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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 22/5/2010: battle of ideas on the T

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 22/5/2010: battle of ideas on the T
From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 09:58:16 +1000
Thanks for the explanation Moose.

I think I get it now, in Oz terms, like a pie and sauce.

...Wayne



> Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 5/23/2010 6:03 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> > Ok, so we substitute befriend for friend, I still don't understand 
> "THEY WOULD FRIEND EACH OTHER" when applied to a hamburger and some 
> chips.
> >    
> 
> Let me break it down for you.
> 
> "If our burger and our fries were sentient beings who used Facebook, 
> they are so perfectly suited to each other that they would inevitably 
> choose to be Facebook friends with each other."
> 
> I.E. burger and fries/chips are natural together, one incomplete without 
> 
> the other, like love & marriage, horse & carriage, etc., to use a 
> reference old enough that you may get it. ;-)
> 
> It's perfect adspeak, taking a banal given and making it sound new by 
> couching it in terms of a contemporary vernacular. An important part of 
> it is a subtext that each would choose the other, the attraction being 
> mutual.
> 
> Moose
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