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uselessness commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
Or if you're Biff Tannen, as useful as a screen-door on a battleship. Now make like a tree and get out of here!!
December 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
Ha! I almost forgot about Biff Tannen!
December 11, 2007
sionnach commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
Good to see that the Wikipedia entry for Biff Tannen is about the same length as that for the Poincaré conjecture. I'd hate to think that they were shirking their responsibility to keep us informed about the minutiae of popular culture.
December 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
I love that the very joke I quoted here (or very bad joke, as it were) is also listed on that Wikipedia page. Who'da thunk it?
December 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
Clearly, Poincaré wasn't as funny as Biff Tannen, sionnach. *eye roll* The homogenization of information continues.... :-\
Admit it, uselessness. You wrote that Wikipedia entry, didn't you? ;-)
December 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
I wish I had. I'm a huge BttF nerd. :-P
But I can't STAND the writing/editing culture of Wikipedia, and I avoid doing anything but reading the darn thing. Occasionally I'll anonymously correct a typo or punctuation error, but only because my pedantry cannot be tamed.
December 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
I hear you. :-)
December 12, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
U! 1) You're back, and 2) I just said this to someone the other day! "Make like a tree... and get out of here!" Ha! What are the odds!
Wait! Why can't I stop! With the exclamation points?!
December 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
I! don't! know! but! it's! apparently! contagious!!!
December 12, 2007
bilby commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
Exclamation point? Is that like a question point that's going straight?
December 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
Yes!
December 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
Nah, it's more like a broken interrobang.
December 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word as useful as a screen-door on a submarine
A what‽
December 13, 2007