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#45385 10/25/01 08:20 PM
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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Let the curse of Calais fall where it may!


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I followed you well till you hit begs the question....

Begs the question? Or: Raises the question.


this has been much discussed here in the past (ycliu);
suffice it to say: to beg the question = to take for
granted the matter in dispute, to assume without proof


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If you really want the last word in an argument, try saying "I guess you're right"

and guess what... it works! =)



Not always. I know plenty of people who won't take "yes" for an answer...


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Yes?


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We have a surplus of omegatists, and a regrettable dearth of alphatists, who start posts the rest of us can reply to.


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I'm a geek...

Elvis has left the building. Thank you and good night!


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Elvis the Pelvis is gyrating somewhere to the screams of grisly groupies.


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Nonsense. He's alive and well and living in obscurity in Juliet, GA. I've seen him! Or at least, a picture of him ...



The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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