The best of luck in your immortal quest. Indrajit Gupta
On Jan 8, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to recall a word for a figure of speech. It's a typical Brit > thing where you deliberately make a really weak analogy ("as slippery as > a really slippery thing", or, as you can see below) > > Anyone? > > __ > ZAPHOD Hey, this rock... > FORD Marble... > ZAPHOD Marble... > FORD Ice-covered marble... > ZAPHOD Right... it's as slippery as... as... What's the slipperiest > thing you can think of? > FORD At the moment? This marble. > ZAPHOD Right. This marble is as slippery as this marble. > > -- Zaphod and Ford trying to get a grip on things in Brontitall, Fit the > Tenth. >
