Geeks, dead horses, and the flogging thereof...

In My Humble Opinion
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I, for one, welcome our new dead horse overlords.

Imagine a beowulf cluster of dead horses.

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It’s a trap!

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Etymology: The flogging of a dead horse refers to a mid-voyage ceremony among low level sailors to demand payment of their wages. It was usually a futile plea.

Entomology: Did you mean flogging a dead horsefly? Do geeks do that?

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  1. Flogging? Squirrel nuts!
  2. Geeks flog dead horses. France surrenders.
  3. Hi Opal!
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  1. Repeat lame jokes over and over again.
  2. ???
  3. Profit!
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I just remembered that I must go horseback riding.

Lame jokes? I’ve an Irish one for the lot of you:

**‘Excuse me,’ said Mrs McCoy to the butcher. ‘But there’s a sausage on the floor.’

‘Don’t worry,’ said he, ‘I’ve got me foot on it!’**

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With all seriousness, what is the significance of “Hi, Opal!” Was that the big catch-phrase on Straight Dope before 1920s-style death rays?

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I’m tripping my nutsak in a frenzy of dikplay

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Yeah, but only 'cause the poop keeps it wher it is.

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See here, from this thread

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I mean of course: here, from this thread.
BTW: The ‘Hi Opal!’ thingy merited a few pit threads and has been on a gradual decline. The 1920’s style DR is more versatile.

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Burma!