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 Post subject: Does anyone know what "Stave it off" mean?
PostPosted: Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:41 pm 
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Because I sure don't.

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Phrasal Verb:
stave off
To keep or hold off; repel: “For 12 years, we've sought to stave off this ultimate threat of disaster” (New York Times).

Courtesy of http://thesaurus.reference.com/.

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From Merriam-Webster online:
Main Entry: stave off
Function: transitive verb
1: to fend off <staving off creditors>
2: to ward off (as something adverse) : FORESTALL <trying to stave off disaster>
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So in the Strong Bad Email what are they talking about Staving off?

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It's probably something entirely random. You know how Homsar's mind works. Keep in mind, this guy is a song from the 60's raised by a cup of coffee.

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Homesar is a song? I thought he was a spelling error that the Chap Brothers (I think that's what they're called correct me if I'm wrong) decided to go along with and create a person

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Stave it off example:
Stave off your anticpiation of Monday's update by watching an email you haven't seen in a while.

There ya go. Bring us home, Troggy. :trogdor:

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But Homsar IS a song from the 60's raised by a cup of coffee. Check it out:

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail62.swf

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Why don't you just link to the real thing, Didymus?

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail62.html

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Um, I'm pretty sure that's what I did Swooshoman! More like, why don't YOU link to the real thing? :newsb:

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Didymus just linked to the full screen version as opposed to the normal way....I always watch the emails in fullscreen...it's just cooler!

WIDESCREEN! Left side WHHAAAAAA! Right side WHHAAAAA! :newsb:

Ok, that doesn't really work...but it reminded me of that!

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I prefer normal, because on widescreen the picture is, like, poking outta the sides. That's weird...

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I'm pretty sure that "stave it off" is actually a term used in fighting.
As in 'to stave someone off', meaning 'to defend yourself with a staff'.
Basically, club someone with a stick.
It now, of course, has the meaning everyone else has said.
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Yep, I read that "Stave it off" means "hit it with a stick until it goes away."

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it's some little ditty in homsars children show. does anyone know what band sung that?
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So in the Strong Bad Email what are they talking about Staving off?

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Completely ignoring the fact that this topic is from about 4 and a half years ago, I'd say Mike and Matt sung that.

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I might be going insane, but the guy has a guitar.
Mabye he means 'start a musical stave' or to start a stave or mabye even to finish a stave or finish a song.

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Homsar Runner wrote:
I might be going insane, but the guy has a guitar.
Mabye he means 'start a musical stave' or to start a stave or mabye even to finish a stave or finish a song.

This would work, but stave is a plural of staff. There is no such thing as one stave.

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TheMac04 wrote:
Homsar Runner wrote:
I might be going insane, but the guy has a guitar.
Mabye he means 'start a musical stave' or to start a stave or mabye even to finish a stave or finish a song.

This would work, but stave is a plural of staff. There is no such thing as one stave.

True! I didn't think of that!

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