Wordie: Work: Comments

Comment by trivet, 11 months ago

Thu, 24 May 2007 15:16:18 +0000

Work is the bane of the drinking class. - Oscar Wilde

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:03:27 +0000

So, Keep your back to the wall. Your ear to the ground. Your shoulder to the wheel. And your nose to the grindstone.

Now, Try to WORK in that position!!

Comment by oroboros, about 1 year ago

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:34:16 +0000

"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough not to quit."

--U.S.News Editorial page: "Words to Live By" Jan 8, 2007

those wacky Greeks

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:50:10 +0000

Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME worke, OE worc, r. ME werk(e), OE weorc, c. OFris, OS werk, OHG werah, werc (G Werk), ON verk, Gk érgon; (v.) ME worken, deriv. of the n., r. ME wyrchen, OE wyrcean; c. G wirken, ON verkja, Goth waurkjan