In response to last week’s imponderable question, “What is an
abhorist? (Arbor Day was last Friday), my temple friend Richard explained,
“Actually, the word abhorist is not
recognized by Merriam-Webster online dictionary. The correct term would
be ‘abhorrer,’ which is someone who abhors something or someone. The dictionary
defines the verb ‘abhor’ as ‘to regard with extreme repugnance; to feel hatred or
loathing for; to loathe.’ This, of course,
drove me to paraphrase (with slight variations), an old Crosby, Stills, and
Nash song: If you can’t beat the one you loathe, loathe the one you’re with.”
My equestrian friend Royce
cautioned, “Someone who read Joyce Kilmer's trees and really took it seriously.”
My collaboration friend
Paul
noted, “Someone
who hates trees” to which my social media friend Mark added, “An abhorist is a developer.
Someone who hates trees and spends his life replacing them with concrete and
steel.”
My temple friend Tracey
warned, “What I am where a select few people are concerned.”
My
cycling friend Ted called out, “An Abhorist is anyone that disapproves of #45 and
expresses this by tying him to a tree near the Paris Accord!” And my temple friend Bob surmised, “If
you abhor something, it gives you a feeling of complete hatred. Chances are you
abhor that kid who used to torture the frogs in biology class.”
And my sailing friend Norm revealed, “An Abhorist is someone
that takes care of trees. One of the largest employers of Abhorist and
Foresters in Georgia is Georgia bank's trust departments. All those pine
forests in middle Georgia in family trust need tending!”
Please send me your thoughts about this week's "things that
make you go 'Hmmm' ":
How do you make new old friends?
Live well...laugh often and
heartily.... have a good week and never regret anything that made you smile!
Hal
Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven
Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm. I invite you
to call or email me to catch up.
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