To: Rutles4Ever
Good Lord, why didn’t anyone correct the title typo in the original original thread? We look like idiots.
“Compleat”?
It’s a play on the world’s most famous and often published (325+ languages) outdoor book, “The Compleat Angler”...as in let’s go fishing for these bastards...
9 posted on
09/09/2009 11:41:24 AM PDT by
jessduntno
("Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in it." - Ted Kennedy (D-HELL)
To: jessduntno
(325+ languages) should be (32+ languages)
10 posted on
09/09/2009 11:42:10 AM PDT by
jessduntno
("Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in it." - Ted Kennedy (D-HELL)
To: jessduntno
“Good Lord, why didn’t anyone correct the title typo in the original original thread? We look like idiots.”
Actually, given the nuance, I think we look well read, intelligent and thoughtful...but WTF do I know?
12 posted on
09/09/2009 11:44:34 AM PDT by
jessduntno
("Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in it." - Ted Kennedy (D-HELL)
To: Rutles4Ever
Good Lord, why didn’t anyone correct the title typo in the original original thread? We look like idiots."Compleat" is spelled correctly, though perhaps not properly used in suggesting that the "czars" have all the necessary or desired skills.
- Main Entry: com·pleat
- Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈplēt\
- Function: adjective
- Etymology: archaic variant of complete in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton
- Date: 1526
: having all necessary or desired elements or skills : complete; also : classic, quintessential
17 posted on
09/09/2009 11:53:56 AM PDT by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: jessduntno
19 posted on
09/09/2009 11:57:57 AM PDT by
Rutles4Ever
(Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna!)
To: jessduntno
I took it to be a play on The Compleat Beatles.
21 posted on
09/09/2009 12:06:29 PM PDT by
sportutegrl
(If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
To: jessduntno
L. Sprague de Camp. One of the greatest fantasy writers of the 20th century. Harold Shea, the reluctant hero (and Compleat Enchanter).
41 posted on
09/09/2009 3:48:22 PM PDT by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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