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Re:blip.strongloop.com is dead – what is this? by majormjr on Sunday January 17, 2016 @04:23PM (#10921143)
Inflammable means flammable? What a country!
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Re:blip.strongloop.com is dead – what is this? by ntumlin on Sunday January 17, 2016 @05:31PM (#10921408)
I'm aware this is a reference, but for people who didn't know this already, inflammable is like the word inflamed, which doesn't mean "not in flames".
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Re:blip.strongloop.com is dead – what is this? by mchahn on Sunday January 17, 2016 @05:25PM (#10921381)
I'm not sure what country you are talking about. Inflammable means the same in every english-speaking country.
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Re:blip.strongloop.com is dead – what is this? by trav4225 on Sunday January 17, 2016 @06:39PM (#10921632)
The commenter was making a comical reference to Yakov Smirnoff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Country!

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Re:blip.strongloop.com is dead – what is this? by throw_away on Sunday January 17, 2016 @09:01PM (#10922120)
Specifically, the Simpsons' reference to Yakov Smirnoff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8mD2hsxrhQ

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