42.What does the phrase “Catch-22” mean? What is the “catch” that is referred to?
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Catch-22 is an unresolvable situation.  It comes from the title of a book by Joseph Heller.  The 'catch' is that one could get out of the army if he proves he's  crazy.  But if a soldier claims to be crazy, he must be sane and if a soldier really is crazy, he won't tell anyone and continue to fight.
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The phrase is:\n\n"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."
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It means that you've succeeded ZERO times out of a total of TWO tries, at something.\n\nLike if a sports team has won 1 game out of 6, then they are 1 for 6. Does that help?
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what about 22 or 24? Is there something special about 23?
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This phrase refers to looking back at what has happened in the past and everything seems to be clear (like perfect vision or eyesight which is 20/20).  Things make sense only after they have happened.  You have the benefit of seeing what happened at the beginning, middle, and end only after time has passed.  You can't go back and change things, but at least you have knowledge now about what could happen in the future for similar events.  The phrase is usually used in reference to something bad that happened or a missed opportunity, that had you known what you now know, you would have done things differently.
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42...to find out what that means...read " hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" by Douglas Adams..:)
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"Catch 22" is the title of a novel published in 1961, written by Joseph Heller and based on his experiences as a World War II bomber pilot in Europe. The central character in "Catch 22" is the pilot Yossarian, whose all-too-accurate perception of the futility and insanity of war leads him to seek a psychiatric exemption from flying further combat missions. But Yossarian runs smack into what Heller dubbed "Catch 22" ("catch" in this sense meaning "snag"). As Heller put it, "There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22.... If he flew them [more missions] he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to."\n\nIn inventing "Catch 22," Joseph Heller had really only given a name to a particularly modern sort of bureaucratic conundrum, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a set of circumstances in which one requirement, etc., is dependent upon another, which is in turn dependent upon the first." More mundane examples of "Catch 22" would be needing a driver's license to get to Motor Vehicles to take your driving test, or my personal favorite, needing to be rich to avoid paying income tax.
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42.  Why do people keep asking this?
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I have never heard that term before.  What is your reference?
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LOL boy you must just be getting started on learning but I love to fish so I will tell ya what it means.  When your lure hits the water you start counting 1001 1002 ect til your on the bottom.  You can tell you have hit bottom by the slack of your line.  This is how you judge how far you have dropped in the water the next time you cast then your able to fish the middle, below middle, or the top half ect..
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It can mean either a point later in time, or a person  further along in the organizational chain.\n\nIt was originally a English Naval term referring to messages being passed from ship to ship.
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I have never heard this phrase in my seven years. What is the context?
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yup 22 would be the answerrrrr
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Sorry you've had such rubbish answers. \n\nI'm usually quite good at this sort of thing, but I'm afraid I can't find any info on the origins of this phrase.\n\nI hope someone more knowledgeable answers you soon!
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"Trolling," depending on the context where it is used can have several meanings.  \n\nIn this particular case, they are most likely referring to "trolling," which, in this case, means 'to fish by dragging bait behind a moving motor boat.'  Or, it could mean 'To cruise for immediate sexual pleasure without commitment; Often characterized by an older man, seeking a younger man, or any man for immediate, often anonymous sexual contact.' \n\n"Trolling" could also refer to the simultaneous usage of LSD and MDMA (i.e. a contraction of the words "trip," and "roll"); or making provocative or inflammatory statements/comments just to elicit a specific reaction from others - though one could also say something completely ridiculous or contradictory and then attempt to pass it off as the truth or fact, which would be just as agitating...\n\nBut, I'm betting it's the definition that refers to fishing. =)
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It's simplified chinese concerning the fate of someone in jail.(The 6th&7th, 22nd&23rd, and 26th&27th characters all refers to this place)\n\nYou were arrested by the attendant and detained in the well guarded Habou prison because you have broken the rules of  the Harbou guest house. Since the establishment of the Habou guest house, Michael was the only person successful in making an escape.
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not sure of the exact meaning but to me it means ummm  lol  - liek   you learned from this mishap now go from there. i guess its hard to explain.  jsut kinda means that you know now     now you have to use it to benefit from it