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On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 02:05:58 +0100, wrote: > On 2017-04-13 23:37:55 +0000, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> said: > >> On 4/13/2017 5:44 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:19:38 +0100, wrote: >>>> On 2017-04-11 20:01:14 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword" >>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said: >>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:43:24 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> On 04/10/2017 02:59 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> [snip] >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Some people do confuse >>>>>>>> colors with WORDS for colors. Why would they? Those things are very >>>>>>>> different. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Eh? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Common but strange, not being able to tell the difference between a >>>>>> WORD >>>>>> and the thing it represents. >>>>>> >>>>>> One example I use is "brick". Here's 2 things. >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. An object about 2x4x8 (or 3x3x9) inches in size and made of about 4 >>>>>> pounds of hardened clay. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. A word. Something with no physical existence, but exists only in >>>>>> people's imaginations. >>>>>> >>>>>> Both are called "brick". If someone's throwing things, do you care >>>>>> which >>>>>> you get hit with? >>>>> >>>>> I've never heard of anyone confusing a word with a thing. Give me a >>>>> link showing where this happened. >>>> >>>> Yugo and car. >>> >>> Huh? >>> >> >> Whoosh. > > Not the sharpest sword in this drawer. > I guess he wouldn't get the concept of using a Yugo for a push-by shooting. Jokes like that were funny when I was 10, except it was Lada or Skoda. -- Never dive into deep concrete.
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2017-04-13 18:37 -0500
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-17 19:30 +0100
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 17:53 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-17 19:30 +0100
Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-17 14:12 -0700
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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-23 17:53 +0100
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