Not only can you eat just one, eating just one (from any given pair) is required. It’s like dryers and socks, only with slightly more drool and a mess to clean up afterwards.
It’s a little known fact that Lassie needed Timmy a lot more then people realize. There was many a time that the only reason Timmy was in the well was so that Lassie could feel as though her life did indeed have purpose. ^_~
I was going to say that “to grok” didn’t mean “to water” in Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”, but then I noticed who I would be telling this to, and felt stupid.
As I understand it, the original meaning is, “To drink, ” but because of how precious water is on mars, it’s come to mean, “To know,” “To love,” “To have sex with,” “To understand, ” and probably many other things.
(TUNE: “There Is Nothing Like A Dame”, Rodgers & Hammerstein)
I got kibbles, I got bits,
I got lots of doggie snacks,
Got a comfy sofa cushion
Where a doggie can relax …
Got a hundred-fifty channels,
Not including pay-per-view …
What don’t I have?
A thing to do!
Getting paid leave is better than … unemployment!
But being a working dog without work gives no … enjoyment!
I do nothing for my pay!
Not a thing at all …
Sitting idle ev’ry day,
I do nothing to earn my pay!
I don’t work hard for my pay …
I don’t stand guard for my pay …
No crooks I track for my pay …
Don’t attack for my pay …
Can’t pull sleds for my pay …
Or shrink heads for my pay …
If there’s one thing this canine has learned,
I don’t feel right unless I have earned
My well-earned, well-spent,
U.S. Government
Pay!
Civil service rules.
You can’t just fire a government employee.
Either they have to quit or you have to generate a tremendous amount of paperwork to prove (in the legal sense) them not fit for public service.
And said employee normally fights the process tooth and nail.
Since Sweetheart said “working dog,” I was figuring something like herding sheep or pulling a sled…yep, sheepherding, she looks like one of those breeds…
It can vary greatly by government job, and part of it has to do with security clearances.
Active Duty Military need permission to moonlight – even on their own time. This is in no small part because you are supposed to be contactable for recall purposes.
Any job where you are “on call” usually has recall provisions, unless you are obviously out of geographical area. Permissions BEFORE travel to certain foreign countries is also required.
From the wikipedia entry:
Grok /ˈɡrɒk/ is a word coined by Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science-fiction novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, where it is defined as follows:
Grok means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed—to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science—and it means as little to us (because of our Earthling assumptions) as color means to a blind man.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines to grok as “to understand intuitively or by empathy; to establish rapport with” and “to empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment”.
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Yes, English will even steal vocabulary from imaginary languages!
That sounds right to me- been a while since I read Stranger in a Strange Land, but I recall that “to grok” approximated a range of Earthly concepts from “deeply understanding” something to “eating” it.
Well maybe she could do volenteer work – like visit patients in a hospital. … better make that a mental hospital so no one notices she can talk- omg! Maybe that’s just what she does and ends up cossing paths with Tigerlilly
Sneakers satisfies.
Can you only eat just one?
Not only can you eat just one, eating just one (from any given pair) is required. It’s like dryers and socks, only with slightly more drool and a mess to clean up afterwards.
It’s a little known fact that Lassie needed Timmy a lot more then people realize. There was many a time that the only reason Timmy was in the well was so that Lassie could feel as though her life did indeed have purpose. ^_~
So Lassie knew TImmie was in the well because she put him there?
Or maybe…
Unity reads Heinlein?
I love her even more now.
“Grok” is pretty ubiquitous in the geek world as a whole, and I don’t think most of them *know* that “grok” means “water”. Or where it came from.
I was going to say that “to grok” didn’t mean “to water” in Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”, but then I noticed who I would be telling this to, and felt stupid.
“Grok” is “drink,” according to V. M. Smith…I’d take it as a verb.
If my reading is correct unity does plenty of groking. She groks samiches, goats, owls, and especially brainsss.
It also means “to merge with” or “to understand completely and intuitively”, depending on translation, nyao. Martian is almost as complex as Feline!
It’s a verb with an etymology tied to water, but with a tremendous amount of culture built up around it.
As I understand it, the original meaning is, “To drink, ” but because of how precious water is on mars, it’s come to mean, “To know,” “To love,” “To have sex with,” “To understand, ” and probably many other things.
I wound up reading that as:
‘I don’t think most of them *grok* that “grok” means “water”.’
I’m not even making that up. I did. And I’ve never read Heinlein. I might be proving your point.
This isn’t the first time that SH has made me look up a word – but it’s the first time I’ve had to go to Urban Dictionary to find it.
(TUNE: “There Is Nothing Like A Dame”, Rodgers & Hammerstein)
I got kibbles, I got bits,
I got lots of doggie snacks,
Got a comfy sofa cushion
Where a doggie can relax …
Got a hundred-fifty channels,
Not including pay-per-view …
What don’t I have?
A thing to do!
Getting paid leave is better than … unemployment!
But being a working dog without work gives no … enjoyment!
I do nothing for my pay!
Not a thing at all …
Sitting idle ev’ry day,
I do nothing to earn my pay!
I don’t work hard for my pay …
I don’t stand guard for my pay …
No crooks I track for my pay …
Don’t attack for my pay …
Can’t pull sleds for my pay …
Or shrink heads for my pay …
If there’s one thing this canine has learned,
I don’t feel right unless I have earned
My well-earned, well-spent,
U.S. Government
Pay!
so she still has a job
Civil service rules.
You can’t just fire a government employee.
Either they have to quit or you have to generate a tremendous amount of paperwork to prove (in the legal sense) them not fit for public service.
And said employee normally fights the process tooth and nail.
Why does Unity need grenades for her job?
Because she’s Unity
They’re probably chloroform grenades, so that Bessie is compliant during milking. And because she’s Unity.
That would imply that there are jobs that do *not* need grenades. Interesting.
And, oh yeah: because she’s Unity.
Being on paid leave prevents you from getting some part time job?
Have you looked at the job market for dogs that file? She’s competing with Bangladesh and computers.
Since Sweetheart said “working dog,” I was figuring something like herding sheep or pulling a sled…yep, sheepherding, she looks like one of those breeds…
It can vary greatly by government job, and part of it has to do with security clearances.
Active Duty Military need permission to moonlight – even on their own time. This is in no small part because you are supposed to be contactable for recall purposes.
Any job where you are “on call” usually has recall provisions, unless you are obviously out of geographical area. Permissions BEFORE travel to certain foreign countries is also required.
““Grok” is “drink,”…”
Whoever said that was, I suspect, mistaking it for ‘grog’.
If I’m remembering right, the Martian etymology is tied up with water and their water sharing ritual. Or maybe I’m confusing it with Dune?
Eh, same planet anyway.
D’une is set on Arakis, not Mars.
From the wikipedia entry:
Grok /ˈɡrɒk/ is a word coined by Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science-fiction novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, where it is defined as follows:
Grok means to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed—to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science—and it means as little to us (because of our Earthling assumptions) as color means to a blind man.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines to grok as “to understand intuitively or by empathy; to establish rapport with” and “to empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment”.
—————————————————————————————————-
Yes, English will even steal vocabulary from imaginary languages!
That is beyond my ability to grok.
There’s a story by P. Schuyler Miller, predating “Stranger,” that deals with similar concepts—and one character is called “the grak.”
That sounds right to me- been a while since I read Stranger in a Strange Land, but I recall that “to grok” approximated a range of Earthly concepts from “deeply understanding” something to “eating” it.
More interested in the concept of dog religion. Has Scooby been sainted? Does that make Scrappy beatified? Where’s Rin-tin-tin in all of this?
And what about Snowy?
Didn’t you watch that crappy Scoobydoo movie? Scrappy is the opesite of beatified.
Eating a sneaker would probably taste better than a Snickers(tm) bar
Given that chocolate is a poison to dogs, seems likely.
Or is Sweetheart chocolate-proof?
Theobromine LD-50 (oral) in dogs is 300mg per kg body mass. A Snickers bar contains 36 mg of theobromine.
What was your question?
Correction: 48,5mg of theobromine in a Snickers bar.
Given Sweetheart’s weight, how many Snickers could she eat before she gets nausea?
So, only about 6% of the amount per ounce of dark chocolate? Man, Snickers isn’t using a lot of actual chocolate nowadays.
Of course, a heavy sugar and fat load on it’s own can rabbit-punch a dog’s pancreas…
Snickers has always been milk chocolate, which is reconstituted cocoa powder (which is, itself, usually mostly flavouring).
She’s tequila-proof, so it isn’t much of a stretch.
Hmmm, can remember ‘Grok’ being used as a swear word slash exclamation in 2000AD, in particular, Mega-City One
More likely “drok”, as in “drok It”, “That’s a pile of Drokk”. “Drokking”, “drokked up”, among others.
If you work for the government, yes. Paid leave prevents you from getting a part time
job. You can get into big trouble for that.
That should have been in response to Robert Nowall’s comment above.
I do work for the government (kinda). I’ve never heard that. But I’ll ask around, ’cause somebody else might know.
I actually recall it being used on NPR – correctly and by the newscaster – during an All Things Considered interview segment about 5 years ago.
Well maybe she could do volenteer work – like visit patients in a hospital. … better make that a mental hospital so no one notices she can talk- omg! Maybe that’s just what she does and ends up cossing paths with Tigerlilly
That was supposed to be a reply to Ira. {:\