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Old 08-08-2009, 02:23 AM   #6151
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"Yelled at me so gall durned loud, that he near busted my eardrums," she explained to the police, "so I picked up his huntin' rifle and shot him dead so's to shut him up. That 'aint no crime, is it?"
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Old 08-08-2009, 02:33 AM   #6152
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Old 08-08-2009, 04:22 AM   #6153
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Old 08-08-2009, 06:34 PM   #6154
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Old 08-08-2009, 08:45 PM   #6155
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Old 08-08-2009, 10:03 PM   #6156
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Old 08-10-2009, 06:09 PM   #6158
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"Words, words, that's all I ever hear from you!" she fumed, "just for once, I'd love to hear a little punctuation."
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Old 08-10-2009, 06:49 PM   #6159
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"Punctuation is for weaklings," he replied, "When I speak my words flow like a mighty river filled with meaning that bursts through any dam that lesser minds may attempt to construct to impede the import of my overpowering and utterly persuasive superior ratiocination."
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Old 08-10-2009, 07:20 PM   #6160
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ratiocination can be found on page 146 of "the highly selective dictionary for extraordinarily literate people".( nymmie probably stole his copy from an athenaeum.)
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Athenaeum head librarian, Nymtocrates stood at the counter and replied, "No I'm sorry, all of our copies of The Republic are out, but if you wish, I can put a hold on it for you."
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"You wouldn't happen to have a copy of the Charmides, would you?" asked Woofocrates, hoping against hope that he would have something spicy to read tonight.
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Tonight I could not sleep because I had that infamous chorus from The Frogs going through my head: Brrrkehkehkehkeh-KOAXXX! KOAXXX!
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"KOAXXX is hardly heard anymore among cultivated frogs," said the frog. "Refined batrachians much prefer ribbit."
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Best before date had expired and Emily was in a quandary as to whether it was safe to eat gooseberry jam with an expiry date of 08/09/09, that date of course being August 9, 1909.
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August 9, 1909 being the date Emily was born, she decided to go ahead and eat the gooseberry jam, whereupon she immediately dropped dead, exactly 100 years from the date of her birth.

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