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chalkers · 05-18-2012, 02:25 PM

They arrived and they are beauties! Highly recommended.

Matt d · 05-18-2012, 03:21 PM

Once upon a time I saw a moose. After a while I noticed the were 8 more moose behind the first moose.

***kshymkiw*** · 05-18-2012, 03:24 PM

Very nice. Going to post some pictures of them?

Viper_99 · 05-18-2012, 03:47 PM

I have some and I think they are the best in the series so far!

05-18-2012, 04:46 PM

Plural would be Meese's -
Nice! Smile

***Honey*** · 05-18-2012, 05:15 PM

Wouldn't plural be a herd?

05-18-2012, 05:30 PM

(05-18-2012 05:15 PM)Honey Wrote: Wouldn't plural be a herd?

It most defiantly could be. Smile

boyfromdixie · 05-18-2012, 06:19 PM

now they need a rocky the flying squirrel coin to go with the moose. [Image: 2qc2t78.jpg]

kramerprammer · 05-18-2012, 11:41 PM

Purchasing 100 ounces of Canadian Mooses on Monday and having them shipped to Australia. Can't wait to get them

travis · 05-19-2012, 04:42 AM

(05-18-2012 04:46 PM)Chronic Wrote: Plural would be Meese's -
Nice!

I use to go with Meese as well but this poem says no.

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England .
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and
Get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
In which your house can burn up as it burns down,
In which you fill in a form by filling it out, and
In which an alarm goes off by going on.

And in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

Eugenie A. Nidia

Viper_99 · 05-19-2012, 11:00 AM

(05-19-2012 04:42 AM)travis Wrote:
(05-18-2012 04:46 PM)Chronic Wrote: Plural would be Meese's -
Nice!
I use to go with Meese as well but this poem says no.

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England .
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and
Get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
In which your house can burn up as it burns down,
In which you fill in a form by filling it out, and
In which an alarm goes off by going on.

And in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

Eugenie A. Nidia

Love that poem I will use it in my ELA class! Thanks

vonredbird · 05-19-2012, 11:44 AM

plural of moose, is moose. of which i have i have 120 and planning more. they are my fav!

***Honey*** · 05-19-2012, 04:39 PM

(05-19-2012 11:44 AM)vonredbird Wrote: plural of moose, is moose. of which i have i have 120 and planning more. they are my fav!

Wow... you really have a herd of moose!

05-20-2012, 05:48 AM

(05-19-2012 04:42 AM)travis Wrote:
(05-18-2012 04:46 PM)Chronic Wrote: Plural would be Meese's -
Nice!
I use to go with Meese as well but this poem says no.

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England .
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
We find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
Grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and
Get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
Should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
While a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
In which your house can burn up as it burns down,
In which you fill in a form by filling it out, and
In which an alarm goes off by going on.

And in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

Eugenie A. Nidia

Excellent! Big Grin

05-20-2012, 05:53 AM

(05-19-2012 04:39 PM)Honey Wrote:
(05-19-2012 11:44 AM)vonredbird Wrote: plural of moose, is moose. of which i have i have 120 and planning more. they are my fav!

Wow... you really have a herd of moose!

If he did it right then he only needed two to start and the rest is profit.
Just like rabbits! Big Grin

nosirrahx · 05-20-2012, 11:41 AM

Quote:Got My Canadian Mooses (what's the plural?)

Geese

mike silverhair · 05-20-2012, 10:25 PM

Fantastic essay travis.As for the rest of you,I only have 10 meese so I better get moving before you buy them all.Oddly enough the prices at my favorite dealer website lists moose coins for $1.40 more than silver american eagles.Hmmmm Dodgy

***Honey*** · 05-21-2012, 12:02 PM

(05-20-2012 05:53 AM)Chronic Wrote:
(05-19-2012 04:39 PM)Honey Wrote:
(05-19-2012 11:44 AM)vonredbird Wrote: plural of moose, is moose. of which i have i have 120 and planning more. they are my fav!

Wow... you really have a herd of moose!

If he did it right then he only needed two to start and the rest is profit.
Just like rabbits!

Okay... I put two of my mooses together and somehow ended up with a bunch of 1/2 oz. dragons. I must have done something wrong.. Cool

vonredbird · 05-21-2012, 12:39 PM

(05-21-2012 12:02 PM)Honey Wrote:
(05-20-2012 05:53 AM)Chronic Wrote:
(05-19-2012 04:39 PM)Honey Wrote:
(05-19-2012 11:44 AM)vonredbird Wrote: plural of moose, is moose. of which i have i have 120 and planning more. they are my fav!

Wow... you really have a herd of moose!

If he did it right then he only needed two to start and the rest is profit.
Just like rabbits!

Okay... I put two of my mooses together and somehow ended up with a bunch of 1/2 oz. dragons. I must have done something wrong..

so, you have a bunch of dragoose? awesome!! i gotta try that out, hefty premium on those!! lol

***Honey*** · 05-21-2012, 03:23 PM

Better than "meeasses-dragon"