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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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