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Professor of applied misanthropy
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Doesn't she live a bit farther south than that?
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Can you be more specific?
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Come here and say that
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Don't you mean pacific?
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A Dictionary of Linguistic Absurdities "a waste of time and an insult to the intelligence"
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Imagine something clever here.
Join Date: Dec 2009
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South? Pacific? Do you the musical?
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Follow the ruby slippers
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Is there a musical named South Pacific?
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Why do I say these things?
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Yes... and did we forget to tell you.. you've been elected to sing all the songs to us here, today?
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Are you sure you want to hear her...uh...sing, iLion?
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Are you inferring my singing might sound close to a cow mooing?
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Why do I say these things?
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Is that the same as a cow "lowing"?
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Did you know it's best to have the sound down - at work - when researching cow "lowing" on youtube?
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Professor of applied misanthropy
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You actually get work done while spending all your time on inane threads here at AW?
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When people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they're almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they're almost always wrong.—Gaiman
The story must strike a nerve—in me. My heart should start pounding when I hear the first line in my head. I start trembling at the risk.—Sontag Creativity is the residue of wasted time.—Einstein |
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Which threads are the inane ones?
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Come here and say that
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Are any of them not inane? Or should that be ane?
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Is anyone else singing Insane In The Membrane right now?
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Professor of applied misanthropy
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How can any of your membranes be insane?
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When people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they're almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they're almost always wrong.—Gaiman
The story must strike a nerve—in me. My heart should start pounding when I hear the first line in my head. I start trembling at the risk.—Sontag Creativity is the residue of wasted time.—Einstein |
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Come here and say that
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Isn't it just that membrane rhymes with insane?
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Aren't there dozens of other rhymes for insane, and if we use them all, won't this thread become boring?
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Does anyone else have such an annoying headache it won't allow for creative responses, much less, one about rhymes?
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Practical experience FTW
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Why don't you cure your annoying headache,
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Isn't it amazing what caffeine and aspirin will do?
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Professor of applied misanthropy
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Shouldn't she wait until Monday if she's doing it for Christ's sake?
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When people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they're almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they're almost always wrong.—Gaiman
The story must strike a nerve—in me. My heart should start pounding when I hear the first line in my head. I start trembling at the risk.—Sontag Creativity is the residue of wasted time.—Einstein |
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Singing, "Where is the love?"
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Come here and say that
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You call that singing?
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Professor of applied misanthropy
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Are you competing for AW's Grinch prize this year?
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When people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they're almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they're almost always wrong.—Gaiman
The story must strike a nerve—in me. My heart should start pounding when I hear the first line in my head. I start trembling at the risk.—Sontag Creativity is the residue of wasted time.—Einstein |
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Haven't you already nailed down the title?
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