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The comment started out as a play on "vast web of connections."

Yeah, I got that. Now that you say so, I think I spied a pun in there somewhere.

Are we really going down the wire with this? 

Wire you saying that Shades? 

I'm surprised you couldn't gauge his intent.

Ah well, mystery is the splice of life.

knot funny...

What can I say?  Cranioscopical and I are a twisted pair. 

clearly we need better shielding

Down to earth, as ever.

just lightning the tone

Just the spark needed to start off the day!

just so long as you guys don't start flashing us

No, no, no! One always must protect the crown joules.

I can always rely on you to keep current on these threads.

It's a struggle to keep in step but I discovered that there's no pace like ohm.

I erg you to resist making these puns.  But obviously I ignore my own advice.

Say watt?

As William Bendix said in every episode of The Life of Reilly
"what a revolting development this is!"

The law says that one cannot be charged if one does not possess the necessary capacity.

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The law says that one cannot be charged if one does not possess the necessary capacity.

Hmm, I wonder if a "trans-sister" is someone who starts out like Bruce Jenner but ends up like Caitlyn?

Perhaps, in the case of a bipolar junction trans-sister.

Not to be a spoilsport, but this has gone on for several pages, and this is a thread I keep track of to see new books.  Should I just stop keeping track of it?  Or can we perhaps take the puns to a different thread?

when all is said

The comment started out as a play on "vast web of connections."
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Yeah, I got that. Now that you say so, I think I spied a pun in there somewhere.
/quote
Are we really going down the wire with this? 
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Wire you saying that Shades? 
/quote
I'm surprised you couldn't gauge his intent.
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Ah well, mystery is the splice of life.
/quote
knot funny...
/quote
What can I say?  Cranioscopical and I are a twisted pair. 
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clearly we need better shielding
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Down to earth, as ever.
/quote
just lightning the tone
/quote
Just the spark needed to start off the day!
/quote
just so long as you guys don't start flashing us
/quote
No, no, no! One always must protect the crown joules.
/quote
I can always rely on you to keep current on these threads.
/quote
It's a struggle to keep in step but I discovered that there's no pace like ohm.
/quote
I erg you to resist making these puns.  But obviously I ignore my own advice.
/quote
Say watt?
/quote
As William Bendix said in every episode of The Life of Reilly
"what a revolting development this is!"

, the only way is the excess way 

Dumped:

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped", but when he referred to "Flashman" (by George MacDonald Fraser) I would have to say that I found the Flashman books that I read in the series to be very witty and amusing - I recall that I read Flashman first, and later The Flashman Papers.
There is an interesting Guardian obituary for George MacDonald Fraser, who died aged 82 in 2008.
Wikipedia have a useful entry about the Flashman novel.

The Flashman books might not be so easy to understand or appreciate by those who do not have a reasonable knowledge of English literature or of the history of British-Indian colonisation.

Taking a break from some of the books I'm plodding through on my Kindle (Columbine by Dave Cullen, Steve Jobs by
Walter Isaacson), A book I'm currently reading is:

Persuader by Lee Child (A Jack Reacher novel) 

I haven't seen any of the Tom Cruise movies, but the description of Jack Reacher has him at six foot five or so - and I keep on thinking how much bigger taller and tougher the guy in the novel is in comparison to the actor.

I don't view the actors in the movies as anything according to the descriptions in the novels.  Lestat is also not described in a way that would make one think "Tom Cruise", but he was excellent in the role.  I find that those who look at the novels in the same manner as the movie/TV series end up being disappointed by what is truthfully in my opinion the most superficial thing about the descriptions.

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Taking a break from some of the books I'm plodding through on my Kindle (Columbine by Dave Cullen, Steve Jobs by
Walter Isaacson), A book I'm currently reading is:

Persuader by Lee Child (A Jack Reacher novel) 

I haven't seen any of the Tom Cruise movies, but the description of Jack Reacher has him at six foot five or so - and I keep on thinking how much bigger taller and tougher the guy in the novel is in comparison to the actor.

I don't view the actors in the movies as anything according to the descriptions in the novels.  Lestat is also not described in a way that would make one think "Tom Cruise", but he was excellent in the role.  I find that those who look at the novels in the same manner as the movie/TV series end up being disappointed by what is truthfully in my opinion the most superficial thing about the descriptions.

I just find it amusing while I'm reading the author's description. It wouldn't stop me from enjoying a movie with Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher.

MilesAhead - I actually never realized Daniel Craig was not "tall/tough". I actually enjoyed his portrayal as Bond, I thought he was one of the better Bonds, excluding Sean Connery of course.

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"

Dumped -  not finished.

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Quote from: IainB on June 06, 2017, 01:11 PM

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"

Dumped -  not finished.

I have a hard time doing that with a book.  Currently, I'm reading the Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the TV show is actually better IMO... the book is rather a slog.  But I'm still trying.

I have 900+ books on the list so if I don't like a partiicular book, I just stop reading it and start reading another one. I mean, why bother?

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Quote from: IainB on June 06, 2017, 01:11 PM

I'm not sure what @panzer means by "dumped"

Dumped -  not finished.

I have a hard time doing that with a book.  Currently, I'm reading the Magicians by Lev Grossman, and the TV show is actually better IMO... the book is rather a slog.  But I'm still trying.

I have 900+ books on the list so if I don't like a partiicular book, I just stop reading it and start reading another one. I mean, why bother?

It might get better... I've had that happen before.