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Originally posted by JerkyFlea JerkyFlea wrote:

"Mess".  You keep using this word.  I don't think it means what you think it means.

According to the forum's keyword search, this is the only post in which I've used the word "mess" in the last three years. And though English is not my native language, I'm pretty sure that I know what it means. But feel free to enlighten me.
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It's actually a paraphrased reference to the movie, The Princess Bride, where Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) says this to Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) because Vizzini continually shouts "Inconceivable!" when something just surprising and/or unlikely happens.
 
So, simply put, I was equating your use of the word "mess" with Vizzini's use of "inconceivable", i.e., it isn't applicable as used.
 
Which only proves that disecting a joke is like disecting a frog.  You may understand how it works, but you still kill it. Smile
 
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Oh, okay. I didn't know that quote. Will add "The Princess Bride" to my list of movies to watch.
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