Assume v. Presume

[Black Hole]

I mourn the passing of OU progs on the telly as refreshers - ideal fare for the HDR-FOX!

 

[RobH1]

Agreed BH, I found them almost essential viewing.

 

[Black Hole]

[new sub-thread]

, so...

What?

 

[af123]

How about augment versus supplement?

 

[gomezz]

Three breasts instead of bigger breasts?

 

[Wallace]

Wibble, wibble wibble...

 

[4291]

Polly Mastier has got three!

 

[4291]

Not to forget Eccentrica Gallumbits.

 

[oijonesey]

Ujanika Bolakov had three of something...

 

[Black Hole]

Now now, within the general theme...

 

[Black Hole]

Nobody biting then?

, so...

What?

...is an observation of the current trend for interviewees to leave the end of their answer hanging, as if the listener is supposed to draw their own conclusion from the foregoing (or more likely they can't think of a way to end the sentence). If I asked a question and somebody trailed off ", so..." - I would reply "what?"

 

[Black Hole]

Caught another one this morning, but this time it sounded less like ", so..." and more like ", so!". Perhaps it means QED?

 

[Trev]

Did you know that if you google Ujanika Bolakov you get this thread so...

 

[4291]

Yahoo doesn't find it.

 

[Trev]

So!

 

[Trev]

Led Zeppelin is on TV

 

[Black Hole]

What?

 

[Trev]

No. That should be 'Who?'. And before you ask, it was not 'The Who'. Apart from that, you missed whoever it was.

 

[Black Hole]

So...

 

[gomezz]

But if you want the full version you need to ask Santa. Neat promo by Page and co.