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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:15 PM Original message |
"Keith's numbers are quite literally going through the roof" |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not "literally" but this is good news. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yeah, numbers can't "literally" go anywhere. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. "Quite literally |
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The Witch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Oh! My fellow copy editors!! |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I'm not a copy editor |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. I'm a cranky author, also. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Well, "literally" is actually correct. |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. That's why it's not correct |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. It's a metaphor, and a perfectly valid one. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. it's not an appropriate usage, and here's why not |
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Erechtheides (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. well, speaking literally |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. If it's a METAPHOR then by definition it can't be LITERAL n/t |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. exactly |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. No. language is not an exact science - much as the Academie |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. that's true, but it doesn't apply in this case |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. They love hyperbole |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Here's an English professor who backs you up! |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. "Quite Literally" |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. Literally? :-) sorry.....n/t |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Well, this is a "proverbial" roof. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Just as easily as they go thru real roofs. lol! |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. LOL |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I was rolling on the proverbial floor laughing! Phew! Somebody stop us! lol! |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. LOL |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm virtually empty too. No prob :) |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Oh my! I hope you found it afterwards |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. OMG, look at all those numbers flying out of KO's office!!! |
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Erechtheides (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. I'm glad this usage bugs other people |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. glad to be part of KO's success as a fan since his first appearance on MSNBC |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. So glad to see the rest of the world is discovering Keith. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Hey Rev... we were right, we were right, we were right! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Think we need to expand the clubhouse? |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Gotta love these new stats! |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. < 1% of Americans are these fools who put Fox News on all day |
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IWantAChange (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Who the hell 25-54 would watch Billo? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Congrats to Keith. Thanks kpete for the good news. |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. That is great news about Keith, but I don't get why so many watch |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I think about 500,000 of those "viewers" are near-empty |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Faux is on more cable outlets |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Somebody at my gym always asks for Faux to be put on |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thanks for this, kpete! Excellent news! |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Glad to be 5th vote |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. What a difference a year makes: |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. two other things to take into consideration |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. we get it but it isn't listed in our paper's TVGuide. |
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champt10 (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Im glad I joined the Ride |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Hi champt10!! |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. W00T!!!! |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. The only thing the MSM likes better .. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. does raspy rita still have a show? |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. She's on in the afternoon |
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tinfoil tiaras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. MSNBC is too often on upgraded cable only. |
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Clinton Crusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
39. AND he's got a COMMENT tonight! n/t |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
40. Woooo Hoooo |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. WE LOVE KO.... |
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Mynameissalvatore (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-01-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
54. Whats nice about this is... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-02-06 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
58. Good for KO. |
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