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Old 04-25-2008, 11:08 AM   #56
Jazuela
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Re: How many muds have permadeath?

The problem is, Fifi, is we have people who know that caramel is made out of sugar. And so as far as they're concerned, any ice cream made with sugar could technically be considered made with caramel. Further, if the shop offers coconut, then yes, they do serve nut ice cream (since coconut -is- a nut). Therefore, any ice cream shop selling ice cream made with sugar, of which one flavor happens to be coconut, could claim that yes, they sell caramel nut ice cream. And if you try to say "no no, I mean "Caramel Nut" ice cream," they can go off on you and argue that they do sell caramel nut, and you're just being elitist because YOUR idea of caramel nut is ridiculous and not what 20 other people consider to be caramel nut. Even though 20 OTHER people have been buying caramel nut by your definition, and not theirs, for 10 years.

So unfortunately with the crowd here on TMS, your metaphor sinks.
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