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did I invent the meme 'lazy quote diary'?

or was that someone else?

if it was me, I'm just tickled pink to see other people using it, almost like a new ET tradition to join Shoe Blogging and Train Diaries...

as compare to inventing the paperclip it's small stuff, I know... but I always wanted to coin a popular meme or start a viral urban legend someday and thiw may be as close as I ever get :-)

but otoh, maybe I was just quoting someone else's catchy phrase...  what makes a meme or Ohrwurm catchy is that odd feeling of "rightness" that makes it slide easily into the back of the brain w/o any firm memory of where you first heard it...

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Mon Nov 5th, 2007 at 06:16:30 PM EST
Don't know if you invented it, but I certainly did steal it from you...
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Mon Nov 5th, 2007 at 06:18:27 PM EST
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not stealing at all -- sharing!

if I did indeed originate the phrase, then consider it a gift to the commons :-)

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Mon Nov 5th, 2007 at 06:29:16 PM EST
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Great! You got yourself a meme.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Mon Nov 5th, 2007 at 06:46:07 PM EST
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DeAnander:
as compare to inventing the paperclip it's small stuff, I know...

Norwegians are very proud of having invented the paperclip, you know.  Small, but perfectly formed...for purpose...

by Solveig (link2ageataol.com) on Mon Nov 5th, 2007 at 06:34:45 PM EST
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