and San
Diego, California.

All ausge-emailed for today,

Walter O.


P.S. Julie: Terry seems like an interesting fellow. Is he your
painfully-slow-to-learn betterhalf? If he is, ensure that he not come to feel
ausgewifed.

Quoting Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Ah, I am not alone.  It is good to know one is not alone.
> 
> I had a similar (perhaps the same?  Symptoms were dehydration, no
> appetite, lethargy) cat problem a few months ago.  The (elderly male)
> cat's urinary tract was "clogged".  I can't recall the explanation of
> why, but it involved a few days stay at the vets during which the cat
> was at first catheterized then subject to manual urinary expression by
> the vet, special cat food, and a very watchful eye afterwards -- an
> ungodly vet bill and a few months later said cat had to be buried.
> 
> I called the drain cleaner guy to snake out a pipe and it cost me $95
> for him to spend 15 minutes telling me there wasn't anything he could
> do.
> 
> I called my A/C guy who charged me $100 for an hour's service call
> which, yes, lasted roughly 20 minutes -- the amount of time it took
> him to tell me that my central air compressor was shot and a new one
> would run $2,000 to $3,000.
> 
> Here, at least, a typical service call runs a flat rate just for
> whomever to come out (they call it an hourly rate, but it doesn't
> matter if the service person spends 5 minutes or an hour).  Anything
> beyond an hour's time spent, then, costs according to whatever their
> hourly rate is.  This goes for exterminators, plumbers, appliance
> repair, auto repair, you name it.  Of course, as part of this service
> call, you get a free estimate...
> 
> Mike -- What's your hourly service call rate?  It might be cheaper for
> me to drag you from Mississippi than to call local servicemen.
> 
> I have spent the better part of the last 3 months dealing with
> postponed piles of paper, etc.  "Etc." in this case means books,
> chachkas, prints, photos, and you-name-its.  I'm constantly trying to
> determine which new pile to put items in -- the new piles are eBay,
> local selling through Craigslist, Freecycle, Salvation Army, Trash,
> and stuff I'm keeping.  This is looking like a life-long unwilling
> avocation (how's that for an oxymoron?)
> 
> Re.  "All ausge-hugged and -kissed (even by those students who hated
> my course at the
> time. What does it all mean???)"
> 
> What does "ausge-hugged" mean?  How is "ausge" pronounced?  Re. "What
> does it all mean???", please see Pratchett,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett -- I love the photo of
> Terry -- how cool!
> 
> Julie Krueger
> meandering
> 
> On 5/30/08, wokshevs@xxxxxx <wokshevs@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Quoting Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > DR:
> > > "Seventy dollars to come and sixty dollars for an "hour's" labor,
> > > which actually lasted fifteen minutes."
> > >
> > >
> > > A $70 service charge!  Where the hell was he coming from?  Memphis?   
> Wow,
> > > no wonder I'm struggling.
> > >
> > > Mike Geary
> > > Memphis
> >
> >
> > Look at the bright side: you don't have a Swedish maid.
> >
> > I could start on about vet bills for cats with urinary tract problems, and
> the
> > cost of the special catfood required, but I've just returned from 3 hours
> of
> > ushering at convocation and I need some down-time. Amazing: these
> graduands
> > have BAs and MAs and yet they act like moose caught in headlights when
> > convocating. I even ran out of bobbie pins.
> >
> > Another prosperous line of work these days besides plumbing and automotive
> > repair is hairstyling ... esp. around convocation time. I barely
> recognized
> > many of my past students, what with the curls and all ... and those are
> just
> > the guys!
> >
> > All ausge-hugged and -kissed (even by those students who hated my course at
> the
> > time. What does it all mean???)
> >
> > Walter O
> > MUN
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:51 PM
> > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: The Cat At Whom He Has Hissed
> > >
> > >
> > > > "The Countdown Has Begun!" is how the Evergreen Air and Space museum, 
> of
> > > > which I am a member, warns me to expect an appearance by "Titan II 
> expert
> > >
> > > > Chuck Rash."  Isn't Chuck Rash an excellent name for an  astronauty
> sort
> > > > of person?  Straight out of a dime novel: like Buck  Rush, Dirk Rich
> or
> > > > Cat Vim; quite unlike Bartelby Merely-Comfortable  and nobs of that
> ilk.
> > > > Chuck Rash, or as he is known to intimates,  Charles "Horse" Rash, is
> an
> > > > ideal name for such a Titan feller.
> > > >
> > > > If you're from Riddle, Oregon however, it's better to be a Cloid.  I
> > > > haven't run into many Cloids in my life.  The newspaper says Rita
> > > > Ferschweiler met this one somewhere, and married him in Gervais in 
> 1945.
> > > > As Mr. and Mrs. Wigle, they then moved to Riddle, where they  had five
> > > > children, two of whom were Richard and Rod.
> > > >
> > > > How am I currently occupying myself?  Still cleaning up and sorting
> > > > through postponed piles of paper.  I took four boxes of books to 
> Powells;
> > >
> > > > they bought ten vols, awarding me a massive twenty eight  dollar
> credit,
> > > > rejected the rest.  I'm considering what to do next.   The library
> > > > bookstore may be headed for a windfall.
> > > >
> > > > Two of our family are currently at the vet with Gilbert, one of our 
> two
> > > > elderly cats.  Having lived a full and healthy barn-cat  existence,
> > > > Gilbert started being friendly a couple of months ago and  now is not
> > > > eating.  These are bad signs in a barn-cat.  Worse, he now  even
> snuggles
> > > > up to Sullivan, the cat at whom he has hissed for  nearly all his
> > > > existence.
> > > >
> > > > Daughter just called to say that the cat has a fever and a full 
> bladder
> > > > and they're going to run tests.  Old guy stuff, is my  diagnosis, with
> > > > bills to come.  Yesterday, when I was leaving for a  meeting, our door
> > > > lock suddenly stuck.  I disassembled the thing to  the best of my
> > > > knowledge, risking arriving late to the meeting, but  eventually there
> was
> > >
> > > > nothing for it but to call the lock person.   Seventy dollars to come
> and
> > > > sixty dollars for an "hour's" labor,  which actually lasted fifteen
> > > > minutes.
> > > >
> > > > We academics are in the wrong line of business.  We should be
> > > > disassembling locks and fixing the bladders of elderly cats.  Instead
> > > > where are we?  Standing in the rain watering nay-chah, metaphorically
> > > > that is.  See Bev Hogue's blog for details: http://
> > > > excelsiorbev.blogspot.com/
> > > >
> > > > Tomorrow I chair the St. Andrew's Society meeting, my first as 
> President.
> > >
> > > > Note the capital "p."  I have thought about calling my  crabbing boat
> the
> > > > "Quite Vincible."  These two facts are not related.
> > > >
> > > > Carry on.
> > > >
> > > > David Ritchie,
> > > > Portland, Oregon
> > > >
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