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Poetry is like chess.

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You are most similar to David Foster Wallace's
Infinite Jest. You are verbose,
intelligent, and funny. Though popular and the
defining example of the undefineable, you are
still somehow a rare gem in these postmodern,
postcolonial times. I like you on many levels,
although I may disagree with the means you
execute to reach your ultimate goal.


To which work of fiction on my shelf are you most similar?
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Interfere. See Ferule.

Ferule, a rod or bat for punishing children. (Latin.) Formerly ferula. = Latin ferula, a rod. = Latin ferire, to strike. + Icelandic berja, to strike.

interfere. (French = Latin.) Formerly enterfeir, to dash one heel against the other. = French entre, between; ferir, to strike. = Latin inter, between; ferire, to strike.

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First-Ever Mad Cow Case Found in U.S.

I wonder how this neurological disorder came about in the first place.

In other news, airports are to fingerprint most foreign visitors from now on, in the name of security.