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You’d think the word thrombotic would have something to do with robots, or at least trombones (Man, that cat is thrombotic on that horn!) , but no, it’s just another one of those fancy doctor words about the body falling apart.

July 1, 2006 at 7:26 AM ::
Jo's avatar

Or like those things in Dune they used to call the big sand monster things that sounded like “throm, throm, throm”

Jo on 07/01/06 at 10:34 AM ::
Keith's avatar

Oh yes, the giant sand worms.  Pam wrote the funniest Dune parody ever, having Paul Atreides, as the prophet Maud’ Dib, answering telephone solicitations (if I remember correctly).  I’m not going to try and find it right now.  Maybe she can point us in the correct direction.

Keith on 07/01/06 at 11:02 AM ::

I’m trying to remember which young adult novel I read as a kid that had one smartalecky pre-teen say to another, “It’s no big deal.  Don’t have a thrombosis.” I don’t think I’ve ever heard it, or a variant form of it, again until today.

bakerina on 07/01/06 at 11:29 AM ::

Aww! Thank you, Keith. Here it is. I should cross-post it on the wiki.

http://beancounters.blogs.com/parodies/2004/06/telemarketers_o.html

pam on 07/01/06 at 11:37 AM ::

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