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Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Wed Feb 17 15:49:04 PST 2010


Walter Bright wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> Indeed.
>>>
>>> Indubitably. (sips brandy)
>>
>> What's the cultural reference? I know of "indubitably" used as a 
>> punchline to a great joke, but there's no brandy in that one.
> 
> Imagine a victorian era upper class gentlemen's club, where the members 
> sit around sipping brandy and puffing on cigars, congratulating each 
> other. (puffs on cigar)

My joke reference is better. Low-brow husband to low-brow woman: "What's 
with that vocabulary night class you go to, woman? I bet there's orgies 
in there!" "Indubitably."

Andrei



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