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From: "Joaquim G�ndara" <claw@lords.com>
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Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 277
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"CJRandall" <colin@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
 news:8XEztwFBbjg9EwaR@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk
> Sam Blanning writes
> >"Joaquim G�ndara" <claw@lords.com> wrote in message
> > news:alr5ig$e3eq$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de
> >>
> >>                                     You're Wrong. I Am Still In
> >>                                  ___ ,   This Dimension, And
> >>                                 |=_/     Stronger Than Ever!
> >>                                 |  \                          ,,,
> >>                      ~oo     <  |   `.     <       oO         oo'
> >>                       >>      > |    >' <   >      //         ||
> >>             _________ \\ ____<  > *fzooom* <_____ dd ________ || ____
> >>
> >> ----      .---------.
> >> The plot : continues :. kind of. Personally, I think this is a great
> >> place to  `---------' xt week everything is normal" technique, and
> >> not just because t \ happens to be a Friday.
> >>                     \
*snip*                    `.
>                           |
> hi ...                     \
> a native English speaker would probly use the term "thickens" here
> meaning that the plot becomes even more complicated ... as in
> "watch out! anything can happen!"

Maybe, but note the "kind of".

> the reason for this is because if a "plot" is "boring" and it simply
> "continues" ... a reader might "switch channels" (stop following story-line)

..which is what I was thinking of doing. "Switch story lines," as it
were. :)

> whereas if it "thickens" it means "hold on to your seats 'cos you ain't
>  seen nothin' yet!" :)

Well.. IMO, you have. You haven't seen everything, sure, but you've seen
most of it. I was serious with the "next week everything is normal" remark.
This story arc is getting a bit old.

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