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| From | Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup |
| Subject | Re: Polar vortex |
| Date | 2023-03-28 11:14 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <XnsAFD549AACADDBKamilot@88.198.57.247> (permalink) |
| References | (22 earlier) <tvd92u$9ifc$2@dont-email.me> <XnsAFD051468C9A5Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tvimqr$1bb4d$3@dont-email.me> <XnsAFD26218FC724Kamilot@88.198.57.247> <tvo0eu$2cp6f$2@dont-email.me> |
BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:tvo0eu$2cp6f$2@dont-email.me:
> On 25.03.2023 14.38, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:tvimqr$1bb4d$3@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> On 23.03.2023 12.59, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:tvd92u$9ifc$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>
>>>>> On 20.03.2023 21.11, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:tv8838$37gem$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 19.03.2023 15.53, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:tv4rq9$2itip$2@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 16.03.2023 21.30, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [less attributes]
>>>>>> [now attributeless]
>>>>> [there are always more attributes]
>>>> [what do you attribute that to?]
>>> [people keep following on to posts]
>> [what people?]
> [You and me for now - but more will come, just you wait and see]
[waits]
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Judgemental Merlyne said:]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [hmmm]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Strange fetish...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't have any strange fetishes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Strange is in the eye of the beholder...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I also am not in the habit of inviting an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> audience to behold my alleged fetishes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is why I don't share my gum with you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Since it is without texture and flavour
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anyway, I'm not to bothered. Did you know
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the danish for chewing gum is 'tyggegummi' -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> literally 'chewing rubber'. No context, just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an interesting fact.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fascinating!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was probably made from rubber way back
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Still is. If you ever read the list of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ingredients on a pack of chewing gum (and an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> assortment of other products) you will find
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'gummi arabicum'. That is natural rubber; the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sap from the mighty rubber tree (or palm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> possibly).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think I've read the ingredients of gum.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> brb
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *waits*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oops! I went to kitchen to look at the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ingredients and forgot why I went in there.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *sigh* Now I have to go back.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or, and it's just a suggestion, you could trust
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that I know what I'm writing about...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ok. Just this once.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you. {point}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No points!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Drat!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What would you do with the points anyways?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's not like you can get something in the gift shop.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hoard them, of course.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Seems pointless....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If it was pointless there would be nothing to hoard...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Exactly! There are no points.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm certain there is a point around here somewhere...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>> |-----------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> |-
>>>>>>>>>> V
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>>>> The point is that hoarding points is pointless since points
>>>>>>>>>> are no| longer awarded.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>>> So there is at least one point! Actually if points are so
>>>>>>>>> rare, having just a few (or even just one) could be considered
>>>>>>>>> a hoard, relatively.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>> Where did the point come from?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> | *taps foot impatiently*
>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>> From here:
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You done it...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But that's a 'morale of the story' type of point and not a 'you
>>>>>> can collect and trade your points for a spork' type of point.
>>>>>
>>>>> One would be quite mad to trade points for a spork - especially
>>>>> since they seem to be increasingly rare these days.
>>>>> Also it is clearly a point. You even called it 'the point'.
>>>>>
>>>> The wrong kind of point as I pointed out.
>>>
>>> I don't think you should denigrate points just because they don't
>>> conform to your idealised picture of what a point should be. There
>>> are no "wrong" points - only different kinds of points... And
>>> diversity should be celebrated.
>>>
>>
>> the points need a therapy llamamama.
>
> Sadly they are still out of stock. But also I don't think points are
> capable of taking care of a llama. They mostly just lie there in a
> pile (or hoard if you will).
>
Very good. You worked the word 'hoard' into a discussion about points.
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