From: Kurtis Rader <krader@skepticism.us>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: ANSI bg colour outside of prompt area
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:14:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABx2=D8pLO_69aoiyy9e=UTbsd5EMGGF5JTA5+SO_pvttGaTZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54EAA154.1080602@eastlink.ca>
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> I have walked to school uphill both ways through--ok, it was only two feet
> of snow, but it *was* uphill both ways.
No, it could not have been uphill both ways. That's the point of the
aphorism "I walked uphill both ways". In our reality there could only be a
net increase in elevation in one direction. When someone claims to have
"walked uphill both ways" they are exaggerating, usually for ironic effect.
When you say "it *was* uphill both ways" you're implying it was literally
true. Which is impossible.
--
Kurtis Rader
Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-23 4:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-22 13:23 junkcommander0
2015-02-22 16:52 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-22 19:10 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-22 20:07 ` junkcommander0
2015-02-22 21:55 ` ZyX
2015-02-23 1:22 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-23 1:55 ` Vincent Lefevre
2015-02-23 12:34 ` ZyX
2015-02-22 23:10 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-23 0:10 ` ZyX
2015-02-23 0:28 ` Kurtis Rader
2015-02-23 1:14 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-23 1:44 ` Kurtis Rader
2015-02-23 2:04 ` Vincent Lefevre
2015-02-23 2:18 ` Kurtis Rader
2015-02-23 3:41 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-23 4:03 ` Kurtis Rader
2015-02-23 5:34 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-23 4:14 ` Kurtis Rader [this message]
2015-02-23 5:49 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-23 9:46 ` Vincent Lefevre
2015-02-23 16:36 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-23 16:51 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-24 2:53 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-24 3:49 ` junkcommander0
2015-02-24 4:33 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-24 4:25 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-24 8:36 ` Vincent Lefevre
2015-02-23 5:27 ` Bart Schaefer
2015-02-23 1:51 ` Vincent Lefevre
2015-02-23 0:55 ` Ray Andrews
2015-02-23 1:36 ` Vincent Lefevre
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