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"Eve, how many times do I have to tell you I don't want an apple?"
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Shouting from the Rooftops
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Apple of me eye is a weird saying; apples don't come in eyes
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Outward Hound
Join Date: May 2007
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"Eyes are the windows of the soul," she said, "and yours are covered in heavy, dark curtains."
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"Curtains, Muggsy," said Jimmy the Gimp, "Get in the car--we're goin' for a ride."
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"Ride this baby," he said, handing her the stick shift.
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Shift runs from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. for the night watchman.
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Watchman keeps an eagle eye out for would-be thieves, except during those hours when he is fast asleep.
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Asleep she is a princess, awake a scullery maid.
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"Maid, please make up this bed!" he ordered, "after you and I have gotten dressed."
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Dressed to the eights, she had a feeling that something was missing.
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'Missing In Action' is how she described her sex life with her husband.
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"Husband," she said as she produced a revolver, "I married you till death do us part, so why do you look so surprised?"
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Surprised and shocked, Derrick learned that evening that the hermaphrodite he had married, had undergone not one but two sex-change operations.
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operations cost you an arm and a leg in America.
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America over a century ago was divided by civil war, and today it is equally divided by uncivil war, politically speaking.
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Speaking frankly, I think it was a mistake for you to dye your hair green.
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Green is the color of my true love's money.
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"Money means nothing to me," said the CEO of Goldman Sachs, "and it is well known that our firm is completely devoted to helping society's most disadvantaged."
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Disadvantaged, disenfranchised, disconnected and discombobulated, Daisy definitely dealt with disassociation dilemmas.
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Dilemmas did definitely doom Drusilla's desperate diva drama.
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"Drama queen!?" Who are you calling a drama queen?" she bellowed, chewing up all the scenery and devouring the props.
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Props for my new play will include a silver tea service, a lace tablecloth, a vase of white roses, three Fabergé eggs and a machine gun.
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Gun laws should be tightened, but laws should be relaxed pertaining to personal crossbows.
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Crossbows at the ready, the members of the Ladies Temperance Society descended on the saloon.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Feb 2009
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"Saloon," said Freddy bowing to the foreign dignitary as his co-workers watched in horror.
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