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01-25-2018, 04:24 AM
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#1501
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7,402
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Countryboy59
For all intensive purposes. And of course "mute point".
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Vaseline intensive care is used for all intensive purposes. Used on your hitch ball, it can alleviate intensive porpoises. But the point is mute.
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01-25-2018, 06:59 AM
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#1502
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Rivet Master
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Countryboy59
For all intensive purposes. And of course "mute point".
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This one gets extra credit, as it references the topic of this thread.
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01-25-2018, 07:17 AM
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#1503
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Rivet Master
1987 25' Sovereign
Fort Collins
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 582
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I’m pouring over this, but refuse to argue — and you can’t make me!
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“We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.”
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01-25-2018, 07:27 AM
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#1504
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Figment of My Imagination
2012 Interstate Coach
From All Over
, More Than Anywhere Else
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,868
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It's "moot point." The word "mute" means silent.
If you're going to argue tautologies like "ATM Machine" and "VIN Number" then you might as well include debit card "PIN Numbers," or "It's 9:00 a.m. in the morning," or "and etc." or "necessary requirements." There are just so many redundant tautologies (there's another one) that we could start a whole new tautology thread as well. And there's another one used by accident: you can't start an old thread, so "start a new thread" counts as a tautology, too.
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01-25-2018, 08:09 AM
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#1505
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Rivet Master
2014 23' Flying Cloud
Fair Oaks
, California
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 717
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Protagonist
It's "moot point." The word "mute" means silent.
If you're going to argue tautologies like "ATM Machine" and "VIN Number" then you might as well include debit card "PIN Numbers," or "It's 9:00 a.m. in the morning," or "and etc." or "necessary requirements." There are just so many redundant tautologies (there's another one) that we could start a whole new tautology thread as well. And there's another one used by accident: you can't start an old thread, so "start a new thread" counts as a tautology, too.
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Perhaps, but this one seems to get re-started more often than not.
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01-25-2018, 08:49 AM
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#1506
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Rivet Master
2017 23' Flying Cloud
Parker
, Colorado
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,772
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Protagonist
It's "moot point." The word "mute" means silent.
If you're going to argue tautologies like "ATM Machine" and "VIN Number" then you might as well include debit card "PIN Numbers," or "It's 9:00 a.m. in the morning," or "and etc." or "necessary requirements." There are just so many redundant tautologies (there's another one) that we could start a whole new tautology thread as well. And there's another one used by accident: you can't start an old thread, so "start a new thread" counts as a tautology, too.
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One of my favorites is “these ones”...::
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01-25-2018, 08:56 AM
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#1507
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Registered User
2016 25' Flying Cloud
Fairfield
, California
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 905
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Protagonist
It's "moot point." The word "mute" means silent.
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You beat me to the point unless the point is that we wish the points were left mute?
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01-25-2018, 08:57 AM
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#1508
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Registered User
2016 25' Flying Cloud
Fairfield
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 905
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Troutboy
One of my favorites is “these ones”...::
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As opposed to these ones?
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01-25-2018, 09:03 AM
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#1509
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Walnut Creek
, California
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 3,952
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveSueMac
-- snip -- sniff, -- snip -- cliff -- snip -- then
-- snip -- again -- snip -- whiff!
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No sniff, cliff, then, again, or whiff in ATM or VIN designations.
Requires alternate sugestions.
Even the response included ifs.
So then try again your tif.
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01-25-2018, 09:37 AM
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#1510
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Rivet Master
2018 27' International
Southeastern MI
, Michigan
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,344
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveSueMac
Unless spoken in a thick Boston accent: "eerieGAHHdliss!". That is a proper use of the word. That's just science.
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I've been to Boston. They all drink "wutter". Whatever that is.
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01-25-2018, 09:39 AM
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#1511
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Rivet Master
2018 27' International
Southeastern MI
, Michigan
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,344
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattirs
You beat me to the point unless the point is that we wish the points were left mute?
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I know right?
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01-25-2018, 07:59 PM
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#1512
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7,402
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Countryboy59
I've been to Boston. They all drink "wutter". Whatever that is.
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You haven't been to the right pahts of Bawstin then. They drink wadduh. I think it's Baltimore where they drink wutter.
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01-25-2018, 08:24 PM
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#1513
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Rivet Master
, Minnesota
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Protagonist
It's "moot point." The word "mute" means silent.
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Perhaps you didn't realize we had moved on to homophones. The use of mute point was surely intended.
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01-26-2018, 04:35 AM
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#1514
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Rivet Master
2012 27' Flying Cloud
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 7,402
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markdoane
Perhaps you didn't realize we had moved on to homophones. The use of mute point was surely intended.
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I suspect he realized, but was just being argumentative, which would normally make me angry, except this thread is meant for that purpose. So the point is mute.
I have to head to the ATM machine and get some cash money now.
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01-26-2018, 05:31 AM
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#1515
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Registered User
2016 25' Flying Cloud
Fairfield
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 905
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveSueMac
I suspect he realized, but was just being argumentative, which would normally make me angry, except this thread is meant for that purpose. So the point is mute.
I have to head to the ATM machine and get some cash money now.
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I doudt it.
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01-26-2018, 05:53 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 23' Flying Cloud
Parker
, Colorado
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 1,772
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How about some cash bitcoin instead?
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01-26-2018, 07:03 AM
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#1517
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Rivet Master
, Minnesota
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 7,721
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattirs
I doudt it.
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I doudle dog doudt it.
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01-26-2018, 09:24 AM
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#1518
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Figment of My Imagination
2012 Interstate Coach
From All Over
, More Than Anywhere Else
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,868
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Protagonist
It's "moot point." The word "mute" means silent.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markdoane
Perhaps you didn't realize we had moved on to homophones. The use of mute point was surely intended.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveSueMac
I suspect he realized, but was just being argumentative, which would normally make me angry, except this thread is meant for that purpose. So the point is mute.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattirs
I doudt it.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by markdoane
I doudle dog doudt it.
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Indeed I did not realize the shift to homophones. Or homonyms. Which are synonyms. Having been an engineer, with an engineer's mindset and thought processes, I tend to be too literal most of the time, and too sarcastic the rest of the time, depending on exactly how caffeinated I happen to be at the time.
Always assuming, for the sake of argument, that the shift to homophones wasn't retroactive to cover up a gaffe.
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01-30-2018, 12:20 PM
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Master of Universe
2008 25' Safari FB SE
Grand Junction
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 12,711
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Welcome to the Department of Tautology Department. And all you dupes, remember to file everything in duplicate.
Gene
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01-30-2018, 01:23 PM
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#1520
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Figment of My Imagination
2012 Interstate Coach
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,868
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gene
Welcome to the Department of Tautology Department. And all you dupes, remember to file everything in duplicate.
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As they used to say in Government, "Our goal is a paperless office. Make two copies and discard the original."
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