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WKomm

You might expecting a slam or put-down, ala the slaps at Doris Monson that I post.

Nope -

But I heard him use the term for a second time a few days back and it makes me want to crawl out of my skin:

Water feature.

To me, that is the most uppity, hoity toity, BS term ever - a water feature. It sounds SO high falutin'. It's like "Would you enjoy listening to a phonograph album?" or "come out here with me to the outdoor living room."

Dave - the silly song parodies you do seem all but dead. Please retire the term "water feature" from the airwaves forever. It's elitist and sounds like you're still in short pants at the Brandenberg Hill School for Boys.
 
As an out of market guy, enlighten me (us) as to what he is referring to in the case of water feature? I can think of many things it could be out of context... a waterfall, a pond, a stream, a toilet, a puddle, a river, a glacier, a sink, a drain, gutter...

Thanks.
 
Timmy - your post is actually funny, intended or not. I only wish I were on a Seattle Talk outlet to gently poke Mr. Ross with your words.

Exactly. "A water feature" is a term wealthy people use to describe a $200 waterfall they bought from Home Depot or, most likely in Dave's case, paid someone to do actual work to install. You know - the whole "dirty hands" thing. When one has early evening opera tickets, one tends not to want to work on the water feature.

The whole thing is so goofy. There's really even no need to say it. One can say "i was talking with some friends" rather than "There we were, gathered around the water feature."

Geez, Dave ...
 
WKomm said:
Timmy - your post is actually funny, intended or not. I only wish I were on a Seattle Talk outlet to gently poke Mr. Ross with your words.

Exactly. "A water feature" is a term wealthy people use to describe a $200 waterfall they bought from Home Depot or, most likely in Dave's case, paid someone to do actual work to install. You know - the whole "dirty hands" thing. When one has early evening opera tickets, one tends not to want to work on the water feature.

The whole thing is so goofy. There's really even no need to say it. One can say "i was talking with some friends" rather than "There we were, gathered around the water feature."

Geez, Dave ...
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Hehe... it was indeed intended to jab a little... "There we were, gathered around the toilet..."
 
I wonder if Dave, in using "water feature", wasn't actually poking fun at the people who REALLY are pompous enough to speak that way. Dave knows how to be high brow when needed but I don't think he lives way up there in the atmosphere.
 
What an odd thing to take the time to type a complaint on a radio message board about. And one must be wealthy to spend $200 at Home Depot? I'm richer than I thought and apparently hoity and toity, too.
 
monkeygirl - well, it's not a complaint, more of a comment. And I'm sure Ross' "water feature" cost a lot more than $200. He constantly talks of opera, the symphony, water features - there might as well be a language called Mercer Islandese. No wonder he lost to Reichert - he's not a bad guy and is smart but he has very little in common with the average American these days.

BTW - it's odd that you'd take valuable time from your life to complaint about someone posting a complaint, don'tchya think?
 
Well, to be honest, I would rather hear Dave Ross mention a water feature than composers like Gilbert & Sullivan or being reminded over and over again that he is also a stage actor. Who cares?
 
Whoa. I installed a "water feature" in my backyard in Bellingham about a year ago (a $400 pump, plus 3 months of landscaping, carpentry, setting the foundation, finding the rocks and decorative plants, dealing with my wife's last minute design changes and so forth.) Never knew I was so elite.

"Water feature" is probably a simpler way of saying "Three months of frustration and sweat, about $3,000 and a tiny man-made cascade lake in what used to be a rosemary bush", as I generally call it. But Dave's free to call it what he likes.

Opera's cool. So are symphonies. My wife and my mother in-law listens to KING-FM while working on the garden. Both know a good wine too. Neither one listens to Dave Ross.

But I don't see exactly how a little touch of class hurts anyone. I guess in all fairness, one could construct something similar with an old toilet, some tarp, a garden hose and some duct tape and listen to KKWF while watching the weeds grow with a nice cold Busch. To each his/her own.....
 
Bongwater - the perfect reply!!! You take issue, make some intelligent comments, even inject levity. I revere intelligence. I despise with all my heart the way this nation seems to make ignorance a sporting event. I'm okay with a guy saying "I like opera." In fact, I like opera as well. But I'm the casual kind of fan who was moved by Paul Potts and likes the "heavy" guy on America's Got Talent. When you start saying the stuff like "the second libretto of the first movement of Der Fliedermause is aching with enniu" or whatever (I just made that up - could you guess?) then I think you lose the average listener. If I'm asked what wine I like with chicken, I say "white."

I liked your description of the water feature thing WAY better, btw. If Ross said that on his show, I would laugh, relate and think "he's one of us."

Well done, Bongwater. Seriously,
 
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