--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "westie2f" <westie2f@...> wrote:
>My 4.5 hour video poker (vp) session turned out to be beyond Grimm >even though I hit my 1st quad deuces of the trip.
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Well, I enjoyed the story, Westie. You get 4.9 forks! Hey, nobody is perfect. And you used a word of which I know something of the origins. Genealogy is a very enjoyable hobby of mine. You would be surprised what one can find out about their ancestry just by using Ancestry.com and doing lots of googling on one's own surname.
It's funny how some words make their way into the english language. My surname ancestry goes back to the Grimms of Germany/Switzerland, and the Palatine migration to the American Colonies in the 18th century. The Palatinate is a region along the upper Rhine River in the very south of Germany.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
grim:
1. fierce in disposition or action; SAVAGE
2. stern or forbidding in action or appearance
3. ghastly; repellent; sinister in character
4. UNFLINCHING; UNYIELDING
The Grimms trace their ancestry back to a norse raider named "Grym" who settled in Normandy in the 10th century. It looks like the dictionary definition of grim fits the norse raider pretty good.
P.S. Westie, you made me hungry so I'm having microwave of hot dog, mustard sauce and fresh jalapeno, with coke of cola.
