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Faldage #191194 05/21/10 02:47 AM
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Who is What? laugh

Jackie #191196 05/21/10 03:02 AM
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And don't say "second base"!

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Bud Abbott and Louie Costello
Have entertained many a fellow.
Their "second base" skit -
A classic base hit -
Makes me shake like a bowl full of Jello.


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Your example sentence for Hobson's Choice is completely wrong, as pointed out by other forum writers. It's like you read your own writing but can't get unstuck from the stereotypical answer that "we all know is true." That type of bad thinking is what leads most people to using the expression in error, as you did. Your sentence was simply about two unappealing choices that a person in jail has to choose from. That's life, sorry about that. A Hobson's Choice is no choice at all, except the alternative not to choose in the first place.

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Hmm. Wouldn't it be "bad thinking" to call "no choice at all" a choice in the first place? By definition, it is not a choice. Just thinking out loud.


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Your example sentence for Hobson's Choice is completely wrong, as pointed out by other forum writers.

Your assumption that Mr Garg actually reads these posts is wrong. If you'd taken the time to familiarize yourself with the forum, you'd've realized that. As it is, I am sure yours is a drive-by posting. Thank you.


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I like that: "a drive-by posting."


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I like that

Not mine, alas. I think faldo's the coiner.

[Editted to correct typos.]


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Tip o' the hat to him, then.


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Somehow I think I got it from wordorigins.org, but one never know, do one.

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