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Re:The extremely large telescope will transform astronomy by mannykannot on Thursday December 07, 2023 @09:37AM (#38556787)
The 'F' is silent, as I put it when explaining what RTFM meant to an elderly relative.
Re:The extremely large telescope will transform astronomy by askonomm on Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:04AM (#38557132)
Haha that's actually really clever!
Re:The extremely large telescope will transform astronomy by positr0n on Thursday December 07, 2023 @07:34PM (#38563870)
FYI it's generally accepted that F stands for Fine if you don’t want to swear :)

Same with TFA. The Fine Article.

Re:The extremely large telescope will transform astronomy by mannykannot on Thursday December 07, 2023 @11:09PM (#38565338)
Yeah, though in this case, it fit in well with the fact that my relative had recently heard the "There's no 'F' in broccoli" dad-joke:

  Customer: "I'd like a pound of broccoli, please."
  Grocer: "I'm out of broccoli."
  ... repeat 1 or two times
  Grocer: "How do you spell broccoli?"
  Customer: "B-R-O-C-C-O-L-I."
  Grocer: "You left out the 'F'."
  Customer: "There's no 'F' in broccoli!"
  Grocer: "That's what I'm trying to tell you!"
My apologies for any annoyance this joke has caused.
Re:The extremely large telescope will transform astronomy by ithkuil on Monday December 11, 2023 @11:38AM (#38602077)
if you liked that, here's a good delivery of a variant of that joke by Harrison Ford: https://youtu.be/TRHWvVBxWCw?t=47