BORING!!! - Page 2

mookiemookie · 10-01-09, 03:08 PM

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The first recorded use of the expression with its modern meaning is by British politician and orator John Bright, referring to the Reform Bill of 1867, which called for more democratic representation in Parliament, and about which Parliament was singularly apathetic. Trying to rouse Parliament from its apathy on the issue, he said in a speech, would be like trying to flog a dead horse to make it pull a load. The Oxford English Dictionary cites The Globe, 1872, as the earliest verifiable use of flogging a dead horse,

For..twenty minutes..the Premier..might be said to have rehearsed that..lively operation known as flogging a dead horse.

Interesting tidbit I found on Wiki for the "beating a dead horse" article.

sharkbit · 10-01-09, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by martes86

What? We're beating horses now?

In before lock!
(Well......the thread about beating puppies got locked, I figure one about beating ponies will get locked too.)

Morpheus · 10-01-09, 05:37 PM

soup, horses ... just don't get the idea of talking about submarines in here

and don't you get the idea of making any submarine rp in here...

... i dare you

"XO, take her to periscope! I want to take a look around..."

*yourturn*

martes86 · 10-01-09, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

What do you mean NOW? Hasent that always been the case?

I thought we beat people.

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Originally Posted by Highbury

I think you may be missing the implied joke.....

You are very fluent in English, but maybe you do not know that when a subject has been talked over to death, we refer to it as "beating a dead horse".....

I missed the meaning too, though I laughed anyways seeing as it was a joke.

I thought one just said of talking about something "to death", "to infinity"... interesting use for beating a dead horse.

longam · 10-01-09, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sharkbit

In before lock!
(Well......the thread about beating puppies got locked, I figure one about beating ponies will get locked too.)

interesting how people read what they want to read and skip the rest

Safe-Keeper · 10-02-09, 06:09 PM

1. Go to general forums.
2. Mention religion.
3. Fun ensues.

Arclight · 10-03-09, 03:35 AM

Either that or make a political statement.

Takeda Shingen · 10-03-09, 05:42 AM

I thought that subsimmers were supposed to be an inherently patient group. Oscar, there will be plenty to talk about when there is plenty to talk about. What really will make the next six months or so feel like an eternity will be people freaking out about a lack of new information every 48 hours.

Really, just calm down.

10-02-09, 06:09 PM	#21
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	1. Go to general forums. 2. Mention religion. 3. Fun ensues. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

10-03-09, 03:35 AM	#22
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Either that or make a political statement. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

10-01-09, 05:37 PM	#18
Morpheus Ensign Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 234 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	soup, horses ... just don't get the idea of talking about submarines in here and don't you get the idea of making any submarine rp in here... ... i dare you "XO, take her to periscope! I want to take a look around..." yourturn

10-03-09, 05:42 AM	#23
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I thought that subsimmers were supposed to be an inherently patient group. Oscar, there will be plenty to talk about when there is plenty to talk about. What really will make the next six months or so feel like an eternity will be people freaking out about a lack of new information every 48 hours. Really, just calm down.