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10-19-2016, 02:17 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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10-21-2016, 11:08 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle might finally be solved:
The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle may finally be solved | New York Post Do we have to call it the Bermuda Hexagonal now? And I can't believe they didn't find aliens had caused it. 
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10-21-2016, 11:12 AM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I guess you can't unit stack in Bermuda Triangle hexagons.
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Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint |
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10-21-2016, 11:33 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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Quote:
Not unless you want to lose the whole stack
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10-21-2016, 05:51 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Not sure if this is anything that is well known in the US but today is the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. 150 dead including 114 children in their primary school classrooms. An absolutely devastating and defining moment for the history of the South Wales valleys
Aberfan 50 years on: A tragedy we will always remember, told by the people who will never forget - Wales Online |
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10-21-2016, 08:34 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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I've never watched a single Harry Potter movie, or read a Harry Potter book, until the last 6 days, when I watched all of them thanks my enthusiastic girlfriend and the local IMAX theater playing all of the movies the last week or so to promote the spin-off. (It was some national promotion through IMAX theaters - my local Edwards theater always participates in stuff like that - they had a Back to the Future marathon a while ago, ran a 1-day Star Wars marathon running up to TFA, and have some Kirk Cameron live event soon about the future of the church).
It was a very unique way to take all of that in for the first time, and I loved it. Shit got darker than I expected. I'm all into Harry Potter movie trivia and random tidbits right now, and am reading a lot of 6+ year old posts and articles. FOFC seemed to mostly hate the movies because they weren't exactly like the books. I mean, I loved the movies, but I think they were all plenty long already. Last edited by molson : 10-21-2016 at 08:41 PM. |
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10-21-2016, 09:41 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midwest
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Remember reading out it when I visited Wales a few years ago. Horrible tragedy. |
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10-21-2016, 10:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Here
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You know your parents are getting old when you ask your dad what he wants for his birthday and he says"cotton gym shorts." You know, the kind men wore while playing racquetball 35 years ago.
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10-27-2016, 01:19 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Is assclown gender specific or gender neutral?
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"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
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10-27-2016, 09:25 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Not Delaware - hurray!
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Or, "medium shirt" - when a medium hugs every follicle on his body.
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She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know? |
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10-27-2016, 10:28 AM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Aug 2002
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A quick look on urban dict seems to indicate it is towards the male. All references in quotes are he/sir and speaks about a male. In looking for similar terms for women I did find a reference to he/she but even that article then went straight back to 'he' and 'mr.' That's all I got. |
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10-27-2016, 10:31 AM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Heaven forbid Jon commits an unintended microagression...
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Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint |
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10-27-2016, 02:23 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Well, I wasn't concerned with who might be offended (shocking, I know). I just hated the thought of misusing the term. FTR, I erred on the side of caution and used a different term but it really was the one that felt most apt, gender aside.
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"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
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10-27-2016, 03:51 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
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Just learned that Greg Evigan, the lead on BJ and the Bear, was the other dad on My Two Dads.
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10-28-2016, 02:54 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Somethings been bothering me for 35 years and I think I need to finally get it off my chest. What the fuck did Kevin Dobson do between Kojack and Knots Landing that caused him to grow a head of hair? Seriously. I need to know.
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10-29-2016, 02:09 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Joan Van Ark was much prettier than I ever gave her credit for.
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10-29-2016, 02:29 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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At some point he started wearing a classic hairpiece. Not sure when though. (It's frequently discussed if you Google)
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"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
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10-29-2016, 02:32 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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I had not looked at this. Now I have. And now I too wish to know. It will haunt me the rest of my days. Damn you, Suicane. Damn you.
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. . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready. |
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10-29-2016, 02:32 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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Our savior!!
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. . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready. |
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10-30-2016, 10:10 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
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10 days into having upper dentures and the best/strangest side effect so far is that my sense of taste seems to have improved significantly.
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10-30-2016, 11:11 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Amarillo, TX
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I remember that for some reason, the Washington Post hated this show, to the point that their weekly Nielsen ratings report continually listed the name of the show as "My Two Duds". I don't mean that Tom Shales snarked on the name in his column; I mean that they called the show that in the agate type on the TV listings page. I can't recall them doing that for any other show. EDIT: It looks like it may have been the work of John Carmody, who did snark on that in an October 1987 column. Apparently, the name stuck. Last edited by Shkspr : 10-30-2016 at 11:14 PM. |
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10-30-2016, 11:14 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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/goes to check for possible references to "My Three Sobs."
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10-31-2016, 12:33 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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I assumed that's what happened, but if true, it was both a great hairpiece, and impressive that he still sports it (or a white version), some 20 years later. |
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10-31-2016, 12:35 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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I started watching reruns of Kojack after I had been watching Knots Landing, and I did not believe it was the same person. To this day I'm not sure it's not a Paul McCartney situation where the real Kevin Dobson died in 1977 or something. |
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10-31-2016, 12:35 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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But does everything taste like dentures? |
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10-31-2016, 08:25 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA
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Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time! |
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10-31-2016, 08:48 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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So, Goo Lagoon?
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10-31-2016, 10:31 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Colorado
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I obviously have been living under a rock and never had heard term or controversy of 'Mary Sue' (in movies and literature). I came across this while reading the imdb forum for The Force Awakens.
So the definition is a young (presumably ordinary) person who ends up doing heroic things and saving the world. Apparently the term originates with a 1970s Star Trek fan fiction but isn't this concept much more older than that? I mean, does Peter Parker count? And more recently, what about Katniss? So why all the controversy with Rey? |
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10-31-2016, 10:47 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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No, the definition of a "Mary Sue" character is a character who is an idealized version of the author. Basically, the writer creates a character who is all of their good traits and minus their bad traits. A character that represents who they wish they were. Which means they end up writing a perfect character with no negative traits whatsoever. Nowadays, I do see the term used to describe a character that is simply "too perfect", though. |
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11-01-2016, 09:34 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Colorado
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Thank you for your explanation. So the difference between a heroic character (Harry Potter) and a mary sue (Hermoine Granger) would be the degree of flawlessness? |
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11-01-2016, 10:28 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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Mary Sue is somewhat misogynistic though, as, while there has been attempts to do a male "Gary Stu" or "Marty Stu" it doesn't come up nearly as much - even though the male character who is basically flawless and wish fulfillment is far more common (Heck, in the Star Trek universe you have both James Kirk and Wesley Crusher who fit the role).
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"A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams |
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11-01-2016, 03:36 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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Yes, but "flawlessness" from the author's point of view, and that leads to them always making the correct decision for the story's conflict. And since a main character who always makes the right decision makes for a boring story, a Mary Sue is generally one of the side characters. A telltale sign that a character is a Mary Sue is if they always tell the main character to do one thing, and the main character always goes and does something else and ends up making things worse until the last act where they finally listen to the Mary Sue's advise and end up winning. |
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11-01-2016, 03:45 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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dola,
Here's an episode about Mary Sue characters from a podcast I listen to for more about it. (15 minutes long) Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 16: The Anti-Mary Sue Episode | Writing Excuses Edit: Not the episode I thought it was. This is about how not to write a main character Mary Sue. There's another episode, I forget which one, that talks about the "best friend Mary Sue". Last edited by sabotai : 11-01-2016 at 05:17 PM. |
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11-08-2016, 08:23 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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I...feel kinda bad now, and swear I'm not a witch.
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11-10-2016, 06:11 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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India outlawing notes worth approx 7.50 and 15USD is a pretty crazy story. I guess it's nuts over there right now.
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11-10-2016, 12:28 PM
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Hockey Boy
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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I just ran into Barry Sanders at the smoothie and juice place in the mall.
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11-10-2016, 01:46 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Would be cool if he turned into your personal Keith Hernandez. |
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11-10-2016, 02:05 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PDX
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That's a tough one, 'cuz Barry's probably my #1 all-time sports idol, but everybody knows Barry would probably prefer to not even be acknowledged, so how did you play it?
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11-10-2016, 03:20 PM
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Hockey Boy
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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I just glanced over and gave him a nod. I didn't say a thing, because of exactly what you said.
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Steve Yzerman: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons). |
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11-11-2016, 06:28 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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I really want to have sex with Tilda Swinton, and I don't know why.
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11-11-2016, 12:40 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Amarillo, TX
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Given the types of roles she's known for, I might be more worried about the how.
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11-15-2016, 10:29 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Think about the furniture you had in the house when you were a kid. The super comfy couch. Maybe you opened Christmas presents on it. Maybe you were sitting on it when you watched an important game. Perhaps you were on that couch when your team won the Super Bowl. That's the couch you were on when your parents told you about your sibling that was on the way.
But one day while you were at school, your parents probably had sex on that couch. |
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11-15-2016, 11:24 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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My mom has only had sex once!!
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11-16-2016, 02:41 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Newbury, England
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Sorry it had to come out this way, but make that twice...
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'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports! |
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11-16-2016, 03:31 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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I use the term "couple" a lot. As in, "I will take a couple of salt packets please" or "they are down by a couple runs."
To me, it is very clear what a couple means. It means two. Consider a romantic couple, probably the most common usage of the term. In that context, a couple is two people. This always seems clear to me, and I use it that way. But almost every time now, when I say I want a couple somethings or use couple to replace some version of two of something, I get confused looks and people asking me "how many?" or just handing me three, four or more of whatever it is. It's mostly younger people, I think. Did I miss something? Did the definition of couple change?
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. . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready. |
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11-16-2016, 10:33 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Give me a couple of minutes to think about this. |
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11-16-2016, 10:43 AM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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A couple is two; a few is three.
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11-16-2016, 10:51 AM
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"Dutch"
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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11-16-2016, 10:52 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Yes. |
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11-16-2016, 10:53 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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A bunch is for you, the rest is for me! |
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