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Re: IP (was: Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?)
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 06:54:07 GMT
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Adam Hoekwater wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> >
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> > James Brown wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Adam Hoekwater writes:
> > > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > > > > It's a limited perfection. I'm perfect, but not omniescent.
> > > > >
> > > > > :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > Larry Pieniazek
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> > > > Omniescent -adj. 1) having the ability to smell all things at once 2) the
> > > > ability to smell like all things - Synonyms: polyolfactory, multifragrant
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> > Or else, it's the odour produced by a Dodge Omni, which is rather distinctive
> > by all accounts. It's right up there with Pinto smell (the car, not the • beans,
> > that's a *different* word) and Vega smell. All three are on the opposite side
> > of the Whiff Wheel from "New Car" smell.
> >
> > > Polyolfactory? Ya know, I think we have one of these out at Dow...<grin>
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> > I understand TLG had one of these as well, and they produced Polly in grey,
> > brown, and rainbow-painted red (at the very least). Brawk!
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> > Hmmm, in all seriousness (which still isn't much), wouldn't "polyolfactory"
> > really mean "having many organs to sense smell?" So polyolfactory omniscence
> > might be better termed "The Noses Knowses?"
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> > best,
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> > Lindsay
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> Oh man, that was terrible. But to address your question, yes, I was making fun
> of the way that Larry spelled "omniscient", he did it so as to include the
> word "scent". [see above] so omni + scent means "many smells". Pretty lame
> when I lay it all out like that. Sorry, folks.
Well, I knew that, but it didn't matter. (Actually, "omni-" means "all." I can't
imagine what *all* scents would be like...)
best,
Lindsay
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| (...) beans, (...) Oh man, that was terrible. But to address your question, yes, I was making fun of the way that Larry spelled "omniscient", he did it so as to include the word "scent". [see above] so omni + scent means "many smells". Pretty lame (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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