“You've got another thing coming” - translation into French
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“You've got another thing coming” - translation into French
"If you think we're gonna get married just to please you, you've got another thin㎏
coming. (I have my own career to think about, too.)"
I'd like to know, when you think someone is probably entertaining what you think to be a silly thought, how can you point that out in French?
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"If you think we're gonna get married just to please you, you've got another thin㎏
coming. (I have my own career to think about, too.)"
I'd like to know, when you think someone is probably entertaining what you think to be a silly thought, how can you point that out in French?
traduction anglais
edited Jun 4 at 11:45
jlliagre
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The correct English phrase is "If you think <XYZ>, you've got another think coming", not another "thing" coming.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 15:37
1
@jlliagre Which supports Aaron's point, so why are you referring him to it instead of Dasshoes?
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:02
1
@lly Because the OP is automatically informed of comments. Note that the linked document is more tolerant than Aaron. It says the majority of people use "thing" form nowadays.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 16:14
6
Well, to be pacific: it may be a doggie-dog world, but to all intensive purposes I'm not merely biting my time. In a last stitch effort to not be an escape goat, I would of nipped it in the butt, but unfortunately it doesn't pass mustard, and this comment has ended up as a bit of a damp squid.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 17:16
2
/me growls at @AaronF
– Monty Harder
Jun 3 at 18:21
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"If you think we're gonna get married just to please you, you've got another thin㎏
coming. (I have my own career to think about, too.)"
I'd like to know, when you think someone is probably entertaining what you think to be a silly thought, how can you point that out in French?
traduction anglais
edited Jun 4 at 11:45
jlliagre
70.5k450116
asked Jun 3 at 7:02
DasshoesDasshoes
2238
"If you think we're gonna get married just to please you, you've got another thin㎏
coming. (I have my own career to think about, too.)"
I'd like to know, when you think someone is probably entertaining what you think to be a silly thought, how can you point that out in French?
traduction anglais
traduction anglais
edited Jun 4 at 11:45
jlliagre
70.5k450116
asked Jun 3 at 7:02
DasshoesDasshoes
2238
edited Jun 4 at 11:45
jlliagre
70.5k450116
asked Jun 3 at 7:02
DasshoesDasshoes
2238
edited Jun 4 at 11:45
jlliagre
70.5k450116
edited Jun 4 at 11:45
jlliagre
70.5k450116
edited Jun 4 at 11:45
jlliagre
70.5k450116
70.5k450116
asked Jun 3 at 7:02
DasshoesDasshoes
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asked Jun 3 at 7:02
DasshoesDasshoes
2238
asked Jun 3 at 7:02
DasshoesDasshoes
2238
2238
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The correct English phrase is "If you think <XYZ>, you've got another think coming", not another "thing" coming.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 15:37
1
@jlliagre Which supports Aaron's point, so why are you referring him to it instead of Dasshoes?
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:02
1
@lly Because the OP is automatically informed of comments. Note that the linked document is more tolerant than Aaron. It says the majority of people use "thing" form nowadays.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 16:14
6
Well, to be pacific: it may be a doggie-dog world, but to all intensive purposes I'm not merely biting my time. In a last stitch effort to not be an escape goat, I would of nipped it in the butt, but unfortunately it doesn't pass mustard, and this comment has ended up as a bit of a damp squid.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 17:16
2
/me growls at @AaronF
– Monty Harder
Jun 3 at 18:21
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The correct English phrase is "If you think <XYZ>, you've got another think coming", not another "thing" coming.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 15:37
1
@jlliagre Which supports Aaron's point, so why are you referring him to it instead of Dasshoes?
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:02
1
@lly Because the OP is automatically informed of comments. Note that the linked document is more tolerant than Aaron. It says the majority of people use "thing" form nowadays.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 16:14
6
Well, to be pacific: it may be a doggie-dog world, but to all intensive purposes I'm not merely biting my time. In a last stitch effort to not be an escape goat, I would of nipped it in the butt, but unfortunately it doesn't pass mustard, and this comment has ended up as a bit of a damp squid.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 17:16
2
/me growls at @AaronF
– Monty Harder
Jun 3 at 18:21
13
13
The correct English phrase is "If you think <XYZ>, you've got another think coming", not another "thing" coming.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 15:37
The correct English phrase is "If you think <XYZ>, you've got another think coming", not another "thing" coming.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 15:37
1
1
@jlliagre Which supports Aaron's point, so why are you referring him to it instead of Dasshoes?
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:02
@jlliagre Which supports Aaron's point, so why are you referring him to it instead of Dasshoes?
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:02
1
1
@lly Because the OP is automatically informed of comments. Note that the linked document is more tolerant than Aaron. It says the majority of people use "thing" form nowadays.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 16:14
@lly Because the OP is automatically informed of comments. Note that the linked document is more tolerant than Aaron. It says the majority of people use "thing" form nowadays.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 16:14
6
6
Well, to be pacific: it may be a doggie-dog world, but to all intensive purposes I'm not merely biting my time. In a last stitch effort to not be an escape goat, I would of nipped it in the butt, but unfortunately it doesn't pass mustard, and this comment has ended up as a bit of a damp squid.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 17:16
Well, to be pacific: it may be a doggie-dog world, but to all intensive purposes I'm not merely biting my time. In a last stitch effort to not be an escape goat, I would of nipped it in the butt, but unfortunately it doesn't pass mustard, and this comment has ended up as a bit of a damp squid.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 17:16
2
2
/me growls at @AaronF
– Monty Harder
Jun 3 at 18:21
/me growls at @AaronF
– Monty Harder
Jun 3 at 18:21
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The idea can be expressed in several different ways. Even though each phrase has a different literal meaning and a slightly different tone, they all essentially boil down to the same core idea: "you've got another think coming".
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux te gratter !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, détrompe-toi !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te trompes lourdement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourvoies complètement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te goures royalement !
Tu te leurres si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fais des illusions !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te mets le doigt dans l'œil !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourres le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours courir !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours rêver !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux (aller) te brosser !
Tu es loin du compte si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, t'es complètement à côté d'la plaque, là !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux aller te faire voir !
On a somewhat different tone:
Pas pour péter ta bulle mais, si on va se marier, c'est pas pour tes beaux yeux.
answered Jun 3 at 8:12
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
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Brosser for Sécher seems a belgicism, Brosser for "doing anything (that wouldn't make a difference anyway)" is widely used in France. Tu peux aller te brosser is fine.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 10:57
2
Could this be made a community answer so we could eventually have explanations of the registers and differences between them? It's not helpful at all to have a the current laundry list.
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:04
4
@lly The thing is that register-wise, every one of them can be used orally in conversation and seen as equivalents of "another think coming". As there is no clear-cut distinction like the one between formal and informal language, every French speaker would reasonably have slightly different subjective opinions about their nuances of register. The sheer quantity of alternatives offered might make it look like a laundry list, but it's not like the list is cluttered with a jumble of randomly chosen phrases.
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Jun 3 at 17:03
1
Not very useful to mix archaic expressions with rude slang
– George M
Jun 3 at 19:10
2
Note that "tu peux aller te faire voir" is much more agressive than "tu peux toujours rêver/courir"
– Rafalon
Jun 4 at 9:50
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The idea can be expressed in several different ways. Even though each phrase has a different literal meaning and a slightly different tone, they all essentially boil down to the same core idea: "you've got another think coming".
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux te gratter !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, détrompe-toi !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te trompes lourdement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourvoies complètement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te goures royalement !
Tu te leurres si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fais des illusions !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te mets le doigt dans l'œil !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourres le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours courir !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours rêver !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux (aller) te brosser !
Tu es loin du compte si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, t'es complètement à côté d'la plaque, là !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux aller te faire voir !
On a somewhat different tone:
Pas pour péter ta bulle mais, si on va se marier, c'est pas pour tes beaux yeux.
answered Jun 3 at 8:12
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
11.2k41446
2
Brosser for Sécher seems a belgicism, Brosser for "doing anything (that wouldn't make a difference anyway)" is widely used in France. Tu peux aller te brosser is fine.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 10:57
2
Could this be made a community answer so we could eventually have explanations of the registers and differences between them? It's not helpful at all to have a the current laundry list.
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:04
4
@lly The thing is that register-wise, every one of them can be used orally in conversation and seen as equivalents of "another think coming". As there is no clear-cut distinction like the one between formal and informal language, every French speaker would reasonably have slightly different subjective opinions about their nuances of register. The sheer quantity of alternatives offered might make it look like a laundry list, but it's not like the list is cluttered with a jumble of randomly chosen phrases.
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Jun 3 at 17:03
1
Not very useful to mix archaic expressions with rude slang
– George M
Jun 3 at 19:10
2
Note that "tu peux aller te faire voir" is much more agressive than "tu peux toujours rêver/courir"
– Rafalon
Jun 4 at 9:50
|
show 4 more comments
The idea can be expressed in several different ways. Even though each phrase has a different literal meaning and a slightly different tone, they all essentially boil down to the same core idea: "you've got another think coming".
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux te gratter !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, détrompe-toi !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te trompes lourdement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourvoies complètement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te goures royalement !
Tu te leurres si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fais des illusions !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te mets le doigt dans l'œil !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourres le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours courir !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours rêver !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux (aller) te brosser !
Tu es loin du compte si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, t'es complètement à côté d'la plaque, là !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux aller te faire voir !
On a somewhat different tone:
Pas pour péter ta bulle mais, si on va se marier, c'est pas pour tes beaux yeux.
answered Jun 3 at 8:12
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
11.2k41446
2
Brosser for Sécher seems a belgicism, Brosser for "doing anything (that wouldn't make a difference anyway)" is widely used in France. Tu peux aller te brosser is fine.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 10:57
2
Could this be made a community answer so we could eventually have explanations of the registers and differences between them? It's not helpful at all to have a the current laundry list.
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:04
4
@lly The thing is that register-wise, every one of them can be used orally in conversation and seen as equivalents of "another think coming". As there is no clear-cut distinction like the one between formal and informal language, every French speaker would reasonably have slightly different subjective opinions about their nuances of register. The sheer quantity of alternatives offered might make it look like a laundry list, but it's not like the list is cluttered with a jumble of randomly chosen phrases.
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Jun 3 at 17:03
1
Not very useful to mix archaic expressions with rude slang
– George M
Jun 3 at 19:10
2
Note that "tu peux aller te faire voir" is much more agressive than "tu peux toujours rêver/courir"
– Rafalon
Jun 4 at 9:50
|
show 4 more comments
The idea can be expressed in several different ways. Even though each phrase has a different literal meaning and a slightly different tone, they all essentially boil down to the same core idea: "you've got another think coming".
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux te gratter !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, détrompe-toi !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te trompes lourdement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourvoies complètement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te goures royalement !
Tu te leurres si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fais des illusions !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te mets le doigt dans l'œil !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourres le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours courir !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours rêver !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux (aller) te brosser !
Tu es loin du compte si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, t'es complètement à côté d'la plaque, là !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux aller te faire voir !
On a somewhat different tone:
Pas pour péter ta bulle mais, si on va se marier, c'est pas pour tes beaux yeux.
answered Jun 3 at 8:12
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
11.2k41446
The idea can be expressed in several different ways. Even though each phrase has a different literal meaning and a slightly different tone, they all essentially boil down to the same core idea: "you've got another think coming".
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux te gratter !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, détrompe-toi !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te trompes lourdement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourvoies complètement !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te goures royalement !
Tu te leurres si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fais des illusions !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te mets le doigt dans l'œil !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu te fourres le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours courir !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux toujours rêver !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux (aller) te brosser !
Tu es loin du compte si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, t'es complètement à côté d'la plaque, là !
Si tu crois qu'on va se marier pour tes beaux yeux, tu peux aller te faire voir !
On a somewhat different tone:
Pas pour péter ta bulle mais, si on va se marier, c'est pas pour tes beaux yeux.
answered Jun 3 at 8:12
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
11.2k41446
edited Jun 3 at 16:52
answered Jun 3 at 8:12
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
11.2k41446
answered Jun 3 at 8:12
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
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answered Jun 3 at 8:12
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Brosser for Sécher seems a belgicism, Brosser for "doing anything (that wouldn't make a difference anyway)" is widely used in France. Tu peux aller te brosser is fine.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 10:57
2
Could this be made a community answer so we could eventually have explanations of the registers and differences between them? It's not helpful at all to have a the current laundry list.
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:04
4
@lly The thing is that register-wise, every one of them can be used orally in conversation and seen as equivalents of "another think coming". As there is no clear-cut distinction like the one between formal and informal language, every French speaker would reasonably have slightly different subjective opinions about their nuances of register. The sheer quantity of alternatives offered might make it look like a laundry list, but it's not like the list is cluttered with a jumble of randomly chosen phrases.
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Jun 3 at 17:03
1
Not very useful to mix archaic expressions with rude slang
– George M
Jun 3 at 19:10
2
Note that "tu peux aller te faire voir" is much more agressive than "tu peux toujours rêver/courir"
– Rafalon
Jun 4 at 9:50
|
show 4 more comments
2
Brosser for Sécher seems a belgicism, Brosser for "doing anything (that wouldn't make a difference anyway)" is widely used in France. Tu peux aller te brosser is fine.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 10:57
2
Could this be made a community answer so we could eventually have explanations of the registers and differences between them? It's not helpful at all to have a the current laundry list.
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:04
4
@lly The thing is that register-wise, every one of them can be used orally in conversation and seen as equivalents of "another think coming". As there is no clear-cut distinction like the one between formal and informal language, every French speaker would reasonably have slightly different subjective opinions about their nuances of register. The sheer quantity of alternatives offered might make it look like a laundry list, but it's not like the list is cluttered with a jumble of randomly chosen phrases.
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Jun 3 at 17:03
1
Not very useful to mix archaic expressions with rude slang
– George M
Jun 3 at 19:10
2
Note that "tu peux aller te faire voir" is much more agressive than "tu peux toujours rêver/courir"
– Rafalon
Jun 4 at 9:50
2
2
Brosser for Sécher seems a belgicism, Brosser for "doing anything (that wouldn't make a difference anyway)" is widely used in France. Tu peux aller te brosser is fine.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 10:57
Brosser for Sécher seems a belgicism, Brosser for "doing anything (that wouldn't make a difference anyway)" is widely used in France. Tu peux aller te brosser is fine.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 10:57
2
2
Could this be made a community answer so we could eventually have explanations of the registers and differences between them? It's not helpful at all to have a the current laundry list.
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:04
Could this be made a community answer so we could eventually have explanations of the registers and differences between them? It's not helpful at all to have a the current laundry list.
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:04
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@lly The thing is that register-wise, every one of them can be used orally in conversation and seen as equivalents of "another think coming". As there is no clear-cut distinction like the one between formal and informal language, every French speaker would reasonably have slightly different subjective opinions about their nuances of register. The sheer quantity of alternatives offered might make it look like a laundry list, but it's not like the list is cluttered with a jumble of randomly chosen phrases.
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Jun 3 at 17:03
@lly The thing is that register-wise, every one of them can be used orally in conversation and seen as equivalents of "another think coming". As there is no clear-cut distinction like the one between formal and informal language, every French speaker would reasonably have slightly different subjective opinions about their nuances of register. The sheer quantity of alternatives offered might make it look like a laundry list, but it's not like the list is cluttered with a jumble of randomly chosen phrases.
– Con-gras-tue-les-chiens
Jun 3 at 17:03
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Not very useful to mix archaic expressions with rude slang
– George M
Jun 3 at 19:10
Not very useful to mix archaic expressions with rude slang
– George M
Jun 3 at 19:10
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Note that "tu peux aller te faire voir" is much more agressive than "tu peux toujours rêver/courir"
– Rafalon
Jun 4 at 9:50
Note that "tu peux aller te faire voir" is much more agressive than "tu peux toujours rêver/courir"
– Rafalon
Jun 4 at 9:50
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The correct English phrase is "If you think <XYZ>, you've got another think coming", not another "thing" coming.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 15:37
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@jlliagre Which supports Aaron's point, so why are you referring him to it instead of Dasshoes?
– lly
Jun 3 at 16:02
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@lly Because the OP is automatically informed of comments. Note that the linked document is more tolerant than Aaron. It says the majority of people use "thing" form nowadays.
– jlliagre
Jun 3 at 16:14
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Well, to be pacific: it may be a doggie-dog world, but to all intensive purposes I'm not merely biting my time. In a last stitch effort to not be an escape goat, I would of nipped it in the butt, but unfortunately it doesn't pass mustard, and this comment has ended up as a bit of a damp squid.
– Aaron F
Jun 3 at 17:16
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/me growls at @AaronF
– Monty Harder
Jun 3 at 18:21