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Voxsartoria's Weekly WAYWRN Subjective and Totally Unfair Digest

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Originally Posted by RJman
How so?
My post should be read as a paragraph rather than as two disjointed statements. Statement one is the topic sentence and statement two is the explication. I will not do you the disservice of assuming you need further explanation, but I did reproduce the discussion for you below so you have the full context. In any event, Vox, who was the subject (not you), understood perfectly so your service as foil receives full marks.
Originally Posted by voxsartoria
I do not know enough about FNB's background to say anything, but I think that I know enough about Manton and mafoofan to say that each represent one type of social force...meritocracy... that has helped to speed the old forms to oblivion. . . . - B
Originally Posted by RJman
Manton and mafoo embody meritocracy? Wouldn't someone like Ed Hayes or Piobaire embody that?
Originally Posted by dopey
You can be so naive, sometimes (which, to prove that I have read this thread, is not the same thing as dense.) From the summit, the men toiling in the valley and the men living on the flanks look equally tiny, and there is nothing to distinguish one from the other.
 

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Originally Posted by dopey
From the summit, the men toiling in the valley and the men living on the flanks look equally tiny, and there is nothing to distinguish one from the other.

Originally Posted by dopey
In any event, Vox understood perfectly so your service as foil receives full marks.

"Dear, is that a Foof?" [hands over binoculars]

"Hmmm...big head...resplendent plumage...I think you've finally spotted one, dear."

"I'll check it off in the book." [takes back binoculars]

"Oh my...what is that big, lanky one doing with the large rabbit?" [hands over binoculars again]

"I don't know, but it looks ugly. The rabbit is also a bit odd...it appears to be wearing a waistcoat with...rabbits on it. Is that in our book?"

"Oh, here they are...they're in the New Yorker chapter, in the section on exotic, infiltrating fauna. Apparently, the tall one's native range is the Pacific coast."

[scans edge of forest] "Oh, there's that Kunkle again. With the sun out, it's head really gleams."

"What's he doing?"

"Need I say?"

[laughs] "He must do that five times a day."

"At least."

"Oh, here comes dopey."

"Come on in, D. Here's an extra set of binocs. One lump or two?"


- B
 

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
"Dear, is that a Foof?" [hands over binoculars]

"Hmmm...


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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
"Dear, is that a Foof?" [hands over binoculars] "Hmmm...big head...resplendent plumage...I think you've finally spotted one, dear." "I'll check it off in the book." [takes back binoculars] "Oh my...what is that big, lanky one doing with the large rabbit?" [hands over binoculars again] "I don't know, but it looks ugly. The rabbit is also a bit odd...it appears to be wearing a waistcoat with...rabbits on it. Is that in our book?" "Oh, here they are...they're in the New Yorker chapter, in the section on exotic, infiltrating fauna. Apparently, the tall one's native range is the Pacific coast." [scans edge of forest] "Oh, there's that Kunkle again. With the sun out, it's head really gleams." "What's he doing?" "Need I say?" [laughs] "He must do that five times a day." "At least." "Oh, here comes dopey." "Come on in, D. Here's an extra set of binocs. One lump or two?" - B
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. . . and thanks for letting me out of the attic. I love sunny days.
 

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
"Dear, is that a Foof?" [hands over binoculars] "Hmmm...big head...resplendent plumage...I think you've finally spotted one, dear." "I'll check it off in the book." [takes back binoculars] "Oh my...what is that big, lanky one doing with the large rabbit?" [hands over binoculars again] "I don't know, but it looks ugly. The rabbit is also a bit odd...it appears to be wearing a waistcoat with...rabbits on it. Is that in our book?" "Oh, here they are...they're in the New Yorker chapter, in the section on exotic, infiltrating fauna. Apparently, the tall one's native range is the Pacific coast." [scans edge of forest] "Oh, there's that Kunkle again. With the sun out, it's head really gleams." "What's he doing?" "Need I say?" [laughs] "He must do that five times a day." "At least." "Oh, here comes dopey." "Come on in, D. Here's an extra set of binocs. One lump or two?" - B
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Oh my fur and whiskers it's those damned tourists with binocs again.
 

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Originally Posted by iammatt
This thread makes no sense at all to me.

The main point of this thread is to be subjective and totally unfair, which should be clear from the title.

Secondarily, every Friday I will post a digest of WAYRN.

- B
 

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Originally Posted by iammatt
This thread makes no sense at all to me.

I got lost a while back (but I frequently do...). The first few posts were good.
 

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Will every week's edition of this digest come complete with the free mantofoobuff DVD?
 

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Originally Posted by Holdfast
Will every week's edition of this digest come complete with the free mantofoobuff DVD?

Not only that, but a Healthy Dinner Recipe from our test kitchens.

- B
 

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
The main point of this thread is to be subjective and totally unfair, which should be clear from the title. Secondarily, every Friday I will post a digest of WAYRN. - B
I think we can understand the pain that drives you to this; you've sunk so much into so many fresco's.
 

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Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff
Oh my fur and whiskers it's those damned tourists with binocs again.

"Excuse me, where is Central Park?"


- B
 

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Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff
I think we can understand the pain that drives you to this; you've sunk so much into so many fresco's.

Oh, fresco is not so bad if your thighs don't rub together as you walk.


- B
 

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
"Excuse me, where is Central Park?"


- B


I have a friend whose wife's family claim to own central park. Apparently, there was some issue with how the land was appropriated. Or maybe it was a dispute over who owned it at the time the park was built. He told me all this over lunch and I wasn't really listening. They weren't getting it back.
 

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