The Old New Thing

Inserting as many layers between the message and reality as possible

Some time ago I received a message that described a situation that was "based on a reality-based scenario." Wow, how many layers away from reality can you get? It wasn't a real scenario. It wasn't a reality-based scenario. It was based on a reality-based scenario. Then again, I'm just adding to the problem. I'm writing a message about a ...