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Lionheart
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does not compute

6/17/2009 7:54:55 PM

Ragged
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i like to beat off from time to time

6/17/2009 8:03:36 PM

Tiberius
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how does it not compute?

I read it as "from point A in time to point B in time, with said interval having a regular and predictable period"

6/17/2009 8:09:04 PM

Slave Famous
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If you got your cock sucked from time to time, you wouldn't be getting your cock sucked like clockwork

From time to time could mean you got you cock sucked last Friday, last Sunday and again this very afternoon

Like clockwork would mean you got your cock sucked 2 Wednesday afternoons ago, last Wednesday afternoon, and again today

6/17/2009 8:12:54 PM

Tiberius
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I mean, yeah, idiomatically "from time to time" has a contrary meaning which is widely accepted. On the other hand, you'd have to be reading on a grade school level or have a mind with the flexibility of a brick to be caught wildly off guard by this usage.

Words and phrases have this neat property where when you string more than one of them together the meaning changes -- sooner or later, as a literate individual, you will have to come to terms with this.

[Edited on June 17, 2009 at 8:21 PM. Reason : lol]

6/17/2009 8:19:07 PM

Slave Famous
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It's stretching the proper meaning a bit far, dont you think ?

Wouldn't "every now and then", "occasionally" or "once in a while" have been a better choice ?

If I'm late for work from time to time, its not as big of a deal as me being late like clockwork

6/17/2009 8:27:42 PM

Lionheart
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60% of the time it works every time

6/17/2009 8:42:45 PM

Tiberius
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I don't think it's stretching it that far, or at all. It's simply a matter of contradictory literal and idiomatic interpretations.

I'm pretty confident there are even contexts in which the contradiction of literal and idiomatic would be further enlightening as to one's meaning, but even without such noble purpose the phrase hardly seems to merit apology and explanation

6/17/2009 8:44:43 PM

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Quote :
"Wouldn't "every now and then", "occasionally" or "once in a while" have been a better choice ?"


It probably would have been, but it's not the worst blunder ever.

I just went back on my meds after skipping them for a day and just got a splitting headache from doing so. It's why my brain isn't working as well as it usually does.

6/17/2009 8:48:40 PM

Lionheart
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posting another time in here




like clockwork

6/18/2009 8:11:35 PM

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