One-Liner Sucker

Apr 02, 2008 23:53

Evidently people like one-liners.  My lack of brevity and unending ambiguity irritates them ... , it seems subtle nuances aren't in vogue anymore; so I've succumb to the Will of the Masses and started blurting imperative or terse responses.  Examples:

JockSalesman:[we don't have your shoe size, but we do have these ...]
Me: Cancel the order.  (End of ( Read more... )

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Found this... confliction April 7 2008, 18:48:16 UTC
...and thought of you ;)

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Re: Found this... vap0rtranz April 8 2008, 03:29:18 UTC
Oh yes, this is on my list along with Baraka. How did you bump into it?

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Re: Found this... confliction April 8 2008, 11:27:23 UTC
I'd already seen Baraka through some social capital, as it were... and just yesterday i thought 'there must be more like that' and typed 'like baraka' in google and hey presto! I'm looking forward to Samsara, now that i've heard of it :P

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