| Walt Mankowski on 12 Feb 2009 13:01:51 -0800 |
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On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 03:54:47PM -0500, JP Vossen wrote: > > Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:52:22 -0500 > > From: jeff <jeffv@op.net> > > > > "Ok, here is our last question. I want you to take your time and > > think about this very carefully before you answer. This is a very > > important question. What is your desert island record?" > > Do you have any ideas how I many times I read that last sentence trying > to parse it? And failing? Record? Record for what? Staying on a > desert island? Staying off of one? Swimming to it? Something > Sinfeldian? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? > > Finally I gave up and kept reading, and the "Monkees Greatest Hits" > answered the question. Oh, "record," as in, vinyl platter... Good god, > you couldn't have said "album" and saved 15 minutes of my life?!? I've generally heard them referred to as "Desert Island Discs"[1], which is perhaps a bit harder to misparse. :) 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Island_Discs Attachment:
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