Posted by Ben C on 09/11/07 11:24

On 2007-09-11, Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:
> Neredbojias wrote:
>> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:51:20
>> GMT Ben C scribed:
>>
>>>>>> I didn't really expect you to understand what I said.
>>>>>
>>>>> But, of course, there are people just lined up in the queue
>>>>> marked "People who understand why some computer users would never
>>>>> need a search engine".
>>>>>
>>>>> Go to bed, you are over tired.
>>>>
>>>> I'm like that mythology guy who was always right but never believed.
>>>
>>> Cassandra wasn't a guy.
>>
>> Are you trying to tell me that back in the past they believed in some
>> _woman_ who was always right? Hah, no wonder they call it _myth_ology!
>
> No. Reread. They *didn't* believe her. :)

The other characters in the story believe in her but not her. The
readers of the story believe her but not in her.

It is a good illustration of the concept of dramatic irony.

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