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Old 10-29-2011, 04:26 PM   #28751
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Would you like to swat one?
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Chuck Norris. Isn't he even afraid of Nymmie?
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Old 10-29-2011, 07:46 PM   #28755
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Can't Nymtoc wallop Chuck Norris with one hand tied behind his back?
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Old 10-29-2011, 07:50 PM   #28756
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Old 10-29-2011, 08:02 PM   #28757
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Wouldn't Woody Harrelson, Woody Allen or even Woody Woodpecker chuck more wood than Chuck Norris?
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Wouldn't Tiger Woods?
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What wouldn't he 'wood'?
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Old 10-29-2011, 09:47 PM   #28760
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Would Woods chuck a wood in the woods?
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Old 10-29-2011, 10:10 PM   #28761
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Would it make him feel below par?
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Isn't that his wife's job?
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Old 10-29-2011, 11:46 PM   #28763
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Old 10-30-2011, 01:05 AM   #28764
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Wasn't the problem that Woods was woody once too often?
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Why didn't she throw Woods's wood in the woods then?
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Wouldn't it be nice if Tiger could keep his woody in his pants once in a while?
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Old 10-30-2011, 04:06 AM   #28768
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Wouldn't it be hard for a woody tiger to get a ho in one, then?
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Old 10-30-2011, 06:26 AM   #28769
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Are you guys talking about Tiger Wood's Woods? Or Irons?
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Does Tiger get enough iron in his diet? Or woody fiber?
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Armydillo doesn't get enough fiber in his diet. That's why he's so irregular.
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Was that a question? Was that two questions? Are we playing the same game?
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What did you think it was, a disquisition on the existential and phenomenological explorations of the question of Being and Nothingness?
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Isn't it basically just a giant time suck?
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