jamesg Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi Been around here long enough to not consider myself a noob but I still do not understand what the acronym WIS stands for. Please could someone enlighten me? Cheers JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Watch Idiot Savant Main Entry: idiot sa·vant Pronunciation: 'E-"dyO-sä-'vän, or same as IDIOT and savant for respective singular and plural forms Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural idiots savants /-"dyO-sä-'vän(z)/; or idiot savants /-'vän(z)/ Etymology: French, literally, learned idiot Date: 1927 1 : a mentally defective person who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field 2 : a person who is highly knowledgeable about one subject but knows little about anything else JTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesg Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 That makes sense. I'm probably one of these without the skill or brilliance.... 1 : a mentally defective person who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 nooooooo Jon the boy!!! you gave it away too sooonnnnn..... you're no fun anymore... =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 nooooooo Jon the boy!!! you gave it away too sooonnnnn..... you're no fun anymore... =( I know MVB – I’m usually one of the jokers in the pack when it comes to these things but alas today magnanimity was running through my very veins and I succumbed to drawing and sharing the milk from the bountiful udders of the great cow of human kindness. I have been assured by the great WIS gods in the WIS sky that my deed of goodwill will be suitably rewarded in some splendiferous fashion in the very near future. Failing this, I shall return to being the nauseating, cantankerous, arrogant bastard I once was. Thank you JTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesg Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 ... and your milk of kindness is indeed much appreciated! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 ... and your milk of kindness is indeed much appreciated! ;-) I wonder if you could make cheese out of it. I live in France.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Too much lactation going on around here for my liking JTB, I am disgusted with you 3 months in, 50 posts, plus a Chavski fan to boot, and YOU just give him the answer??? Hang your head in shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 123 Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 A WIS is one who can tell you the start up date of most Swiss watch companies but cannot remember his anniversary or his kids birthdays. Can tell you the name, address and phone number of all the high-end watch stores in his home town, but cannot remember the same info re. a relatives residence. Remembers to wind all his watches, but forgets to take out the garbage on garbage pick-up day. Can recall every watch purchase and what he was doing at that time but cannot remember the dinner party he and his significant other are invited to that weekend. Plans a vacation strictly around watch shopping; Has the number of the Naval Observatory Master Clock on speed-dial, or worse memorizes it; Buys magazines only for the watch ads, reads none of the articles; Is on a first name basis with all the salespeople in the local watch stores; Spends more time gazing at and fondling his new watch than he does his significant other; Thinks about watches, not baseball, during coitus. Has nightmares about Rolex world domination . . . HAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I wonder if you could make cheese out of it. I live in France.... Ry, you've gone native! I recall shopping with my GF in the Sunday market in StGeLaye, and perusing one of the (at least) twenty purveyors of cheese before finally asking for a cut of some Scandinavian hard cheese. The grande dame's welcoming smile turned to a sneer and disdain as we had commited the cardinal sin of the un-French.... buying cheese that was NOT a] French, b] almost liquid, and c] likely to be infested with a variety of gastrointestinal goodies such as listeria, E.coli et al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesg Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I feel honoured to have been the cause today of so much unrest amongst the elder members! Too much lactation going on around here for my liking JTB, I am disgusted with you 3 months in, 50 posts, plus a Chavski fan to boot, and YOU just give him the answer??? Hang your head in shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I wonder if you could make cheese out of it. You can but it's green! JTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Too much lactation going on around here for my liking JTB, I am disgusted with you 3 months in, 50 posts, plus a Chavski fan to boot, and YOU just give him the answer??? Hang your head in shame I am suitably chastised and will not transgress no more doc! JTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 The grande dame's welcoming smile turned to a sneer and disdain as we had commited the cardinal sin of the un-French.... buying cheese that was NOT a] French, b] almost liquid, and c] likely to be infested with a variety of gastrointestinal goodies such as listeria, E.coli et al. How right she was: the living proof that some people are NEVER satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthebhoy Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Did someone mention cheese? Mmmm! JTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Did someone mention cheese? Mmmm! JTB A little work with a dremmel followed up by a few swipes with a Cape Cod Cloth and it should look just fine. I'd change that crown guard though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docblackrock Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Actually THIS was more like it....nice and rancid just the way you like it Ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltic Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 A WIS is one who can tell you the start up date of most Swiss watch companies but cannot remember his anniversary or his kids birthdays. Can tell you the name, address and phone number of all the high-end watch stores in his home town, but cannot remember the same info re. a relatives residence. Remembers to wind all his watches, but forgets to take out the garbage on garbage pick-up day. Can recall every watch purchase and what he was doing at that time but cannot remember the dinner party he and his significant other are invited to that weekend. Plans a vacation strictly around watch shopping; Has the number of the Naval Observatory Master Clock on speed-dial, or worse memorizes it; Buys magazines only for the watch ads, reads none of the articles; Is on a first name basis with all the salespeople in the local watch stores; Spends more time gazing at and fondling his new watch than he does his significant other; Thinks about watches, not baseball, during coitus. Has nightmares about Rolex world domination . . . HAHA I've been known to point out watch ads to 'my significant other' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerouac Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 I've earned my W and excel at the I, but still have a long way to go to earn the S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinsic Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I wonder if you could make cheese out of it. I live in France.... Do you Birkin? Just couldn't resist that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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