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{{g}}Not so much [[celery]] as meatloaf. Objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are. | {{g}}Not so much [[celery]] as meatloaf. Objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are. | ||
A statement that ought to be so blindingly obvious at any point in time (other than the [[apocalypse]]) that you would really like to think [[lawyer]]s would not expect the [[Chicken licken|sky to fall in on your head]] if you | A statement that ought to be so blindingly obvious at any point in time (other than the [[apocalypse]]) that you would really like to think [[lawyer]]s would not expect the [[Chicken licken|sky to fall in on your head]] if you don’t say it. | ||
And there’s the irony: if the sky ''does'' fall in on your head, because you didn’t say it, then [[Q.E.D.]], the [[rapture]] ''has'' arrived, and past results ''would be'' a guarantee of future performance (since all data would exist, and could be extrapolated) but for the fact there ''is'' no future. | And there’s the irony: if the sky ''does'' fall in on your head, because you didn’t say it, then [[Q.E.D.]], the [[rapture]] ''has'' arrived, and past results ''would be'' a guarantee of future performance (since all data would exist, and could be extrapolated) but for the fact there ''is'' no future. |