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 You want that fulmination again?
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Ach,' t' Is een beetje een zootje, Aramis. I'm glad you understand Dutch.
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You want that fulmination again? I, I, ...yes I would like to read it again...but not if it's going to be too much trouble for you. [hanging head e] I am truly sorry.
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No, it wasn't that one, but thanks, Dale.
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Are we in Web 2.0 yet? If not, let's not rush there on my 'count; I don't necessarily fare any better at sites that claim to be there.
On a good day I forget my posted comments, so I'm not worried about the latest vicissitude.
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From [often faulty] memory, for the zealous deleter:
One of the more cynical among us call it 'four-year-oldism'. Here is a related excerpt from an obscure, unpublished work:
Some people never seem to get over being four years old. The last time an aged four-year-old said to me, “Gimme a Band-Aid”, I asked if he had an ‘owie’. Ever notice that company always uses the phrase “Band-Aid brand” in their ads, even wedging it into jingles where it does not really fit? Well, that is why. Another tip-off you are dealing with an old four-year-old is hearing about the intention to “try and” do something. An aging four-year-old might say, “I’m going to have a coke while I try and find a band-aid in my rent-a-car.” Besides the nauseating aspect of the whole world being one big television ad, it would seem that “try and” implies a certainty of success, making it a self-contradiction. Adult four-year olds “could of” learned in school but evidently it was too much bother.
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shingle? a gravely bit of beach? read all about shingle here roof shingles are gravely, (and sometimes "shakes' (cedar planks used to make a roof, are called 'shingles' (and the idea of over lapping flat stuff for roofs in general) are shingles. a single one, could be used a as plaque for a sign (hang a shingle)
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Some people never seem to get over being four years old.
Remember, these four-year olds learned their language from adults. Use of brand names generically is very common among many quite mature people. What I would call four-year-oldism is whining, "Someone is using the language different from the way that I would. Make them stop, Mommy!"
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Oh, I know what you mean.
Like somebody who is asking you for a favour, and they think they make it impossible to say "no" by finishing up their request with a moue, and "pwitty, pweeze" without realizing that this actually makes you feel like assissinating them. Just saying.
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Ah! back on track. read all about shingle here Thanks for the sugar story, of troy.
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