Posted by Tha_Dude at 1cust54.tnt2.penrith.au.da.uu.net on November 07, 2000 at 07:26:41:
In Reply to: You read a lot of Shakespeare? posted by Mr. Shrapnel on November 07, 2000 at 04:32:48:
: :).
: That's :).
: I admit, I don't know what 'colon closed bracket' means, but it seems to
diffuse a lot of heated situations around these parts. I saw it used in the
House of Lords the other day. Sir David Minkie had just creased his brow in
rage at the suggestion that he had had more than his fair share of Mr.
Kiplings exceedingly good Fondant Fancies at the Royal Garden Party the
week before, when the instigator of the claim, Lady Fatima Whitbread, held
up a piece of cardboard with a big colon and closed bracket painted on in
lipstick, at which point Sir Minkie gave a little shrug and wry smile, and
sat back down.
: Ah, the power of words. Well... the power of punctuation, at any rate.
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