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Re:New Zealand is about to test long-range wireless power tr... by DoofusOfDeath on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:37PM (#24424977)
Please forgive the humor, but this immediately made a Jerry Lee Lewis song play in my head.
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Re:New Zealand is about to test long-range wireless power tr... by interestica on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:56PM (#24425809)
Surely, since we are talking about excited water molecules, you mean "Whole lotta shakin' goin' on"...
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Re:New Zealand is about to test long-range wireless power tr... by will_pseudonym on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:48PM (#24426803)
I'm sure that OP meant "Great Balls of Fire"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IjgZGhHrYY

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Re:New Zealand is about to test long-range wireless power tr... by Gene_Parmesan on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @07:03PM (#24426950)
Yes, the person you are responding to was making a joke by playing off the fact that we all would have immediately thought of Great Balls of Fire, and then they subverted that expectation. Ergo, humor.
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Re:New Zealand is about to test long-range wireless power tr... by will_pseudonym on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:55PM (#24449701)
Leave it to Gene Parmesan to school me. Can't believe I missed that. :)
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