I torked a coat hanger !!!

[Shakesthecoffecan]

This evening I have to retrieve a set of keys from under a deck where they had fallen. I untwisted a metal coat hanger and got them out, and then I torked it back in to shape, almost.

It make me think about how the story started out with the shirts hanging on a coat hanger in the closet, and the description in the trail head parking lot how they twisted one back into shape.

[Penthesilea]

But for you, something was solved: you got your keys back.

Ain't a wire hanger (coat hanger) a strange analogy? But everybody immediately gets the picture.
And the additional wire hanger for the shirts. Somehow I have the feeling the wire hanger is a smaller, tamed and thus harmless cousin to the tire iron.

[Monika]

Good for you, Tru. You fixed it!

[Sason]

Glad you got your keys back, Truman!

What's the difference between 'twisted' and 'torked'?

(i've never heard 'torked' before, and it's not in my dictionary)

[Penthesilea]

Glad you got your keys back, Truman!

What's the difference between 'twisted' and 'torked'?

(i've never heard 'torked' before, and it's not in my dictionary)

Correctly it's written 'torqued', resp. 'torque'. Should be in your dictionary.
I'd say it's a more technical term than twist. My dictionary lists endless technical terms with torque: torque arm, torque balance, torque compensator, torque converter, etc.


Here's what Merriam-Webster says:

Noun:
Definition of TORQUE
: a usually metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons
Variants of TORQUE
torque or torc \ˈtȯrk\
Origin of TORQUE
French, from Latin torques, from torquēre to twist — more at torture
First Known Use: 1695

Verb:
torqued torqu·ing
Definition of TORQUE
: to impart torque to : cause to twist (as about an axis)
— torqu·er noun
First Known Use of TORQUE
1959

[CellarDweller]

[CellarDweller]

[Sason]

Correctly it's written 'torqued', resp. 'torque'. Should be in your dictionary.
I'd say it's a more technical term than twist. My dictionary lists endless technical terms with torque: torque arm, torque balance, torque compensator, torque converter, etc.


Here's what Merriam-Webster says:

Noun:
Definition of TORQUE
: a usually metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons
Variants of TORQUE
torque or torc \ˈtȯrk\
Origin of TORQUE
French, from Latin torques, from torquēre to twist — more at torture
First Known Use: 1695

Verb:
torqued torqu·ing
Definition of TORQUE
: to impart torque to : cause to twist (as about an axis)
— torqu·er noun
First Known Use of TORQUE
1959

Oh, that's why I couldn't find it in my dictionaries (the M-W included)!

Thanks Chrissi, I'm happy to recieve such expert information on English from you!   

[serious crayons]

Somehow I have the feeling the wire hanger is a smaller, tamed and thus harmless cousin to the tire iron.

Good point, Chrissi. Just like Alma's faucet water is the domestic cousin of the lake or river water that Ennis' fishing line never touched.

[Front-Ranger]

Jack WAS the wire hanger; torque is a synonym of Twist, and he was a Twist! He was also the can opener, remember!!

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Correctly it's written 'torqued', resp. 'torque'. Should be in your dictionary.
I'd say it's a more technical term than twist. My dictionary lists endless technical terms with torque: torque arm, torque balance, torque compensator, torque converter, etc.


Here's what Merriam-Webster says:

Noun:
Definition of TORQUE
: a usually metal collar or neck chain worn by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons
Variants of TORQUE
torque or torc \ˈtȯrk\
Origin of TORQUE
French, from Latin torques, from torquēre to twist — more at torture
First Known Use: 1695

Verb:
torqued torqu·ing
Definition of TORQUE
: to impart torque to : cause to twist (as about an axis)
— torqu·er noun
First Known Use of TORQUE
1959

Yes, you are right. It is more of a technical term, and Proulx having written techincal articles probably saw it as a handy synonym to keep from saying Twist too much.

[Shakesthecoffecan]

Jack WAS the wire hanger; torque is a synonym of Twist, and he was a Twist! He was also the can opener, remember!!

That is right, and he was using torque to open the can of Bettermost Beans.

Now why were they Bettermost Beans?

[serious crayons]

Now why were they Bettermost Beans?

They were named as a tribute to this website, of course! 

[Sason]

They were named as a tribute to this website, of course! 

 

[Penthesilea]

Now why were they Bettermost Beans?

They were named as a tribute to this website, of course! 

You took the words right out of my mouth!
(Oh - it must have been while you were kissing me) - name the artist

[Jeff Wrangler]

"No more wire hangers!"

[southendmd]

They were named as a tribute to this website, of course!  




You took the words right out of my mouth!
(Oh - it must have been while you were kissing me) - name the artist

Meatloaf!

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fAPEUWowEc[/youtube]

[Penthesilea]

Meatloaf!

Drum roll, please ...
Candidate A wins the proverbial (in German at least) washing machine!



You have to provide the cat though.


Now back to our scheduled program of wire hangers ....

[Sason]

They were named as a tribute to this website, of course! 




You took the words right out of my mouth!
(Oh - it must have been while you were kissing me) - name the artist

Or maybe -- it must have bean while you were kissing me...?   


Now I'm getting hungry -- too many beans and meatloaves in this thread!   

[southendmd]

Drum roll, please ...
Candidate A wins the proverbial (in German at least) washing machine!



You have to provide the cat though.

My cat only bathes in Siemens.

[Shakesthecoffecan]

My cat only bathes in Siemens.

Like that bank in Provincetown?

[southendmd]

Like that bank in Provincetown?

Exactly!

[Sason]

 

[Jeff Wrangler]

My cat only bathes in Siemens.

Like that bank in Provincetown?

   Isn't that where women go when they want to have a baby but not be bothered with a man? 

[Front-Ranger]

Hehe, reminds me of the book about my ancestors the lighthouse builders, which I ordered recently from a bookseller: A Star for Seamen.