Kathryn Huxtable wrote:   
   > On 2010-12-30 16:10:10 -0600, Elko T said:   
   >    
   >> Joseph DeMartino wrote:   
   >>> On Dec 29, 11:46 pm, Luigi Rosa  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>  imp. Hacker-standard way of suggesting that the person to   
   >>>> whom you are speaking has succumbed to terminal geekdom. Often heard on   
   >>>> . This exhortation was originally uttered by William Shatner on   
   >>>> a Saturday Night Live episode in a speech which ended "Get a *life*!".   
   >>>> --Jargon File   
   >>>   
   >>> Er - wrong.    "Get a job, get a clue, get a life", later shortened   
   >>> to just "get a life", was already a cliche when it was being directed   
   >>> and hippies and slackers in the early 70s, before SNL even went on the   
   >>> air.  Anyone who thinks it started with Shatner's "Trek" con sketch is   
   >>> suffering from a severe temporal dislocation.   
   >>   
   >>    Maybe you're right about the origin of the "get a life" word    
   >> sequence, but I think you're wrong about the meaning attached to its    
   >> contemporary use. Who in their right mind would address a *hippie*    
   >> with the current "get a life"? They already *have* all the life they    
   >> need, thankyouverymuch. :)   
   >    
   > Not according to the people using the expression, they don't.   
      
   But do they use the short form? I'd think they'd use the full form "Get a job,    
   get a clue, get a life" to address a hippie, while just "get a life" is almost    
   the same as "get laid". Or maybe I'm wrong in my understanding here?   
      
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