The Crick

What?

What are you trying to say here?

Origin of Crick:
Early 17th century: representing a pronunciation of creek.
So: Up the crick without a paddle.

Why this post and engage others?

With my condition deteriorating by the day, I thought a little dark humor might be appropriate. Can't lose my sense of humor; it's one of the few things I've got left. I thought others on this forum might relate.

I can see the point of your post now. Unfortunately, I thought the paddle was a wooden spoon. You have to remember that many of us here on this blog are very, very, very old, and our senses have been dulled by dozens of medical "practitioners giving us the runaround. Glad you have your paddle.

I'm sure my friend Leonard @jakedduck1 would appreciate the humor. 🙃 Humor is what gets a lot of us through the day. You might find another discussion Leonard started interesting if not funny - How about a laugh, (hopefully): https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-about-a-laugh-hopefully/.

Hi, @enrichendrx

I laughed from the get-go. But that's just me. Some might ask me, What's a "get-go."? ::sigh:: 🙂

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)

Ray - I think the "get-go" is kind of a New York thing....right? 🙂 Ed

I laughed too. And with the humor I saw some optimism that he had a paddle! As for get-go, it was part of MD vocabulary growing up. I did struggle a bit in recent years from moving farther south and hearing things like “Answer me this” or “My bad.” A lot of different terms or sayings across the land, and I chuckled understanding the paddle! I even knew the crick by being around someone one who spelled it to me as “creek” but still pronounced it crick because of their area’s dialect. To-mate-o , To-maht-o