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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> Yes they're useful, but like a plastic bad covering a broken car window,
> they're useful because they cover something that's inherently broken.
>   

Awesome.  Now we have a car anology, with a funny typo no less.  
"Plastic bad", I love it.  This is real progress toward getting all the 
common list argument idioms aired out.  All we need now is a homage to 
Mike Godwin and we can close this down.

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