The Untieable Knot

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-<tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''untieable knot''' ''n'' '''1.''' A Catholic marriage. '''2.''' A "one-way" knot, that, once fixed, cannot be [[release]]d. '''3.''' The product or result of an irreversible decision, esp. one concerning a thorny issue. '''4.''' A used noose. '''5.''' The original slogan for superglue, apparently adapted from portions of [[Gnomic]] entrance rituals.+<tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top">'''untieable knot''' ''n'' '''1.''' A Catholic marriage. '''2.''' A "one-way" knot, that, once fixed, cannot be [[release]]d. '''3.''' The product or result of an irreversible decision, esp. one concerning a thorny issue. '''4.''' A used noose. '''5.''' The original slogan for superglue, apparently adapted from portions of [[Gnomic]] entrance ritual. '''6.''' An un-makable configuration -- quite simply, a knot that ''cannot be tied''.
== Usage == == Usage ==
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"[[John P. Merriweather]]: frozen dead with Gnomic robes laced about the belly..." -- nonexistent obituary "[[John P. Merriweather]]: frozen dead with Gnomic robes laced about the belly..." -- nonexistent obituary
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 +"Knots come in two sizes -- figurable and the non-figurable. Such is the official language." - dismissive [[Graffiti|graffito]] discovered in the the bathroom, ruthlessly carved, Upender's Squat, 1979, reveried by [[Elisa Breton]].
"There's no going back now!" -- Dr. Zachary Smith to Will Robinson, circa 1965 "There's no going back now!" -- Dr. Zachary Smith to Will Robinson, circa 1965
-"Let no man rent asunder what [[God]] has declared one." -- from Einstein's impassioned plea to the president against the Manhattan Project +"Let no man rend asunder what [[God]] has declared one." -- from Einstein's impassioned plea to the president against the Manhattan Project
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 +"The [[Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey]] was long believed untieable. [[Albert Kook|Kook]] almost proved 'em wrong." -- William Flintrock, interview with ''Ebony'' magazine, 1975.
== See Also == == See Also ==
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* [[Creatine Panderbox]] * [[Creatine Panderbox]]
-* [[Knot]] 
* [[The Worship of Dongs]] * [[The Worship of Dongs]]
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''[[Albert Kook]]'s last words were mumbled, tongue tied. ''[[Albert Kook]]'s last words were mumbled, tongue tied.

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untieable knot n 1. A Catholic marriage. 2. A "one-way" knot, that, once fixed, cannot be released. 3. The product or result of an irreversible decision, esp. one concerning a thorny issue. 4. A used noose. 5. The original slogan for superglue, apparently adapted from portions of Gnomic entrance ritual. 6. An un-makable configuration -- quite simply, a knot that cannot be tied.

Usage


"Vasectomy, my dear: there will be no more..." -- Nevid Kessar's reply to churlish demands for a 15th child

"John P. Merriweather: frozen dead with Gnomic robes laced about the belly..." -- nonexistent obituary

"Knots come in two sizes -- figurable and the non-figurable. Such is the official language." - dismissive graffito discovered in the the bathroom, ruthlessly carved, Upender's Squat, 1979, reveried by Elisa Breton.

"There's no going back now!" -- Dr. Zachary Smith to Will Robinson, circa 1965

"Let no man rend asunder what God has declared one." -- from Einstein's impassioned plea to the president against the Manhattan Project

"The Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey was long believed untieable. Kook almost proved 'em wrong." -- William Flintrock, interview with Ebony magazine, 1975.

See Also


Knots

Desiderata


Albert Kook's last words were mumbled, tongue tied.