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Tony650
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Message 46 of 87 (403133)
05-31-2007 9:38 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by jar
05-31-2007 8:01 PM


Re: Depends on Context.
jar writes:
I think one of the best posts I have ever made at EvC contained but a couple words, "Shit happens".
It's funny you should say that. Possibly my all time favourite post of yours was one that contained no words at all. None. Nada. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Well, that isn't counting the quoted portion you were replying to, of course, which was the question of why heat on the Earth would not be lost to space. The entirety of your answer was a single image.
I actually managed to track down the post in question. Unfortunately the image doesn't appear to display any more (at least for me), so in case you don't recall, it was a picture of a thermos flask.
Yes, yes... I know. I'm amused by simple things.

Ferret brain activity increased just 20 percent when looking at Keanu Reeves compared to looking at darkness, the study found.

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Tony650
Member (Idle past 4051 days)
Posts: 450
From: Australia
Joined: 01-30-2004


Message 48 of 87 (403138)
05-31-2007 10:19 PM
Reply to: Message 47 by jar
05-31-2007 9:50 PM


Re: Depends on Context.
No problem. In fact I remember being sorely tempted, at the time, to nominate it for a POTM. But I figured that a prerequisite for a fitting POTM was probably at least some body of text, despite that being the very thing that I liked about it: No words, yet a response that made the point loud and clear... and in an amusing way. Elegance... humour... what more could you want? Or maybe I'm just easily impressed, on top of being easily amused.

Ferret brain activity increased just 20 percent when looking at Keanu Reeves compared to looking at darkness, the study found.

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