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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #112958 - 09/30/03 05:27 PM Triptyc comments maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 I loved the quote attached with Anu's email today: Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time in reading it. Moses Hadas, teacher and author (1900-1966) Can anyone think of another short saying with three (or more) legitimately implied variant meanings? Top #112959 - 09/30/03 09:36 PM Re: Triptyc comments Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Let's see...how 'bout, "You are so talented--nobody can catch you at embezzling". Though I think that's only two. Top #112960 - 09/30/03 10:22 PM Re: Triptyc comments Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta I think Disraeli has prior dibs on this one. When an aspiring writer would send Disraeli an uninteresting manuscript to review, he liked to reply, "Dear Sir: I thank you for sending me a copy of your book, which I shall waste no time in reading." From the wikipedia entry on Disraeli: http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top #112961 - 10/03/03 07:57 AM Re: Triptyc AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York A Max-worthy pun, mav! Top #112962 - 10/03/03 08:46 AM Re: Triptyc comments TheFallibleFiend veteran Registered: 01/23/02 Posts: 1523 Loc: Virginia, USA A friend of mine who was studying semantics gave the following sentence which his class had discussed: My hobby is destroying my friends. k Top #112963 - 10/03/03 08:56 AM Re: Triptyc comments Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky My hobby is destroying my friends. Whew--it took me a minute, to come up with something besides the speaker liking to destroy his friends! Yow. Top #112964 - 10/03/03 03:28 PM Re: Triptyc comments Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/05/01 Posts: 1814 Loc: Spam Factory Sorry to be the dense one here, but I don't get the third meaning in "Dear Sir: I thank you for sending me a copy of your book, which I shall waste no time in reading." I see two: he will read it immediately, and he will not read it because he doesn't want to waste the time required to do so. Top #112965 - 10/03/03 03:39 PM Re: Triptyc comments Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 he will read it immediately Or the time he spends reading it will be well spent. Top #112966 - 10/04/03 10:16 AM Re: Triptyc comments dodyskin addict Registered: 04/24/02 Posts: 475 Loc: manchester uk how about: we saw her duck is that what you mean? Top #112967 - 10/04/03 06:20 PM Re: Triptyc comments maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757 That'll do, duck! And I like the other example too :) Any more? I particularly liked the sly wit of the (disputed origin) saying. Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8423 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209740 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (Jackie), 39 Guests and 4 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 86 jenny jenny 68 wofahulicodoc 52 endymion6 45 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 29 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 16 Faldage 14 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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