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#64802 04/09/02 02:42 PM
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stales.

Wednesday through Friday. Hold all geoscience q's until then.

Kirkalocka, Minjar, Gullewa - gold mines near Mount Magnet, WA.

May be able to check in.

Keep well.


#64803 04/09/02 03:06 PM
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Sounds like an attractive place.


#64804 04/09/02 03:09 PM
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*rimshot*


#64805 04/09/02 03:58 PM
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Please - what does "rimshot" mean - and/or imply?

dxb


#64806 04/09/02 04:47 PM
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A rimshot is a type of drumroll, often played to punctuate a punch line for a comedian. Its use sometimes suggests a perception that the quip it follows is a bit ... Catskillish?


#64807 04/09/02 04:48 PM
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Way I got it in my personal brain is it's the percussive sound that the drummer would make to accentuate the host's (or comedian's) punch line in the monolog (or routine). It is made by striking the rim of the drum head with a drum stick.


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Thank you.

dxb - enlightened


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Faldage: Sounds like an attractive place
AnnaS: *rimshot*


No fair, that's like having your own personal laugh track.


#64810 04/10/02 03:44 AM
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ah, jazzo, you're still young. It would be too much to ask that my lady, after 25 years together, would still laugh at my jokes.

Can what you cited be considered an example of dittography?


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I'll have to have a break. Too much work and sore eyes from too much computing. See y'all in a while.


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