Patrick wrote:
BIGINOIL wrote:
Patrick wrote:
BIGINOIL wrote: It was a silly thing to say anyway, if you can't click your fingers. That would be like me saying "it's as easy as getting some work done instead of posting on here all day". Easy for some, perhaps.
I'm not going to invade, but am considering trade sanctions and a cooling of diplomatic relations, just to send a message to the rest of the world about how we view such behaviour.
I failed to note explicitly that it was in fact an unintended allusion to the famous click, under one of your interpretations.
Or to be more accurate, an allusion that was not consciously intended.
As H undoubtedly would say if he were here:
Coincidence?
I think not.
Wottoc always knows what to say in these situations.
Is "Wottoc" one of H's aliases? Or is Wottoc a variation of the Odysseus/mythic hero archetype? Or perhaps a famous mathematician, who was capable of doing mind-boggling take-aways with his eyes closed?
I think that if you place the word Wottuc in front of his name and say it out loud, you will get the gist (and funny looks from anyone else in the room).

