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Posted by G lib on 2005-04-21 17:14:37 +0000

[And, yes that subject line is a Smiths fagan.] ________________ The Boot Knife of Mild Reason

Posted by rladew on 2005-04-21 21:22:50 +0000

and heaven knows I'm Total Kenobi'd now..... BTW is it still considered a Fagen if you point it out yrself? Is that a meta-Fagen? _______________________________

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-22 12:16:43 +0000

I wish I could be there! En lieu of that, here's a [url=http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4116&o=2]Jane Austen[/url] fagan to hopefully make you smile. And I don't give a damn that I'm pointing it out myself. Nor do I give two hoots that I have no idea what a [url=http://www.clanfagan.com/]fagan[/url] is.

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-22 13:40:26 +0000

That might be a meta-fagan. Not sure what that is, though. http://www.fageninc.com/

Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-22 16:40:09 +0000

I'm thinkin' that the metafagan is one that points itself out (again, whatever that means.) A fagan, of course, is any cultural reference that stops conversation because it alienates people- so, mentioning Darth Vader, for example, on Jon Bon Jovi, is not dropping any kind of Fagan at all because everyone knows both.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-22 18:05:04 +0000

Maybe if you dropped Darth Vader on Jon Bon Jovi, JBJ's cleft chin might smooth out as a result of the impact... Why "fagan"?

Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-22 18:09:35 +0000

We were sitting on the back porch one night and Ned started talking about the Donald Fagan solo album (he of Steely Dan.) I mentioned that Ned had just 'dropped the Fagan' and it stuck.

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-22 18:11:51 +0000

E! FAGEN Is it a fagen to point out the proper spelling of fagen? Or is it just me being a prick?

Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-22 18:14:12 +0000

(accidental double post)

Posted by frame609 on 2005-04-22 18:15:43 +0000

You're totally right- FagEn, not FagAn. Maybe the latter is the British spelling. Anyway, I will standardize circa: pronto. (I think the spelling Fagen might be a Branca.)

Posted by pamsterdam on 2005-04-22 18:16:15 +0000

Most educational. I thank you, Tiberius. And Tez, mate - pointing out spelling errors is both necessary and painstaking work, and I salute you.

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-22 18:21:15 +0000

Please... it's "Taz".

Posted by tgl on 2005-04-22 19:04:50 +0000

...and two hours left on the clock.