It isn't a platitude, but I don't get it-it's the exception that proves the rule. How the fuck does that make any sense? Can we have some science up in this shit?
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2010 3:29:49 pm PDT #26633 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2010 3:30:52 pm PDT #26634 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like that's actually an archaic use of "prove" or some shit. Maybe it's a test? I forget, and don't feel like googling.
Amy - Sep 28, 2010 3:33:40 pm PDT #26635 of 30001
Because books.
Doesn't that come from how every rule is supposed to have an exception? So you know it's a rule if you find one? Or something equally dumb like that?
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2010 3:33:50 pm PDT #26636 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But that's not what people mean when they say it. They use it as confirmation, not challenge.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2010 3:34:13 pm PDT #26637 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But we know people are dumb.
Cashmere - Sep 28, 2010 3:38:57 pm PDT #26638 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Jessica, I hope you replied, "My hair is blue, fuckstick."
Strega - Sep 28, 2010 3:40:22 pm PDT #26639 of 30001
"The exception proves the rule" was originally (and much more coherently) about legal exceptions.
A sign announcing 'Free parking on Sunday' should lead one to conclude that on every other day of the week there will be a charge levied for leaving one's car in that spot. The posted exception, therefore proves (demonstrates) that at other times the rule is in effect.
smonster - Sep 28, 2010 3:43:36 pm PDT #26640 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I took a politcal quiz wherein I am too the left of GANDHI, so I doubt American politicians will satisfy me.
Mah sistah!
I remember separate b/c I misspelled it in a spelling bee. That and "asthmatic" I will never forget.
They have about half a dozen special needs kids, and last I saw them, she was pregnant again and very proud.
Uh. Wow.
-t - Sep 28, 2010 3:52:09 pm PDT #26641 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sure there's a twibbon for that, Jessica. Well done.
Is that the same proof as the proof of the pudding that's in the eating? I want to say it is, but the legal exception thing is pretty compelling and doesn't seem to apply to puddings.
Jessica - Sep 28, 2010 3:57:54 pm PDT #26642 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessica, I hope you replied, "My hair is blue, fuckstick."
I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of a reply. DNFTEC and all that.