It looks like a gif (in which you click the arrow to make it move), but it's just a screencap (still image) of the gif, so clicking doesn't do anything, thus fooling the "reasonably intelligent primate" moving the mouse.
I agree with you. It was light dawns on Marblehead. Another example of how things change with age. my wife who was born in Massachusetts also never heard the expression not sure where I picked it up
I first heard the phrase in the fall of 1968, used by a person who lived in the Boston suburbs to refer to realizing they had commited an act of stupidity.
At 69 I'm going to adopt this--exponentially more applicable on a daily basis. Might be a little affected given my California roots, but Mom was from Mass.
Just curious - how many clicks?
ReplyDeleteonly one, but just then I remembered I had fallen for this previously...
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ReplyDelete2 here as well.
ReplyDeleteTapped the screen 3x
ReplyDeleteTwo left clicks and a right click for confirmation.
ReplyDelete3 clicks
ReplyDeleteI don't get it?
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a gif (in which you click the arrow to make it move), but it's just a screencap (still image) of the gif, so clicking doesn't do anything, thus fooling the "reasonably intelligent primate" moving the mouse.
DeleteHa-ha - good one! And I thought that I was just having a bad internet connection. :-)
DeleteOnly one, first thought was, you did a screen capture than the lights went on in Marblehead and I realize it was your April fool prank
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard anyone refer to lights on in Marblehead since I lived in Boston.
DeleteThis is the first time I heard of it - but I am a Row-die-lan-der, so we got our own sayings, I 'm sure.
DeleteNow that I think about it, it was phrased as "light dawns" on the coast - https://waywordradio.org/light-dawns-on-marblehead/
DeleteI guess you can tell I'm a New Englander
ReplyDeleteIn Ukrainian, we say "Discovered America!" ("Відкрив Америку!").
ReplyDeleteApril 2. Still clicking.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. It was light dawns on Marblehead. Another example of how things change with age. my wife who was born in Massachusetts also never heard the expression not sure where I picked it up
ReplyDeleteI first heard the phrase in the fall of 1968, used by a person who lived in the Boston suburbs to refer to realizing they had commited an act of stupidity.
DeleteAt 69 I'm going to adopt this--exponentially more applicable on a daily basis. Might be a little affected given my California roots, but Mom was from Mass.
DeleteWell played.
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