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Posted: 9th Jan 2003
Nothing
noth·ing
pron.

1. No thing; not anything: The box contained nothing. I've heard nothing about it.
2. No part; no portion: Nothing remains of the old house but the cellar hole.
3. One of no consequence, significance, or interest: The new nonsmoking policy is nothing to me.

n.
1. Something that has no existence.
2. Something that has no quantitative value; zero: a score of two to nothing.
3. One that has no substance or importance; a nonentity: “A nothing is a dreadful thing to hold onto” (Edna O'Brien).

adj.

Insignificant or worthless: “the utterly nothing role of a wealthy suitor” (Bosley Crowther).

adv.

In no way or degree; not at all: She looks nothing like her sister.

Idioms:
for nothing

1. Free of charge.
2. To no avail: all that trouble for nothing.
3. For no reason: fired him for nothing.

in nothing flat
In very little time; very quickly.

nothing doing Informal
Certainly not.

Usage Note: According to the traditional rule, nothing is invariably treated as a singular, even when followed by an exception phrase containing a plural noun: Nothing except your fears stands (not stand) in your way. Nothing but roses meets (not meet) the eye. See Usage Note at none.

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Posted: 9th Jan 2003
Nothing:

All that remains,
When love has gone.

Posted: 10th Jan 2003
Glass, you're a poet

"Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son!
All that we know is, nothing can be known"

....that's according to Byron, who's another poet geezer.

Fish are just like trees except they move and they're invisible

Posted: 10th Jan 2003
Ah Noodles, a true romantic at heart...

"Everything is everything. But somethings aren'y everything - and those things are what I call; Nothing" - Lenny Henry

Burner of Toast
Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

Posted: 10th Jan 2003

quote:

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Originally posted by Dr.NoodleHead:
....that's according to Byron, who's another poet geezer.

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We are all poet geezers!

True are words spoken from sources unknown.

Love and huggles
drome

JUGGLEwithyourmind!

Posted: 10th Jan 2003
beautiful glass! and very literal, pwb

Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive

Shalom VeAhavah

New Hampshire has a point....

Posted: 14th Jan 2003
LIfEs a bItCh anD TheN yOu DIe TAtS wHy We geT HiGH COz u NevA nO When Ur GonA GO!