Marvism: tossing snowballs into hell

Tossing a snowball into hell and hoping it hits someone before it melts
To ask a question that needs asking, though the answer is generally known but not officially stated.
To ask a question that you know there’s a strong likelihood of getting the answer you don’t want on the off-chance you might get the answer you do want.

It’s a phrase I started using during the run-up to SL5B, the latter definition was applied when I felt obligated to ask for exhibitors to be given permission to use megaprims, even though we knew the answer would probably be “no”.

This entry was written by SignpostMarv, posted on July 13th, 2008 at 4:29pm, filed under SignpostMarv Martin. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

One Comment

  1. Gwyneth Llewelyn
    Posted July 31st, 2008 at 10:21am | Permalink

    Love the definitions ;)

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