[MPlayer-users] Re: PLEASE READ

The Wanderer inverseparadox at comcast.net
Thu Sep 4 09:43:28 CEST 2003


armin.gerritsen at philips.com wrote:

> Jonathan Rogers wrote:

>>> You don't know _The Princess Bride_ by title already?
>>> Inconceivable! ;) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/

>> You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it 
>> means.
> 
> Which word?
> 'Inconceivable' ?
> 
> Then what does it mean according to you? I'm not native in English,
> but using my English to Dutch dictionary I got no surprises and it
> fits perfectly in the sentence. But I'm always willing to learn! :-)

It's a quote. There's a character in "The Princess Bride" who
continually exclaims "Inconceivable!" at some event or another, and
finally another character gives the response Jonathan gave above.

-- 
       The Wanderer, feeling clumsy

A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them.



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