blinking is evil

Colin Paul Adams colin at colina.demon.co.uk
Fri Mar 6 15:48:47 UTC 2009


>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Hennebry <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> writes:

    Michael> -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Pessimist: The
    Michael> glass is half empty.  Optimist: The glass is half full.
    Michael> Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

You missed:

Pedant: You can't say half-empty or half-full. Empty and full are
absolutes. Half-emptied or half-filled is better.

Colin (part-time pedant).
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire




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