Do proto-lawyers wear silly hats so we can tell them apart?
God bless Jamaica. But I'm sure you'll tell me She already did.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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Betsy HP - Feb 02, 2003 7:50:45 pm PST #1579 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2003 7:52:55 pm PST #1580 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I were debating in an arena where an actual difference could be made then I'd make a greater effort.
Ouch. I think I've been dismissed.
God bless Jamaica. But I'm sure you'll tell me She already did.
Sometimes, it's the only explanation.
Burrell - Feb 02, 2003 7:53:56 pm PST #1581 of 9843
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
No, truth is my sources are hearsay and urban myth.
It might be interesting to check Snopes. Thing is, I find the whole idea very believable.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 7:54:09 pm PST #1582 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Ouch. I think I've been dismissed
Not at all, but who here is going to rush to Scotland's defence?
Edit: I mean, it matters a lot to me, as I guess you can tell, but I wouldn't expect to convince the rest of the world/Buffistas that it is all life and death for them.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2003 7:55:23 pm PST #1583 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, I've also found one cite of a man named Ronald McDonald threatening to sue McDonald's because "use of the name Ronald McDonald for the clown used by the company to entertain children was an insult to the Scottish clan system." He states that McDonald's is saying that people named McDonald can't use the name, but I can't find any actual cases of that. I'd assume that someone setting up a new fast food restaurant would want to use a name other than McDonald's, so that people would know that they were a new, local, different company, and not the mediocre international chain.
Betsy HP - Feb 02, 2003 7:55:49 pm PST #1584 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
What I heard ita to be saying, and what in any case I believe to be the case, is if you want to persuade Buffistas of the rightness of your cause, you'd better show up with solid sources. You won't change many minds with "hearsay and urban legend".
brenda m - Feb 02, 2003 7:56:58 pm PST #1585 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I have some recollection of the case Zoe mentions, but I can't recall the outcome or find much reference to it. I don't have access to Lexis here, that might get better results.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 7:57:00 pm PST #1586 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
I mean, it matters a lot to me, as I guess you can tell, but I wouldn't expect to convince the rest of the world/Buffistas that it is all life and death for them.
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2003 7:58:21 pm PST #1587 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What Betsy said -- it sounded to me like you were your audience wasn't worth being prepared for.
Me, I'm terrified of not fact checking before talking to these folks.
I don't want them to make me cry, or anything.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2003 7:59:20 pm PST #1588 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have some recollection of the case Zoe mentions, but I can't recall the outcome or find much reference to it.
Snopes has nothing. The closest I could find through googling, including mcspotlight.org, was the McMunchie case.