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Benefactor Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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It's the things I do understand that trouble me the most, ie, Ted, Bos, Haggis, Night, Soapy....just about everyone in the Horror Hounds forum.
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Bites upon request
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Inside my head
Posts: 1,645
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*nods intelligently* Yes, yes... I think what we have here, Mister Porter, is a case of taking directions from a monsteR who unwittingly granted a whimsical wish. Er, that's how you ended up in Maine. As for the latter three... not all green things are good for you, especially if you inhale them
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To Live the Dream, Ya Gotta Feel It
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Graysville, TN
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Not necessarily in this order--it's a mood thang!
![]() 1. People who ride my ass on the highway even though I'm going 10mph OVER the speed limit as it is. 2. Organized Religion 3. Gossip whores 4. When my partner empties the last of the coffee pot--at 7am, doesn't make another, then grumbles when there isn't any to take with him to work. Sorry, slavery was abolished ages ago, Mister. 5. People who resist change to the point of idiocy.
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Love. Passion. Dreams. Ya gotta have it. My muse at the moment: http://tiny.cc/k19khw |
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Derailed
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Above Paradise in California
Posts: 1,996
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Can't help you with the dress though.
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.. and the 'voices'
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Moose Rapids, Quebec
Posts: 11,218
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How rain gets in through that little tiny crack I have my car window at 75 mph
How water finds the only piece of paper in the car Why indelible ink smudges in water why smudges aren't considered 'arty' just what exactly was meant by 'sloppy as hell'
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http://porterstarrbyrd.blogspot.com/ We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo The reason I spend so much time out of the box is that somebody crapped in it Porter Starr Byrd |
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Writing Anarchist
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: lost among the words
Posts: 27,597
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How anybody knows that Hell is sloppy in the first place.
Why office politics always turn nasty and stupid at the same time. Why my water bottle tastes funny after only one refill. Why Bedazzled is such an addictive time-sink. Why I dream solving Bedazzled puzzles.
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"For unheard of means that it's undreamed of yet; Impossible means not yet done." --Julia Ecklar "You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." --Friederich Nietzsche
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Newly addicted to AW
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Somewhere east of the Mississippi
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1. Violence/abuse, especially toward children and animal. I just don't get how anyone could do that.
2. The Religious Right. An oxymoron. 3. Male genitalia, and how you can be so attracted to something so damned ugly. 4. Reality TV. 5. Why dogs eat poop, especially their own.
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Goethe, Wind in His Hair
AW Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: City Park
Posts: 25,483
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1. Why I dread certain tasks so much, even though I know once I get started it's not all that bad.
2. Why the @#$%^& guy working next door thinks it's okay to park his dump truck blocking my driveway when there's plenty of free curb. 3. How the cashier at the grocery store knew I'd listen (with fake sympathy) to her sob stories even though it very much slowed my transaction. 4. Why laundry piles up faster than the rate at which we wear clothing. 5. Why so many damned birthdays have to be in July. Maryn, who needs to clean and bake for the last birthday and the houseguests it entails |
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But not Gilderoy Lockhart
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Deep in the State of Confusion
Posts: 1,709
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Cause people were trying to get that last bit of passion in before the holidays destroyed it?
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DANG!
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 7th Heaven
Posts: 13,529
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Honey Boo-Boo
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"Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me - Don Vito Corleone .................................................. .................................................. ..........
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The Anti-Magdalene
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: The The Nutcracker Suite
Posts: 33,207
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1. Why is January so dark?
2. Why doesn't all snow sparkle like glitter, just as it did last night? 3. If your tires lose air because of aluminum wheels, why make them? 4. Clean coal... 5. Where my inspiration goes...
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,292
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1. People who sing at the top of their lungs at concerts.
2. Camping out overnight to get the newest soon to be outdated gadget. 3. Why the richer we are usually the cheaper we are. 4. Why Los Angeles gets such a bad rap. What could be wrong with a 4,000 sq mi sprawl with more people than 42 of the 50 states? 5. How someone can be so important to us one minute and so unnecessary the next. Last edited by Bebop; 01-27-2013 at 05:39 PM. Reason: good question- more time, more thought |
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Practical experience FTW
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: GMT
Posts: 3,634
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1. Electronics
2. Heavy Metal 3. The Catcher in the Rye 4. Religions, and why people are drawn to them? To me, it's the easy way out. 5. The art of understatement. If you've got something to say, say it. Don't make me guess. 6. I understand this is a thread, and a fine one into the bargain! |
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10 thumbs=100 or chase X 5
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Albany, Oregon
Posts: 2,762
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1. Writers who don’t capitalize or use punctuation. I sometimes literally don't understand.
2. Writers (except auf Deutsche) who capitalize common nouns in hopes to "enhance the stature of the words." 3. Drivers who phone and text behind the wheel (trim their mustaches, do their nails). 4. Unsecured guns. 5. Women. I love ’em; I just don’t understand ’em. |
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DANG!
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 7th Heaven
Posts: 13,529
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The Millionaire Matchmaker
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"Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me - Don Vito Corleone .................................................. .................................................. ..........
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Practical experience FTW
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: GMT
Posts: 3,634
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1. Ulysses
2. Frontiers 3. How is it possible to own a plot of land? 4. How is it possible to believe in democracy? 5. Why do I need to pay for my identity card? |
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You make my heart skip a beet.
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Westchester, New York
Posts: 72
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Let me think...
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![]() witchParidise! snarl of hearts Genre:Fantasy/Adventure Age Group:Middle School MCs:Andy Burmy (MMC) & Jasper Snowell (FMC) |
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You're out of your tree...
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: The dark side of the moon, making sinister plans...
Posts: 5,406
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1. How the company I work for can get a large government contract for product they haven't been able to figure out how to produce.
2. 'The Wave' at sporting events. 3. Sporting events. 4. How anyone could be mean to an animal. 5. Cauliflour...ick (if you have to pour a vat of cheese on something to make it palatable, then, it's not palatable!)
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" My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement." ~ from 'Joe vs the Volcano' |
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Editing. Will it never end?
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: The Seattle suburbs
Posts: 445
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1. People who take pictures of their dinner and post it on FB, Twitter, etc.
2. The Kardashians 3. Why someone would prefer a giant hole where their earlobe is supposed to be. 4. Michael Buble 5. My neighbors who REFUSE to pick up their dog's poo or leave it in little baggies on my grass, as if they're doing me a favor. Last edited by ElaineA; 01-28-2013 at 08:14 PM. Reason: Sorry...I shouldn't have swore...sworn...#%@&%^#^$, whatever! |
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New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: The Netherlands
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1. Men. For the above reasons. (:
2. My linguistics teacher. 3. And the rest of the linguistics department; why is she still in her job?! 4. Why it's always warmer or colder than I thought it'd be. 5. Why my hands always get cold when I'm at the computer. |
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Practical experience FTW
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: GMT
Posts: 3,634
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...maybe because of incorrect sitting positions, leaning on sharp edges, too many rings / tight bracelets, a metal keyboard, sitting outdoors
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Edit . . . Edit . . . Edit . . .
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Follow the ruby slippers
Posts: 4,821
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1. Marriage
(Why do we feel we must?) 2. Only 2 weeks vacation (really? only two?) 3. Horses (s-c-a-r-y) 4. A best friend flittering about the nation for years/talk even less (I still love her) 5. People who talk LOUD on purpose (FYI - strangers don't care!) |
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.. and the 'voices'
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Moose Rapids, Quebec
Posts: 11,218
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1. Why people live in places where the snow gets to be five feet deep
2. Why people live where the temperature gets over 120 (F) 3. Why people take walks in 60 dergree below zero temperatures 4. Why people live where the cockroaches are bigger than praying maintisisisis 5. Why I've done all of the above
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http://porterstarrbyrd.blogspot.com/ We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo The reason I spend so much time out of the box is that somebody crapped in it Porter Starr Byrd |
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Changing it up...quite often ;)
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southeastern, U.S.
Posts: 7,970
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1. How to manage time properly
2. How to prioritize effectively 3. How grades connect with real life experience 4. What hiring managers really look for 5. curriculum
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"What's the most resilient parasite? An idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities...transform the world and rewrite all the rules." - Inception |
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