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Well, it doesn't work. These 'people' that they are trying to convince still have the same knee-jerk emotional reactions to the words, only now to our disadvan
by Confusion 15y ago
Well, it doesn't work. These 'people' that they are trying to convince still have the same knee-jerk emotional reactions to the words, only now to our disadvantage.
As the parent says: for a bunch of smart guys, we keep doing stupid things. Stubbornly, with the excuse that it 'should work'. It doesn't. It's preaching to the quire.
- ordinary 15y agoThe saying is "preaching to the choir"[0]. :) _____ [0] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/choir#Noun http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/choir#Noun
- Confusion 15y agoAh, thanks. For the longest time I used 'maby' instead of 'maybe' in Usenet posts, before someone pointed out it was wrong.
- Moschops 15y agoThe saying is also "preaching to the quire"[0]. :) _________ [0]http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quire#Noun_2 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quire#Noun_2