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[Feb. 9th, 2012|08:47 pm]
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The design of this air gun reminds me of certain teapot.
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From: drquuxum
2012-02-10 02:05 am (UTC)
Without actually clicking through to garner context, my first thought was "The designer of the air gun played old-rules CtFwS?"
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[User Picture]From: jcreed
2012-02-10 02:09 am (UTC)
Was it "I'm a little teapot" before it was "Yankee Doodle"?
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[User Picture]From: gwillen
2012-02-10 02:53 am (UTC)
No, the _other_ belt that no longer exists was "I'm a little teapot".
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[User Picture]From: jcreed
2012-02-10 03:05 am (UTC)
Whaaaaat?
Neither of them exist now?

That's crazy talk.
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[User Picture]From: gwillen
2012-02-10 03:06 am (UTC)
Wait what? No the "yankee doodle" one still exists. "I'm a little teapot' is gone.
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[User Picture]From: groen
2012-02-10 10:03 am (UTC)
Aha! A case where heavier marking helps avoid ambiguity. I love these. (I read that the same way jcreed did; two commas would've made it clear.)
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[User Picture]From: jcreed
2012-02-10 05:21 pm (UTC)
Oh, I see. Some people would also say that you're supposed to say "which", not "that", but I think the commas' presence or absence completely trumps the whichthatness in determining my perception of [non]restrictiveness in this case.
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[User Picture]From: _tove
2012-02-10 06:19 pm (UTC)
Ohhh. I couldn't parse it at all until I read your suggestion about commas.
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From: drquuxum
2012-02-10 03:58 am (UTC)
Goombah:Yankee::Chastity:Teapot

The former still exists; the latter was culled in v2.0.
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[User Picture]From: jcreed
2012-02-10 05:22 pm (UTC)
Goombah:Yankee::Chastity:Teapot

This is, like, the KGB phonetic alphabet or something?

Wean Teapot Fnord.
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From: rehana
2012-02-11 04:24 pm (UTC)
Oh yeah, I think I remember something about a Belt of Chastity that prevents the opposite sex from capturing you. Never played that version--I'm guessing Deanna told me about it at some point.
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[User Picture]From: lindseykuper
2012-02-12 11:02 pm (UTC)
Because of keming, I honestly thought that this comment said "gamer context" and wondered what anything had to do with gamers.
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[User Picture]From: gf2e
2012-02-10 06:46 am (UTC)
The iPhone livejournal app taunts me with blue highlighted words. Which can't be clicked on.
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[User Picture]From: techstep
2012-02-10 04:33 pm (UTC)
Before clicking on the links, I thought I was going to see a gun that bore a striking resemblance to the Utah teapot.
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[User Picture]From: gf2e
2012-02-11 06:29 am (UTC)
Rob, your link worked. Why didn't jcreed's?
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[User Picture]From: bhudson
2012-02-12 06:36 pm (UTC)
Me too. I was really excited!
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[User Picture]From: lindseykuper
2012-02-12 11:00 pm (UTC)
Yes! Me, too!
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[User Picture]From: bhudson
2012-02-12 06:41 pm (UTC)
You've read the comments on the air gun thing? It is, as one might expect, a consequence of the gauge bring on the air canister. The canister is only mounted when shooting, a time during which the pressure is not important data because, not being an idiot, you checked the gauge beforehand and filled the canister. It is stored removed for pseudo-safety issues I don't fully understand.
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