| Author | Message | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2940 Registered: 7-2009 |
Hi everyone! After a long absence from the forum, I thought I'd ease back into it by posting what I think is my first neologism. It's good to be back! Wow! I'm happy to say that last night, I managed to argg not once, but twice! It shouldn't be so hard to do. No such difficulties exist for any similar product I can think of, though the tools used are the same. What does it mean to arg? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4192 Registered: 1-2007 |
Welcome back Noel. Technology relevant? Relevant that this happened at night? Were you at home at the time? Any relevant hobbies? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2941 Registered: 7-2009 |
Technology relevant? no. Relevant that this happened at night? no Were you at home at the time? yes Any relevant hobbies? no | ||
| Jondahr (Jondahr)
New member Username: Jondahr Post Number: 368 Registered: 10-2011 |
Is it a common activety that most people would find themselves doing every now and then? Or trying to do? Did you have to try several times before being able to argg twice? Do you usually have to? Can you find this product at any well-assorted supermarket? In a grocery store? Hardware store? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2942 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it a common activety that most people would find themselves doing every now and then? yes Or trying to do? yes Did you have to try several times before being able to argg twice? There is no try. Either you argg, or you fail to argg Do you usually have to? see previous Can you find this product at any well-assorted supermarket? I'm not sure I know the difference between a supermarket and a grocery store. I use the two terms as synonyms. Please clarify. In a grocery store? in most, but not all Hardware store? possibly | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 256 Registered: 2-2012 |
Is argg yawning? Falling asleep quickly? (Ooops scratch that because you said it's all or nothing) This common activity you speak of : would it be physical exercise? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2947 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is argg yawning? no Falling asleep quickly? (Ooops scratch that because you said it's all or nothing) no This common activity you speak of : would it be physical exercise? no | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2042 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is "argg"-ing implying that you have to buy something? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2948 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is "argg"-ing implying that you have to buy something? yope - buying something is a precursor to argging | ||
| Jondahr (Jondahr)
New member Username: Jondahr Post Number: 376 Registered: 10-2011 |
This thing you would buy, is it smaller than a pea? a tennisball? a football? a chair? a table? Would you normally argg in your kitchen? bedroom? living room? bathroom? Or in any room? Can you argg outside? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2953 Registered: 7-2009 |
This thing you would buy, is it smaller than a pea? a tennisball? roughly tennis ball sized a football? a chair? a table? Would you normally argg in your kitchen? bedroom? most likely living room? bathroom? Or in any room? but any room is possible Can you argg outside? yes | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3237 Registered: 2-2011 |
does it involve eating? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2956 Registered: 7-2009 |
does it involve eating? no | ||
| Jondahr (Jondahr)
New member Username: Jondahr Post Number: 387 Registered: 10-2011 |
Do you need anything besides the product and yourself to argg? If so, more than one thing? Two three? Something that you would probably already have in your house? Is this product very exspensive? Would you buy more than one at a time? Is it for one time only use, or may it be used several times? Would you be likely to buy it at least once a week? Monthly? Yearly? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2961 Registered: 7-2009 |
Do you need anything besides the product and yourself to argg? Yope If so, more than one thing? no Two three? Something that you would probably already have in your house? yes Is this product very expensive? no Would you buy more than one at a time? yes Is it for one time only use, or may it be used several times? several times Would you be likely to buy it at least once a week? no Monthly? not likely Yearly? yes | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2968 Registered: 7-2009 |
I'm getting ready to head away from internet access for a few days, so here is a recap / a couple of hints before I go, to keep this one alive. I want to see new questions when I get back! 1: It is relevant that I was at home when I argged. 2: It is relevant that argging is most likely to be done in the bedroom. 3: It is relevant that it was night time, in that argging is more likely to happen in the evening for many people. 4: Despite 1-3 above, you could technically argg anywhere and at any time of day you wanted to, and it wouldn't affect your likelihood of success or failure. 5: Argging involves a small, inexpensive, reuseable item that is usually bought in multiples. 6: Explore the yope in response to Jondahr's last round of questions! | ||
| Jondahr (Jondahr)
New member Username: Jondahr Post Number: 399 Registered: 10-2011 |
Do you need some tool in addition to the product to argg? Would you find it in a toolbox? Amongst yout cutlery? Does argging involve the use of your hands/fingers? Your mouth/teeth/lips? Some other part of your body? Eyes? Do you need your eyesight to argg? Or could you do it with you eyes closed? Sleep relevant? Sex? Bed? Bedside table? Darkness? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2977 Registered: 7-2009 |
Do you need some tool in addition to the product to argg? yope Would you find it in a toolbox? no Amongst your cutlery? yope - the ideal tool would not be here, but some cutlery would work Does argging involve the use of your hands/fingers? yes Your mouth/teeth/lips? not usually, but it could Some other part of your body? no Eyes? Do you need your eyesight to argg? no Or could you do it with you eyes closed? yes, but your likelihood of success would decline Sleep relevant? Sex? Bed? Bedside table? Darkness? none of the above | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3269 Registered: 2-2011 |
ventriloquism relevant? (gottle og geer?) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2978 Registered: 7-2009 |
ventriloquism relevant? no (gottle og geer?)what?? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3271 Registered: 2-2011 |
try saying bottle of beer without moving your lips | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2984 Registered: 7-2009 |
try saying bottle of beer without moving your lips Ah, I see. It seems so obvious now that you say that. But anyway, it's completely irrelevant. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2995 Registered: 7-2009 |
HINT: What is usually in a bedroom besides a bed? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1431 Registered: 3-2006 |
A wardrobe? A bedside table? A dressing table? A mirror? Any of these relevant? Is hair relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2997 Registered: 7-2009 |
A wardrobe? OTRT A bedside table? A dressing table? I'm not actually sure what this is, exactly, but if it's just a table, then no A mirror? Any of these relevant? no to rest Is hair relevant? no | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1437 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is a hanger relevant? A clothes peg? Is argging the act of precariously balancing a wide-necked item of clothing on a hanger, then tightly jamming it in among the others without the item of clothing in question being pulled off the hanger? I always have problems with that. =P | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3000 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is a hanger relevant? A clothes peg? Is argging the act of precariously balancing a wide-necked item of clothing on a hanger, then tightly jamming it in among the others without the item of clothing in question being pulled off the hanger? I always have problems with that. =P me too! none of the above is relevant, but you are definitely on the right track now | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1439 Registered: 3-2006 |
Hmmm.. which of the following is relevant: Shirts? Dresses? Pants? Socks? Shoes? Jeans? Hats? Blankets? Pillowcases? Bedsheets? Towels? Underwear? A shelf? The wardrobe door? Is argging the act of rolling socks up into a neat ball? Anything to do with clothes being turned inside-out? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3002 Registered: 7-2009 |
Hmmm.. which of the following is relevant: Shirts? Dresses? Pants? Socks? this one Shoes? Jeans? Hats? Blankets? Pillowcases? Bedsheets? Towels? Underwear? A shelf? The wardrobe door? Is argging the act of rolling socks up into a neat ball? no. But I couldn't do that successfully until in my 20s when my then boyfriend (now husband) taught me how =) Anything to do with clothes being turned inside-out? no | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1447 Registered: 3-2006 |
Hee, as a child my mum used to tie my socks into knots; one day I discovered sock-balling and was blown away. =P So is the product in question just a pair of socks? Or are there other 'tools' that are needed in conjunction with the socks? Is argging the successful retrieval of a pair of matching socks, without looking? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3005 Registered: 7-2009 |
Hee, as a child my mum used to tie my socks into knots; one day I discovered sock-balling and was blown away. =P =) So is the product in question just a pair of socks? yes, or often multiple pairs Or are there other 'tools' that are needed in conjunction with the socks? yope...there have been several questions about tools above that you may wish to review Is argging the successful retrieval of a pair of matching socks, without looking? no | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1449 Registered: 3-2006 |
I know cutlery has been mentioned as a non-ideal but possible tool... Cutlery?! Now what sock-related activity could I do with cutlery? Do the socks have to be new for argging to take place? Is the fact that socks bought in multiples are often attached to one another via bits of metal and plastic relevant? Is needlework relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3010 Registered: 7-2009 |
I know cutlery has been mentioned as a non-ideal but possible tool... Cutlery?! Now what sock-related activity could I do with cutlery? Do the socks have to be new for argging to take place? yes Is the fact that socks bought in multiples are often attached to one another via bits of metal and plastic relevant? yes Is needlework relevant? no | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1461 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is argging the act of managing to smoothly slide the connecting plastic tag out from the socks after just one swift stroke of the scissors? Without harming the socks in the process? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3014 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is argging the act of managing to smoothly slide the connecting plastic tag out from the socks after just one swift stroke of the scissors? Without harming the socks in the process? this one, well done ***SPOILER*** To argg is to successfully remove the little plastic connectors out of a new pair of socks without damaging the socks. Does anyone else have this frustration? I feel like I have tried everything -- cutting with scissors, pulling on the plastic connectors until they break, attempting to smoothly slide the tags out, etc. -- and not one technique I have tried works well. I find that the little tags are so short that I often manage to cut a pair of socks, or at least to irreparably snag a loop or two out of the fabric. So when I got two new pairs of socks and managed to get both out unharmed, I was probably more excited than I should have been. =) I don't understand why they put such short (half inch or so?) connector tags on socks -- and so many of them (usually several tags per pair)!! No similar product has such short tags. The plastic connector tags on t-shirts, for example, are several inches long, so it's no problem to remove them. "Argg" is derived from two sources - a sound of frustration (argh!) and the sock style "argyle" | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1464 Registered: 3-2006 |
I know what you mean, those short plastic tags are absurd! I think the trick that works for me is pulling the socks as far apart as possible, then gently nibbling away at the bit of visible plastic with the tip of a sharp, yet delicate pair of scissors. Thanks for the puzzle! |
