Re: A comparison of HLA to VC++...

From: Beth (BethStone21_at_hotmail.NOSPICEDHAM.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:11:01 GMT

T.M. Sommers wrote:
> Beth wrote:
> > Alex McDonald wrote:
> >>Go figure.
> >
> > Speaking of which, what does this phrase literally mean? How does one
> > "figure", as in "to figure"?
>
> Try looking in a dictionary. One of the definitions is along the
> lines of 'imagine'.

Correct...thank you...indeed, the old chestnut: Once posted, I myself
suddenly thought up a few perfectly valid phrases with "figure" as a
verb...Murphy's Law...

Anyway, the original comment was, of course, a touch "flippant" as a
joke...not meant really as all that serious a comment...I guess, though, I
became the *** of the joke by making a dumb mistake in doing so...

Ah, I don't know...go figure ;)

Beth :)

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