Darren New wrote:

> One can make a reference to a piece of literature, or some other social 
> or literary context, and invoke an entire background to what you're 
> saying.  Boss says "Time to go visit the customer," and coworker say 
> "Yep, back down the rabbit hole."   If you never heard of Alice in 
> Wonderland, you'd have no idea what that meant, or why your coworker 
> would say it. If you'd read your literature, you'd know your coworker is 
> calling your customer and their entire environment crazily surreal.

Oh, is *that* what that's supposed to mean?

Obviously I've had the misfortune of reading Alice in Wonderland, but I 
didn't understand a word of it. It just seemed to completely defy any 
kind of logic... Just left me feeling really confused. [And wondering 
why I just wasted several months of my life reading such an utterly 
horrid book!]

> If you want a nerdier example, when friends (who I know will get the 
> reference) ask me how the weather is where I am, I've been known to 
> answer "It's very Windows 98 out."

Wuh?! o_O

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