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Third Witch

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I just noticed the counter on the bottom of the page. There were 60 people on at 1 pm? Was that right after the news broke?

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mae

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You are really on top of things. Third watch? What does that mean? Is that like watching for the 3rd Tier? Are you one of SFT's spies?

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T.W.

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Does the date of that post have any meaning for you? It does for us. It was an important day. You really went digging for that one, didn't you?

(And if you'd paid attention in senior English, you'd know who Third Witch is.)

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HS tune in and drop out

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T.W. wrote:

Does the date of that post have any meaning for you? It does for us. It was an important day. You really went digging for that one, didn't you? (And if you'd paid attention in senior English, you'd know who Third Witch is.)

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf...



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Mae

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I've seen every episode of Third Watch. NBC-on Friday nights, and it received a Peabody Award.
I have most episodes on DVD.
An anlaysis of this show was not included in my senior English class. I must have had the wrong teacher.

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Third Witch

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Oh for heaven's sake. The previous poster gave you a huge enormous hint. Not TV, think literature.

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Not buying it

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Isn't there a post missing from this thread, TW?  Were you singled out for not toeing the party line elsewhere?  Webmaster, I would not presume to second guess your decision (and actually agree with it in principle) but I do think TW is being subtly attacked.

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Voter

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Third Witch wrote:
Oh for heaven's sake. The previous poster gave you a huge enormous hint. Not TV, think literature.



Looks like they're giving you double, double toil and trouble. What's the deal? Maybe they don't know which witch is which.

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Jameela Lares

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mae wrote:
You are really on top of things. Third watch? What does that mean? Is that like watching for the 3rd Tier? Are you one of SFT's spies?


I must confess to some confusion at Mae's post. "She" is citing a posting that is over three month's old but coupling it with the phrase, "on top of things." And misreading Third Witch as Third Watch.

I'm also not sure, Third Witch, that your broad hint as to your identity was sufficient, as those words are also intoned in a recent movie, without attribution. Of course, in England where the movie was filmed, they'd need none, as they'd all be familiar with a famous old play known among many actors by its nickname, "The Scottish Play," and written by a well-received chap whose initials are WS.

Yours even after Great Birnam wood shall come to High Dunsinane hill,

JL

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Not buying it

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Third Witch wrote: Oh for heaven's sake. The previous poster gave you a huge enormous hint. Not TV, think literature. Looks like they're giving you double, double toil and trouble. What's the deal? Maybe they don't know which witch is which.
Lol!  Thanks for lightening the mood.

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Invictus

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How come someone is excoriated for not recognizing a reference to literature, but if I made some obscure pun based on weak hydrogen bonding in nucleic acids & Jameela missed it, people would come to her defense?


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COB Faculty Member

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I can't believe we would call the Bard an obsure reference.  This is what's wrong with education today -- poor training in the arts!

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Invictus's Risk Management Intern

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I can't believe we would call the Bard an obsure reference.  This is what's wrong with education today -- poor training in the arts!
Re-read the post  and practice your spelling.  Invictus didn't "call the Bard an obsure (sic) reference." He posed a hypothetical concerning an obscure pun couched in scientific arcana. He raised a legitimate point, which evidently sailed over your head.

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Jameela Lares

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Invictus wrote:

How come someone is excoriated for not recognizing a reference to literature, but if I made some obscure pun based on weak hydrogen bonding in nucleic acids & Jameela missed it, people would come to her defense?


Was I excoriating anyone?  I said I was confused.  I also hinted that Americans in general are not as up on Shakespeare as are the English in general.  (I'd love to be wrong about that, incidentally.)


Invictus, you should feel free to pun on weak hydrogen bonding in nucleic acids.  I doubt I'd be the only person not to get it, though I might be the only non-scientist who wants to know more.


JL



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Scientist

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Jameela Lares wrote:

Invictus wrote: How come someone is excoriated for not recognizing a reference to literature, but if I made some obscure pun based on weak hydrogen bonding in nucleic acids & Jameela missed it, people would come to her defense? Was I excoriating anyone?  I said I was confused.  I also hinted that Americans in general are not as up on Shakespeare as are the English in general.  (I'd love to be wrong about that, incidentally.) Invictus, you should feel free to pun on weak hydrogen bonding in nucleic acids.  I doubt I'd be the only person not to get it, though I might be the only non-scientist who wants to know more. JL
No offense, but I hate hearing about any type of hydrogen bonding.  I'm a free radical.

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Web Master

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Not buying it wrote:
Isn't there a post missing from this thread, TW?  Were you singled out for not toeing the party line elsewhere?  Webmaster, I would not presume to second guess your decision (and actually agree with it in principle) but I do think TW is being subtly attacked.


No posts missing as far as I know. It's an old thread from May 19.

WM

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Saturday Night Fever

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I think that the attitude expressed by the famous Roseanne Rosanna-Danna quote, "Nevermind" should be applied to this thread.



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Invictus

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No offense, but I hate hearing about any type of hydrogen bonding.  I'm a free radical.


Sorry, Jameela, but Scientist hath let the cat out of the bag.

(I just picked you in my other post, not because you had excoriated anyone, but because you probably know more about Shakespeare than ol' Willie knew about hisse'f.)




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Not buying it

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Web Master wrote:

Not buying it wrote: Isn't there a post missing from this thread, TW?  Were you singled out for not toeing the party line elsewhere?  Webmaster, I would not presume to second guess your decision (and actually agree with it in principle) but I do think TW is being subtly attacked. No posts missing as far as I know. It's an old thread from May 19. WM
Hallucinating again I guess, sorry. 

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Invictus

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Hallucinating again I guess, sorry. 


See? Chemistry is good for something besides making plastic!

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Nbi

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Invictus wrote:

Not buying it wrote: Hallucinating again I guess, sorry.  See? Chemistry is good for something besides making plastic!
!!!

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Jameela Lares

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Invictus wrote:

Scientist wrote:
No offense, but I hate hearing about any type of hydrogen bonding.  I'm a free radical.


Sorry, Jameela, but Scientist hath let the cat out of the bag.

(I just picked you in my other post, not because you had excoriated anyone, but because you probably know more about Shakespeare than ol' Willie knew about hisse'f.)





Ah, okay. Thanks. (And tell Scientist not to go near the water.) JL

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Poor old TW does seem to get kicked in the shins from time to time, doesn't she. Perhaps her attitude gets her into trouble? Nevertheless, we need a little "witchiness" on here from time to time.
It does seem odd that someone went to the trouble of finding an old post like that just to be unkind to her.

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