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Wed Jan 30 18:05:31 UTC 2008


Dave Germiquet writes: 

> Hey Chris, 
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm out on a whim here, 

There's a mixed metaphor. You can "do something on whim", or be "out on a 
limb (of a figurative tree)", but I don't think you can be out on a whim. It 
kinda works though, doesn't it as the two things can be similar? 

:) 

Chris 

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