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owlfish at 11:07pm on 11/02/2010
owlfish at 11:07pm on 11/02/2010Overheard in an academic building last week:
"Is that a test tube?"
"No, a scalpel."
I wonder how it's possible to confuse these things?
I went to a lecture tonight in which the speaker spoke of the town's worthies. I hadn't realized that people did that any more. It was especially striking to realize that "worthies" included notable sportspeople, not just famous gentry.
"Is that a test tube?"
"No, a scalpel."
I wonder how it's possible to confuse these things?
I went to a lecture tonight in which the speaker spoke of the town's worthies. I hadn't realized that people did that any more. It was especially striking to realize that "worthies" included notable sportspeople, not just famous gentry.
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