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Old 03-14-2008, 11:13 PM   #12726
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:03 AM   #12727
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Wouldn't it be bigger in centimeters?
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Why does it have to be centimeters? Why can't it be nickelimeters?
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Old 03-16-2008, 05:15 AM   #12730
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What if we used ladybugs to measure with?
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Old 03-16-2008, 05:17 AM   #12731
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Why ladybugs? Why not inches?
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Old 03-16-2008, 05:24 AM   #12732
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Didn't we go through this already?
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Old 03-16-2008, 05:33 AM   #12733
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Are you saying you don't want to repeat the past?
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Old 03-16-2008, 05:37 AM   #12734
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Er... You'll not take it amiss, should I just show myself out, then...?

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Old 03-16-2008, 06:08 AM   #12735
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Should we not make Craig pick up a kitten on his way out?
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Old 03-16-2008, 06:16 AM   #12736
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Old 03-16-2008, 07:39 AM   #12737
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Old 03-16-2008, 08:07 AM   #12738
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What if Craig bites the kitten?
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Old 03-18-2008, 01:08 AM   #12739
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Wouldn't the kitten's mama (Mama Sabertooth over in the corner here tapping her claws) be really pissed?
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Do you really want to argue with a sabertooth as to what they have and have not?
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Is that like the woman who wanted to pet John Henry?
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Wasn't John Henry the steel driving man who beat a machine laying railroad spikes?
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Are you going to hum a few bars for us?
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Wasn't it under each wing? Where did they go? Which one of you stole my sailors?
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Aren't they passed out under your wings?
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