VLVL2 (3) A Finesi Romance #1
Polyplunger
plongeur at m-net.arbornet.org
Tue Aug 12 06:20:44 CDT 2003
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Terrance wrote:
> There is no reason what so ever to connect this five-spot to a fatal
> glass of beer in a WC Field's movie. Moreover, Fatal doesn't mean first.
> We are told that it wasn't the Last, but we are not told that it was the
> first. What is fatal about it?
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> "That fatal five-spot was not the Last-Purchase-Of-Information
> disbursement in the neighborhood. In those years there were so many
> federal narcs in the area that if you were busted in the South Bay you
> actually stood less chance of its being the local Man than some fed."
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> Fatal:
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> Causing or capable of causing death.
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> Causing ruin or destruction.
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> Disastrous.
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> Of decisive importance; fateful.
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> Determining destiny; controlled by fate. Having been destined; fated.
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> see Fate
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> Fate:
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> A final result or consequence; an outcome.
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