• the_infernal_optimist said on Apr 22, 2009....

  The fate of the world rests upon the critical answers hidden within the minds of those who read this! Well, okay, maybe not. :-D
  
  Anyway...you know most of my answers, but I'll reply anyway 'cause I can. ;-)
  
  I say "buck naked," but you know, I was researching this a little, and it seems "butt naked" might actually have been the closer-to-original term! There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer though...
  
  I dream mostly of people I know, but when there are strangers in my dreams (rare!), I do wonder where the hell they come from.
  
  To get rid of hiccups, I chug water (like 20 oz+ without stopping for breath if you can) or sing -- I think holding long notes and such kind of resets things. It's fun anyway. ;-)
  
  You wanna know what's funny about this shirt from 6th grade? It's got Green Eggs & Ham on it. :-p I should burn the damn thing!
  
  Tin foil...pronounced all funny, I'm sure. ;-)
  
  ~Infernal
  

• alabamagirl said on Apr 22, 2009....

  Well I think it's buck naked, but when thinking about it, it sound really odd.  What really is buck?
  
  I dream of both people I know and of strangers....probably equally.  What does that mean?
  
  To get rid of hiccups, I've always been told someone should scare you!  This has never happened successfully!  How can someone scare you when your expecting it?  Makes no sense. 
  
  I don't think I have anything from the 6th grade, but if I did I can't imagine I would fit into it!
  
  What about hunker down?  What does that really mean?
  

• evil_twin said on Apr 22, 2009....

  I've always said 'buck naked' even if I had no idea what that actually meant. I've also always wondered what the term 'naked as a jaybird' really meant. Do other birds usually wear clothes?!
  
  When I dream, I dream about a mixture of people. Usually it's about people I know, but there are often strangers around too. Or people who are supposed to be someone I know, only they look nothing like that person. I just know in the dream, that they're really supposed to be them. But I have no idea where my mind comes up with the random faces...
  
  Usually I hold my breath if I have hiccups or a drink a glass of water real fast.
  
  I cannot fit into my 6th grade clothes, and even if I could, I wouldn't wanna wear them!
  
  I call it tin foil.
  
  -Kyle
  

• wombat said on Apr 22, 2009....

  Well, where I'm from, we say "Buck naked" but it may be a geographical thing.
   
  I dream of strangers a lot, depending on the type of dream.  Good question!  Isn't it amazing that you can "dream up" people?  Most of my strange people are children, though---and often I think of them as my inner child. 
   
  For hiccups, I try to drink water "upside down" or maybe eat a little sugar.  I don't think anything actually works right away---except calming down, maybe.  I also try taking a deep breath, closing off the back of my throat with the back of my tongue, and letting out air in a big noisy rush.  It's hard to describe, but is part of the meditation I do.  (which is also calming--and regulates your breathing)  When you do it right, you sound like a horse, which is probaby what they are doing when they whinny!)
   
  I don't own any of the clothes I had in the 6th grade, but wish I did.  I had a cool leather jumper and white go-go boots!  But I bet I could fit into the jumper if I had it, even though it would be a mini, mini skirt now!  It had adjustable buckles!  Ha...  (my skinny years were my 20's and 30's, and a few years there in my 40's when I didn't eat.)  I'm in my early 50's now, and just glad I can still remember the 60's!)
   
  I call it tin foil,for the most part.  Interchangeble, I think?  But just realized my Yankee calls it tin foil, probably because he can't say "aluminum."
   
  Hope these answers help you mind to relax!

• beyondtheveil said on Apr 22, 2009....

  I say buck naked , but have heard both. I doubt there is a 'right'.
  
  I have more strangers in my dreams than people I know. One person I know has repeatedly been there always, the others on rare occasion.
  
  Can't help you on hiccups. I've almost never had them and when they appeared, I did nothing. They just went away.
  
  Get into my sixth grade clothes? Can anybody? If you could, they couldn't possibly fit could they? (now I'm asking all the questions)
  
  I used to say tin foil, then went to Reynolds wrap. Probably due to my wife.
  

• crybabylu said on Apr 22, 2009....

  "butt naked"

  I dream about people I know, mostly.

  I take deep breaths and hold them to get rid of hiccups.

  no, I can't get into my 6th grade clothes, I can't get into last month's clothes.

  'aluminum foil'

• crybabylu said on Apr 22, 2009....

  Oops!  I just asked my husband and he says it's "buck naked" 

• secretlife said on Apr 22, 2009....

  buck naked
  i don't dream alot, but if there are people in them, i know them
  holding my breath is what i do for hiccups- or drink a full glass of water.
  i don't get hiccups alot either.
  no to the 6th grade clothes, but i have sister who still has clothes from high school and can wear them.
  personally, i think she's just afraid of getting rid of stuff.
  tin foil, even tho i know the package says aluminum.  sometimes these days i just say "foil"
   
   

• silver_phoenix said on Apr 22, 2009....

  Is the term 'butt naked' or 'buck naked'? hmm...I use both!
  
  
  
  When you dream, do you dream mostly about people you know, or are there a lot of random strangers hanging around? And if there are strangers, do you ever wonder who the hell they really are and where they came from in your mind? mostly about people i know
  
  
  
  Do you do anything special to get rid of hiccups? I keep getting them and I'm convinced one of these days they'll just never stop. Any helpful tips? sugar cubes...suck on em (works for me--Grandma's trick)
  
  
  
  Can you still fit into the same clothes you wore in the 6th grade? And if you can, do you actually still own clothes from the 6th grade? hell no and hell no again!
  
  
  
  Do you call it 'tin foil' or 'aluminum foil'? i call it foil. haha
  

• Mr_Box said on Apr 22, 2009....

  My answers: 
  
  
  I always called it buck naked too, but recently I saw it as 'butt naked' and I was wondering if I was saying it wrong! My dreams are full of strangers and hardly ever about people I know. I just wondered if I was weird there. 
  
  
  My hiccups are gone, but I'll try these tips next time they happen. I do not own any clothes from the 6th grade, but I know someone who does! lol and lastly, I call it tin foil too. I dunno why since it's not tin, but it sounds better.
  
  
  Infernally.....you actually researched the term 'buck/butt naked'? lol you're gonna have to let me know the story about that since you already told me the history of tin foil before :-P
  
  
  alabamagirl......i do not know what the word 'hunker' means, so that's a good question! Anyone wanna research that one for us? lol
  
  
  Kyle.....I used to think the term was 'naked as a jailbird' I wasn't sure what that meant either except i thought maybe it referred to being strip searched or something...lol 
  
  
  wombat....thank you for helping to put my mind at ease! I tried drinking water upside once and it came out my nose! Is that supposed to happen? lol I think the hiccups were gone though...
  
  
  beyond.....you and I are the only people I know who routinely dream of strangers more than people we know. I wonder if that means something? hmm...
  
  
  cry....so that's one vote for butt naked and one for buck? I think you're the only one who chose 'butt'...i expected more people to pick that one I think
  
  
  secretlife....I do have a few items of clothing from high school, but I dont usually wear them. They're sentimental. I think 'foil' is an easy term to use

• Mr_Box said on Apr 22, 2009....

  silver phoenix....we posted at the same time...sugar cubes huh? I've seen other people suggest sugar, so i guess that's a good one to try! And you use butt and buck naked? how do you decide which you wanna say? lol

• the_infernal_optimist said on Apr 22, 2009....

  Jaxl: Sadly, I actually did look up "hunker down" (even though I've used that one myself) earlier today to see where it came from. :-D
  
  "Hunker" may be from the Old Norse term "huka" (to squat). There are similar words in Dutch and German with similar meanings.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• hotaka said on Apr 22, 2009....

  Adjusting my lens-less glasses here I am ready to offer my humble answers.
  
  It's buck naked. As in the naked buck. The naked dollar. Buck Rogers. Buck Rogers in the buff. Gil Gerard wearing only a dollar.
  
  Yes, there are many strangers, many of whom are supposed to be important people to me in my dream. Where did they come from? I don't know. But I never dream about the hot chicks I see on the train. With my wife sleeping next to me, maybe that's a good thing.
  
  I hold my breath for as long as I can. Usually works. After gaining consciousness the hiccoughs are gone.
  
  6th grade? I don't think I even remember what I wore in 6th grade. But I know I can't fit into what I wore ten years ago so that would have to be a no. I still have a concert T-shirt from when I was 13 though. How could I throw away a shirt from the Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Tour?
  
  I call it foil. I might say tin foil. Occasionally aluminum foil. And I get corrected by the Aussies and Brits if I say aluminum foil in their presence. "It's aluminium foil!"
  

• WriterCarlDobbs said on Apr 23, 2009....

  "Butt naked."  "Buck" naked makes no sense.

  Tin foil is made of tin. It exists as tin foil. Aluminum foil is made of aluminum.  It is not tin foil.

  Only 6th and 7th graders have clothes from the 6th grade.

  Strangers in your dreams are manifestations of yourself.  You can learn about yourself.  If one tries to rape you, you are self destructive and auto erotic.  If one tries to kill you, you are secretly suicidal. If one lies to you, you are self-deceiving etc.

  There is, back at the top of your mouth's roof, a soft spot called the SOFT PALLETTE.  You can rub this with the end of a q-tip to stimulate it.  This causes your nervous tissue to get rid of your hiccups.  This is advice from Dr. Gabe Murkin from an old radio show I listened to decades ago.

• PieterOpie said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Mr Box asked many questions:    First of all I want to congratulate you on a brilliant set of questions.  They are all terribly valid and not only do they deserve answers but I have been afraid to raise them myself.  I admire your courage and directness.  I will strive to be honest and comprehensive in my answers. ~ Piet.
  
  
  
  Q.  Is the term 'butt naked' or 'buck naked'? 
  
  A.  Who care???  If they're naked why ask silly questions. 
  
  
  
  
  Q.  When you dream, do you dream mostly about people you know, or are there a lot of random strangers hanging around? And if there are strangers, do you ever wonder who the hell they really are and where they came from in your mind?
  
  A.  There are the usual acquaintances but I do get a lot of strangers in my dreams.  More often than not they are naked or I am naked - or both, and then I really don't care where they came from....
  
  
  
  
  Q.  Do you do anything special to get rid of hiccups? I keep getting them and I'm convinced one of these days they'll just never stop. Any helpful tips? 
  
  A.  I usually hold my breath until they go away.  It always works as far as I remember..... those times I passed out don't matter because the hiccups no longer bothered me.
  
  
  
  
  Q.  Can you still fit into the same clothes you wore in the 6th grade? And if you can, do you actually still own clothes from the 6th grade? 
  
  A.  I could always squeeze some part of me into my old clothes but they were usually different parts of me.  I won't elaborate......  I have since thrown them out due to reasons that will remain private.
  
  
  
  
  Q.  Do you call it 'tin foil' or 'aluminum foil'? 
  
  A.  Do I call what tin foil or aluminium foil?   Do you mean silver foil?  (we spare no expense in our kitchen...)
  
  
  There.....  I hope that proves helpful.  Come back any time.   Pieter.  XX
  
  
  

• Mr_Box said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Infernally....thank you, my sweet little google researcher ;-) I knew i could count on you to find that info out for us!
  
  
  hotaka....i never dream about the people I wanna dream about, just a bunch of people I don't know! I can see why you'd keep a t-shirt like that. It's nostalgic!
  
  
  holly.....I'm curious, duct tape for hiccups?? Do you tape it over your mouth? lol I imagine a lot of women could not fit into their 6th grade clothes due to the booby fairy visiting them at some point after that ;-) 
  
  
  carl dobbs....interesting take on what strangers represent in dreams. Any ideas where your mind dreams up their faces though? What if the strangers are just friends or background characters? Most of the strangers in my dreams aren't trying to hurt me...
  
  
  piet....We've never met, but if you ask around, you'll find that questions are my thing. I have a curious mind. I never said it was a brilliant mind, but insanely curious...lol you call it silver foil eh? see that's a new one to me, but it works!

• PieterOpie said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Did we find out why Buck's butt was naked?
  
  
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Is the term 'butt naked' or 'buck naked'? in my world it's butt naked.
  
  
  When you dream, do you dream mostly about people you know, or are there a lot of random strangers hanging around? And if there are strangers, do you ever wonder who the hell they really are and where they came from in your mind? Most of the time it is strangers, and weirdly enough I never question why I'm interacting with them.
  
  
  Do you do anything special to get rid of hiccups? I keep getting them and I'm convinced one of these days they'll just never stop. Any helpful tips? I usually have someone scare the crap out of me and it works.  I heard sucking on a very cold spoon turned upside down works though.
  
  
  Can you still fit into the same clothes you wore in the 6th grade? And if you can, do you actually still own clothes from the 6th grade? I absolutely can't, and by now they'd be back in style
  
  
  Do you call it 'tin foil' or 'aluminum foil'? I cover all bases by calling it foil.

• PieterOpie said on Apr 23, 2009....

  That silvery stuff is made of aluminium, not tin.  I don't know if it was ever made of tin.  Tin is actually pretty expensive stuff.  Tin cans are never made of tin either.  They are made of steel.  Why must they mislead us like that??  It's so cruel....

• the_infernal_optimist said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Anytime, Jaxl dear. ;-) You know I'm way too curious to let something like that slip by!
  
  Pieter, actually tin foil is what was primarily used before aluminum foil. It was kinda gross though in that whatever you wrapped in tin foil, would taste a little like tin. So aluminum foil really is aluminum, yes, but "tin foil" is still used/said a lot because we probably all grew up with parents who had actually used foil made of tin.
  
  And "tin" cans really were largely made of what's called tinplate (tin and steel, I believe) for a long time, hence the phrase "tin can" still being in use today even though (for example) soda cans are 99% aluminum...I think it's not so much that the phrases were never accurate; they just aren't today and haven't died out. ;-)
  
  ~Infernal
  

• hotaka said on Apr 23, 2009....

  I would argue that buck naked makes sense because it could mean naked as a buck, the male dear exposed to the hunter. Butt naked doesn't assume all skin is exposed. It could just be someone mooning you.
  Anyone wanna look it up and find out for certain?
  
  Interesting about the info regarding tin and aluminum. It reminds me once again that some words have lost their original meaning and come to mean something somewhat different. Did you know that "sacrifice" originally meant to make something sacred through a ritual? Now it just means to give up something important for something else you deem more important, or an act of giving something up (a life usually) to a god.
  

• PieterOpie said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Thanks you Infernal Optimist you. 
  
  You say ALUM-MIN-NUM..... we aussies say AL-YOU-MIN-NIUM... 
  
  You say Soda or Pop....  we say Soft-Drink and sometimes Fizzy Drink...
  
  You say Gas...         we say Petrol.
  You say Faucet...     we say Tap.
  You say Sidewalk...  we say Footpath.
  You say Elevator...   we say Lift.
  You say Sweater...    we say Pullover.
  You say Shrimp...     we say Prawn.
  You say Elementary School... 
                               ....we say Primary School
  You say Pharmacy...  we say Chemist.
  You say Store....        we say Shop.
  You say Gift...            we say Present.
  You say Fall....           we say Autumn.
  You say Candy...        we say Lolly.
  You say Cotton Candy....
                                 ....we say Fairy Floss.
  You say Cell Phone..  we say Mobile Phone.
  You say Vacation...      we say Holiday
  You say Adhesive tape..... 
                                  ....we say Sticky Tape
  You say Hurricane...     we say Cyclone
  You say Drought...       we say Dry Spell
  You say Flooding...     we say Some Decent Rain
  You say Heatwave...    we say Nice Weather
  
  You say Republican... we say Liberal  (true)
  You say Democrat...   we say Labor  
  You say Christian....    we say Lunatic
  
  and many many more.........
  

• hotaka said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Coming from Canada... (where we are really confused!)
  
  Soft drinks are often on the menu in restaurants in Canada. In Japan soft drink means anything non-alcoholic.
  
  I always thought the tap was the part you turn, the faucet was the pipe where the water comes out. Are they one and the same?
  
  I heard in South Africa the sidewalk is called the pavement.
  
  Pullover for me is the thinner sweater made of cotton that has a hood and strings in the front to play with. I have heard the word jumper used for sweaters before.
  
  I always thought shrimps were the little pink guys that go on pizza and prawns are the larger finger-sized version. Besides, I remember Paul Hogan in the 80s saying he would put another shrimp on the barbie for us.
  
  Pharmacy or drug store. Is there a difference?
  
  Store or shop. What is the difference exactly? Bookstore. Petshop.
  
  Gift or present. Whichever. But we say birthday present or Christmas present and if you sign up for our exclusive offer you get a free gift (that means you don't have to pay for your gift - duh!)
  
  Fall or Autumn. Autumn sounds more poetic.
  
  Candy. Lolli. A lollipop I heard is a lolli in Oz but can also be called a sucker in North America.
  
  Cotton candy or candy floss to me.
  
  Cell phone. Mobile phone or handy phone I hear in Japan. Or just handset as it says in the manual for mine.
  
  An American once said to me that a holiday is when there is a day to celebrate like Christmas and a vacation means to vacate a place and go somewhere. I would say home for the holidays means coming home for a celebratory season and going on vacation means taking off somewhere.
  
  Adhesive tape? I just say tape. Celophane tape sometimes. Or Scotch tape. Usually just tape.
  
  How about this one? In Canada we say collision repair. In Australia I saw Smash Repair shops.
  

• hotaka said on Apr 23, 2009....

  You know what I hate? when you edit your comment for the second time anything you edited first time doesn't get saved and is return to the original text.

• PieterOpie said on Apr 23, 2009....

  Groovy....... (cool)

• PieterOpie said on Apr 23, 2009....

  In my younger days a drug store was what I had hidden somewhere in my closet....     heee heeeee heeeeeeee
  
  
  (kidding.... we called it a stash.   and some might still show up.... it's happened before during spring cleaning.    "Hey!!!  Look... let's get stoned!!!")
  
  Now I "spin-out" when I stand up too fast........     (waaaaahhh.....)
  

• queenparanoia said on Apr 23, 2009....

  drink a lot of water for hiccups... ;-)

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