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<blockquote data-quote="Mewness" data-source="post: 5378608" data-attributes="member: 14889">&quot;But--&quot; Papolstaanas starts to insist that he is in fact a living person and always has been, but then the thought pops into his head that of course he hasn't always been a living person, he's only been alive since he was born, and he can't really say what he was before then, can he, assuming that he even existed at all. Which is a pretty weird thing to think about. But perhaps he was a ghost before he was a person, and so he really is an ex-ghost. But if that's true then everyone is an ex-ghost, aren't they, except of course for the people who are currently ghosts. Which means that calling someone an ex-ghost is rather redundant, especially if the information that the person is an ex-ghost takes up room that could be better spent remembering that the person's name is Papolstaanas.But it doesn't seem very worthwhile to try to explain this to Sir Exsixten, so Papolstaanas speaks diffidently to the dwarf who has just arrived. &quot;We don't know what's the matter,&quot; he says. &quot;The-the tavern is usually open a-and nobody knows what the fight is about.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mewness, post: 5378608, member: 14889"] [COLOR="Wheat"]"But--"[/COLOR] Papolstaanas starts to insist that he is in fact a living person and always has been, but then the thought pops into his head that of course he hasn't [I]always[/I] been a living person, he's only been alive since he was born, and he can't really say what he was [I]before[/I] then, can he, assuming that he even existed at all. Which is a pretty weird thing to think about. But perhaps he [I]was[/I] a ghost before he was a person, and so he really [I]is[/I] an ex-ghost. But if that's true then [I]everyone[/I] is an ex-ghost, aren't they, except of course for the people who are [I]currently[/I] ghosts. Which means that calling someone an ex-ghost is rather redundant, especially if the information that the person is an ex-ghost takes up room that could be better spent remembering that the person's name is Papolstaanas. But it doesn't seem very worthwhile to try to explain this to Sir Exsixten, so Papolstaanas speaks diffidently to the dwarf who has just arrived. [COLOR="Wheat"]"We don't know what's the matter,"[/COLOR] he says. [COLOR="Wheat"]"The-the tavern is usually open a-and nobody knows what the fight is about."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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