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...http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/ ... hat_me.php]this is the trailer for them.

(Today's User Friendly Link of the Day.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Meta-level statement intended as humorous reference to the style of the linked video.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Complaint that place of employment internet usage policies prohibit appreciation of video at this time.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Off-topic comment about a similar video that someone posted years ago that his snail-like browsing pace has just revealed.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll
Pointing out there is a much similar theme that can be heard at http://www.thisamericanlife.org/sites/a ... p?play=241.
Noting that section starts at 25:10 in.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
Suggestion that perhaps the joke of this thread has been run into the ground already.
Also, generic statement of appreciation for OP's link.

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.
Assertion that while the meme is able to provide momentary entertainment, it is insufficiently stable to sustain the full length and depth of multiple scenes while holding the attention of the viewer.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Quote:Also, generic statement of appreciation for OP's link.
Expression of gratitude for appreciation.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Further running of joke into the ground by posting of link to the simularly themed 'Title of the Song' by Divinci's Notebook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCGKFg-WYw
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