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Best Sentence Ever?

Discussion in 'Evolution of Language' started by Dwight Ward, Jul 24, 2020.

  1. John Brunner

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    From this article:

    Perhaps it's an issue of semantics and human exaggeration.
     
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    Wow! A telescope that can see right through a ceiling.
     
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    He's making certain the maid properly cleaned the chandelier.

    You don't wanna see him inspect the toilet!!

    [​IMG]
     
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    Have you ever taken any pictures of what you've seen?
     
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    I also looked and though familiar sounding, I haven’t found it either. I am sure though that the line is somewhere in his poems but there are about 75 of those to peruse.
    As a last ditch effort, I think @Ken Anderson has a program that detects plagiarism wherein a line or two might bring up the original.
     
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    Even with telescopes, Hal can't find the title and therefore the purpose of this thread.
     
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    It's that whole "macro/micro" "big picture/minutia" thing.
     
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    The best sentence ever...... paid in full.
     
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    Graduating from high school, we were supposed to chose a quote to put by our yearbook picture. It was an all girl school so there was a lot of poetry, Shakespear, and the Bible. I chose "I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I am not sure you understand that what you heard was not what I meant." It definitely suited me though I don't know who said it first.
    ; )
     
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    I know who said this: "Bah, humbug!"
     
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    You little Dickens.
     
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