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    OneOfMany
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    So I was doing some research for something today and stumbled across this:

    Mooreeffoc (also written Moor Eeffoc)

    Coined by Charles Dickens and, as used by G. K. Chesterton, meaning “the queerness of things that have become trite, when they are seen suddenly from a new angle.”

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    Entering through the door, the writer realized that the words Coffee Room spelled backwards was Moor Eeffoc. Inside, he sat down by the table and stared at the letters standing in mirror image and thought about what Moor Eeffoc could stand to mean.

    just had to share ^_^

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    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    ouy knaht

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    OneOfMany
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    eeh eeh

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    just my hapence
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    For Chesterton it was more than simply a narrative technique, it was a philosophy of life. If you’re at all interested you should have a read of some of his collections of philosophical essays – they’re worth a read even for those to of a philosophical bent (though some of it has to be taken with a pinch of salt as he is quite forward about his Catholicism).

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    OneOfMany
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    Way of life, huh…like Dr. Seuss?

    “I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, which is what I do – and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.”

    lol ^_^

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    OneOfMany
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    and kudos to your impressively arbitrary nerdiness. ^_^

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    WIY
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    One of

    Nice find lol

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    OneOfMany
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    hehe 🙂

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