Originally posted by focus4chumps
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Originally posted by dadudemonWell the thing is presses have a timetable, so the picture you are trying to evoke by saying "stop the presses" is that the presses are already running, to print this days edition of the news, and then, out of the blue, something so important comes up, that you have to stop the current printing process, and start over, as the news HAS to be in the paper.
I think that idiom should be, "START THE PRESSES!" since it is to pretend to make fun of "ground-breaking" news.
Originally posted by focus4chumps
hrrmmm yeah that was way funnier. good job.
I'll be sure and put "this is not intended for humor but rather an inspection of the English Language" in the future so you don't get your hopes up at another funny post from dadudemon. I don't want you to be disappointed!
Originally posted by Bardock42
Well the thing is presses have a timetable, so the picture you are trying to evoke by saying "stop the presses" is that the presses are already running, to print this days edition of the news, and then, out of the blue, something so important comes up, that you have to stop the current printing process, and start over, as the news HAS to be in the paper.
I understand that but I think it works better my way.
They have such revelating news that they will have to print way more copies than usual so they need to start the printing presses now to meet the demand of the shocking revelation.
In your description (and the way the idiom works), you have to assume the PPs are already printing today's news and they need to do an over-write. That works for news folks by not the layman.
Well yes, it seems to impair the ability to be funny..?
And it would seem that quoting also has a similar magical power: now there rest of us have the crickets inslightly delayed faux-stereo...!
Hallelujah, brother.
Anyways. I doubt civil war will happen anyways...and certainly not on Hannity's say so.
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
Well yes, it seems to impair the ability to be funny..?
Oh, posting an misplaced youtube vid on autoplay was supposed to be funny. I'm taking notes.
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
And it would seem that quoting also has a similar magical power: now there rest of us have the crickets inslightly delayed faux-stereo...!Hallelujah, brother.
That's actually quite funny...but I didn't intend that. lol
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
Anyways. I doubt civil war will happen anyways...and certainly not on Hannity's say so.
That's what they were saying in the 1830s before the American Civil War. 🙁
Originally posted by dadudemon
Oh, posting an misplaced youtube vid on autoplay was supposed to be funny. I'm taking notes.
😛
That's actually quite funny...but I didn't intend that. lolYes we knew those 2 things.
...and plenty of other times it was probably said over previous elections, taxations, foreign policy decisions etc etc etc when it didn't actually occur..?
That's what they were saying in the 1830s before the American Civil War. 🙁