tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post3194618544807565082..comments2023-11-02T21:29:00.663+08:00Comments on Zendra's Fascinations: What A BLAST!Zendra-Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10925887213311694799noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-89969399034841220612012-12-09T21:58:19.507+08:002012-12-09T21:58:19.507+08:00Fifty years eh Pakcik? That doesn't sound quit...Fifty years eh Pakcik? That doesn't sound quite so long ago actually.... Oh blast, I'm showing my age again.Zendra-Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925887213311694799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-24633707879038386022012-12-06T19:59:23.770+08:002012-12-06T19:59:23.770+08:00Way back in 1965 ( Oh , blast, almost 50 years ago...Way back in 1965 ( Oh , blast, almost 50 years ago!) I had a boss who would exclaim 'Oh blast' whenever he was told that something was not going as planned.Al-Manarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203360858632549270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-42248877424629408032012-12-06T14:54:42.825+08:002012-12-06T14:54:42.825+08:00Oh dear, I hope your last word won't be GOBLOK...Oh dear, I hope your last word won't be GOBLOK! (You have been warned)Zendra-Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925887213311694799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-22073036093283971142012-12-05T18:28:18.012+08:002012-12-05T18:28:18.012+08:00For years I swore "Shit" until that near...For years I swore "Shit" until that near death accident when the last word expressed was just that before blacking out (luckily not permanently)<br /><br />While recuperating at the hospital, I remember being assailed by TV shows after TV shows of people in their dying breaths declaring their Shahidah.<br /><br />Since then I swore away that swear word. (I have been warned)Red Alfahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06226203788630134840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-65851696435934777242012-12-03T19:52:11.501+08:002012-12-03T19:52:11.501+08:00Alamak Lee, so you really use "Holy Smoke&quo...Alamak Lee, so you really use "Holy Smoke" outside of blogging. It's as harmless and antiquated as Batman and Robin and hardly any match to the others that you did not care to mention, HAHAHA! But if I'm in Canada or US and use "Blast it" everytime I'm upset, the authorities would mark me as a terroristess in no time, going by my garb, wouldn't they :P<br /><brZendra-Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925887213311694799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-60664139524457441432012-12-03T06:40:45.735+08:002012-12-03T06:40:45.735+08:00Hi Zendra, yes, I have been hearing this 'blas...Hi Zendra, yes, I have been hearing this 'blast' fairly often where I am....and terus will know person is from England. Infact only day before heard it from a guy living here when the elevator was slow coming down, with his, 'blast it'!<br />Ya, when I was in UK used to hear it often, as well the few odd times when watching England movies.<br /><br />Canadians don't say that, Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659078775260068702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-49154546359264408332012-12-02T15:00:40.491+08:002012-12-02T15:00:40.491+08:00Boe, you had me googling this. So BASKET! is I sus...Boe, you had me googling this. So BASKET! is I suspect a shortened form of the term "a basket case" which refers to "An infirm or failing person or thing - unable to function properly. Originally this referred to soldiers who had lost arms and legs and had to be carried by others (in a basket). More recently it has been used to denounce a failing organisation or scheme and is less Zendra-Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925887213311694799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-2536288222371745072012-12-02T14:53:11.642+08:002012-12-02T14:53:11.642+08:00Oldstock, how about you B.L.A.S.T.ing me? Will do ...Oldstock, how about you B.L.A.S.T.ing me? Will do us a lot of good eh? Zendra-Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925887213311694799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-5374333037962381262012-12-02T12:35:53.738+08:002012-12-02T12:35:53.738+08:00I do recall BLAST. And I buy into the idea. What I...I do recall BLAST. And I buy into the idea. What I don't get is something we used in primary school: BASKET! What's with that one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134305675181629029.post-36524686829757790782012-12-02T09:16:13.008+08:002012-12-02T09:16:13.008+08:00Yes... I remember `blast' being used as an exp...Yes... I remember `blast' being used as an expletive. I think I'll start re-using it again. Thanks Kak Zen for sharing this...Fadhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091828414987087822noreply@blogger.com