I thought your eccentricity was to post Government related topics then randomly jump from subject to subject in the thread when you start losing the argument.
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." — James D. Nicoll
I get a warm fuzzy in my tummy every single time I trick military rednecks into getting me free beer. Amazing how butthurt they get when you tell 'em how badly they suck with their rifles.
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George Carlin wrote:
I think it’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." — James D. Nicoll
Because people like you should just leave it to those of us with the capacity for abstract thought.
Heh.
merriam-webster.com wrote:
Abstract: 1. a : disassociated from any specific instance <an abstract entity> b : difficult to understand : abstruse <abstract problems> c : insufficiently factual : formal <possessed only an abstract right>
Yea, that pretty much sums you up, right there, varus.
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." — James D. Nicoll
I drive a manual transmission car and every morning after walking 30 or so paces from the car to the office, I need to go back and double check that I set the parking brake. I've never forgot to set it and it's a relatively flat parking lot, but my brain goes crazy if I don't go back to check. I'm not like that about anything else; just that frigging parking brake.
I makes crafts and then destroy them; it's hugely cathartic. I get all the typical fun of creating something intricate and detailed, and then I also get all the fun of a four year-old destroying a $500 crystal ballerina figurine in an antique store.
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.†― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones