Wednesday, July 20, 2005

They

They* say that every time you drop something, a thousand germs instantly step up to

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Know what happened there? I'll tell you what happened. I just spent 7 minutes writing the footnote to that asterisk behind the first word, and when I came back to the main body of the text, I realized the story wasn't that interesting to begin with.

So just read the footnote again. I'm going to bed.**



*they, in this case, representing that nebulous group of people who "hear" things, "have heard" things and, sometimes, "heard that once" particular things happened. Members of this group, while not often experiencing actual experiences, have honed their skills at hearing about them to a fine pitch. On any given day, one of "them" (often referred to as an "it" or a "that") may hear anywhere up to fifty (50) salient, scientific facts on the nature of reality, such as the fact that your Whopper probably has semen in it, dude).

**(Still bored after reading the footnote seventeen times? Try this.)