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Various Traps
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You-Know-What
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mialuthien *yanks C_B's chain sneakily* If you weren't tethered by these shackles, no one would ever be tempted to tug at your chain, you, fettered Bear. (I love your nick-name. It makes for some good – or bad – jokes). Jul 25, 2008
reesetee Don't yank The Bear's chain. You'll be sorry. Jul 25, 2008
chained_bear P.S. yanking my chain is an abomination. Jul 25, 2008
mialuthien I love your corrections. Especially, when they are addressed to other people. Then it's *hilarious*. Jul 25, 2008
chained_bear Well, I could always just post dickish and mean comments that make people feel bad for posting. But I generally try not to do that. Jul 25, 2008
mialuthien You're being really perceptive today, C_B! I am presaging that your famous last words will be "if I may... I think you mean... I hate to be persnickety, but!...". Amirite? Just yanking your chain *g* Jul 25, 2008
dontcry And, BTW, where the hell is Pro, anyway? He should have been here long ago. Jul 24, 2008
dontcry I believe there IS c_b -- but FYI: we're not paying you the big bucks for noticing ;-) *looks around for something to hide under* Jul 24, 2008
sionnach ..... looking around for a nice smooth stone ..... Jul 24, 2008
dontcry Yes, Catch 22 is the specific nightmare of bureaucracy. Also a really good read! Jul 24, 2008
chained_bear I hate to be a persnickety (yes, with an S) editor-type, but isn't there properly a hyphen between Catch and 22? *ducks from rocks thrown at her* Jul 24, 2008
sionnach Yes, but there's the important dimension that you are trapped because of some kind of nightmare of malevolent bureaucracy. Thus, it could conceivably apply to one of Kafka's protagonists, but you wouldn't say that Prometheus being stuck on a rock having his liver eaten anew every night was a Catch 22 situation. Jul 24, 2008
mialuthien = a situation in which one can never win or from which one can never escape Jul 24, 2008