12 February 2008

Who's got the point?

When MightyIsis was a child, her father would sing, "button, button, who's got the button?" whenever something got lost. Being an earnest child, she did not find this behavior very amusing, especially when she was trying to look for something. However, nostalgia being what it is, she now thinks of the button song with fondness.

(left) A button. Public domain image taken by NickGorton. (below, right) More buttons. Photo by Richard Wheeler (Zephyris) 2007, used under gnu license.


Ah, the healing power of time, even when there are no wounds.


In any event...MightyIsis finds herself asking "point, point, who's got the point?" in response to her "stealth thumb" post.

Stealth thumb is supposed to be ridiculous, which is what makes it such an effective strategy. But certain commenters seem to have missed this...shall we say "point" in a discussion of rules and regulations, which....

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...is obviously a trick!

HA ha!

1 comment:

Briareos said...

And maybe some people enjoy hiding buttons for fun.