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Thread #127747 Message #2855924
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
04-Mar-10 - 11:27 AM
Thread Name: Shouldthere alwaysbea folklorist present
Subject: RE: Folklore: Shouldthere alwaysbea folklorist present
Nein, Dave. You have it backwards. If a folklorist shows up, the folklore is driven out by logic, information, hypotheses, linguistics and other unfun stuff.
Soon ambiance goes to pot and people shove in saying things like "With all due respect, you must be senile..."
Then even if the thread is about 'Stodola Pumpa' or 'Ciribirbin,' somebody manages to drag in the potato famine, and from there it's all downhill.