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09/01/2009 08:19:32
 
 
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09/01/2009 07:41:25
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Politics
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>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>>If somebody would say:
>>>>
>>>>"You're such a riot", how this can be interpreted?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Depends on how they said or wrote it. For example...
>>>
>>>"You're such a riot!" could imply that they are kidding you about something you said or did.
>>>
>>>"You're such a riot." is probably sarcastic and they are not kidding you.
>>>
>>>The context is also important. What else was being said at the time and all that. And who said it and your relationship with them.
>>
>>Here is the exact context
>>
>>http://forums.asp.net/t/1369221.aspx
>>
>>I'm just not sure what would riot mean if applied to the person. I looked it up in Wikipedia, but don't see it as an idiom.
>
>In that particular context, he is complimenting you on your sense of humour. Often it is a sarcastic remark, but the way I read it there, it is not.

Oh, no! Why didn't I get the star?!!! I was 1st to answer you with the answer you wanted to hear!
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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