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Hilarity ensues.
And it's *always* hilarity, and it's *always* ensuing. Not that there's anything wrong with this, of course. I'm very fond of hilarity, and in order to enjoy it it must ensue from something but sometimes the retelling of a tale (not always, I freely concede) can be given a bit of a polish with the endowment of some linguistic embellishments.
So I've gone through a thesaurus looking for some suitable replacements and have decided that "hilarity ensued" may be safely supplanted with "gaiety attended". "Convulsions supervened" was a close second, and possible alternative.
And how about you, my fellow 'lithers? It seems inconceivable that so articulate a gathering would not find amongst itself some members with a sensitivity to repetition as acute as my own (perhaps not, I willingly allow). How about that hideous "easy tiger" thing that burst uninvited into my social circle some years ago and, unfortunately, has never left? Bit of an old sock, that one. I'd love to send it packing with some judicious thesaurusising but am too lazy to look it up after "hilarity", and anyway, if I start an entire thread on this subject I shall be able to plagiarise your efforts and broadcast them off-barbelith, thus winning the admiration and respect of my peers, which is what you all want, really. |
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