anthony said: Agreeing to do it is the easy part. Inventing
an objective criteria semi or otherwise is what's impossible.
We can't even agree on what the definitive definition of
"hardboiled" is ...
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now wait a minute! i think we have a bona fide definition of
hardboiled. i believe it came from the venerable jim
blue:
"hardboiled is attitude. anything that is tough and
colloquial is hardboiled."
of course, i haven't quite figured out what colloquial means.
my dictionary didn't help much. can i borrow yours, carrie?
;-)
miker
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