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Obama mixes his sci-fi metaphors (link) [message #40083] Fri, 01 March 2013 14:40 Go to next message
ToolPackinMama is currently offline  ToolPackinMama
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Or perhaps it was an intentional mash-up.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/odds-against-him-obama-still- bets-big-deal

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Re: Obama mixes his sci-fi metaphors (link) [message #40146 is a reply to message #40083] Fri, 01 March 2013 22:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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ToolPackinMama <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in news:kgr04j$e1g$1@dont-
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> Or perhaps it was an intentional mash-up.

>

> http://bigstory.ap.org/article/odds-against-him-obama-still- bets-big-deal

>


Not everybody in the world is a dweeb who follows anything with a spaceship
and knows every nerd phrase in existence.

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Re: Obama mixes his sci-fi metaphors (link) [message #40161 is a reply to message #40146] Sat, 02 March 2013 07:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wiseguy wrote:
> ToolPackinMama <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in news:kgr04j$e1g$1@dont-

> email.me:

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>> Or perhaps it was an intentional mash-up.

>>

>> http://bigstory.ap.org/article/odds-against-him-obama-still- bets-big-deal

>>

>

> Not everybody in the world is a dweeb who follows anything with a

> spaceship and knows every nerd phrase in existence.




No they aren't. But that doesn't seem to stop a lot of people from still
willfully trying to be a "dweeb", does it ?

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Re: Obama mixes his sci-fi metaphors (link) [message #40177 is a reply to message #40146] Sat, 02 March 2013 07:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
MITO MINISTER is currently offline  MITO MINISTER
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On Mar 2, 12:22 pm, Wiseguy <epw...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ToolPackinMama <philnbl...@comcast.net> wrote innews:kgr04j$e1g$1@dont-

> email.me:

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>> Or perhaps it was an intentional mash-up.

>

>> http://bigstory.ap.org/article/odds-against-him-obama-still- bets-big-...

>

> Not everybody in the world is a dweeb who follows anything with a spaceship

> and knows every nerd phrase in existence.


Good One! I like you. Maybe.

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Re: Obama mixes his sci-fi metaphors (link) [message #40178 is a reply to message #40146] Sat, 02 March 2013 08:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Steven L. is currently offline  Steven L.
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On 3/1/2013 10:22 PM, Wiseguy wrote:
> ToolPackinMama <philnblanc@comcast.net> wrote in news:kgr04j$e1g$1@dont-

> email.me:

>

>> Or perhaps it was an intentional mash-up.

>>

>> http://bigstory.ap.org/article/odds-against-him-obama-still- bets-big-deal

>>

>

> Not everybody in the world is a dweeb who follows anything with a spaceship

> and knows every nerd phrase in existence.


Still, it is interesting how Star Trek has pervaded the culture.

I've seen "warp speed" used as a metaphor for "very fast".

Or "Beam me up, Scotty" to mean "This situation is hopeless".

In political debates, I've seen certain groups compared to the Borg--and
everybody in the audience knows what that's supposed to mean.

And notice some of the names of the streets in this new subdivision in
Turlock, California:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=warp+drive,+turlock+ca&oe =utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&ei=nfkxUfnoJurW 0QH3sIHICQ&ved=0CAsQ_AUoAg

or

http://is.gd/SFcvZO


--
Steven L.

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Re: Obama mixes his sci-fi metaphors (link) [message #40214 is a reply to message #40178] Sat, 02 March 2013 13:25 Go to previous message
Rik P is currently offline  Rik P
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> https://maps.google.com/maps?q=warp+drive,+turlock+ca&oe =utf-8&client...


I want to live on Warp Dr.!

I once lived in a community reached by Seagate Dr., but it was near
the ocean so it may have been a coincidence.

Rik

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