Pluvialis comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 18, chapter 87 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 23 December 2012 07:41:32AM * 1 point [-]

You don't need to sell the literal hen that lays the golden eggs to make money from it. It turns stuff into gold, remember?

Comment author: Pluvialis 23 December 2012 07:52:46AM 3 points [-]

the literal hen

Penalty for incorrect use of the word 'literal'.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 23 December 2012 08:17:15AM 4 points [-]

Hmm. In my head I wanted "literal" to modify "golden" but not "hen" or "eggs." I guess that didn't work out so well on paper.

Comment author: TobyBartels 23 December 2012 09:18:50AM 1 point [-]

Try ‘You don't need to sell the hen that lays the literally golden eggs’.

Comment author: victordrake 27 April 2013 07:54:30PM * 1 point [-]

I thought it was a goose.

Comment author: TobyBartels 28 April 2013 03:08:08PM 1 point [-]

So it was!