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#128879 05/31/2004 1:34 PM
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I was surfing around and up came a banner ad: "Remember how much time you spent in school learning about the isosceles triangle, didactic rock... etc?" I lost the ad in my haste to google the latter term, so I can't tell you any more about it. My search obtained a mere seven hits which led to only two ideas: didactic rock gardens and didactic rock music (!?).

Was the ad writer thinking of something else?


#128880 05/31/2004 3:19 PM
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well, nothing comes up at allmusic.com, so I think someone's trying to be creative...



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#128881 05/31/2004 3:38 PM
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Well, I'm thinking "didactic rock" is some sort of geological term that someone got confused with something else.


#128882 05/31/2004 3:41 PM
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it actually could be a pretty good genre...

maybe Schoolhouse Rock fits...



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#128883 05/31/2004 5:19 PM
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Probably best applicable to bands that churn out albums year after year, each sounding exactly like its predecessor ... ?


#128884 05/31/2004 7:08 PM
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wouldn't that be did'at rock?




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#128885 06/01/2004 5:29 AM
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thinking of something else? It could be a teachers sigh facing a class who seem unable to "dig it".



#128886 06/01/2004 1:22 PM
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diamond rock?
detrital rock!?
duck on a rock??



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