Jim Charter wrote:
> Gawd I hate sports metaphors.
> 
> Nothing obtuse here, just bad.
> 
> (And I think I know where to find the fork.)

I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?

-- 
-The Mildly Infamous Blue Herring

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Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> Well, not sure if this qualifies as a visual pun, but at least
> it's bad and you don't need to be a GRANDMASTER to come up with
> a fitting name for this creature.

I believe I may have "caught" this one. Nice job.

G'day Mate,
Mike C.

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Mike the Elder wrote:

> Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> 
>>Well, not sure if this qualifies as a visual pun, but at least
>>it's bad and you don't need to be a GRANDMASTER to come up with
>>a fitting name for this creature.
> 
> I believe I may have "caught" this one. Nice job.

Thanks! It went more smoothly than anticipated. Funny how you
get instant expression just by slapping an eye on something ;)

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Blue Herring wrote:
> Jim Charter wrote:
> 
>> Gawd I hate sports metaphors.
>>
>> Nothing obtuse here, just bad.
>>
>> (And I think I know where to find the fork.)
> 
> 
> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
> 
Yeah that's it, a set of low steps might be referred to as a 'step'

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Blue Herring wrote:
> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?

  I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.

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On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:19:38 +0300, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Blue Herring wrote:
>> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
>
>  I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.

It is an American sports idiom, Warp.
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Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen napsal(a):
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:19:38 +0300, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> 
>> Blue Herring wrote:
>>> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
>>  I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.
> 
> It is an American sports idiom, Warp.
GIYF

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Warp wrote:
> Blue Herring wrote:
> 
>>I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
> 
> 
>   I don't get it. Maybe it's an English idiom I'm not familiar with.
I think may be a close variation to the military, 'step forward' or 
'volunteer'.

But anyway it derives from the idea of a batter in baseball 'stepping 
up' to 'homeplate' to take his/her turn 'at bat' and have the chance to 
advance his/her team at the risk of 'stiking out' ignomiously.

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Well, I thought it was meant to be a step platter... ;-)

TC

"Blue Herring" <pov### [at] bherringcotsenet> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> Jim Charter wrote:
>> Gawd I hate sports metaphors.
>>
>> Nothing obtuse here, just bad.
>>
>> (And I think I know where to find the fork.)
>
> I thinks its been awhile now, is it "steps/stepping up to the plate"?
>
> -- 
> -The Mildly Infamous Blue Herring

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Mike the Elder wrote:
>  It's not a POV-Ray image, I know, but the idea popped into my head and my
> fundamental incapacity for self-restraint just kicked in.
> 
>  Best Regards,
>  Mike C.

I was laughing for a solid five minutes when I saw this one :)

...Chambers

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