Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for October 09, 2019

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    Concretionist  about 5 years ago

    You know there are three kinds of ’toons:

    ’Toons that are funny, ’toons that are barely funny, and ’toons that are practically funny.

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    Auntie Socialist  about 5 years ago

    It gets complicated when you start looking at the origins of words and phrases

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    Willywise52 Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Hardly…

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    garcoa  about 5 years ago

    Practically speaking, this barely went over my head.

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    Algolei I  about 5 years ago

    I thought “barely” meant “nakedly”.

    Like, “Why are you naked?!”

    “Because I barely got to work on time.”

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    ChessPirate  about 5 years ago

    “You know, you’re barely practical.”

    “I suppose that’s better than being practically bare…”

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    Stephen Gilberg  about 5 years ago

    Alternate dialog: “What’s the opposite of ‘barely’?” “Uh, ‘almost’?” “Almost. The word is ‘practically.’”

    If he thinks “barely acceptable” is good, then he must have gotten C minuses in school.

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    STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 5 years ago

    I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant – supposedly by Alan Greenspan

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    InquireWithin  about 5 years ago

    Troll, troll, troll your boss, make him cause a scene,

    Barely, barely, barely, barely, words aren’t what they mean

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