Not what the name says; it fell into disuse, and then was resurrected some time later, becoming what it is now; whatever that is?

The problem with the Croquet match is not that it's a takeoff on Quidditch. THe whole sports thing is kinda ubiquitous in certain fantasy circles. But the ending was a little bit of a copout, simply because it happened the way you expected.

You mean it happened the way you expected.
I was busily expecting the unexpected, so although I wasn't surprised by the ending, it wasn't what I was expecting at the time.
I hope this is clear?

Your mind hurts me....

Anyway, I thought the end to the croquet was very well handled. I was expecting some hyper-complex, time-bending,
reality-twisting, many-hyphened event, but got a refreshingly simple escape.



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IM - The Friendly Voice of Chaos

"Hey! You tore up my tablecloth!"

Surely, if you expect the unexpected, you won't be expecting the expecting, and it'll catch you unsuspecting, because you're not expecting it.



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Ack...

But I suspect that if you expect the unexpected, and the expected happens, then you hadn't expected the expected, and thus the unexpected expected event is therefore what you expected.



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IM - The Friendly Voice of Chaos

"Hey! You tore up my tablecloth!"

This is sounding suspiciously like the Had had scene in WOLP.

Had had what what??!!
Best Regards,
~Antonio Salieri~

Gonadlemmings! I posted a long complicated sentence about if whether "had had" had been unexepected and whether that "that that" that was involved would be expected as a result, and the fforum ate it! On toast! Grrrrrr!



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Perhaps you ought to bring this matter up with the Toast Marketing board, what what?
Best Regards,
~Antonio Salieri~

You all fall into the common trap; I shall stand on the edge of the pit and taunt you mercilessly.
You take 'expect the unexpected' to be singular; it isn't.
In a infinite Universe, the 'unexpected' is also infinite; and, even if the Universe is finite, the 'unexpected' is still likely to be so large that you probably couldn't tell the difference. I suspect that the human mind isn't really capable of comprehending infinity.
So, 'expecing the unexpected' means that you are expecting one, or several, of an un-defined number of things to happen. [Possibly an un-definable number; more likely still, an irrational number.]
Write your own lists; don't send them to me.
I have lists of my own.
Who knows; you might be on one of my lists?

I expected someone would say that.

Sorry, couldn't help myself...



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IM - The Friendly Voice of Chaos

"Hey! You tore up my tablecloth!"

A klepto.

Someone who helps themselves because they can't help themselves.



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The inimical is often more instructive than the benign.
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Don't you just hate it when it does that?

Also when it breaks out in 'Smells like teen spirit'.



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When it breaks out of parkhurst is more disturbing.



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Both good points, to be sure.
DO NOT under any circumstances, attempt to combine these two activities!

Especially when within three feet of flammable material.



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The inimical is often more instructive than the benign.
So between screams, try to pay attention.
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'Should prisons carry a warning sticker?'
You know, one of those red squares with nasty symbols on?

"This facility contains a level of parallel lines in excess of the amount approved by the National Aethetic Board"



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The inimical is often more instructive than the benign.
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