This can't happen

Less clipped variant of can't

happen.

Node:This time for sure!,

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This time, for sure! excl.

Ritual affirmation frequently uttered during protracted

debugging sessions involving numerous small obstacles (e.g.,

attempts to bring up a UUCP connection). For the proper effect,

this must be uttered in a fruity imitation of Bullwinkle J.

Moose. Also heard: "Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my

hat!" The canonical response is,

of course, "But that trick never works!" See hacker humor.

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