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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:30 PM
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Ok, I know why Robb is a dingbat is added to polls, but what does this mean?
Edited on Fri Dec-14-07 04:34 PM by texas1928
A suffusion of yellow


I have no clue.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:34 PM
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1. consult your electronic I Ching calculator
Edited on Fri Dec-14-07 04:34 PM by MrCoffee
it's a Douglas Adams/Dirk Gently reference...

Dirk bought an electronic I Ching calculator that did beautiful math so long as the answer was less than 4. for all problems with answers > 4, the answer was "a suffusion of yellow"


at least, that's why i use it. anyone else who uses it is ripping me off.
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:35 PM
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2. Oh OK
Blank stare.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:35 PM
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3. i do it for redqueen, is the real answer
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:36 PM
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4. Oh, I just like to make her argue with me.
It is fun. Have not argued with her for a little while though.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:47 PM
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5. I use it to rip MrCoffee off.
Don't let him fool you, he loves it! :D
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:50 PM
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6. he does...he's such a perv.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-14-07 04:57 PM
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7. dingbat definition
A dingbat is an ornament or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a "printer's ornament". The term supposedly originated as onomatopoeia in old style metal-type print shops, where extra space around text or illustrations would be filled by "ding"ing an ornament into the space then "bat"ing tight to be ready for inking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat

Yup, sounds like our Robb.
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