Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:34 pm
I'm a man of wealth and taste
Generic maybe, but I think it's more cutsie than tacky. I love the name Rosalie, but everyone just shortens it anyway.... I always think its cool when someone decides to call me by my full name, though.MKJ wrote:people should call you Rosalie, as Rosie sounds generic and a tad tacky :icon14:ScooterG wrote:Rosalie, but everyone calls me Rosie.
R00k wrote:I'm a man of wealth and taste
Do you really speak of the pompetis (OK, I fucking challenge ANYONE on this forum to tell me what he REALLY says, no lyrics sites, either) of love?R00k wrote:Some people call me Maurice
fixed.axbaby wrote:Fagboy
i hears ya m8shadd_ wrote:i'm always getting some. it's not always the ones i want but meh, the chubby ones need to get laid once in awhile too.
Well shit, that kept me busy for about ten minutes. It's just a fantasy word, is it?Nightshade wrote:Do you really speak of the pompetis (OK, I fucking challenge ANYONE on this forum to tell me what he REALLY says, no lyrics sites, either) of love?R00k wrote:Some people call me Maurice
well when I think of "Rosie", I see either a middleaged diner waitress chewing gum or a Madame.ScooterG wrote:Generic maybe, but I think it's more cutsie than tacky. I love the name Rosalie, but everyone just shortens it anyway.... I always think its cool when someone decides to call me by my full name, though.MKJ wrote:people should call you Rosalie, as Rosie sounds generic and a tad tacky :icon14:ScooterG wrote:Rosalie, but everyone calls me Rosie.
It's a line from the Steve Miller song "The Joker".Ryoki wrote:Well shit, that kept me busy for about ten minutes. It's just a fantasy word, is it?Nightshade wrote:Do you really speak of the pompetis (OK, I fucking challenge ANYONE on this forum to tell me what he REALLY says, no lyrics sites, either) of love?R00k wrote:Some people call me Maurice
So i laughed and gave up.It appeared even Miller himself was uncertain how pompitous was spelled. It appeared as "pompatus" in at least two books of sheet music but as "pompitous" in the lyrics included with "Recall the Beginning."
Miller has said little about the P-word over the years. In at least one interview, fans say, he claimed, "It doesn't mean anything - it's just jive talk."
Ryoki wrote:I figured that out, yeah. Then i spent about 9 minutes looking for the meaning of the word pompitous. Stumbled across this while i was looking:
So i laughed and gave up.