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foolproof

Postby Bailey » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:10 am

"Foolproof'' is defined in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, as "so simple, plain, or reliable as to leave no opportunity for error, misuse, or failure.'' Thus a "foolproof'' recipe is not merely simple to follow; there's usually some "proof'' against one of the pitfalls that can typically cause it to fail. Make "Foolproof Fudge'' and you get the proper fudge-like consistency without a candy thermometer or the ability to otherwise determine when the gooey confection has reached that elusive "soft-ball stage.'' In other words, it's "no-fail fudge.''

The definition says "error, misuse or failure,'' which indicates how "foolproof'' can have different connotations. When it first appeared in the very early 1900s the focus was on "fool.''
but they never counted on Bubba

mark the-fool-who-proofs-it Bailey

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Postby Perry » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:31 am

We are all proved to be fools at some time in our lives.
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Postby Stargzer » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:23 am

There's an Engineering and Computer maxim that you can make things fool proof, but not damn fool proof. 8) I've seen it on many occasions.
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Postby Bailey » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:25 am

damn fool [100] proof
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Postby Palewriter » Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:06 pm

damn fool [100] proof
mark yeah-that'd-be-me Bailey

I think someone else said it:

Make something foolproof and someone will build a better fool.


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