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# hello all and repost

back from a boring party and bored.
(acheta, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:32, archived)
# well
it's tumbleweed hour round here, so don't expect much entertainment around here...why not look through the spazz to see what we've been up to?
(I helped save b3ta! AzToTheRescue The arsehole formally known as Az The S slur, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:39, archived)
# *sigh
i hate being a night-shifter
(I helped save b3ta! droogii why stay still when you can roll, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:39, archived)
# its not that bad
at least you get time to really appreciate the posts ... :o)
(I helped save b3ta! Xkimo was at work on, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:47, archived)
# what do you mean with 'tumbleweed
hour'?
(acheta, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:41, archived)
# Tumbleweed
like...a Ghost Town..

And I don't mean the Specials!
(I helped save b3ta! AzToTheRescue The arsehole formally known as Az The S slur, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:55, archived)
# no,
i really don't know what tumbleweed means. my dictionary tells me sth. like 'steppe runner' thaz can't be it, can it?
(acheta, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:58, archived)
# maybe spelt it wrong...
but Tumbleweed, is...erm...like a ball of weed that just blows past in the wind like in the old wester movies, or when a bad joke is cracked:)
(I helped save b3ta! AzToTheRescue The arsehole formally known as Az The S slur, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:00, archived)
# OR
in this case, when it's quiet
(I helped save b3ta! AzToTheRescue The arsehole formally known as Az The S slur, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:01, archived)
#
Definition

Images

(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:01, archived)
# ok.
got it. but is 'tumbleweed hour' or tumbleweed time' or alike a normal expression? i mean, would most english speakers understand that term?
(acheta, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:04, archived)
# It's more of a metaphor...
Tumbleweeds were often seen in deserted "ghost towns" in old westerns.

(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:08, archived)
# well...
it's not a common phrase but most people would know what you meant if you said it...
(qdamik, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 15:54, archived)