Help please. Phrase etiology. "Mainly because half the people I was with believed this until I expla

uppityperson

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Help please. Phrase etiology. "Mainly because half the people I was with believed this until I expla

Edited on Sun Oct-26-08 05:47 PM by uppityperson

"Mainly because half the people I was with believed this until I explained the situation to them"

Does anyone know who started this, posted it the first time? Thanks.

Edited to correct the phrase.

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Kurt_and_Hunter

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:35 PM
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1. About six weeks ago in GDP, IIRC. Was never explained. (To us, unlike the "people I was with")

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uppityperson

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:36 PM
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2. Thanks. I know it was a mispost, an op rather than a reply.

I'll do a gdp search during that time. "iirc"?

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Stardust

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:37 PM
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3. But it turned out to be one very funny thread! DU is very witty/

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uppityperson

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:37 PM
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5. like this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4314289&mesg_id=4314289

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yellowdogintexas

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:38 PM
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6. here is the link. One of the best threads ever.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6739759

I was very disappointed that it went to archive, I was hoping it would live longer than it did.

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Occam Bandage

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:37 PM
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4. Here you go.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6739759&mesg_id=6739759

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uppityperson

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:39 PM
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8. Ooooooooo THANK YOU. off to bookmark. Thanks.

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goodgd_yall

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:40 PM
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10. Mind you

it's "explained the situation to them." Very important difference.

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uppityperson

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:43 PM
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11. Oh dang, I forgot the situation!!!

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hisownpetard

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:38 PM
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7. Haha. I should have remembered, because I've used it a bunch of times - whenever I see an OP

that doesn't say when, where or what it's about! It still makes me laugh every time.

I tried to do a Search for it but came up with nothing. Sorry!

It's just a total non sequitur.

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last1standing

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Sun Oct-26-08 05:39 PM
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9. As I remember it (don't ALL folklore stories start with that?)...

As I remember it, it was a very busy night at DU and tempers were running high, I think it was during a primary in some state. Anyway, a poster meant to reply to another post but instead created his own thread. It seemed to be the pressure release everyone needed and it was soon recommended to the top spot on the Greatests list.

I think it was a poster named Kess or something like that, but I wouldn't swear to it.

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