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One day, while skipping through the forest, I heard the voice of Cool Guy
<coolguy@abc.xyz> coming from a tree, and thought, "Man, this is f*ed
up," but carried on the following conversation anyway:
> Mr K <duffstuff@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> [alt.usage.english put back]
>
>> +----[ Output of dict lead ]
>>| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
>>| Lead \Lead\ (l[e^]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le['a]d; akin
>>| to D. lood, MHG. l[=o]t, G. loth plummet, sounding lead, small
>>| weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123] 1. (Chem.) One of the elements,
>>| a heavy, pliable, inelastic
>>| metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
>>| tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
>>| little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc.
>>| Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms
>>| alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and
>>| type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is
>>| chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.
>>| [Snip several lines of metallic-based references]
>>|
>>| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
>>| Lead \Lead\ (l[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Led} (l[e^]d); p. pr.
>>| & vb. n. {Leading}.] [OE. leden, AS. l[=ae]dan (akin to OS.
>>| l[=e]dian, D. leiden, G. leiten, Icel. le[imac][eth]a, Sw.
>>| leda, Dan. lede), properly a causative fr. AS. li[eth]an to
>>| go; akin to OHG. l[imac]dan, Icel. l[imac][eth]a, Goth.
>>| lei[thorn]an (in comp.). Cf. {Lode}, {Loath}.]
>>| 1. To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some
>>| physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a
>>| jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
>>|
>>| If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in
>>| the ditch. --Wyclif
>>| (Matt. xv.
>>| 14.)
>>|
>>| They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto
>>| the brow of the hill. --Luke iv. 29.
>>|
>>| In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph,
>>| sweet Liberty. --Milton.
>>|
>>| 2. To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
>>| place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by
>>| going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To
>>| direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to
>>| lead a pupil.
>>|
>>| The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a
>>| cloud, to lead them the way. --Ex. xiii.
>>| 21.
>>|
>>| He leadeth me beside the still waters. --Ps. xxiii.
>>| 2.
>>|
>>| This thought might lead me through the world's vain
>>| mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
>>| --Milton.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| 5. To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to
>>| prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead
>>| one to espouse a righteous cause.
>>|
>>| He was driven by the necessities of the times, more
>>| than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of
>>| actions. --Eikon
>>| Basilike.
>>|
>>| Silly women, laden with sins,led away by divers
>>| lusts. --2 Tim. iii. 6
>>| (Rev. Ver.).
>> +----
>
> Which one are you proposing makes sense here?
>
> Note to alt.usage.english subscribers: somebody said that predicting
> where your target (in a shooting game) is going and shooting at that
> place is referred to as "leading the target". I pointed out that I
> felt that this is a bad analogy, since no actual *leading* is going on
> here.
>
let me spell this out for you..
y o u a r e a f u c k i n g m o r o n
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