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> "Diplomacy is the art of saying “good dog” until you make it to the rock." this was new to me and the 'to the rock' part didn't make sense to me, so i looked
by jayceekay 4y ago
> "Diplomacy is the art of saying “good dog” until you make it to the rock."
this was new to me and the 'to the rock' part didn't make sense to me, so i looked it up.
http://marvin.cs.uidaho.edu/About/quotes.html http://marvin.cs.uidaho.edu/About/quotes.html this page says it's actually this: "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock."
find a rock as in kill them? :O
- toomuchtodo 4y agoNo canines we’re harmed in using the turn of phrase in my above comment.
- thomasjudge 4y agoIt doesn't have to be killing them, if a stray hostile dog is harassing you throwing a rock at it might make it go away
- ask_b123 4y ago"the" was especially confusing to me and also had to look it up.