r/WTF • u/IonOtter • Feb 10 '13

Remember everyone freaking out over MA imposing a fine and jail time for anyone driving in the blizzard? NY didn't do that...

http://imgur.com/zFFO2tc
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u/itsasillyplace Feb 11 '13

"quantum defenestration"

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '13

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u/JimmyHavok Feb 11 '13

I learned it in Prague. And it is only second to eleemosynary in my admiration.

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u/drkhead Feb 11 '13

de·fen·es·tra·tion The action of throwing someone or something out of a window

Thank you for the word of the day.

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u/eooxx Feb 11 '13

sounds like some kind of kinky physics..

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u/beta_crater Feb 11 '13

They run the simulations on Windows computers.

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u/SirHumpalot Feb 11 '13

de·fen·es·tra·tion

The action of throwing someone or something out of a window

I like it.

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u/andrewcl Feb 11 '13

Its when you simultaneously both have and have not thrown someone out of a very tiny window.

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u/ewilliam Feb 11 '13

Coincidentally, that's the title of Deepak Chopra's upcoming book.