Re: [OT] pun/counterpun (was: Re: [libreoffice-users] query re. LO crashing ...)

       yep, cute that's you  ;-)



On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:

On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote:
>        cute, cuter, cutest ...
> >       you're surely t' best.
> >
> >       [further comments below]
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote:
> >
> > >        you took all my puns away ...
> > >
> > > >
> > > just doing humanity a service.
> >
> >
> >       [http://www.thepunalsorises.**com/<http://www.thepunalsorises.com/>
> > ]
> >
> >             I haven't any more; but ne'er fear,
> > > >           the punster will re-appear  ;-)
> > > we are armed.
> >
> >
> >  Tom Jefferson complained in 1787 about all the punning going on at the
> Consitutional convention in Philadelphia; I think he struck the right note
> when he wrote to Abigail Adams:
>
> "The people at large view every object only as it may furnish puns and bon
> mots; and I pronounce that a good punster would disarm the whole nation
> were they ever so seriously disposed to revolt.”
>
>        ["... to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end
> > them" yet I've punned with the best of 'em, ne'er taken yet  ;-) ]
>
> watch out lest you be outpunned.
>
> (btw I don't buy Pollack's theory. quote from Jefferson from <
> http://www.washingtonmonthly.**com/ten-miles-square/2011/05/**
> bonfire_of_the_**hannities029811.php<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2011/05/bonfire_of_the_hannities029811.php>
> > )
>
>  [...]
> > > I think the 'r' stands for 'remote' but I don't know; the source doesn't
> > > need to be 'remote' though. I just backed up one older external drive I
> > > have (was making funny noises) to another newer one.
> >       [funny noises, eh ... maybe it was speaking to you in its own
> > language  ;-) ]
>
> yeah, only I was the one making the noises.
>
> F.
>
>  On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Felmon Davis <davisf@union.edu> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >        rsync  ???
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >       I think i are sinking fast ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > sink  vb sinks, sinking, sank ; sunk, sunken
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  you are probably just joshing around but 'sync' has nothing to do
> > > > > with
> > > > > 'sink'; one is germanic, the other is greek.
> > > > >
> > > > > 'syn'+'chronos' as in 'synchronize'.
> > > > >
> > > > > sometimes the spelling of words, like the syntax of directory paths,
> > > > > matters.
> > > > >
> > > > > (and 'syntax' has nothing to do with 'sin' or 'taxes'!)
> > > > >
> > > > > 'rsync' is a great utility; I assume it's available for Windows but I
> > > > > don't know but there's certainly equivalent stuff.
> > > > >
> > > > > Felmon Davis
> --
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>
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