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It's either the context or the lack of sleep

posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 10:05am on 2004-05-08

When reading an LJ community with "sexual issues relating to..." as part of its description, I did not parse an entry title of "Huge Plug" as meaning "advertisement/reccommendation" on first reading.

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posted by [identity profile] thette.livejournal.com at 11:25am on 2004-05-08
And into the quote file it goes...

Do you want it attributed to your real name, and if so, what is it?
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 11:27am on 2004-05-08
D. Glenn Arthur Jr.

Though know that I know it's going to be quoted, I'm wishing I'd been awake enough to tighten up the phrasing a bit more. (Argh, down, demons of perfectionism, down I say!)
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posted by [identity profile] thette.livejournal.com at 11:46am on 2004-05-08
I'd offer exorcism, but I have trouble enough keeping my own in line, and have dealt with my best friend's today. ("So, how much are you going to study that week? Eight hours a day? Twelve hours a day?" "Twentyfour hours a day." "You know that sleep deprivation counts as torture, right?")
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Lack of context

posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 01:20pm on 2004-05-08
Oh, Glenn. (shakes head)
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Re: Lack of context

posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 11:21pm on 2004-05-08
[attempts <innocent look> again]

Yes, darling?
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Big Plug

posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 06:31am on 2004-05-09
You realize where this line could go if you persist.

Until you are prepared to materialize, go coo and flutter your eyelashes.

(confession) Until I got all the way through, I thought the same thing.
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Re: Big Plug

posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 06:49am on 2004-05-09
It's not where the line could go that I'm worried about ...
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Big Plug

posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 07:14am on 2004-05-09
Your choice, Dearlove.
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Re: Big Plug

posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 08:44am on 2004-05-09
Uh, maybe a medium one?
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plug

posted by [identity profile] anniemal.livejournal.com at 10:00am on 2004-05-09
>wicked smile< As I said.
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I have forgotten what I was going to say here...

posted by [identity profile] realinterrobang.livejournal.com at 08:52pm on 2004-05-08
You realize, of course, that your sentence can be mis-parsed as meaning [an] advertisement/reccommendation [for an object, ie. the "huge plug"]... I was like, "So, it's a commercial for a sex toy. What's unusual or intriguing about that? Ohhh...waitaminit..."

I think it's the pain from my hands. I'm going to stop typing now.
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Re: I have forgotten what I was going to say here...

posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 11:20pm on 2004-05-08
Oh great, I comment ambiguously on an ambiguity and I do so accidentally ...
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