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Comment author: antigonus 16 November 2011 11:45:53PM 0 points [-]

No, it was supposed to be a response to its actual parent. I assumed that you were (somewhat but not entirely) humorously suggesting that the problem can somehow be solved by some appeal to natural selection or the like.

Comment author: dlthomas 16 November 2011 11:51:01PM *  7 points [-]

Ah, no, I was simply making reference to the fact that the Zork games from way back when (the first was apparently late-1970's) would warn you,

It's pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

... when you wandered into an unlit area.

Comment author: gjm 17 November 2011 12:54:45AM 15 points [-]

I have seen something like

It is dark, and after the year 2000. If you proceed, you are likely to be eaten by a bleen.

in someone's email signature, and been delighted by it. (Though I worry that part of my delight derives from smugness about getting the joke.)

Comment author: antigonus 17 November 2011 12:50:11AM 1 point [-]

Sorry, my mistake!

Comment author: dlthomas 17 November 2011 12:58:45AM 1 point [-]

No worries at all; I just didn't want to invest the time trying to figure out how it related to my serious comment if it turned out to be a joke I didn't get, or vice-versa.

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