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Re: The Parable ot the Tortured Debtor
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Date: 
Sat, 13 Mar 2004 18:16:27 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
In lugnet.build.ancient, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

this one is sort of, er, "campy".

As in "something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or
out-of-date as to be considered amusing" or "having exaggerated effeminate
mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals"?

As in "how can I tie this to 'backpacks' as an adjective to describe it, just to
be silly. I could have said "wow you really "packed" a lot in" but that would
have been TOO obvious. I could have XFUT to off-topic.pun, but, again, too
obvious. So remembering that backpack == going camping (sometimes) I went with
"campy"

So there you have it. (1)

Digging that floor though, how far up the wall does the upsidedown-ness go?
Looks like above where the camera can see to me.

It goes all the way up.

It's 'turtles all the way down', eh? (2)

1 - When you have to explain a joke it isn't any good. Drat.
2 - PLEASE don't make me explain that (1)

++Lar



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(...) Thanks. (...) Me too. (...) As in "something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing" or "having exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals"? (...) It goes all (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)

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