straight line

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(thing) by Wintersweet (1.5 y) (print)

Sun May 28 2000 at 21:05:42

A straight-faced statement that invites a humorous rejoinder, whether punnish, risque, or just silly. I suppose this is comedy jargon, but I don't know its origin. (Although one suppoes that it's usually uttered by the straight man.)

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Why can't you walk in a straight line?	The most direct path in my soul, is from me to you	R^n	Michael Hutchence
Say good night, Gracie	line	Bresenham's Algorithm	trisection of the angle
Euclid's Elements: Book VI	Drawing Room Dances 1847 IX	Urban Ritual	Skolem's paradox
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Elements II.9	time	Ice cream cone	Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System

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