It isn't a platitude, but I don't get it-it's the exception that proves the rule. How the fuck does that make any sense? Can we have some science up in this shit?
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2010 3:29:49 pm PDT #26633 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2010 3:30:52 pm PDT #26634 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like that's actually an archaic use of "prove" or some shit. Maybe it's a test? I forget, and don't feel like googling.
Amy - Sep 28, 2010 3:33:40 pm PDT #26635 of 30001
Because books.
Doesn't that come from how every rule is supposed to have an exception? So you know it's a rule if you find one? Or something equally dumb like that?
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2010 3:33:50 pm PDT #26636 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But that's not what people mean when they say it. They use it as confirmation, not challenge.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2010 3:34:13 pm PDT #26637 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But we know people are dumb.
Cashmere - Sep 28, 2010 3:38:57 pm PDT #26638 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jessica, I hope you replied, "My hair is blue, fuckstick."
Strega - Sep 28, 2010 3:40:22 pm PDT #26639 of 30001
"The exception proves the rule" was originally (and much more coherently) about legal exceptions.
A sign announcing 'Free parking on Sunday' should lead one to conclude that on every other day of the week there will be a charge levied for leaving one's car in that spot. The posted exception, therefore proves (demonstrates) that at other times the rule is in effect.
smonster - Sep 28, 2010 3:43:36 pm PDT #26640 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I took a politcal quiz wherein I am too the left of GANDHI, so I doubt American politicians will satisfy me.
Mah sistah!
I remember separate b/c I misspelled it in a spelling bee. That and "asthmatic" I will never forget.
They have about half a dozen special needs kids, and last I saw them, she was pregnant again and very proud.
Uh. Wow.
-t - Sep 28, 2010 3:52:09 pm PDT #26641 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sure there's a twibbon for that, Jessica. Well done.
Is that the same proof as the proof of the pudding that's in the eating? I want to say it is, but the legal exception thing is pretty compelling and doesn't seem to apply to puddings.
Jessica - Sep 28, 2010 3:57:54 pm PDT #26642 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessica, I hope you replied, "My hair is blue, fuckstick."
I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of a reply. DNFTEC and all that.