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bookbug87 ([info]bookbug87) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-02-03 08:34:00
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Current mood:*sporfle!*
Entry tags:...and it rhymes!, knitting, pseuicide, socks: literal

A tale of two pseuicides
There once was a knitter named Danielle
Whose business wasn't running so well
Unable to dye
She pretended to die
But no one believed her death knell

Knitters mourned the late MommaMonkey
Her loss was a great tragedy
But a Twitter email
Exposed the tall tale
She lives on as confined2me


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[info]rhrsoulmates
2009-02-03 06:42 pm UTC (link)
Lol!

Except that one time.

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[info]chibikaijuu
2009-02-04 06:50 am UTC (link)
THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE. THEY WERE BREACHED.

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[info]catmoran
2009-02-04 02:50 pm UTC (link)
It's the exception that proves the rule, amirite?

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[info]cazrolime
2009-02-05 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Well, "prove" meant "test" back when that saying came into use, so it should actually mean that the exception causes people to rethink and rewrite the rule.

I am so sorry, I'm annoyingly nitpicky about that phrase for some reason. xD

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[info]catmoran
2009-02-05 10:14 pm UTC (link)
I did not know that! I always thought the phrase was a bit odd. Do you know any more about it -- like when it came into use?

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[info]ashes
2009-02-09 12:12 am UTC (link)
And I have learned something! =D

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[info]delicfcd
2009-02-09 02:45 am UTC (link)
Alternatively, I've heard it explained as referring to instances where an exception proves the existence of a rule. Like when you have a sign that says 'Parking permitted after 5 pm.' From the exception the existence of a 'no parking' rule is inferred!

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