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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by nwallin on Sunday September 25, 2022 @05:52PM (#32976719)
Weekends? Weekends are... the ... ends of the week. When you build a bookshelf, do you do:

<stack of bricks> <book> <book> <book> <book> <book> <stack of bricks>

or do you do:

<book> <book> <book> <book> <book> <stack of bricks> <stack of bricks>

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by fabatka on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:12PM (#32977408)
When you want to know how your friend spent the previous Saturday and Sunday, do you ask:

"How was your weekend?"

Or do you ask:

"How were your weekends?"

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by IncRnd on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:10AM (#32979657)
When you purchase bookends, you get two, one for each end of the bookshelf.
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday September 25, 2022 @08:38PM (#32978035)
A week is not a bookshelf, it's a snake. Does a snake have one end, or does it have two? Does a dog have two tails and two butts?
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by kemitche on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:24PM (#32978326)
Weeks are not snakes, either. They're continuous, forever. Do snakes line up mouth to tail forever?
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by ericpruitt on Sunday September 25, 2022 @10:42PM (#32978743)
When they're stressed or ill, yes:

- https://www.iflscience.com/stressed-out-snake-eats-itself-24...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by IncRnd on Monday September 26, 2022 @01:11AM (#32979670)
A week is not a snake. Each week is discrete and a different week from every other week.
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