"Over used"? If you're giving it as an example of why an observed process works the way it does--like how the red shift evidence all supports a Big Bang--it's simply not applicable, much less overused.

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

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