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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Then perhaps it was a good think it was kept, as at least you found it funny.
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And it gave me fodder for this thread, too, but I don't think either was what Douglas Adams intended!
EndlessWaves is exactly right. That bit was far more subtle humor, which I came to appreciate later, about Man smugly thinking himself great for logically proving the non-existence of God, and then getting killed by a car while crossing the street.
Being trampled to death by zebras sends a whole different message, comedically speaking.
We can easily tangent into lessons learned from mondegreens here, but I'll spare you the story about how my sister heard the first line of "Same Old Lang Syne" as "Met my
own mother in a grocery store" rather than "Met my
old lover..." and all her life thought the song told a very different story than Dan Fogelberg intended.....
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Originally Posted by 4691mls
2. Call - I'm surprised when someone goes to make a call and they start observing the other person's surroundings; in American usage a call is typically a telephone call, not a personal visit
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Funny, that never threw me. I always seemed to be aware of doctors making house calls, and people handing out calling cards when they visit people (both probably more from TV and movies than life).