Re: Cliché Day (3 November)

 Ar an ceathrú lá de mí na Samhain, scríobh HenHanna:

 > On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 16:51:08 +0000, Aidan Kehoe wrote:
 >
 > >
 > >  Ar an triú lá de mí na Samhain, scríobh Ross Clark:
 > >
 > >  > Another one constructed entirely out of web-fluff.
 > >  > I'm having another Déjà Vu Day -- I swear there was one equally vapid
 > >  > we passed through a couple of months ago. But I'm not even going to
 > >  > expend the energy to look for it.
 > >  > Talk amongst yourselves.
 > >
 > > Keep at it, there are occasional gems like the signing great ape.
 >
 > -- i dont get this ref.

Message vft3to$24hbs$1@dont-email.me ,
https://www.novabbs.com/tech/article-flat.php?id=20702&group=sci.lang#20702 ,
documenting a chimpanzee who could manage 350 American Sign Language signs.

 > are you sure  it came from Web-fluff?
 >
 > The day is for remembering and using  Cliches?

Well, for me, it was for getting on with life in the normal way. I no more
observe cliché day than I observe Ashura and the martyrdom of Ali.

--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)