Comments on: The Purr-loined Litter

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:50:35 +0000

“One of my college roommates used to say “there were thousands, literally dozens of them!”

Ha. I suppose technically speaking thousands are “literally dozens.” Just a whole lot of them.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:39:32 +0000

Heh. I’d forgotten that one.

I live to torment you.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:18:38 +0000

You know, Roderick, you totally stumped me with that one. Another flashback. At another Mises Conference, I was complaining about your never respond to my emails. I asked you,

“Why didn’t you respond to my email?”

And then you said,

“I responded; I just didn’t reply.”

By: Roderick

Roderick — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:23:02 +0000

But are they still cat litter then?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:20:46 +0000

Alex Knapp said: “how do you breathe cat litter?”

Obviously you’ve never emptied a cat box. Most brands of cat litter are made of bits of dry clay which can contain particles small enough to become airborne when disturbed.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:26:25 +0000

I, like, Auburn, commas.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:26:01 +0000

One of my college roommates used to say “there were thousands, literally dozens of them!”

By: Black Bloke

Black Bloke — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:45:44 +0000

I like Oxford commas.

By: Charles H.

Charles H. — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:42:16 +0000

Well, “decimate” was a reference to a recent post about abuses of that word. And when I hear people use “literally” as an intensifier, my head figuratively explodes.

By: Joshua Lyle

Joshua Lyle — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:25:45 +0000

In high school physics I was taught to say, “The Zenith. It’s the point that’s directly overhead.”