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Sometimes “still” can be used as an adjective, noun, adverb and verb in the same sentence

By Kaare Askildt

Still is a very interesting word.

It can be an adjective; first appearing in the 12th century meaning not moving or making a sound; a noun, meaning deep silence and calm, and was introduced in 1533 to describe an apparatus used in distillation of alcohol, probably by some thirsty monks who sat adjectively still as in not moving or making a sound, while watching the pure high-test alcohol dripping out of the spout; an adverb, as in the monks are still watching the still, they might be crazy, but still harmless; as a verb, make or become still as in hushed, which is what the Abbé demanded of the monks watching the still, and sometimes the adjective, noun, adverb and verb could be in the same sentence.

The monks were still sitting still in the monastery basement watching the still that was still operating. One friar looked down to the beach, the air was still and he saw that the Abbé was still sitting on his donkey that was standing still by the still waters. The donkey emitted a blast of methane gas (he farted) while standing still, and a few minutes later the Abbé could still smell the putrid odour that still lingered in the still air.

Ole and Sven were still friends even though Ole had grabbed Sven’s still while Sven was still sleeping. Sven never stirred while sleeping. He always stayed still in his bed that was still in his upstairs bedroom. Lena was still mad at Sven for still СƵ friends with Ole. She’d moved to the guest bedroom a week ago, and was still sleeping there. She saw Ole walking out with the still, but she was still not talking to Sven, so she didn’t tell him about the still then, and still may not tell Sven.

The police officers in the room were still, looking at the still picture of Ole’s illegal still, the still Ole had nabbed from Sven. They had learned that the still was still in Ole’s basement, and he was still distilling alcohol using the still. However, the detectives thought that they still did not have enough evidence to raid Ole’s house and confiscate the illegal still. Sven still didn’t know that his still was missing, until Lena finally told him while she was still mad at him.

Still Sven didn’t want to involve the police as he thought that owning a still was still illegal, but still he couldn’t sit still and do nothing. Sven went to Ole to get back his still, but Ole was still using the still. Ole claimed that he had just borrowed the still, and that the still still belonged to Sven. The police still had Ole and the still under surveillance, but when Sven showed up to claim his still, the police still didn’t think they had enough evidence to confiscate the still.

Sven was still mad at Ole for stealing his still, so he went to the police and told them that Ole still had his still, and was still distilling illegal hooch. The police finally seized the still and charged Ole with operating an illegal still. When the case was brought in front of an old judge who was still a sitting judge, Ole claimed that the still still belonged to Sven, and as Ole had, while still СƵ questioned by the police, maintained that he didn’t own the still, but Sven still did.

The judge was still while Ole stood still in front of him, and they both were looking at the still, that was still sitting on the table as evidence. The judge said that he still had his own still, still in his basement, but he used his still to distill water. A still is not an illegal piece of equipment, opined the judge while still eying the still on the table.

Ole was standing still, waiting for the judge to rule on the still. The judge ruled that although the still was still not illegal, but as Ole was still using the still to distill alcohol, then Ole still had to serve six months doing community work. When Ole was last seen, he was still leaning up against a lawn tractor that was standing still. Ole still smoked, so he was enjoying a cigarette blowing the smoke into the still air.

Lars had just hired on as a rig push, and the foreman apologized for the bunkhouse СƵ overcrowded, but if he had no objections he could sleep in a room with another rig worker, but there was only one king size bed, and the other rig push sleeping there was a heavy snorer. Lars accepted.

After his shift, he entered the assigned room, only to find the other worker asleep and snoring like a buzz saw. The next morning the foreman asked Lars if he had had a good night’s sleep.

“Never better!” exclaimed Lars.

“What about the snorer?” asked the foreman.

“I made him stop,” said Lars.

“How did you manage that?” wondered the foreman.

“Well,” said Lars, “he was snoring as I entered the room, so I went over to him, kissed him on his cheek and said, ‘night sweetie.’ After that he sat still all night watching me.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was visiting an old folks’ home. As he was СƵ shown around, he smiled at the residents, he approached an old lady, bent down in front of her and asked, “do you know who I am?”

“No, I don’t,” said the old lady. “Poor man, don’t you know who you are?”

n skills to cope with feelings of fear, worry and depression. The pilot is running from April to June in Churchbridge, Columbia, Kamsack Comprehensive Institute, Langenburg Central, Macdonald and Victoria schools, and is СƵ supported collaboratively by teachers, school counselors, and mental health staff from the Sunrise Health Region.

Persons wishing to access the full GSSD strategic plan report released April 13 may do so by going to the gssd.ca website.

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