The clam before the storm...

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The clam before the storm...

Tom Brosz — 4/18/2004 3:19:15 AM (archived)

An irrelevant typo, but one that creates brand-new metaphors of its own. Tightly shut, ready to weather anything that you can throw at it. A metaphor for stubborn immovable resistance in the face of attack? Sort of the opposite of the fable of the willow tree and the storm?

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80% of the problem in Iraq is surrounded - Buck Galaxy - 4/11/2004 4:38:19 PM
- Look for things to get worse, not 80% better - alcaray - 4/12/2004 5:13:15 PM
  - Children think of things as "win - lose". - Bowser - 4/13/2004 1:14:54 AM
    - re: Children think of things as "win - lose". - Odin - 4/13/2004 2:32:17 AM
      - re: "win - lose". - Tom Brosz - 4/13/2004 4:53:02 AM
- The USMC is playing this smart - Gary - 4/12/2004 1:44:50 AM
- As I said before, it is time to bring in the B-52Hs and B1-Bs while they are surrounded. - David F Mayer - 4/11/2004 4:55:29 PM
  - The US is over there. Illegally and immorally killing 'em. - Bowser - 4/12/2004 8:38:17 PM
    - If my country was run by a mass murderer and generalized asshole like Saddam Hussein, and some other country - David F Mayer - 4/14/2004 4:06:54 AM
      - Don't believe your own propaganda. - Bowser - 4/15/2004 12:06:23 AM
      - Saddam was a mass murderer? - Odin - 4/14/2004 6:30:59 AM
        
        So by your premises - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:31:52 AM
        
        No. - Odin - 4/15/2004 5:00:41 AM
        
        A bit now, More later - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 5:20:22 AM
        
        The UN treaty that Iraq signed prohibits such activity. - David F Mayer - 4/14/2004 6:34:17 PM
        
        Interesting response - Odin - 4/14/2004 10:08:29 PM
        
        Pathetic pedantic - Tony - 4/14/2004 5:34:36 PM
        
        Pathetic response - Odin - 4/14/2004 10:43:50 PM
        
        Fine - Tony - 4/15/2004 2:16:02 AM
        
        Hello? He murdered masses of people. Are you another academic? - Tom Brosz - 4/14/2004 11:14:33 PM
        
        Get down on your knees and kiss the feet of our resident philosophy professor: - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 7:25:11 PM
        
        lezeee, liberal=Democrat=academic=buttmonkey=marxist? Have I got your formula right Tom? - Publius - 4/16/2004 1:29:43 AM
        
        Another: T'Hell with tom Brosz for painting with a broad brush - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:26:09 AM
        
        Cite the Iraq law(s) Saddam violated. - Odin - 4/14/2004 11:45:59 PM
        
        Thats precisely on the same level as asking: "Cite the Nazi Germany laws that Hitler violated when he gassed the jews" - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:23:13 AM
        
        re: Thats precisely on the same level as asking: "Cite the Nazi Germany laws that Hitler violated when he gassed the jews" - Odin - 4/15/2004 5:13:01 AM
        
        re: Thats precisely on the same level as asking: "Cite the Nazi Germany laws that Hitler violated when he gassed the jews" - Davin L - 4/15/2004 6:35:57 PM
        
        What is the point of your "legal" exercise here? - Buck Galaxy - 4/15/2004 5:58:33 AM
        
        I'd simply like to hear a valid rationale for calling Saddam a "murderer" . . . - Odin - 4/15/2004 6:26:25 AM
        
        If it were your Mother or childs blood on Saddam's hands I doubt you would trolling like you are. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2004 2:45:19 PM
        
        Man... - Buck Galaxy - 4/14/2004 3:01:47 PM
        
        Do ya have to be a lawyer to have an interest in the rule of law? - Odin - 4/14/2004 4:00:34 PM
        
        foundation for Nuremberg trials (A tutorial for Odin) - Davin L. - 4/15/2004 3:56:14 AM
        
        Gee! Thanks, Teach! - Odin - 4/15/2004 7:56:21 AM
        
        Put away the cliff notes and listen up, Euthyphro - Davin L - 4/15/2004 6:27:00 PM
        
        Printing this one... - Mary Anne - 4/16/2004 6:53:30 PM
        
        Not me - saving it to the HD instead - Fox - 4/18/2004 4:23:59 AM
        
        re: Not me - saving it to the HD instead - Davin L. - 4/18/2004 8:49:53 AM
        
        LOL. - Odin - 4/19/2004 11:43:20 PM
        
        Why are you back? - Davin L. - 4/20/2004 1:45:04 AM
        
        I'm not sure. Ego? - Odin - 4/20/2004 5:01:29 AM
        
        re: I'm not sure. Ego? - Davin L. - 4/20/2004 5:31:00 AM
        
        re: I'm not sure. Ego? - Davin L. - 4/20/2004 5:34:42 AM
        
        re: Printing this one... - Davin L. - 4/17/2004 4:51:51 AM
        
        The clam before the storm... - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2004 3:19:15 AM
        
        I get the feeling this clam's got legs... (n/t) - Fox - 4/18/2004 4:35:54 AM
        
        Actually: "The clam before the Strom" - Davin L - 4/18/2004 4:16:55 AM
        
        re: Put away the cliff notes and listen up, Euthyphro - Odin - 4/15/2004 11:12:20 PM
        
        re: Put away the cliff notes and listen up, Euthyphro - Davin L. - 4/16/2004 12:39:20 AM
        
        Sheesh. I've had girlfriends be done with me quicker - Odin - 4/16/2004 4:34:27 AM
        
        That's not surprising (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2004 9:59:59 PM
        
        Ya know - Tony - 4/15/2004 10:39:23 PM
  - Winning hearts and minds of the "next bunch of assholes" - Lindy - 4/12/2004 6:09:57 AM
    - "..took your money and possessions" What are you talking about? (n/t) - RobVG - 4/12/2004 4:53:33 PM
  - They're not very smart. - Lee - 4/12/2004 3:48:21 AM

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