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| - | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''prehensile''' ''a.'' '''1.''' Disposed towards grasping or engaging; able to conform. | + | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''prehensile''' ''a.'' '''1.''' Disposed towards or grasping or engaging; able to conform. |
| == Usage == | == Usage == | ||
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| - | Why does the [[chimp]] not rule the earth? It has the all best bits of that grandest design: apposable thumb, '''prehensile''' tail, bipedal gait... Perhaps were God to grant the chimp an [[ostrich]] [[eye]] we might bow to a new maker... | + | Why does the [[chimp]] not rule the earth? It has the all best bits of that grandest design: apposable thumb, '''prehensile''' tail, bipedal gait, inherited culture... Perhaps were God to grant the chimp an [[ostrich]] [[eye]] we might bow to a new maker... |
| - | Like the anaconda's embrace, his arguments swirl about, slowly ensaring, until the truth is hidden, enfogged, engorged, like the dewy sprig lost in a [[vapor]]ous fog... | + | Like the anaconda's embrace, his arguments swirl about, slowly ensnaring, until the truth is hidden, enfogged and engorged, like the dewy sprig lost in a [[vapor]]ous fog... |
| Yeah, sure, you already thought of it; what else is new? | Yeah, sure, you already thought of it; what else is new? | ||
| - | ...the chimp with his tail, and the elephant his nose; the squid with his tentacle, and man with his mind. | + | == Non Canonical Text == |
| - | Gimme, gimme, gimme. | + | ---- |
| + | Let the pragmatist seize the day. Let the opportunist seize the moment. Let the godless squeeze the joy from every moment. Let the miser squeeze blood from the stone. Let the sophomore twist the argument's neck. Let Tide ring the white back into your clothes. Let there be peace on earth. | ||
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| + | I gotta lumber company. | ||
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| + | "Gimme, gimme, gimme." -- [[Desiderata 90]]. ''Hindquarters'' -- ''Sweaty La'Beef'' (track 2). [[Alpha Chimp]]. | ||
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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prehensile a. 1. Disposed towards or grasping or engaging; able to conform.
UsageWhy does the chimp not rule the earth? It has the all best bits of that grandest design: apposable thumb, prehensile tail, bipedal gait, inherited culture... Perhaps were God to grant the chimp an ostrich eye we might bow to a new maker... Like the anaconda's embrace, his arguments swirl about, slowly ensnaring, until the truth is hidden, enfogged and engorged, like the dewy sprig lost in a vaporous fog... Yeah, sure, you already thought of it; what else is new? Non Canonical TextLet the pragmatist seize the day. Let the opportunist seize the moment. Let the godless squeeze the joy from every moment. Let the miser squeeze blood from the stone. Let the sophomore twist the argument's neck. Let Tide ring the white back into your clothes. Let there be peace on earth. I gotta lumber company. "Gimme, gimme, gimme." -- Desiderata 90. Hindquarters -- Sweaty La'Beef (track 2). Alpha Chimp. See Also |
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