The cone of... you've got to be kidding me

[Raf]

What the heck kind of hurricane name is Paloma?

[GeorgeStGeorge]

It could be one that smells nice (Paloma is a family of colognes).

And aren't we "WAG"ging now?

;)

George

[waysider]

Maybe it will live up to its name and be tame as a dove.

[Raf]

Been so long, I forgot to WAG.

[MATILDA]

processing...

hurricane...landfalls...debris, deconstructions, fragmentations, hard to really get a fix on without help...

...like Picasso (the philand(fall)dering cubist)...

...whose daughter's name is

Paloma.

"Hurricane, thy name is Paloma," was once uttered by someone of note...

Steak and paloma sammiches...

Every time Popeye was surprised he said, "well, paloma down..."

In Spanish, paloma is "dove;"

In Portuguese, paloma is "prostitute, whore, or meretrix."

Meretrix...now there's a good name for a hurricane, followed by "Pimp Daddy"

way too much java today...help me, Obiwan

[Mister P-Mosh]

What the heck kind of hurricane name is Paloma?

Would you rather it be named Hurricane Tweety Bird?

[rhino]

It could be one that smells nice (Paloma is a family of colognes).

George

In Portuguese, paloma is "prostitute, whore, or meretrix."

I'm not sure what to make of this ... where did George do his research?

I hope Paloma doesn't carry disease... :o

Edited November 6, 2008 by rhino

[TOMMYZ]

Maybe they couldn't get the song "Una Paloma Blanca" out of their head !

[krys]

So far, this thread is comedy at it's best. Read all the posts quickly from the top down!

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I'm not sure what to make of this ... where did George do his research?

My sister-in-law worked for a fragrance company until just recently. She gave me a bottle of Paloma "Minotaure." I wasn't too fond of it, but my wife liked it.

George

[Mark Clarke]

In Spanish, paloma is "dove;"

In Portuguese, paloma is "prostitute, whore, or meretrix."

I'm not sure what to make of this ... where did George do his research?

I'm more wondering where Matilda did her research. I looked up "paloma" in an online Portuguese-English dictionary, and it wasn't found. Also, it said the Portuguese word for prostitute is prostituta. Still, I had fun with the word meretrix....

From Ask Oxford:

meretricious

•

adjective

showily but falsely attractive.

— ORIGIN from Latin

meretrix

‘prostitute’, from

mereri

‘be hired’.

Meretricious to all, and to all a good night!

My sister-in-law worked for a fragrance company until just recently. She gave me a bottle of Paloma "Minotaure." I wasn't too fond of it, but my wife liked it.

George

From Ask Oxford:

Minotaur

•

noun

Greek Mythology - a creature who was half-man and half-bull, kept in a labyrinth on Crete by King Minos and killed by Theseus.

Can you imagine what that would smell like!

(Isn't it amazing what you can learn from a dictionary?!)

Edited November 7, 2008 by Mark Clarke

[kimberly]

Obie kabie, my 5 degrees to the left sense of humor demands I chime in here.

meretrix, 'prostitute'.....'trix'.....

If my memory from 6 years in French class serves me corrrectly, mere is mother.

Trix cereal.....Trix is for kids.....

Never name a poodle Trixie. I did. Now I know why she ran off.

Ed Norton was married to Trixie.....does that explain why he was always deliriously happy.....

[MATILDA]

I'm more wondering where Matilda did her research. I looked up "paloma" in an online Portuguese-English dictionary, and it wasn't found. Also, it said the Portuguese word for prostitute is prostituta.

It was a two story house in Pikes Peak...

actually, I googled "paloma translation" and connected with the Babylon Portuguese English Dictionary

not that google is anything authoritative necessarily, but it'll do in a pinch

you say tomato, I say tomatoe,

you say potato, Quayle spells potatoe,

tomato, potatoe,

paloma, a slutta,

let's call the whole thing off...

...wait...depending on where you consult:

if paloma is a dove of peace

and paloma is a bird that gives a piece

then a collaboration might yield an effin bird...

hence, the origin of the one finger salute...

those clever portu-geese

I vote we change the name from Paloma to Dirty Bird (from the critical Portugreek text message)

I wish you could have seen it in the original, Mark...

Edited November 7, 2008 by MATILDA

[Mark Clarke]

I wish you could have seen it in the original, Mark...

I'll bet it was real... so-so!

[Belle]

:jump:

I have nothing witty to add, but just wanted to say thanks to those who have shared.

[Ham]

What the heck kind of hurricane name is Paloma?

if it was off the coast of Alaska, they could have called it the cone of Palin..

[Mark Clarke]

If it were out west, it would be the Cone of Paladin - Have Wind, Will Travel.