Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] I'm baaack...

[SkArcher <SkArcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:52:16 -0500, Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Welcome back, BTW.  Good to see you.  The old timers are
> > dropping like flies again.
>
> Because they're light enough that air resistance can be a serious 
> impediment, I've never seen a fly fall particularly quickly compared to, 
> say, an elephant. A better expression might be, "The old timers are 
> dropping unlike flies again".

Ah, the sweet smell of an innocent Simile brutally hacked down and exposed 
to such mixed metaphors.

> It's good to be back.

How was Brazil? Like the film of the same name?



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SkArcher
 
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