Date: 2008-06-26 05:59 pm (UTC)
I believe multiple --s collapse into one. So one could -- if one wanted -- not that most people would -- but we always know some, don't we? -- close three opening double-dashes with one closing double-dash. Just one more ambiguity of the English language.

Your footnote [2] made me giggle so much!

The main holy water thread is a fascinating discussion, on which I have very little to add, apart from to affirm the comment that these myths weren't designed for people to take them to the logical extreme :)
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