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Why is it called "instant replay"? It's not instant.
How do they load an unload fighter planes onto and off aircraft carriers
when they are docked at a harbor?
Why is it called a boyfriend/girlfriend instead of "manfriend/womanfriend"
when speaking about adults?
Is it true that in the United States prisoners cannot vote for President
but can run for President?
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- Warp
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Le 20/06/2012 19:47, Warp nous fit lire :
> Why is it called "instant replay"? It's not instant.
Instantaneous, not.
But the definition of an "instant" can literally be more than a few
seconds. An instant of joy is not a sub-millisecond event, it's a
feeling with an unspecified short but sensible duration.
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> How do they load an unload fighter planes onto and off aircraft carriers
> when they are docked at a harbor?
Crane. Same as with containers.
>
> Why is it called a boyfriend/girlfriend instead of "manfriend/womanfriend"
> when speaking about adults?
Hypocrisy + puritanism: it's not about friendship, but sex & love.
Internet in text mode used to replace them with SO. (Significant Other)
And you get MOTOS, MOTSS and MOTAS...
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> Is it true that in the United States prisoners cannot vote for President
> but can run for President?
>
IIRC, even after release, in some controversial states, condemned people
are prohibited from voting. Yet some states allow parole, probations &
ex-felons to vote.
See Kentucky & Virginia for life-long denial.
See Maine & Vermont for voting while in jail.
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On 20/06/2012 6:47 PM, Warp wrote:
> Why is it called "instant replay"? It's not instant.
>
Advertising/hype, It was more instant that what went before.
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> Why is it called a boyfriend/girlfriend instead of "manfriend/womanfriend"
> when speaking about adults?
Boyfriend/girlfriend is sexual or romantic. Man friend/woman friend is
platonic.
People are supposed to be settled by the time they are adults so they
until they were engaged they were only friends. There are other phrases
that are not age specific such as courting, stepping out, seeing each
other, or winching. Winching is the Scots word for French kissing but
when applied to a couple it implies that they are in a serious relationship.
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Stephen
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On 20/06/2012 08:12 PM, Stephen wrote:
> Winching is the Scots word for French kissing but
> when applied to a couple it implies that they are in a serious
> relationship.
I misread that as "wincing", which is something quite different...
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On 20/06/2012 9:04 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 20/06/2012 08:12 PM, Stephen wrote:
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>> Winching is the Scots word for French kissing but
>> when applied to a couple it implies that they are in a serious
>> relationship.
>
> I misread that as "wincing", which is something quite different...
That is what happens when an aunt kisses a small boy. ;-)
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Stephen
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On 6/20/2012 13:04, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 20/06/2012 08:12 PM, Stephen wrote:
>
>> Winching is the Scots word for French kissing but
>> when applied to a couple it implies that they are in a serious
>> relationship.
>
> I misread that as "wincing", which is something quite different...
At least it wasn't wenching.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
"Don't panic. There's beans and filters
in the cabinet."
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On 21/06/2012 9:42 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 6/20/2012 13:04, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> On 20/06/2012 08:12 PM, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> Winching is the Scots word for French kissing but
>>> when applied to a couple it implies that they are in a serious
>>> relationship.
>>
>> I misread that as "wincing", which is something quite different...
>
> At least it wasn't wenching.
>
Oh! Cruel person. ;-)
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Stephen
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>> I misread that as "wincing", which is something quite different...
>
> At least it wasn't wenching.
Is that what causes wenchmarks?
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