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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: are you blank, sjmax? #107748 07/21/2003 9:11 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui >'twas a conceptual pun, or a puny concept, one. The cheque's in the post (and the post's in Czech) To which I can only reply, "Be like the 22nd elephant with heated value in space - bark!" noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wha? #107749 07/22/2003 2:08 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont stranger seems somehow appropriate for that one... just what does that elephant thing mean anyway? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wha? #107750 07/22/2003 3:37 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui >just what does that elephant thing mean anyway? It was in response to Mav's czech pun, and was stolen from Douglas Adams. He glanced up apprehensively, and in response to a sudden thought quickly started to rummage through the large plastic shopping bag, which he now discovered had a hole in the bottom. It had large characters printed on the side which read (to anyone who could decipher the Centaurian alphabet) Duty free Mega-Market, Port Brasta, Alpha Centauri. Be Like the Twenty-Second Elephant with Heated Value in Space - Bark! noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: wha? #107751 07/22/2003 3:55 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont ah. thank you. I remember a few of the mainstream HHG references, 42..babelfish..etc., but that one escaped me. it may be a good summer to reread those. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Harrumph® #107752 07/22/2003 4:25 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York (who do I owe for the H®?) We accept dollars; prefer Euros (you get a 10% discount if you remit the latter). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Harrumph® #107753 07/22/2003 6:26 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont could you send me the bill? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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